Adorning the fanciful soul...

(Photo credit:  Jill Elliot)

Meet the beautiful and talented Jill Elliot.  Jill is the owner of the Haberdashery Boutique in Fredericksburg, Texas.  Our meeting was serendipitous.  A gentleman had unknowingly taken Jill's seat at a fashion show, leaving Jill and her beautiful -- and beautifully bedecked!-- little girl stranded along the back row of chairs, where my husband and I were standing.  (I did not know about the seat mix-up until days later!  Jill was gracious and unflappable over the whole situation.)  Certainly I consider it a blessing and my own good fortune to have struck up a friendship with this lovely and talented lady.

Every item in the Haberdashery boutique fits nicely into the overall scheme of  the Haberdashery experience.  The boutique is stocked with evocatively creative and grin-provoking treasures that span the globe  (i.e., my beautiful new belt from Uruguay ! ), in addition to darling items that Jill has made by hand.  Not one item feels out of place here.  For good reason:  Jill's formal background is Interior Design.  She is  "creatively logical" and has very effectively managed to evoke a vague and seductive aura of... (How do the French say?) ... Je Ne Sais Quoi.  The illusion, almost, as if  one has stumbled into the personal apartment of Audrey Hepburn, circa 1961 -- Think Holly Golightly!  

The Haberdashery is absolutely tantalizing and should be added to every woman's "Must Do" list while visiting beautiful and historic Fredericksburg, Texas.      ~ Joie de Vivre, Darcy

(Of note... Jill made this intoxicating mask for the Mardi Gras celebration held in Fredericksburg.)