ever since i found out we were having a girl with evie, i wanted her to have a picture in this red dress. i remembered seeing a picture of my only sister in it when she was about evie's age and thought it was a cool story. this dress was hand-made for evie's great-great-great-great grandma sadler in 1871. they had to ride a wagon up to salt lake to buy the fabric. i couldn't believe how in-tact in still is after nearly 140 years. there is something to be said for the craftsmanship of things made in that period that is missing today. i also thought it was neat because we rarely see heirlooms these days that have a story behind them.
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Wow!! That is so cool. Seriously, who has stuff like that anymore?! So, so neat! (the crazy thing is...it is still stylish. :)) She looks adorable. Jeff and I LOVE the first pic.
Hope you guys are doing well...especially your ankle Greg!
Love ya
Are you serious!?? It does not look 140 years old! You have got to be kidding me! What an amazing thing to have passed on to you! Lucky! And it's so incredibly darling! How fun!
Vintage is so in right now. Evie is so hip! She looks great. I can't believe how great the dress looks for how old it is. Amazing.
Wow I thought you guys had fallen off the blog world. That dress is adorable and in really great shape for how old it is. I have a blessing dress that I was blessed in that is about that old. It is a really cool thing to have these things in your posession.
wow, i am totally impressed about how not 140 years old that looks! it is totally hip! she is still seriously adorable!!! we mis you guys!
What a great dress. Evie looks gorgeous.
What a cute dress & a cute story to go along with it! Evie is so cute and so photogenic!! Glad you are back to blogging! =)
SUCH a cute dress! evie is adorable!
So I can't believe how dark red it is! You would think it would have faded by now. It shows what quality CAN be made....if only the manufacterers didn't want us to keep buying and buying.
anyway, Evie looks so beautiful in that dress.
How is Greg feeling? What can we do for you guys? dinner? so I totally had plans to make dinner for you last Friday and I feel terrible because I didn't even make dinner for us! Can I bring something by in the next few days??
Very cool! Evie is such a doll!
She is so stinkin' cute!! That dress is super stylin'!! I really really love it! That's an awesome story too. That's really neat to have that. Nice to see you back in the blog world BTW.
I did not know the story behind that dress. I am going to have to get a picture of my girls in that dress when they are a little older. Love that Evie!
That is a gorgeous dress. And that is so fun that Evie has such great pictures in it.
what happened to greg's ankle??? anyways, evie is as adorable as ever!
That dress is adorable! I would buy it for my girls now. That's crazy that it is that old!
What a cute dress...that's amazing that it's that old!
Wow! I love heirloom things. What a neat story and what a cute dress. Evie looks darling-though she always does!
That is amazing. In the pictures it looks brand new. I love it too. It would be a style I would even put on my little girl today. I love heirlooms and love that you got these pictures of Evie in it. That reallyis a neat story.
Greg, you got hurt too? We can be busted leg buddies.
Skateboarding. Broke my tibia and fibula. The tibia was a compound fracture and broke through the skin down by my ankle. I can't walk for 6 weeks!
I love the whole heirloom story with the red dress so cute!
andrea
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