I see you through the smokey air...

 

 Swaying room as the music starts

Strangers making the most of the dark
Two by two their bodies become one

I see you through the smokey air
Can't you feel the weight of my stare
You're so close but still a world away
What I'm dying to say, is that
I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
It's all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
I'm crazy for you, crazy for you

Trying hard to control my heart
I walk over to where you are
Eye to eye we need no words at all

Slowly now we begin to move
Every breath I'm deeper into you
Soon we two are standing still in time
If you read my mind, you'll see

It's all brand new, I'm crazy for you
And you know it's true
I'm crazy, crazy for you

The Blossoms Started to Fall

It's cherry pink and apple blossom white

When your true lover comes your way
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
The poets say

The story goes that once a cherry tree
Beside an apple tree did grow,
And there a boy once met his bride to be
Long, long ago

The boy looked into her eyes
It was a feat to enthrall
The breezes started their sighs
The blossoms started to fall
And, as they gently caressed
The lovers looked up to find
The branches of the two trees
Were intertwined

And so that's why the poets often write
When there's a new moon up above
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When you're in love 

-Perez Prado

About 4 years ago, while thrifting, I came across a cut of vintage silk fabric that was in perfect condition and printed with the most beautiful blooming cherry trees. I couldn't decide what to do with it, so I stowed it away. It was too precious to use for just anything, so I waited for a special occasion, an idea that would do it justice. Then, recently my mom came across her petticoat slips from high school (1955) and donated them to my cause. After cutting it to length and hand dying it a delightful pink, it is now giving all kinds of volume to the cherry blossom skirt I finally created. I hope this lives on with a person who covets it with the same reverence I do.

xoxo

PS Do you love the matching hair bow?