last night we had the lantern festival at the children's school. all the children make lanterns, sing songs then walk through the trees and look at the grottos made by the 11 and 12 year olds. it was so pretty with all the grottos tucked in and twinkling and all these beautiful lanterns bobbing around lighting the way.
we made the grotto from an orange box and some chicken wire for the vaulted roof then plastered it with gypsum.
lantern street fashions was open for business!
a collection that mr gunn would be happy with. let me take you through it........
the top two are made by prairie and the vintage flocked skirt by me (i just had to!) we had a lovely time - she was home from school with a rotten cold so we stayed tucked up under quilts and 'ghans and sewed and sewed.
i just love these jeans. prairie felt there should be pants in the collection. by this stage she was really getting into the embroidery. i made the dress - it was accepted by the designer!
you just had to see the back of the jeans! the dress is a last minute rack filler by moi - only just scrapped in i can tell you. the little jacket i made for munk when he first came to live with us - he very kindly loaned it to us for the occasion.
the amoire came from last years club little house - perfect!
if you buy a hat you get a free lollypop from the doll we called kenley. you may have guessed that project runway features pretty largely in our lives - the last series only finished here last week. all the polymer clay work was done by prairie and her friend alicia. they sat by the hour sculpting little things. i just loved seeing what they were going to make next.
the night was a success and prairie and alicia received lots of lovely comments. so many people - adults and children alike said they wanted to live in the grotto and the chandeliers were a hit. i loved seeing the girls faces and the faces of the little ones who stood transfixed.
now to attend to my house which has teeny bits and pieces everywhere! michael thinks i should do prairiemouse - the real blog - the real corners of my home - but i think no - illusion is a wonderful thing!!