Tuesday, June 8, 2010

A second glance



This little dress is a gift for my niece. But it has a fun story with it.

Once upon a time, there was an unloved dress. It used to have a home and be a little girl's favorite dress until one day she caught it on a nail and ripped it. Mom donated the dress to a thrift store. The dress was excited to see who her new owner would be. But day after day, she hung on the rack. No one seemed interested once they saw the rip in her neckline. That thrift store got tired of her and donated her to another thrift store. This time, she didn't even get a hanger. People came along and dug down in the bin she was lying in. They would pick her up, shake her out and toss her back in. But one lady came along, picked her up, smoothed out her wrinkles, gently touched the rip and talked about ways to fix it. The lady bought the dress. She washed it, sewed up the rip and made puffy little flowers for the neckline. Now, the dress was fit for a princess. And that was just who was going to get to wear her! Little Princess Emily.
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1 comment:

Petra said...

Awesome!!

Can that lady come to my house and make fun new clothes with the big pile of "to mend" items that sit untouched (for, um, years)? :)