Gone With The Wind Celebration Ball!!!

Yeah, It's PARTY time! I've been waiting weeks for this, scouring
the Internet for ideas for this special occasion. Nikki from The Scarlett
Rose Garden is the HOSTESS that came up with this brilliant idea.
Gone With The Wind is, of course, one of my all time favorite movies.
I pulled it out to watch in preparation of this special event. It was a
true hardship to have to watch it for the 25th time.

I was torn between two of Scarlett's gowns. The Red Christmas Gown
and the Blue Portrait Gown. At the last minute the Blue Gown won
out. Barely. I'll have to wear the Red one for Christmas!!!

So here is my final selection. I loved this dress from the minute I saw
it hanging on Rhett's bedroom wall. I craned and stretched to catch
another, better glimpse of it. How I wish Scarlett had actually worn it.
That would have been SPLENDID! I could barely find any pictures or
copies of this masterpiece until I strolled into a little piece of blog HEAVEN
called soultalk777. Raphael is a collector of dolls and costumes. I became
smitten with these posed portraits of said collection. I asked if I could
use the portraits and was GRACIOUSLY given the green light. If you
love GWTW, you'll love this site. I never knew this type of collecting
was so popular or even possible. I highly recommend stopping in there,
you'll be glad you did!

Aren't "I" LOVELEIGH! These portraits were so beautiful I just had to
go with this BLUE dress. I could NOT resist. The temptation was strong,
I tell you.

I think she, "I', just glow. The richness of this Blue gown is gorgeous.
But that's just MY opinion! Thank you very much Raphael for the use
of your beautiful pictures and the dress, LOL! I promise to return it
in the condition in which I found it so next time I can "borrow" another
one. I still have my eye on that Red Christmas Dress!

As an added treat for visiting me here on this perfect party day, I'm going
to share some pictures from Gone With The Wind I found at the fabulous
site Dr. Marco's High Quality Movie Scans. They have the most extensive
bunch of old movie/actor pictures I've seen. I had so much fun finding these
pictures from GWTW. Many of them I've never seen before, some are
from behind the scenes shots. I left out a few of the main characters
smoking which I thought was fascinating but politically incorrect these
days. It was quite strange to see Scarlett with a cigarette in her hand!
You can find the pictures at Dr. Marco's if you can't resist.

I thank you all for visiting my little corner of the Celebration Ball. I hope
you enjoyed your visit. Be sure to stop at The Scarlett Rose Garden to
find all the party people links.

Now, I must slip into something a bit more comfortable...