I made this dress as a custom order for a client and received the most wonderful feedback that I just had to share it, especially for my fellow Art Fire artisans who, I am sure, will understand the warm feeling one receives when they have worked so diligently on an item and have their customer be so happy about it.  This item was sold in my Etsy study, the comments can be found in the feedback section.   This was more special to me than the actual sale.

Comment From Date Image Item What a perfect gift for any little girl. It sparkles, glitters, dangles, and has the perfect Little Mermaid charm to match the dress I ordered. If this doesn’t make me the perfect Aunt… Thank you again for such quality work and a very reasonable price. 11/01/2009 Disney Ariel - The Little Mermaid Ocean Grotto Dangle Bracelet

I am stunned! I received a Little Mermaid dress in the mail along with an unexpected gift to match. It arrived beautifully packaged and in a very timely manner. The lace, tiny pearls, and buttons really made the dress perfect. I just loved how you designed the dress to capture the beauty of the material. You can't find that kind of detail, especially for such a reasonable price, at the local department stores! It will be so exciting for my niece to have a handmade and one-of-a-kind dress to wear. It was obvious there was a lot of love put into your work. Thank you for making my niece's Christmas dreams come true!  

Hello there!  Thought you might like to take a peek at my work space.  I really enjoy this area and have tried to make it as cozy as possible since  I do spend the majority of my day here (my office space is set up on the adjacent portion of the room).  I have plenty of natural light, which is great, and some wonderful storage spots for my fabric, notions, patterns, beads, wiring, etc.  Above is the main workspace area.  

Also, below, I have an this piece of furniture which is where I layout, on the top shelf, in order of priority, my projects; the bottom shelf is where my 3-year-old granddaughter stores her scraps of fabric and other "projects."  Below the glass enclosed shelves are 2 large drawers, one is mine which holds more patterns, tracing paper, ribbons, fabric paint, and other supplies.  The second drawer, of course, belongs to my granddaughter for her "art and cooking/tea supplies" and whatever else she can fit in there.

 Below is a photo of my main work horses, my sewing machine and serger.  Love them both, but I am hoping to get a new sewing machine at the beginning of next year.  I purchased my serger from HSN, here is a link in case you would like to see a video on the serger. 

Well, thanks for visiting, stop over for coffee and a chat in the morning!! 

Thank you for stopping by my Artfire Studio Blog.  My plans for this section is to have an area to display works in progress and to share interesting techniques and design / craft ideas.  I hope you will come and visit often for updates.  Happy to have you here.