Merry Christmas from the Boyer Sisters!

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
It is hard to believe that Christmas is already here once again. This past year has flown by SO fast, and so much has happened since last Christmas that we can hardly believe it was only a year ago that we were dreaming about everything that actually happened this year. The Lord has indeed blessed us! We wanted to send you all a Christmas greeting with one of our new favorite Christmas songs, and give you a peek into what our Christmas has been like thus far. So, without further ado, Christmas in about 3 Minutes!

How We Wear Vintage for the Holidays // 1940s

Hello again dearies! I'm getting a bit of a late start today, and, oh, there is SO much to do before Christmas gets here! But let's take a few minutes to step back in time to the 1940's and take a look at what they wore back then for the special time of year that we find ourselves in at the present.

How We Wear Vintage for the Holidays // 1930s

Hello dearies! Can you believe that Christmas is only 10 days away? I am so excited! Not only for the celebration of our dear Savior's birth, but for this upcoming week! Starting today, we're going to be encouraging you all to dress up a little for Christmas by taking a look at the vintage eras, and how girls dressed back then, not only for the Winter, but for the wonderful Holiday season that is upon us. Shall we start with the 1930's? Let's go!

Glass Globe Ornament Tutorial

Hello dearies! Today I have a fun and extremely easy Christmas ornament tutorial for you all! I came up with this just the other day when we were decorating our Christmas tree. I saw these empty glass ornaments, some beaded garlands, and Ta-dah! An ornament was born. Take a look at the tutorial below if you want to make one, or a few, of these for your own Christmas tree, or just to decorate your house with, no matter the season.

Advertiser Love // Holiday Edition

Oh dearies you can't know how EXCITED I am to share this Advertiser Love post with you all. One, because the format is a leetle bit different: We're sharing outfits made up from items from our sponsors! And two, there's a reason why several of our newer sponsors are with us this month. BUT! You're going to have to wait and read to the bottom to see what that is all about. ;)

Calling all Seamstresses!

Thank you all so much ladies! I have all of the testers I need currently, but thank you all immensely for your interest! You don't know how encouraging it is to me to know how many people out there want to try out my pattern. You all had better keep your eyes peeled sometime in February, as the pattern should be ready to be released around that time. 
-Brigid, the Middle Sister and Singer



Calling all seamstresses! Calling all seamstresses! I have a request to make! If you all remember, a few months back I did a post on my Palazzo pants that I had drafted for myself. Well, after much interest in the pattern itself, I've decided to turn it into a PDF pattern to sell, but before I can actually introduce it to the public, I need some pattern testers! Sound interesting? Then read on for further details!

Outfit // Thanks Given

Hello dearies,
Can you believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow? It does not feel like it to me! Perhaps it's because we aren't going anywhere, or having any friends over. That always makes my holidays feel more special, and so it's disappointing to me when schedules don't allow for inviting friends over. This was beginning to spoil Thanksgiving for me, until I thought of the idea for this post...

Classy on Sunday // Stuff & Nonsense

Hello and a good day to you, dearies! Today is going to be a lovely, calm Saturday, with a birthday party to go to, and a nice warm house to come home to. I love days like today, where you can sit back and relax. It seems like everything lately has been a hustle and bustle of business. I will be SO happy when Thanksgiving arrives this next week. Speaking of Thanksgiving and fall, here is a very autumnal outfit I wore just a few weeks ago for Church.

Sneak Peeks & Vintage Dreams

Hello dearies! Exciting things are happening over here at the Boyer Family Singers studio! Not only for us singers, but also for the blog! Just to give you a wee hint at what that exciting blog thing might be, I thought I would share with you all some 1940's fashion magazine scans. I don't know about you, but flipping through the pages of a 1930's-50's magazine always makes me sigh for the old days...

Basic Patterns for Your Stash

Hello dearies! How has your week been thus far? I have accomplished a lot more than I thought I would in the past two days, including some prepping for an exciting blog event that will hopefully show up sometime in December... But today I have a few tips for all you seamstresses out there regarding patterns!

Outfit // November Breezes

Hello dearies! Have the breezes of November reached your neck of the woods yet? Our woods have been almost completely emptied of their bounteous leaves, and the gray-brown of the winter months is starting to show its face. Thankfully the bitter cold has not yet arrived, though I hear tell that there is to be snow this weekend. Botheration! November always puzzles me, because at the beginning, there are little hints and teases of snow, and then we go for almost two months(!) without a single snowflake. Finally, if we're lucky, we'll get snow around Christmastime, though thankfully its only a powdered sugar coating usually, and not a carton of ice-cream. ;) Anyways, because the weather was nice yesterday, I was able to wear this between-seasons outfit!

Compass Rose Flexi of the Month

Hello dearies! We had a marvelous time down in Florida at the National Bible Bee!
While we are resting up, and preparing for the week of blogging ahead, I thought I would stop in and let you all know about Lilla Rose's Flexi of the Month: Compass Rose, a gorgeous flexi that brings a touch of the nautical to any wintery outfit, along with the romantic delicacy of the snowflakes and frost that come with the later days of Autumn. You can pick this Flexi up in 7 sizes, as well as in Lilla Rose's excellent You-Pins. If you are contemplating buying a flexi for someone special for Christmas, I would recommend picking up one of these ASAP, because they are selling like hotcakes!

Have a blessed day my dears!

Brigid

the Middle Sister and Singer

Classy on Sunday // Edwardian Autumn

Hello Dearies!
It has been an exhausting, enjoyable week down at Bible Bee Nationals, but today I'm going to pretend like we haven't been talking about that all. week. long. and do a regular old Classy on Sunday.

Bible Bee Outfits // Brigid

Hello Dearies! How has your week been? The past two days have been filled with bus rides and busy-ness! We are finally down in Orlando, and today is my favorite day of Nationals: Contestant Registration! I love this day of the Nationals week because I have been a tour guide on this day for the past two years, and get to be one again this year! It is so much fun being able to be one of the first people to greet a contestant family, and then escort them around the facility until we finally get to registration, hearing how many years they've come to nationals, where they came from. It is such a growing experience for me, as I normally don't like to talk to strangers, but this day helps me get out of that shell. Anyways... Would you like to see the rest of my Bible Bee wardrobe?

Sister Flair // Nautical for Fall

Today we're partnering up with A Pocket of Whimsy, that delightful shop filled with all manner of playful, fantastical jewelry; to show you all how we styled Nautical for the Autumn months! You, like us, may have thought that Nautical was a style that could only be pulled off in the summer, but today we're going to show you how to bring this fun trend into the cooler days of the year.

What I Made // Palazzo Pants

Hello Dearies! I hope you all are having a splendid week thus far! Over here in Ohio there has been nothing but gray skies and rain, with some peeks of blue skies and sun every so often. I want to thank you all for your encouraging comments on last week's post! You all are such a blessing to me. Today, my dears, you have the pleasure of seeing not one, but two completed projects! My first "failed" attempt at Palazzo pants, and my second, very successful, pair of Palazzo pants. Are you ready?

Advertiser Love // October Edition

Hello Dearies! This is just going to be a quick little post, since there is a lot to do around the BFS home today, but we still wanted to share with you all our favorite items from our advertisers: Lilla Rose, Garlands of Grace, A Pocket of Whimsy, ShopMieux, & Sprouts Remedies. Take a peek below to see what we have been adoring from these lovely shops!

What's on My Sewing Table // Palazzo Pants

Hello dearies! Sometimes things just do not work out the way you had planned them. I had planned on writing up this "garment making process" post in expectation of showing you the finished product next week, but alas, that shall not be. At least not in the way I had planned.

Classy on Sunday // 1940's for Modern Day

Hello Dearies! I hope you're having a splendid Saturday/Weekend thus far! This morning my Dad and I are heading to our local library's book sale (one of the highlights of my shopping year. ;P), and later tonight the girls and I have a singing gig to go to. We've had a pleasant break from singing ever since Remembering WWII, so it will be nice to get back into the "swing" of things. Speaking of Remembering WWII, I'm sure y'all were curious about if we would ever wear our 1940's dresses again. Well, this post is to show you how we styled our 1940's dresses in a more modern way for Church last Sunday.

What I Made // Buffalo Plaid Dress

Hello dearies! I am so glad the past two days' worth of rain has finally passed and that sunshine is on its way! When I first was contemplating the fact that we had to do a photoshoot for this dress in the rain, I wasn't so pleased. Until Charlotte captured the absolutely gorgeous gray beauty that exists in a rainy day (it helped to have a fun red filter of course. :D). But you didn't come here for commentary on the weather did you? Well if you did, then toddle along, because the weather report is over, and the sewing report is about to begin...