Mid- Week Inspiration: Surrounded By Flowers

So stunning! I want to be surrounded by flowers in a flower dress! 

Harper's Bazaar Vietnam. 

My Projects: Lana Turner Dress and Fat Bottom Bag Update

Here's an update on a couple of projects that I have been slowly working on:

You may remember me hoping to join the That's Sew Cinematic Sew Along with Lana Turner, from The Postman Always Ring Twice, as my inspiration. Well I may be past the deadline but I'm going to make it! I recently purchased some delightful white cotton sateen and found this lovely vintage wrap dress pattern in my stash. I'm ready to get started! 

I'm nearly done with my crochet Fat Bottom Bag. I have wooden handles and some lovely grosgrain for a bow. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out! 

Stay tuned for finished project photos! Sooner or later these projects will be done. 

Giveaway: Moon River Dress by Shabby Apple!

 My dear readers, it's been a while since I've said thank-you for following my blog! So to honor your readership, I've partnered up with the online retro women's dress retailer Shabby Apple on one heck of a giveaway!! 

The prize is the lovely Moon River dress, pictured below!! In addition to the contest, Shabby Apple has extended a 10% off coupon for their entire site! Use the code bobbins10off at checkout! This code will expire in 30 days.

THE MOON RIVER DRESS:

Bring back nostalgia for the beautiful jazz age in Moon River, a sultry silver frock with stunning details.  Carefully constructed from stretch sateen, the Moon River boasts a high, wide boat neck, fitted bodice,and cap sleeves.  The slightly tapered skirt descends from a bouquet off our flouncy ruffles at the low waist, and falls to the knee. Belted,bedecked with a long strand of pearls or left as a stand-alone statement, Moon River has potential to inspire romantic flashbacks wherever you wear it. 

Color: Charcoal

Sizes: XXS-XL 

Fit Notes:

This dress follows our Fits Generously size chart. Ruffle measures approximately 10 inches long. Dress hits at the knee.  

**DRESS HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF STRETCH.  WE RECOMMEND ORDERING A SIZE DOWN IF YOU ARE BORDERLINE ON YOUR MEASUREMENTS**

For more information on the dress and to see a size chart click here. 

GIVEAWAY INSTRUCTIONS: 

*Open to ship to US addresses only- my apologies for my international readers!  If you can't enter, please don't hesitate to use the coupon code bobbins10off on anything on the Shabby Apple site! 

*Like Shabby Apple AND Bobbins And Bombshells on Facebook. 

*Leave a comment on THIS post when you have liked both FB pages.

*Tweet that you have entered this giveaway and leave another comment HERE for one extra bonus entry! Be sure to include @BobbinBombshell in your tweet so I see it! 

*This contest will end on Tuesday March 20, 2012 at midnight EST. You have one week to enter!

*I will choose a winner at random from the comments in this post and announce the winner on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. 

*Once I have picked the winner I will need the following:
Name
Phone Number
Shipping Address
Email Address
Size of Dress

*Please choose your size wisely as there are no exchanges.*

Good luck ladies!! 

xoxo

Newly Listed This Week!

I have listed two wonderful vintage items from the 1960's to my Etsy shop, Femme Fatale Vintage this past week. Take a peek below and click on the photo to see the item listing!

Newly Listed: Femme Fatale Vintage

Newly listed in my Etsy store, Femme Fatale Vintage, is this Bill Blass stunner! Red satin button front cocktail dress with chiffon insets for flare. Crystal buttons and ruffles decorate the front. Original matching belt included! $95.