Thursday, 4 March 2010


Ok then . . . Easter is fast approaching, and obviously the crying need of the hour is for everyone to get their daughters' Easter dresses sorted out. I'm deep in it at the moment, designing patterns and choosing fabrics, and if everything goes according to plan, those will be the dresses you'll see next Spring here on Amoretti! (One hopes, anyway. We'll see how they turn out.) However, here are the dresses that I humbly suggest for your consideration for this year's Easter dresses. (I'm especially fond of the zig zag one - it's wicked cute on.) So in celebration of Easter Dress Season, I'm offering one of the dresses as this fortnight's giveaway. Get busy and leave your comment - and the lucky winner will get the dress of their choice!

However, just as a word of warning . . . these dresses have been quite popular and we're beginning to sell out of some color / size combos. So my personal (totally unbiased) recommendation for all of you is that you'd better hurry up and order - and if you're the lucky winner, well then you can get a second dress for free!

And of course, you wouldn't be properly dressed for Easter without a Skirty - so the winner will also receive a Skirty, in their choice of size! (Except for medium. We're spang out of mediums. There will be more - I promise! But for the moment you'll have to size up or down!)

So there you go! Get busy and comment . . . and don't forget to link! (Linking will get you your second entry.)

NOTE: Giveaway is now officially closed! But there will be a new one up soon so just hang tight . . .

154 comments:

  1. wow, i am going to be the first to enter. i'd love to win one!!

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  2. Ooh! Ooh! Enter me!

    And I linked this post to my "Reading Assignments" in my sidebar. It'll be there for a few days, at least...

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  3. I hope this isn't a double comment...so sorry if it is. Both prizes look great- either would be a treat to win!

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  4. I would love love love one of these for my daughter's easter dress. thanks for the giveaway!

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  5. The whole truth, and nothing but the truth, is that my daughter, Lily, will be eight on Easter day this year. She loves dresses and would be over the moon to win one of these. (She's watched the video!)

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  6. I'm sure my little sister would love one of these!

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  7. They're so cute! I'd love one for my friend's little girl!

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  8. My little weed needs another dress!

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  9. Yeah! My little one would love this dress...thanks for sharing!

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  10. What about one for my girl?...

    Thanks for sharing!

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  11. Ooooh! The blue dress, please! :)

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  12. I bought one of these as a birthday present for my granddaughter. Her sister needs a matching one.

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  13. I think my niece needs one definitely!

    kynaroyal (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  14. Ooh! My niece would have a ball wearing that! :D

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  15. Ooh, love it - consider me entered!

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  16. Gasp! Crossing fingers! Wishing, wishing, wish, wish, wish...

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  17. I don't have any daughters (yet) but I know a family of girls at church that would love to have one of these to pass on down the ranks. Please, do count me in! :-)

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  18. Thank you so much for offering this purse! Love it :)

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  19. I'm sure one of my girls could look adorable in this. Of course, I'm entering!
    Julie Jones

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  20. OH, I LOVE them! So pretty! Megan Penner

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  21. I love these. ...And I have a niece with an upcoming birthday.

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  22. I love the white one with little blue flowers. How pretty. My five year old would sure look pretty... I wish I had someplace to link to you, but alas, I don't. I would love another entry for this one.

    ~Cassandra

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  23. Oh, how fun! I hope I win!

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  24. I thought I posted a comment, but I might be getting my Amoretties mixed up.

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  25. I just can't decide between red scroll or the blue & white....hmmmm. Thanks for the contest ;-)

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  26. I just love your designs...count me in and thanks for the chance!

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  27. I'm not sure how anyone can choose just one. :)

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  28. I KNEW there was a reason I've never won one of your giveaways...you were saving this one for me!! I have four daughters and I'm sure I could find one size that would fit at least one of them...

    Love the fabrics. I have some of that zig zag pattern and have used it a few times. I likey!

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  29. Very cute! I hope I get to wear one.

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  30. What an adorable dress! You are amazing :)

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  31. It will be a while before Camilla's big enough to wear it, but I certainly don't mind storing things away (especially very, very pretty things...).

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  33. Eeek! I am so technically challenged! I have no idea where my comment is that I posted first...the original post maybe? I didn't know if it would count or not so here I am...only I forgot to link to the actual blog post I wrote so that you can find the link. OY! I really adore the dresses so the work has been worth it but I think I need a cup of tea now :-)
    http://famofsam.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-just-love-these-adorable-twirly.html

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  34. It would be so, so hard to chose! I love them all.

    Got to link for this one: http://rita.joinernet.com/?p=63

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  35. i kept coming to the amoretti site and filling my cart with goodies, but hadn't checked out with the hopes that maybe you would post a chance for one of these gorgeous dresses! YAY! My close friend has the black stripe & red scroll for her daughter and i've been wanting to get my hands on the cornflower for mine. BUT, my girl has her eye on the red scroll to match her friend, so mark us a ticket to win red scroll, please! :)

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  36. Oooo, I LOVE the red scroll.

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  37. Wow--if only you had them in teenager size! But if I do win I'll give it to my little sisters. They're gorgeous!

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  38. Ooooh! Me, please!! Gorgeous dresses! Thanks :)

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  39. my girls only wear dresses so this is perfect

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  40. Whoo Hoo!~Pure lovliness!~Thanks for the opportunity!
    jwla.lozier@gmail.com

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  41. Your dresses are beautiful, and I would love to get one for my daughters. We are also getting to the age where a skirty would be handy.

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  42. is it too late? Carter does have the Zig Zag and after almost 3 years of minimal dress wearing I am pleased to say that she LOVES your dresses so I may need more than one!
    xoxox Carissa

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  43. Lovely! And Happy Spring to the Merkles!
    Blessings,
    Naomi Lewis

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  44. bianca rollinsMar 7, 2010 06:38 PM

    I'm only entering once because I can't link, but hopefully I'll still win one of those lovely dresses. It's nice to see someone out there making sweet dresses for girls. Thank you.

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  45. One of these would make a perfect birthday/Easter dress for my daughter Isabella who is turning six on March 28! Love your designs!

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  46. I love the dresses you design!

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  47. Easter is a big bash over here, and I have two sisters who'd be thrilled to wear a one of those dresses.

    If there's one thing that makes me wish I were seven again, it's the Amoretti line.

    Medora Allison

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  48. This is fantastic! A dress and a skirty! Please count me in -- we're ready for a beautiful Easter and Spring. -- Melissa

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  49. They're lovely! Please count me in!
    - Joanne

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  50. This is the best purse yet!

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  51. Love the dresses and wish they were in a mother's size (sigh). I have two daughters who would love to share a dress.

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  52. I love these dresses and my favorites are cornflower and red scroll. =)

    I posted about the contest on my twitter:
    http://twitter.com/trozzort/status/10257406156

    Thanks!
    -Shelley :)

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  53. I would love this for my daughter Molly's Easter dress!
    And if the new baby is a girl, it would make a lovely hand-me down. :-)

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  54. Oh boy - what a purse! We have one in red swirls, but one daughter has outgrown it and one is a couple years away. It is the prettiest, best-fitting, most well-made dress we have ever had. I LOVE the cornflower.

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  55. "We like the dresses, they're real neat, cool, AND awesome. Alright, let's leave her a joke...
    What is black, white, black, white, black, and green all over?

    TWO SKUNKS FIGHTING OVER A PICKLE!!"

    Antonella (7 yrs. old)

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  56. Am I too late to enter? There isn't a time stamp on your posts, or a due date. But hopefully I'm within the time frame! And of course, I'm linking to your site as a blogger follower:

    http://bobbinoggin.blogspot.com

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  57. I know a little girl who'd love one of these!

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  58. Such sweet dresses.

    http://8dawsons.blogspot.com

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  59. what a super great giveaway!!! Thanks for the chance.....I'm linking!

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  60. oh, pick me! my little sisters would love this!

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  61. Hi there,
    I just bought the blue striped skirt with the polka dot belt. Eve loves it and would wear it everyday if I'd let her. I would love the zig zag dress for Easter. Consider me entered. Thanks Bekah!

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  62. Please, please, please! All of them are so gorgeous, I'd have a hard time choosing!

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  63. Cute, cute, cute. I'd love to win one for my girl.

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  64. Fab-yoo-lous purse. Count me in. I keep entering even though I don't have any little girls of my own. There are plenty of 'em around to share with should the opportunity arise.

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  65. Since my baby daughter has been kicking me for half the night, I figure this is as good a time as any to leave my first comment. Maybe I'll win a dress for an Easter a few years away! - Laura Whear

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  66. Beautiful dresses! Would be thrilled to win! Thanks.

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  67. My nieces would be adorable in those... of course, they always are anyway! :-) But what a fun prize to share with them!

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  68. These dresses are truly a sight to behold! Thanks for all your hard work on them! A true classice look!

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  69. Elizabeth CampbellMar 16, 2010 05:43 AM

    Yea! My daughter would go bananas for these!!

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  70. Love your designs!!! My girls would love to get one!

    Jaclyn Armstrong

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  71. That is a wonderful prize! We would love it and we love you! :)

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  72. Adorable dresses. Glad for the reminder, I had completely forgotten to look into Easter dresses!

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  73. I've been looking at these dresses regularly... They really are so delightfully charming! Here's hoping I win! :-)

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  74. I love your clothes. Have bought several things for my Granddaughters. Of course this lovely dress would be for one of them:)

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  75. LOVE the dress!! I also linked to you!! :) -Kat

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  76. I'm having my first girl (I have 3 boys already)! Pick me! Pick me! I desperately need some beautiful, fun and feminine dresses! And a skirty wouldn't hurt either.

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  77. I love these, especially twirling in the cloisters at Oxford!

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  78. I linked it on FB! Good for me!

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  79. Of all the drawings I enter, THIS is the one I want to win!

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  80. These dresses are darling!

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  81. Although God has not yet graced my home with a daughter, my niece would be stunning in the blue and white!! So hey, happy Easter to me, right? :)

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  82. If we win a sleeveless spring dress, does that mean it will stop snowing and Spring will come?

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  83. In it to win it.

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  84. Since Will wouldn't have looked quite right...
    I'd love one for Eva!

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  85. Katie "needs" a new dress. Enter us please.

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  86. Gorgeous dresses and I love the skirty too.

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  87. I love your dresses. I would only have a hard time picking a color!

    http://jb-marie.com/ [left sidebar]

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  88. Count me in! I have twin girls, so I'd just have to buy another one to compliment...Jen S.

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  89. What beautiful dresses--I love them!

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  90. Though the odds be stacked against me, the purse is most definitely worth it. (Come on 101 (and 102)!)

    I also linked to it on facebook. Much more effective than using my long defunct blog! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1633072121

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  91. I only have boys so I do not get the pleasure of dress shopping for my own. However, I have 5 nieces that I have been know to dress from time to time when I need a girl fix! Would love to win one of these great dresses for one of them!
    Jennifer jenn_wallace@yahoo.com

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  92. Oh yes, PLEASE!!! These are beautiful!

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  93. Key lime pie makes a great dessert for St. Patrick's Day!

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  94. Yes, please! Our eldest is actually big enough to fit the size 4 this year! Happy spring!

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  95. My daughter would enjoy one! Thanks!

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  96. Lurvely - we need some spring beauty here! Please enter us!

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  97. Roses are red,
    Violets are blue,
    I'm not a poet,
    But enter me, too:).

    The dresses and the skirties are adorable!

    MrsSM

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  98. I'd love to be able to give one of these to one of my 6 nieces! Thank you for the opportunity!

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  99. Love the dresses! Beautiful work!

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  100. Great dresses- but I'll admit- I'm most excited about the skirtie!

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  101. Gorgeous dresses!!

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  102. I love the red starry one and the zigzag! So cute!

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  103. Count me in! They are really cute.

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  104. I'd love to be able to give this to my little sis for her birthday...

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  105. I love the white and blue one! Here's hoping!

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  106. We are pregnant with #2...hope it's a girl! I

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  107. Absolutely love the Cornflower dress! Adorable...wish I could fitted into it :)

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  108. WOW - what a great purse! Puhlease enter me...ever thought of doing an adult ladies line?!?

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  109. Ooh! I love the red cherry one. We're expecting another little girl in 8 weeks so we'd get double wear out of it. And the skirty is a very exciting prospect. My daughter's only just two at the moment, but it can't be long before she's climbing trees and needs to protect her modesty.
    mrsmelissacary@yahoo.co.uk

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  110. Here is my second entry with the link:

    http://likesnowinmay.blogspot.com/2010/03/amoretti.html

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  111. Love the ZigZag dress

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  112. I would be so excited to win!

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  113. Gorgeous! Love them all, really.

    Tami

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  114. I love the dress I ordered recently for my oldest girl's birthday. Would love one for her sister!=) Thank you. Mrs. Jeff Swanson

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  115. I love having a little girl! It's so much fun putting them in dresses.

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  116. I would love to win one for my precious daughter!! She would look lovely, and I personally love your style. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  117. Oh I have 3 sweet darling girls and I am sure all of them would look stunning in one of these adorable dresses.. pick me!

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  118. Ooh, ooh I want one!! Well, not for me but for my long legged 5 year old. She is almost impossible to shop for dresses because she is so long!

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  119. I happen to think that my little one would look pretty perfect in one of these :)

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  121. I linked as well! www.lifeinthishome.blogspot.com

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  122. Oh wow, these are really too cute!!!

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  123. one for me, please

    Sheree

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  124. I tried to enter for this before, but I think I did it somewhere else. I hope this works.

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  125. Your fortnightly purses = fabulous. Please enter me (and my small but delightful 7 year old) for a dress she'll love for Easter and all summer long! Thank you!

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  126. I'd love to win one of these for my little daughter. They are all just adorable! If I win I'll have a hard time deciding which one to choose. :)

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  127. Can't wait till my little girl is big enough to wear one of these!

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  128. Love your clothes!!! My six year old loves looking at all the choices:)

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  129. Well, how fun can it get? A dress and a skirty!

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  130. Ok...I've been meaning to order one of these. Samantha NEEDS one for Easter. Since the to-do list is soooo full, this item could be checked off easily with winning the purse. I'm holding my breath. Hope you pick soon because the breath-holding situation could get hairy!

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  131. My Genevieve would look fabulous in the pastel zigzag! Should I buy or should I hope?!

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  132. My girls would love an Amoretti dress for Easter! But if I win one, then I'll have to buy one for the other. (Glad I only have 2 daughters in this regard. ~ grin)

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  133. I have a little, impish girl who would give that zigzag dress a run for its money!! :)

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  134. I can't decide which one, but my little one will look great in one of these dresses!

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  135. Wow! Just beautiful.
    Glenys

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  136. Such lovely dresses! The skirty is a great fix too. I have often wished all dresses came with bloomers, what a fab idea. Michelle~

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  137. Oh MY! My little Lily bug would be simply adorable in one of these... even if she may have to wait a bit to actually fit. Oh me!! Please pick me!! :)

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  138. These are great feminine dresses for little ballerinas. My daughter would love to twirl in these--"is it a twirly dress, Mamma?" http://bloggerstroller.blogspot.com/2010/03/ephemera.html

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