Last weekend for my 22nd birthday, I drove down to Springfield, MO to visit Red Velvet! It was quite a long drive.. about 800 miles total. It was worth every mile! I enjoyed visiting Red Velvet and found that it was ten times better in person! Their hat box collection was astonishing and the quality of their dresses and all of their vintage clothing was absolutely phenomenal. Elsie and she came over and greeted us and gave us a peach bubble tea and red velvet cake pop... it was very welcoming and sweet! I insisted we pay for the treats but she simply said, "No! It's your birthday!"
Later, I met Mallory, Elsie's intern for her fall dress line and Emma, her sister who runs the sweet shoppe. Anyway, everyone was very warm and welcoming and I wanted to buy the dress in the photo above that I am wearing but alas had no money after my road trip excursion. Just the experience alone was amazing and totally fulfilling..
I also forgot to tell you that I brought Emma and Elsie little presents :) I gifted two of my bow tie designs to them and they both just snapped them right on! They chose the exact ones I thought they would and looked very sweet in them.
love, polly :)
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happy belated birthday! :)
I have been hanging out for this post ... & it sounds like you had a lovely time. So jealous. And cake pops ... yum!
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Great post - I'm glad I got to visit this fab shop vicariously! Elsie and co seem to have created a vintage wonderland! Also, happy birthday :)
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awww i love when people make the trek to red velvet! it looks like such a cute little place!
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you look so beautiful in your lace top! Happy Birthday!
Oh, what a lovely birthday treat! It looks like you had a wonderful time. And free birthday cakes and bubble tea, how nice! Not that we needed any more proof that the Red Velvet ladies are the sweetest ever, hehe. I'm glad Elsie and Emma liked your bow ties too!
Looks amazing I'd love to go, but being in England makes it a little to far to go lol, glad you had such a good time. Happy birthday!
xxx
Ah, it looks like such a fun place to visit. Lots of vintage stuff, and it looks so airy also, really diffrent from the one's in Sweden.
Looks like the perfect birthday Polly! I would love to visit Red Velvet one day but alas, I am in another country lol. One day! xxx
That's so cool! Sometimes, you just have to drive 800 miles for no other reason than you want to.
Love all that lace you girls have on! The bow ties are looking so cute on them!! :)
Looks like such a fun store! I'm glad you had a great birthday!
SO jealous! I love red velvet. I am completing one of Elise's online courses at the moment.
She sounds just lovely in person - giving you guys cake pops and bubble tea!
Hope you had a super birthday ^^
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Neat post and love your blog... would you like to follow each other!
what a fun roadtrip! i've loved watching elsie's shop grow {through blogland of course}. she has such an amazing business and it must have been so fun to see it in person. yay!
how wonderful and beautiful photos!
I'm seriously jealous! Its kinda funny that it would probably take me roughly the same length of time to get there from here haha - but just a tad more expensive! One day........ Glad you had a wonderful time XO
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looks nice.. Hoop i can go to there someday.. :)
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Irene Wibowo
Happy belated birthday! looks like so much fun! that is definitely a huge dream of mine...maybe some future birthday! that bubble tea looks so good too! :) -Lo
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