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A Prairie Dress a Day: Ten ♥ Gunne Sax Corset Sun Dress

March 14, 2012

Day Ten’s off-topic topic is books! (But don’t let that distract you from the gorgeous dress below…) A few weeks ago I read The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. I loved every page of it, and was fully absorbed right from the beginning. That hadn’t happened in a long time. The day I finished it [...]

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A Prairie Dress a Day: Three ♥ Gunne Sax Style Dress/Skirt

March 7, 2012

Vintage Prairie Sun Dress/Skirt Super cute and oh-so-versatile! Day Three’s offering is an extremely well made high-waisted skirt that seems to have been hand sewn in the Gunne Sax style, then had two sweet lace straps fastened onto it to make wearing it as a dress an option too. I’m liking using these prairie-dress-a-day daily [...]

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Sweet Nettle: My Darling Finnish Elf From the North Country

February 2, 2012

It’s been a few weeks now since I received a surprise package in the mail from Milla. It was just the kind of surprise I like to get- full of good books! And two perfect handmade cloth bags that I have used a thousand times since. Ella and Mycelia were very excited about all the [...]

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the past into the present

January 25, 2012

Ladies and gentlemen! I have recently returned from a fantastic weekend along California’s central coast, and will be posting all about it soon enough. But it’s a lot to tell. And I have a lot of catching up to do on a lot of blogs before I take the time to write up a big [...]

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