What Happens Next

Announcing Our New Design Team!

 

A few weekes ago, we announced an open call for designers to submit to our very first A Gilded Life design team! So exciting!!

Today, we are thrilled to introduce you to the three talented artists who will be working with us for this first cycle!

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Lynn Stevens

http://trashtotreasureart.blogspot.com

 

 

Sue Elseth

http://www.mymotherspearls.com

 

 

Kimberly Laws
http://artjoystuff.blogspot.com

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We are so happy to welcome these three designers to our team, and we look forward to all of the amazing projects they will create over the next few months!

A heartfelt "Thank You" to everyone who applied!

xoxo Debbie & Shea

 

What Stella Wore ~ Boho Embellished Jeans

Hey, sweet friends!

We would truly love it if you would take a moment to visit us at our home base www.TheGildedGirls.com, where we continue to share what's happening in our sparkly corner of the world!

The entire month of April, 2018, all website sales will ship with a little extra gift, (Yay!) to show our heartfelt appreciation for your encouragement and support... 

 

xoxo

Debbie, Shea, and Stella

The Gilded Girls

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On the first weekend of this month, we took a girls-only road trip up the central coast of California. Three generations celebrating a few of our shared passions... travel, fashion, and flea markets!

Stella wanted to take her new "fancy jeans", and of course the occasion was perfect. Casual, girly, sparkly with a bit of pink... a Boho look for a special weekend.

 

A pair of skinny jeans that was juuuust about to be outgrown. Still fine in the waist, but getting a tad short. Isn't that the story of children and their clothing?

We decided to celebrate the shorter length and give them a makeover.

Fabric glue, needle and thread, and a basket of bits and pieces left over from other projects. Nothing goes to waste in our studio!

 

Stella is very pleased with her outfit, and especially happy with the treasure that had been given to her that morning.

 

This absolutely darling Fairy Princess Wand, generously gifted by our beautiful friend Lisa Leonard. (link below)

Stella has barely let it out of her sight.

 

But back to the task at hand, giving us her "modeling face".

 

A small break to watch the light dancing on the steps.

 

The smallest scraps of lace and trim can completely transform a tiny pair of jeans.

And you must always consider frosty pink toenail polish...

 

 

It makes me smile that these are so reminiscent of jeans that we altered and embellished when I was in college. The major difference is in the quality and availability of materials. And of course the slender silhouette of the jeans! :)

Boho with a modern twist!

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Jeans ~ True Religion

Cotton and Lace Blouse ~ Zara

Fairy Princess Wand ~ Lisa Leonard Designs

Embellishments ~ The Gilded Girls

 

Paper and Lace Cottage

A four-year-old can be very pursuasive. When she spotted a paper mache box in the shape of a house sitting on a shelf in the studio, it became all she could think about.

She would ask to take it down, and played with it so carefully. She found a perfect "dolly" in a basket of vintage items. She was intent on claiming it as her own, but I was not willing to let it go without giving it a makeover.

 

For the sake of tiny hands, no glass glitter was used in the making of this project. :)

Paint, paper, lace and glue. A bit of German Dresden to decorate the front. A few vintage buttons. Pom-pom fringe on the roof.

 

Wallpapered interior walls and a wool felt floor.

 

Stella deemed it finished.

 

But I thought it needed small battery operated candles to transform it into a nightlight for her room, giving it a whole new purpose.

She loves it. What more could I hope for?