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What Stella Wore

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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 "A Walk in the Park"

We are definitely still working within a pink theme around here. Everyone in the studio has been smitten with the color we have developed to dye some of our materials, and Stella just won't let it go! After all, what is more appealing to a three-year-old girl than pink, unless maybe it's purple, but we choose to ignore that....

 

We are also revisiting the idea of tank top "upcycling". This time we have also dunked a white tank into the pink dye, but you could easily begin with a pink top or tee, or a natural colored linen shirt or dress for that matter!

And remember, we are working on a small scale here, but these techniques easily translate to clothing of any size.

What is cuter for a walk in the park than a ruffled and flower-embellished tank top?!? We think it is the perfect blend of "dressed-up casual".

Two rows of gathered lace added around the bottom edge, about 2" apart. We used a 3-times fullness, so for a circumference of 20", each piece was cut 60" and then gathered and stitched on. 3-1/3 yards lace total.

 

To further embellish, we added a row of three oversized chiffon flowers, and finished them with large prong-set rhinestones. To save time, we used Fabritac glue for the flowers, and a jewelry embellishment glue for the rhinestones. Both are able to be laundered safely.

 

A peek at the back...

 

Tank top ~ American Apparel

Leggings ~ Target

Sandals ~ Los Angeles Fashion District

Hand-Dyed Pink Lace ~ The Gilded Girls™

Chiffon Flowers ~ The Gilded Girls™

Prong-Set Rhinestones ~ The Gilded Girls™

Have a great weekend!!

xo Debbie & Shea

 

Announcing...Corey Amaro!

 

We are so very happy to announce that our amazing friend, the always fabulous Corey Amaro, will be the keynote speaker at the Spellbound Event luncheon in Pasadena this fall!! 

 

 

Twenty five years ago, Corey was a California girl who fell hopelessly in love with a handsome Frenchman while he was on holiday in San Francisco. She followed her heart and her true love to his hometown in France. They raised 2 wonderful children, and are continuing to live their "Happily Ever After" in a small town in Provence. Corey spends her days scouring the exquisite flea markets and brocantes that abound in France, and blogging about her life in her adopted country.

When her beloved finds began to fill every nook and cranny of her quintessentially French home, she decided to open her very own online brocante and share her treasures with the world. For the past several years, Corey has been blogging about her life halfway around the globe, and the adventures as well as challenges of being an American in France. Her stories about the food, the culture, the French flea markets and her adorable “French Husband” have enraptured her blog followers, and carried the torch for all of us who dream of “la vie en rose”.

 

 

 

 

We had the great pleasure of visiting Corey on our teaching trip to France this summer. Our trip was packed with breathtaking views and amazing adventures we won't soon forget. Corey spent the day showing us a piece of her world, and we chatted and laughed and shared into the wee hours. Getting to spend even moments in the places that are dear to her heart was an experience beyond our expectations. What we learned; to know her is to love her.

We can't wait to introduce you to the amazing woman with the fantastic stories of all things vintage and French!

 

 

Corey is just one of the amazing speakers we will share with you at the quickly approaching Spellbound Event in Pasadena this fall! If you haven't registered yet, you can do so here. See you in November!

 

 

Spellbound ~ "The Dream Team"

 

It is with great pleasure that we are ready to announce the amazingly talented line-up of teachers for:

"Spellbound... create your dreams"

I cannot tell you how truly blessed we feel, assembling what we consider to be a "Dream Team" of master craftswomen, ready to both teach and inspire us at this groundbreaking event!

We think you will agree that is just does not get better than:

 

Debrina Pratt                        

Denise Sharp

JoAnnA Pierotti

Kaari Meng

Kelli Murray-Larson

Kristen Robinson

Margie Romney-Aslett

Michele Muska

Pam Garrison

 

And may we just say... the class projects are beginning to arrive at our studio for photography... and they are spectacular! You will be amazed, and we promise it will be very hard to choose your favorites!!

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Vendors: We are finalizing details for the Friday evening Mercantile, and we will have applications ready very, very soon!! Email us at [email protected] to be put on a mailing list for info.

xoxo Debbie & Shea

 

A Crown For French General

Today brought the very best kind of surprise package in the mail... a box of sheer beauty from our dear friend Kaari Meng of French General!!!

The gorgeous fabrics, the baubles and bling...we are over the moon with the possibilities!!

 

And now we are hard at work in the studio, designing a brand new "Crown" project using these gorgeous materials!! We are always so happy to collaborate with Kaari and just love working with her amazing treasures.

And the truly exciting part is that Kaari has asked us to teach this project as a special class at French General at the end of January!! The class will coincide with the dates of the CHA Winter Show that is going on in Los Angeles January 29 ~ February 1, although you DO NOT need to be attending CHA to join us!

The class will be held at the French General store in Los Angeles on the evening of Friday, January 28th.

 

Email us or leave a comment if you would like to be put on the list for this very special class.

We will keep you all posted with sneak peeks and further details!! CANNOT. WAIT.!!

Merci!!