Announcing......

Miss Savannah Mariee Johnson




Janurary 15th, 1837, Harpers Ferry, West Virgina a new baby girl was born into the Johnson family. Her name was Savannah Mariee. She had four brothers, and one sister, who later died.

When Savannah was five, the Johnson family packed up all their belongings and headed for the Oregon trail. Savannah thought that this adventure was going to take them back home to Harpers Ferry. When they ended in Willamette, Oregon, Savannah promised herself that when she was old enough she would go back to Harpers Ferry.

In 1860, when Savannah was 23, she headed back east. She lived there for two years until the war broke out, and Harpers Ferry was held by the Union. She was forced to leave and while she still had her life she fled to Vicksburg, Mississippi.









Savannah loves......
Reading
Sewing
Being with Friends
The latest fashions
And cooking/baking

What else could a lady (of her time period, no doubt) want?

Tasha Tudor Day

Hello Everyone!
A quick announcement to let you know that this Thursday, August 28th, is Tasha Tudor Day!
A perfect excuse for having tea, dressing up, going without electricity all day or all of it at once!

Be sure to look up this book at your local library too!Tasha's incredible doll house is unlike any other I have ever seen!

Here is a link to the Tasha Tudor website if you would like to know more about this fascinating lady! http://www.tashatudorandfamily.com/

"Take Joy!"
~Miss Emaline

Introduction of Miss Fiona Grace Harrison

I would like to introduce... Miss Fiona Grace Harrison, who came from the coast of Ireland at age 16 with her father and her 4 brothers and sisters. In the summer of 1845 a terrible fever broke out among the townspeople of McDoogen. When Fiona's mother and baby sister caught it and died, her father packed them all up and moved them to the states. Joy and peace flourished in their household in Maryland. Fiona now tries hard to step into her mother's shoes in taking care of her sister and brothers. In her spare time she likes... singing, sewing, drawing, gardening and dancing (the highland fling. :-D) and she loves chatting with her good friends!!


Fiona made her dress from her family's tartan before she moved to Maryland. Though poor as they are, she tries to look her best with the silk ribbon (handed down by her great grandmother) tied around her neck.

She is very delighted to join the Circle of Fashionable Friends!
Please pass the tea!!!

Meet Miss Emaline...

Salutations to all of our fellow Fashionable Friends. Come in, come in! We are so pleased that you could visit us. Please sit down and make yourselves comfortable. Will you take tea? Cream? No? One lump or two? Are we all settled in? Good. Oh, napkins of course! I do beg your pardon!

And now, we would like to take this opportunity to introduce to you a most Fashionable and Important lady. Though if she heard us call her "Important" she would most assuredly blush with Feminine Modesty. (She has the sweetest disposition!)

Miss Emaline Rose Foster

Let us tell you a little about this Elegant young lady.

Miss Emaline was born in Germany in the year 1845, on February the 17th. In the same year, her family immigrated to America in search of freedom and adventure. Emaline loved growing up on her family's farm. She loves to sketch and take long walks with her cousins. She enjoys working in her kitchen garden and baking with her mother. She loves to dance, go to the theater and host fashionable parties and sewing circles for her many friends. She is a very adventurous and imaginative young lady and is always up for a good Fling.

One of her greatest interests is Fashion. While frivolity is something she makes Every Effort to avoid, she delights in being fashionable as well as studying the different arts and styles of fashion in all forms. Which is why she, along with her Fashionable cousins, has started this Circle of Fashionable Friends. She hopes that it will prove to be a place to ask questions, share ideas and post photographs of our latest (fashionable) projects. And of course, we must have all the news about the latest linens from Paris!

Thank you ever so much for joining us for tea. We hope you enjoyed meeting our esteemed matriarch and founder of this Circle of Fashionable Friends.

Come again often to meet our other members and admire their Fashionable findings.

Please feel free to comment anytime you wish. We would be delighted to hear from you.

With most sincere regards,

The Members of Miss Emaline's Circle of Fashionable Friends