a paisley dress

 I won the paisley dress from this Romwe giveaway hosted by Karin at Wunderlust. 

Here's my dress from Romwe.

Close up of the dress fabric.

What it looks like un-tucked.

This is what I wanted the dress to resemble.

Just Cavalli Spring RTW 2012

This was my reality.

My reality did NOT match my vision.

So, I tucked the dress into my thrifted skirt.

With the headband, and without the headband.

I still like the paisley pattern,
and the lace detailing on the sleeves.

My twin nieces are two years old!

My art journal pages:
Left page was journaling outside.

 The right page is a house, I created with collage.

I wrote:  Last year I drew my dream house. Now I'll describe it: on a beach, or near the woods, away from neighbors barking dogs, away from airplanes, and trains, and noisy cars, away from children screaming, like a fairy tale cottage, gingerbread house, stone gate, or bricks, gables, high ceilings, wild flowers, ivy, stained glass, bay windows, rainbow prisms on the wall.