Wordless Wednesday: Vintage Card

Wordless Wednesday: Princess Past and Present

My pretty hat..

One of my dreams is to go to Mackinac Island in Michigan to go to The Grand Hotel.
The Grand Hotel was featured in one of my favorite movies: Somewhere in Time.
I think this hat would be perfect when I finally make it over there.

Wishlist Wednesday: Somewhere in Time Dresses

1.Ophelia Edwardian Dress
2.Edwardian Lace Dress
3.Brigitte Edwardian Dress

Do you know Ann Lowe?

With the style of fashion that ran through her family for at least three generation, Ann Lowe became a trailblazer for African American Fashion Designers. She designed dresses for the rich and the famous. Her most famous creation the wedding gown for Jacqueline Kennedy.

Here Ann sits elegantly with one of this lovely sky blue and black lace dress being modeled behind her.


This lovely gown exclusively made for a debutante.


This dress is my favorite. It is the same dress shown above with Ann. I love to pair this dress with long elegant white gloves, it would be smashing!


This elegant dress still looks fresh today.


Another sweet debutante ball dress.


This confection of a dress was worn by Jacqueline Bouvier on her wedding to future president John F. Kennedy.


Ann is reported to have said she was motivated by two things: her love of fashion and to show African American fashion designers can create beautiful clothes too.

If you want to know more about Ann Lowe, here is a book here called The Threads of Time The Fabric Of History: Profiles Of African American Dressmakers And Designers from 1850 - Present by Rosemary Reed E.Miller

Summer Pretties

Happy Friday, my friends. Here are some lovely images that I have been pinning on Pinterest. Pretties for your soul.

I always have favored gentleness, beauty, kindness in my world.




Not pretty for pretty's sake. Pretty to soothe and inspire.




Yes, I have been called Pollyanna and Romantic. It was often said with a sarcastic tones to it. I don't care. That is me. I feel looking on the bright side of life helps make my life happier especially when challenges arise. Keeps me always attracting better outcomes.




Romance. Romantic. That is a a feeling. A feeling based within not without. You can have romance with anything not just a person.



Whatever kind of life you lead, always make sure to have something that is beautiful to you or makes you feel beautiful.


Let us dance, sing, wear pretty clothes and enjoy our lives.



I wish for you all a weekend of beauty, kindness and peace.

Romantic Vignette..

Happy Monday and Happy June, my friends. I want to bring some dreamy beauty to Mondays. Here is the first installment of Romantic Vignette for all of of you.


Kiyomi didn't know when she would see him again. The way he said her name like a caress, his eyes that sparkled and the sweet taste of his kiss. Those memories no one could take away. For that, Kiyomi could sustain herself through summers to come...

Sometimes I dream....

Sometimes I dream of dressing like this elegant lady named Miss Minnie Brown.
Wearing this lovely dress along with pearls, lace gloves, a white parasol
and going to elegant tea parties. I wouldn't say it was an easier time for
black women, perhaps a time when dressing beautifully was considered part of
a way of life.

Summer Pretties