me, my flouncy skirt and an 'angel in disguise'...

'miss lady luck' shined down on me and my flouncy skirt today...i left the over heated house to venture out on a 'top secret mission'. i had a rendezvous with an 'angel in disguise' (now if you didn't believe they existed before, i have no doubt after you have read this that you will)

the 'angel' went by the name of Priscilla and she had contacted me after she saw the newspaper article...(i did have a rather nice amount of emails from lots of lovely people saying how much they loved hearing about Etsy and how inspired they were)...but Priscilla had something else to share. dear readers ( i love saying that, i guess you have noticed) she had a collection of vintage slips, nighties, dresses and linens that she thought i might be interested in...

and so i pulled up my 'not so pretty van' into the parking lot and in the name of 'dottie' i met up with a complete stranger...but do not fear for me, i had detected in our correspondence that this lady was just like me...an avid 'slip' collector. in fact it turned out that she had spent many years selling on Ebay, but was heading back to college...and so in the searing heat, we moved the bags from her trunk to mine ( i can imagine someone walking by looking at us suspiciously, possibly taking pictures as evidence) and then we parted ways, but not before discussing the beauty of vintage slips and the fact that she would happily venture into thrift stores in the name of 'dottie' to find more treasures...

at home, the full extent of my 'lucky lucky day' unfolded in my bedroom...my man has never seen so much ladies under garments on his bed before (i am a PJ kind of girl, so sorry to burst the bubble...Tif sleeps in PJ's, dottie sleeps in the slip..)...so here are a few pictures that really do not do any of the garments justice... i just kept on piling them up, so underneath is more...in fact as you browse them, i shall go and do some counting...be back in a mo...

i'm back now and this is the count..

1. full slips - 26 (just beautiful, the details and hemlines are wonderful)
2. nighties - 10 ('nellies' and 'noras' in the making...)
3. dressing gowns - 11 (not sure if i will be able to use them, but putting my 'thinking hat' on)
4. dresses - 2 (perfect for customizing)
5. french knickers - 1 (need i say more...)
6. wedding dress - 1 (having a think on this one too)
7. lace cape - 1 (interesting and thinking if i can use the lace trim...)
8. bed jackets - 2 (sweet and would make lovely evening jackets)
9. half slips -1 (just right)
10. linens, doilies and hankies - (too many to count)

some of these are so pretty as they are, i'm not sure i have the heart to 'do my thing' and did you see amongst it all, the four nighties that will make beautiful 'garden summer frocks'...i shall leave you with the vision of my bedroom, haven't worked out where to put it all...or how we are going to sleep tonight, but who really cares...

"feeling very lucky, am convinced you are all 'believers' now and still looking for her pesky cutting tool" ~ Tif