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Thursday, December 13

Weekly Wears: Winter Garden Gala

Dress: Make the Cut: Atrium Introductions Dress c/o ModCloth;  Belt: c/o Lulu's (similar);  Tights: We Love Colors;  Shoes: Swedish Hasbeens;  Sequin Collar: ModCloth (similar);  Ring: Cookoorikoo 

ModCloth had a "Make the Cut" contest recently, where people were able to submit designs and then fans on Facebook voted to choose five winning designs.  After the winners were chosen, the dresses went into production and are now available to the public.  I love this idea!  It would be so neat to design a dress on paper and then have it chosen to become a reality!  You can read more about the winners of the Winter Garden Gala contest here.

As of yesterday, all of my holiday orders have been shipped!  (Hooray!)  I have a serious love/hate relationship with the handmade holiday season.  It's always exciting and amazing to have a small part in someone's holiday traditions, but every year, no matter how hard I try, I ALWAYS get behind for one reason or another.  I know a lot of you can relate with this.  Even if you are just making handmade gifts for friends and family, the holidays roll around a lot faster than you might expect.  I am happy to report that I'm no longer behind and that weight has been lifted.  Now it's time for finishing up my Christmas shopping and baking lots of goodies!  Oh, and tidying up the studio because YIKES.


37 comments:

  1. Yes, that always happens to me! Mine are all done too but people still have the option to place orders until 12PM on Saturday. But the items are already made so that makes it a lot easier!

    Sara
    http://saraivy.org

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  2. You look adorable! I love the collar necklace especially. And congrats on catching up on your holiday crafting- it's an inspiration, as I'm quite behind on mine!

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  3. I adore this dress! Your tattoos are so lovely as well.
    Happy holidays!

    xo

    stylesparrow.blogspot.com

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  4. Beautiful! It would be so much fun to see a dress come to life - love the idea! Good luck with your cleaning :)

    xx Ashleigh
    www.ashflynn.blogspot.com

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  5. This dress is so beautiful! I love the pattern so much. Glad that you are all caught up now! Good luck on cleaning. :)

    xoxo,
    Laura
    http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/

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  6. Good for you! I'm still holiday shopping but have been really good about buying things unique and avoiding the mall.

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  7. Love winter florals and that gorgeous bee ring.



    Marie @
    Lemondrop ViNtAge

    I am having a fabulous giveaway right here.

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  8. What a cool contest! Your dress is lovely & I love your hair!! =) Best wishes finishing up your holiday shopping!

    Ergo - Blog

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  9. Love this outfit! Do you just wear a strapless bra with this? I can never find a comfortable one :(

    And yes, getting behind around the holidays? It never fails.

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  10. I love this outfit!! And your hair is perfect!

    www.ameerahshay.com

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  11. yay! that ring! i'm still so glad it ended up with you!

    you look adorable, as usual! xo

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  12. This is such a pretty dress! I love the pattern and it fits you perfectly.
    Carlee

    Almost Endearing

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  13. your hair looks so lovely here!! and i'm glad you're caught up on holiday orders and less stressed :) xx

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  14. Gorgeous! Love the dress and you're hair is beautiful!

    xo Emily Beth @ Inspired Attire

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  15. Your hair is so pretty! And I love the tights with that dress!

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  16. ahh!that dress! Pincurls! peekaboo tattoo through black translucent - Love!
    this is got to be one of my favourite weekly wears to date!!!

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  17. What a pretty dress! And your hairstyle is lovely. I'm really, really, really behind on my shopping. I'm starting hyperventilate.

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  18. omg you look so wonderful, when i look at these photos i feel like i was in fairytale *_*

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  19. I love your hair!!!pretty dress and wonderful look!!!

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  20. Gorgeous dress! Oh and the ring is amazing. I love unique jewelry.

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  21. I'm glad you are getting all caught up with your store etc. Must be such a crazy time of year for people like you who sell hand-made items!

    You look so beyond lovely and I like your hair too.

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  22. classy katie! the hair is so pretty too. when i saw tattoo, i thought look a heart on her sleeve. ;)

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  23. That dress is so pretty! And I love your hair like that!!

    http://theoccasionalindulgence.blogspot.com/

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  24. That dress is gorgeous! I am tempted, but on the two previous occasions I have bought a dress from ModCloth I have had to return then, due to fitting badly. Not sure it I can be bothered to try again.
    Would love a tutorial on how you did your hair!

    http://iliska-dreams.blogspot.com.au/

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  25. It's gorgeous! Please do more outfit posts! I love your style!!!

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  26. I love your blog! Also, I saw in some of your previous posts you make your own flower crowns. Will you be doing a tutorial for that anytime soon?

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  27. i really really like that dress and the fact that it has sleeves.

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  28. Oh I love how classy this look is. So sophisticated :)

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  29. Gorgeous outfit! I looove it. Everything!

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  30. Hey Katie,

    This is actually my dress design!!!

    I was so darn excited to see you wearing it as you are one of my all time fav. bloggers! You look amazing in it and it is so very heart warming to see all these lovely readers complimenting a dress that I designed. Thank you so very much for rocking it out lady!

    Much Love,
    Lindsay @ littlemissthrifty.tumblr.com

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    1. Lindsay, that is SO awesome! I feel honored to wear it! Congrats on your winning design!! <3

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