Featured at Feelin' Feminine

I was asked by the lovely ladies over at Feelin' Feminine to be the Featured Femina for Challenging Feminnity this month. Wow! I was very honored and had fun answering the interview questions!

I also did a Catharine Morland Updo hairstyle tutorial for CF. Fun!

The Perfect Regency Photoshoot

This week my dear friend Rebecca has been visting! We had planned on being very productive and getting ever so many sewing projects done - but alas. It was not to be. Instead we decided to do a Regency photoshoot. And for that, of course, one must have curls.

So - here we are late at night rolling each curl up in a rag. (old pieces of hose)

ta-da! In the morning curls appear! I went for a slightly Marie-Antoinette-ish look, and with Rebecca a sweet simple twist with curls cascading down each side.

We were blessed to have the perfect photographic light outside. Bright white cloudy light with just a touch of a breeze. It was excellent weather for photos!

This one reminded me of  Elinor and Marianne

Oh dear! Marianne has sprained her ankle!

In the garden...

Pondering wildflowers...

A rather ghostly Wuthering-Heights-ish photo.

...the improvement of her mind by extensive reading. (P&P chapter 8)

Rebecca is wearing the pink linen dress I mentioned before. Doesn't she look lovely?

I wore the white sheer dress with a black ribbon and locket, accessorized with a hot-pink ribbon sash and a hairflower.

Rebecca has also posted pictures at her blog!

Quite a perfectly perfect Regency day, wouldn't you say?

'Emma' Hairstyle

I love the hair style tutorials over at Rapunzel's Resource. My hair is about waist length - and not layered, so sometimes it is hard to find new and pretty styles. This is my favorite one so far that I have tried with the tutorials. It is from the Gweneth Paltrow Emma movie. Instructions are here. I love it because the hair is all coiled semi flat to the head, so the weight is distributed evenly. (No headaches!)

Enjoy!