One is Silver and the Other's Gold...(April 2014)

Do you remember that old Girl Scout song?  "Make new friends, but keep the old...One is silver and the other's gold."  I don't know how that random bit of music history came into my head, but I'll weave it into this blog post somehow.

Through preschool and park district classes, I'm meeting so many moms and parents with kids the same age as mine.  Although it can be tricky to find parents I enjoy who have kids my kids also enjoy, that is no longer the case with my great group of dance moms.
(Yes, I guess that's what I am now.)

There's a group of at least 5 of us who seem to have so much in common, and the girls have become fast friends.  Well, as a favor to one of them and her sister, I made these cookies.  They are planning a wedding shower for a couple whose colors are, well, silver and gold.

(See, my title makes sense after all.)

 These hearts were for the bride and groom, using some inspiration from an older post of mine, but with grey instead of black tuxes to match the color scheme.

The real fun came when it came to designing the full gown variations.

I knew I wanted to incorporate brush embroidery for details, especially since my color palette was fairly limited.

I also used some gold and silver luster dust to brush on a bit of a shimmer, but it didn't turn out quite as shiny as I was hoping for.  I might need to revisit this technique in the future and/or look into disco dust.  (Doesn't that just sound like fun?)

Still, I was pretty happy with how the ruffles turned out.

Their plan is to place each gown in a favor bag with a gold/silver ribbon as a favor for each guest at the shower.  So pretty!  

But, I couldn't resist a photo with them all together on a platter.

A fun project that I gladly completed for a (new) friend.  

Hope the shower is beautiful!