Hello sweet friends! Welcome to another installment of Travel Tuesdays. This is the second installment in this limited summer series on DTA. Today I have a true gem. It is The Pittock Mansion and Gardens located in Portland, Oregon. The Pittock Mansion and Gardens The Pittock Mansion is a French-Renaissance style chateau which features amazing panoramic views of Portland, the Willamette River, and the distant Cascade Mountains. In 1912 construction was begun on the mansion. By 1914 ... View the Post
Add A Lining To A Straw Bonnet
Hello sweet friends, I hope you are having a wonderful day. Today's Fashion Friday post will work for many era's. The technique to Add A Lining To A Straw Bonnet can be used on modern or historically inspired hats. Add A Lining To A Straw Bonnet I recently hosted a Georgian era garden party. Thinking I would need protection from the sun I looked at a plain straw bonnet I had purchased online awhile back. I then went to Pinterest for inspiration. There are pages and pages of ... View the Post
A Jubilee Dress and Picnic
Hello dear friends! Today I have a special Fashion Friday post for you. It features my attempt at a Queen Elizabeth costume as well as lovely outing with the D.FW Costumers Guild. Here is A Jubilee Dress and Picnic. Long Live The Queen It's no secret around here that I absolutely adore Queen Elizabeth II. For the Platinum Jubilee I wanted to create a dress that perhaps her Majesty would have worn at one time or another. We both love a Peter Pan collar. As well as a ... View the Post
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Hello dear friends! I hope you will forgive the lack of a Sunday Smiles post. Joyful history will be made this next week and I wanted to let you know. Beginning next Thursday festivities will be held to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. This four day holiday celebrates her Majesty becoming the first British Monarch to mark 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth. At 96 Queen Elizabeth is also the oldest monarch in the ... View the Post
1883 Inspired Girls Victorian Dress
Hello sweet friends! Welcome to a special historical edition of Fashion Friday. Today's post features an 1883 Inspired Girls Victorian Dress. A Dress For Kylie Marie Last week's post covered the recent costume exhibit of the popular 1883 television series. At the end of the of post I mentioned that I had made a dress for one of the actresses. Kylie Marie portrayed one of the children in the immigrant wagon train. Photo courtesy of Kylie's grandmother, Julia. As a ... View the Post
1883 Costume and Prop Exhibit
Hello sweet friends! Welcome to a very special edition of Fashion Friday. Today's post features the popular Paramount television show 1883 Costume and Prop Exhibit. 1883 Costume and Prop Exhibit For those who are unfamiliar with the series 1883, it was created by Taylor Sheridan. It is the prequel to the highly popular show, Yellowstone. The series chronicles James and Margaret Dutton's perilous journey as they leave Tennessee and travel by train to Fort Worth, Texas. They then join ... View the Post
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