Today is a big day for a dear friend. An old friend. My fondest childhood friend. Emily lived across the street during my early growing-up years and we had many adventures. The ones that stand out in my mind include numerous lemonade stands, running through the sprinklers, dress-up clothes and making sure that when walking home from school, we always avoided the neighborhood doberman pincher, Satan. I vaguely recall high-tailing it home one day with Satan chasing Emily's brother Sam... this could be a figment of my imagination, but for some reason, Emily was terrified of that evil dog.
Then the sad day came that Emily moved up in the world. Her family left our little street of duplexes to a real house. That house brought it's own memories where we attempted to cook together (Emily had a very patient mother), where I was envious that my friend had her own bedroom and that she was getting breasts. This day, of course, came about 20 years later for me. We also enjoyed the only sleepovers I was allowed to have, with Emily's mom providing great movie treats and letting us feel grown-up staying up late into the night talking and laughing.
We slowly drifted apart as we moved through junior high and high school, keeping in touch periodically but busy with our separate lives. She was sweet to make contact when my mother was sick and my heart ached for her when she lost her dear mother. We reconnected a few years ago when I learned that Emily had married a friend from high school and they were visiting New York. Denten and I met them for lunch and while we are very different now from the girls in the feather boas, I still deeply admire and respect her.
Today her new site launches. She has teamed up with a friend from high school and together they have designed the majority of these darling dresses. Stylish, modest and reasonable priced, you can't go wrong... please check them out, as you can see below, Emily possesses excellent fashion sense! She can be found at www.shabbyapple.com
Good luck Emily, I hope this is hugely successful for you!
5 comments:
Oh sweet Emily! Didn't you sleepwalk over to her house in the middle of the night as a little kid?
I LOVE those dresses, I am going to order at least one on Monday, I just have to decide which one....or two! Thanks for sharing.
Very cute! It's so nice that we're starting to have a range of cute, modest clothing available. Good luck to the Shabby Apples!!
Way cute site! Thanks for sharing! An extra added bonus when you know the person that is doing something fantastic such as this! Hope all of her wildest wishes for this company comes true! CUTE!
Sooo cute! I am laughing about the dog, Satan and the 20 year later development!! and the only sleep over allowed- with this friend! I love that! I will check out her site too ;) -ciao
oh ya, would you like to join us valley bloggers next lunch? I don't know when, but it will be FUN!!-Janae
Where's my credit card! :) those are some seriously cute dresses.
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