La Vie en Rose

Rose skirt // Kellie Falconer Design

Bluebell crinoline // Kellie Falconer Design

Moss cardigan // Tulle

Ruffle tee/sunglasses // thrifted

Oxford heels // famous footwear

As I write, the rain is tapping with that indescribably sweet rhythm on the roof of my bus.  I love the rain.  Sometimes, say, when toasted cheese with pickles and hot soup is underway and I'm getting ready to snuggle up on the sofa with my sisters for a wet afternoon, there's such a nostalgia clinging to everything.  Some of my happiest memories were made during the rain.

Other times, a foggy day can put me in retrospective, sentimental mood that nothing will satiate but French accordion music and a long walk - just my dog and I.  To feel the rain fall on my face, to look on the green of the world and the smell of fresh new earth is to feel so very alive.

There's a singular romance about it like no other - and I think the Rose skirt captures that feeling.  It's glamorous, it's romantic, and somewhere clinging to it is a grace that evokes the charm of a rainy day serenaded by La Vie en Rose.

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Treasury | She left on a Saturday morning

She left on a Saturday Morning

The vibrant colors, the myriad stories encompassed in this treasury filled my rainy day with sunshine.

Where did she go?  To what destiny?  Did she meet someone at her journey's end?

One thing is certain: hers was a beautiful soul.

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Linen Half Circle Skirt | Fern by Kellie Falconer Design

The Rhythm You Started

It's hard to say, because I absolutely love each design in my skirt collection and have put a bit of myself into every one, but I think this design is my personal favorite.  For one thing, it's in my very favorite color.  Then, it's chevron.  Chevron is the Bomb!  Plus, pleats.  It is impossible to argue with pleats.  The intricate geometric pattens that emerge when chevron and pleats collide is irresistible.
Add de-liciously deep pockets and that pert bow...

When all of these elements coincide, I think it is safe to label the resulting concoction perfection in a skirt.

I nearly fell over when the first two tulle skirts flew off the shelves!  I always find myself flabbergasted, thrilled, and vociferously cheering on the individual who joined me on my journey each and every time I'm given a sale.  (Sometimes I jump up and down in my chair ridiculously, too, but we won't go there, will we?)  I don't think that feeling will ever grow stale.  I also get that feeling every time I interact with all of you through a comment or email - I can't tell you how much actually connecting with you means to me.  It's such a tremendous privilege.

Speaking of tulle skirts, one of my relatives (not naming names) has decided to call them spider-getter-tool skirts.  I suppose along the lines of a feather duster?  Anyway, it cracked me up.  Who knew those delightful garments were so useful?

May I talk about this song for a moment? (be sure to start the music player up at the top of the post.)  It makes me so very happy.  Sophie Madeline is a genius on the ukulele.

There are people in my life because of whom the rhythm that beats in my heart will never be the same.  But when I listen to this song (over and over and over again, it seems), the first thing that comes to mind is Someone, my Saviour, who took the beat of my heart and forever replaced it with melodies indescribably beautiful.  I love that imagery.

Grass Green Chevron Skirt // Kellie Falconer Design

Chambray blouse/sunglasses/ruffle tee //  thrifted

Hot air balloon pendant // Dondalee's

Oxford heels // famous footwear

It's always a good time.

A peek at the rose and chevron numbers.

The Wall Tent Studio is back in business, slowly taking shape as I acquire a piece of furniture here, a new tool there.  Countless hours have been logged in the last week as my precious bolts of fabric materialize into these skirts - most of those hours huddled in front of the heat, as April showers and stormy skies have arrived.   The sun is here for a quick how-do today, so I grabbed some preview shots before the next curve ball hits.

These skirts are pretty special.  I only hope you all love them as much as I do!

What you don't see are the fiascoes piling one atop the next in the background in a colossal train wreck, threatening to send me to the insane asylum in a pleated chevron straight jacket of my own design.

More on all that later.

Suffice to say, everything will turn out.  Not just for good, but for the best.

With my life in His hands, living victoriously is the only option.

That's awesome.

Preview | Spring 2013 at Kellie Falconer Design

We're oh so close... 

for today, a preview of the moss linen and tulle numbers.  Spring has begun to dance.