when I think of the month of June in Virginia … I think of lavender
the bodice of my dress is made of dried lavender
click * click for the closeup
the skirt is fresh and will dry in a couple of weeks … let’s hope Mindy’s dress doesn’t shrink too much … at least she will be VERY relaxed wearing it … aahh the smell of lavender!
be sure to visit Margaret’s Dress Up this month … she is offering a special prize for June
update: here are my dresses from January through June
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I finally have a button on my sidebar for the monthly Dress Up … all thanks to Estivalia … who is a busy artist and student … she is always so gracious and kind and willing to help me out … many thanks E … you Rock!
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Be sure and visit Natalea of Kandeland blog for her wonderful and generous celebration giveaway here
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Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz 
oo patty, that is just lovely! you are so clever…i can’t wait to see how you photo all of your dresses together!!
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Lavender and lace there in the photo! Gorgeous! How clever to make a dress with it! Can’t wait to see all together – beautiful! xxoo
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Oh So Lovely!
And lavender is a joy to work with because of the smell 🙂
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I love lavender, it smells so sweet.
Hugs Anja
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lavendar already? mine won’t be in until late june at best!! must be the altitude!!! xoxx
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Ohhh, sooooo lovely! (And VERY clever and creative too!) Hugs, Terri xoxo
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I love a functional piece of clothing! Bravo!
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ahhh I had to go run and grab my very own special lavender “wand” and whooosh it around the room…ahhhhhh smells heavenly….as does your dress…what a wonderful idea girl!!! You got quite a wardrobe don´t you…..next we will see it in Vogue!!!
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how delightful & I just love the delicate green ribbon – it must smell Heavenly
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So simple, so clever! And your whole wardrobe will smell heavenly!
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OK, this dress blew me away! Clever does not begin to describe what I thought when I first saw it. I can smell the lavender all the way here.
You truly deserve the innovative and clever award, if there was one. Love seeing all the dresses together, too. I love all the recaps this month.
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Oh wow wow wow wow your dresses are all so beautiful. Fantastic designs and the lavender is awesome. Love it.
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Brilliant idea, I love lavendar.
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Patty, I love your amazing imagination, so exciting seeing what you come up with in your new creations. I love this little dresses and I love lavender.
It`s always such fun visiting with you.
Have a great week!
Biggest friendship
Cheers
MARTINA
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How pretty! I may have to make some bundles like that to hang about my house! Smells so good! (Your lavender is earlier than ours, though!)
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Wow, Patty, these are soooo lovely.
Greetings from Germany
Rosie
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Lavende and lace..it’s so beautiful!
My lavender doesn’t bloom yet, it still needs some sunny days…
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Very clever, I can just about smell it from here too!!
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Patty – this is too too wonderful! You rocked it this month. Who knew – a lavender dress I can already smell the wonderful aroma wafting thru the air. I’m becoming way too relaxed before my team tennis match this evening. : ) hugs
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you are treat Patty! this is just gorgeous and i can smell it from here too. you must post pic when it has dried….xxxjenxo
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I’m speechless.
not enough words in my head to express my admiration for your creativity.
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so inspired what a great idea!
love Dawn xx
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Lovely lavender dress… but I still like the Jenny Wren dress the most.
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This is simply a charming year long journey and at the end you can hang them in your studio and just sit back and smile. Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen
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You RoCk Patty! What a great and simplistic idea for your dress. I can almost smell the Lavender. I have two oh so old Lavender wands out to enjoy during the month of June. Truly one of the loveliest of plants.
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Love your dresses. That is quite a wardrobe.
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Totally inspired Patty, what a cool idea!, a kind of living breathing dress, I bet it smells amazing. My lavender is yet to bloom! Your dresses look gorgeous together! Margaret
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You are always soooooo creative , this is so sweet, and I love seeing all the little dresses together that way 🙂
I always used to grow lavender, until I found out I was allergic to it 😦 Makes me so sad
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I can always smell it…. hmmmmm! LOVE YOUR DRESS!
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my lavender is begging to be harvested – but it just hasn’t stopped raining here!!! at least they are staying tightly closed up against the rain! your dress is beautiful patty 🙂
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Absolutely stunning Patty- what beautiful lavender and the dresses are sublime. They remind me of some beautiful fairy dresses in a book call ‘Faerieality” – you might enjoy it if you haven’t seen it yet. Beautiful work and have a great weekend!
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ooooooooo I want a full size version of this dress!!! What a brilliant and clever idea, its stunning XXX
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Oh how cool! And that smells so good!!! I love, love, love lavender but it doesn’t do too well out here…
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Oh! Everything is so beautiful here, your words, these dresses and all of your photographs of your world. Happy Saturday to you… roxanne
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Oh I can almost smell the lavender from here! What a fantastic idea and it works so well. I like the green ribbon you’ve used too.
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WOW, these are soooo pretty!!! Like I just said, you are soooo creative and talented!!
Hugs and smiles,
Linda
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Oh my…this is another beauty. Your imagination really has no bounds. Awesome.
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Loud and obnoxious clapping! These dresses look so delightful all lined up in a row. If the lavender shrinks too much, you can always call it your Janet Jackson dress! ha ha!
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Brings back wonderful memories of other lavender- making times……such a great idea for you dress.
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Hi,Patty! Your blog is amongst some of the ones that I most admire. I would like to pass the Beautiful Blogger award, onto you. I’m pretty sure you’ve ran out of room for all of these awards! 🙂
I love the lavender photos. I would love to learn how to knot them like that. I have quite a few lavender bushes in our garden as it’s one of my favourite plants.
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I adore it…lavender is one of my favorite things in the world….I need to go cut some and make some wands……
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Lovely, so imaginative! I don’t like lavender at all, but I would wear this simply cus it’s so pretty!!
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What a divine dress! I’d so love to wear it!
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absolutely beauty….beauty!!!!:)))
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this is simply genious… mmmmm i love the smell of lavender
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What a beautiful dress!
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Absolutely stunning!!:))… breathing dress!!:))
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Brilliant Patti, just brilliant and I love all your dresses together such a range of fabulous colours and styles!
Gini
xx
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