Halle and The Halloween Whimsy

My beautiful grand daughter
Halle Moreen had her
1st Halloween
and her
6 months pictures taken at the
same time
by Emily Kline at


www.emilyklinephotography.com


What a delight!

I thought a tutu was in order and

I found the perfect one at Whimsy Wendys:

www.etsy.com/people/whimsywendy

Halle was a hotpink ladybug....

her family has a special affection for lady bugs....

long story...her daddy is a Science Teacher!!!

I thought a must accessory for her costume would be a
hotpink and black tulle Whimsey Wand...and I was right.
It was the perfect accessory...albiet a little heavy
(my daughter Tessa informed me later)
"but Momma it was so adorable,
wait till you see the pictures!",
she told me the evening after they did the photo shoot.

And she was right on...
The pictures were just precious...
and the Whimsey Wand finished off the costume
just perfectly.

Tessa was also correct about the wand...
it was a little heavy for such a bitty girl
....but it was cute.

We have a tradition in our family of

Add-a-Pearl necklaces for all the little girls...
somehow they turn into gorgous big girls
with gorgous strands of pearls on their wedding days....
mmmm...in a fairly short amount of time,
it seems!
Anyway, I get off track ..., Halle has on her little
Add-a-Pearl necklace in these shots
and I just love them.
I am just a little prejudice,
but what a doll!!!!





Blue eyes are kind of a tradition too...
both sides of the family,
they are concentrated that way...lol!!!

It was a great day forHalloween pictures

this Granna thinks....

The Cowboy Bride Isn't What She Used To Be!!!

One of my favorite images from Dolce & Gabbana....

The Cowboy Bride isn't what she used to be!!!

When you are planning your wedding or celebration of any kind,

look for what inspires you.

Is it texture? A Picture? A Season or a Color?

How about a Venue...the place where youwill be celebrating?

As I am trying to put together several...Hah! collections for my new shop...

opening when did you say? 2020 LOL

I find it more difficult to put together designs without some person or personality to spring off of. I have worked with several brides and the first few things I find out from them are...what it you"style"...what colors do you love, are you down home country, up town glitzy, or a little of both? What kind of music do you like...And how about that groom?... What he wants is just as important as the lady in the long white dress....or whatever she is wearing....

Last October 2009 a group from the Brentwood Church in Lynchburg, VA kicked off a thing called Freedom 4-24.

Basically, Freedom 4-24 is an attempt to get girls out of the sex trade in Thailand. It is a chance to buy a girl out of the bars for one night for $24.oo

A lot of you probably support missions of all sorts all around the world and that's great. If you're looking for something else to support, or if you have a special place in your heart for this issue, check out www.freedom4-24.com. You can get a t-shirt for $24. Also, there's a link to Red Is White clothing on there. It's a clothing company that has said if we buy shirts from them and put in the code free424 you'll get 15% off the cost of the shirt and they'll donate 15% of the money to Freedom 4-24.

This was started in Lynchburg, by a girl who goes to Liberty, and it has the chance to impact girls on the other side of the world. At least check out the website when you get a chance.

Dilyn's New Blog Page!!!

I am excited!!! Dilyn Design has a new logo....designed by Sarah Love Peterson at Dzine http://www.dzines.biz/ check it out. She is doing my website, http://www.dilyndesign.com/ to be up and running sometime today, and the banner for my etsy page.... So, you know what's next? I have to get it in gear.....

I just finished a couple precious Whimsey Wands for the "Sitting Pretty Painted Chair Extraordinaire" put on by the Wray Community Child care Center. I was in such a hurry to finish them I didn't get good pictures of them to pass along....but they were really cute.

My Granddaughter and Goddaughter both "needed" Whimsey Wands for their Holloween Costumes...so that was my next project...I do have a few pictures of those.

Also Halle (granddaughter) had her 6 month pictures taken by Emily Kline http://www.emilyklinephotography.com/ last Saturday and she "needed" another Whimsey Wand to go with her puppy dog coat, ... I guess I have been working in the Dilyn Studio.

Then my husband and I had to take off last weekend to NYC so .... after all the inspiration of Madison Avenue... I come home with a terrible cold. But I promise I am working in the studio....who am I promising...me I guess. LOL! Currently working on a soon to be unvieled: Champagne/Blue Country Wedding...

I'll keep you updated ...

Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving week always means many different things to me....I Love Thanksgiving! It is my favorite holiday for many reasons. #1 I am thanksful for all the blessings in my life: my family; beautiful children, a husband that loves, great parents and so many other family members. Really good friends...friends that can be counted on one hand and in any kind of times good or bad. I love my beautiful home so full of memories of other Thanksgivings, birthday parties, and just plain old days in and days out. I love my business and my customers and all the times of their lives that they have allowed us to celebrate with them.  I won't mention the fact that -lol- I don't have to sell, give or accept presents!!!!! Thanksgiving is just that, fun, food, games, talk, food, laughter, desert, and more fun. It is the best.

I did get my turkey in the Martha Stewart brine this a.m. so it will be ready to roast Thanksgiving morning. Luckily I have so many other people coming that are all bringing goodies I won't have to do lots of cooking...which is great because I am beat....getting ready for Christmas at Amos Jewelry is a huge job...and it always happens Thanksgiving week.

So my Dilyn Designs are going to be a little slow here for awhile, but I am still full of lots of new ideas...and I will work as I can with the idea that after the Christmas season the ideas will be designed right into reality and into my little shop.

Break Time

I've been working for 3 weeks straight...on top of working full time at Amos Jewelry...which I love....and taking care of my 14 year old grandson...which I also love...and taking care of my precious husband....which I love oh so much...anyway back to my topic. I have been thinking, working, thinking, dreaming, working, posting, trying to figure out how to get these pictures on Etsy and what to day about the pieces and how much to charge for them.....and on and on and on...that my brain is about dead....so...I took a break for a couple days and I feel much more ready for the holidays and every thing that entails.

But remember Lynne you still have 4....yes count them 1 2 3 4 more bouquets almost finished and ready to post plus 3 hairpieces and I want to do some pomanders and I have an idea for the most precious rhinestone handle tiny purse that could be used as a bridesmaids accessory and ... while I was at Dakota's (my 14 year old grandson) Basketball tournament today I stopped in at the coolest quilt shop and just had a little inspiration about a little......cutzie quiltzie wristlet /cuff done in those pretty cool cotton fabrics like the ones I saw...I could add cutzie or what ever kind it called for buttons...which I also saw there....anyway...lots to think of for Dilyn Design...and I am loving every minute of it.

Etsy shop almost open!!!!

Well it's one day past the 17th and I actually have about 12 of my designs on the Dilyn Design Etsy page....very excited and tired. Quite a process.....make the article (which of course involves thinking up the design...then getting all the ingrediants...then putting it together) then need to take pictures; pictures that show off the design on the web...then download the picture...oh yea have to figure out how to do that, only took me one whole sunday to get 1 design online****also needed to write an interesting decription of each design and figure out a resonable price...how much for shipping....Well anyway there are 12 designs on right now....of course I am thinking I should have about 100 hits by now lol!!!!!!