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All That Glitters
Tis the season to sparkle and shine…finally! Let’s all make it count. Remember the old saying “if you can’t see it from the curb…why bother?” Fashion seems to be staying alive and as glitzy as a disco ball. What a year, y’all. It’s like the casualness of stay at home/ work from home clothing has…
Call of the West
Story and Photos by Melissa McBride My passion for fabrics, design, and collecting interesting notions was ignited at an early age. Years worth of gathered fabric remnants were stacked in my grandparents’ attic where my sweet grandma, Ada Mae, had a sewing area. I was about five when she taught me to sew on a very vintage…
Wild Wild New West
By Melissa McBride, Owner & Designer at Wild Grace Earlier this year, we lost one of the memorable actors from my very earliest television watching days. Watching Robert Conrad’s portrayal of the inventive character Jim West, “James Bond on a horse”, in The Wild Wild West was intriguing. What does this have to do with fashion? My…
Island Fever
I JUST LOVE A FUN THEME! Every first Saturday at Wild Grace, we treat our customers to a themed appreciation party to kick off the month. Event planning has long been part of my tool box. A couple of years ago I helped pull together a fundraiser for one of my favorite nonprofits and used…
The Range Vintage Trailer Resort
OPENS IN THE COUNTRY SIDE OF BRISTOL, TX We’re counting our blessings at The Range Vintage Trailer Resort to be given the opportunity for a follow up article by ECLM. Since the first article last year, so many of you have stopped in to say hi and see what we were up to. Now we’re…
Step Into a New, Old World
A NOTE FROM SCARBOROUGH RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL SCARBOROUGH 2020 SEASON CANCELLED We were truly hopeful that the COVID-19 situation would subside in time for us to open with the adjusted 6-week schedule previously announced. However, due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation and the heightened recommendations from the CDC and local officials, Scarborough Renaissance Festival® has cancelled our 2020…
Celebrate in the Big Apple
My husband and I have traveled many places around the world with my in-laws, from scuba diving the Turks and Caicos Islands to shopping for antique carpets in Istanbul and yet my mother-in-law has lived more than 75 years without ever visiting New York City. To celebrate her birthday I thought it was high time…
LA Brings Out Spring Vibes
MEET MELISSA Although Influencer is the trendy and now official word in the English Language to describe a person who inspires, guides, and is knowledgeable, I prefer to consider myself an Encourager. There seems to be so much more grace in that term! Encouragement for YOU to discover and embrace your own personal style. Wild…