~Never give up on your dreams~

Hello friends...so glad you could visit again.
If you are visiting from Freckled Laundry..
Welcome
So happy Jami was kind enough to feature
The Empty Nest

Today I received a box in the mail.

Now normally getting a box is cause for excitement

However.....

Today I couldn't help but feel a little sad

at the sight of this 

package.

You see, it was a 

REJECTION PACKAGE!

Talk about a blow to ones ego...Yikes!

Marie Antoinette Inspired..'Le Petite Trianon'

This apron was fashioned from thrift store dresses and linens. 

The inspiration was the country frocks

that Marie Antoinette favored while she 

was in residence at 

Le Petite Trianon

Montmirail, France Inspired Apron..'Mademoiselle Montmirail'

This tangerine beauty was also fashioned from thrift shop skirts

and vintage linens.

The colors of 

Montmirail, France 

were my inspiration.

Last year I submitted these two couture aprons to 

one of my favorite magazines

Apronology

I have been featured in Apronology two times before 

and was hoping for a third.

They receive hundreds of gorgeous aprons for submission

every year

and I am sure the competition is super tough.

There are so many talented apronologists

creating beautiful aprons.

So I ask you... am I discouraged??

HECK NO!!

I'm going to come at them even harder next year and

maybe even set my sights on the cover.

Like I said..

"Never give up on your dreams"

Until next time...be kind and stay creative.
PS....
Apronology hits the newsstands on Feb 1st and I will the first in line
to buy my copy, so I can Ooooo and Ahhhhh over every page!
Editor, Beth Livesay, never disappoints.

sharing my 'bad' news here this week:
At the Picket Fence
Freckled Laundry