Flowers on the Porch

DRESS SHOP / STORE: Children walk past a dress that Maria Ramirez made for her daughter, now on display on the front porch at Creaciones Princesa on Friday, August 6, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

Maria Ramirez decorates the front porch of her store with her favorite dress. The blue one with green flowers that she made for her oldest daughter’s quinceanera. Maria owns Creaciones Princesa, a place that specializes in affordable, custom made dresses for quinceaneras and christenings. The shop with the blue dress on the porch, and the hand painted sign out front, sits on a stretch of Britton Road west of Western that houses used auto lots, paintless dent repair garages and smoke shops. I photographed Maria and her store because I thought I might get nice pictures and because, driving to work in the morning, I always keep an eye out for the colorful front porch.

DRESS SHOP / STORE: Maria Ramirez looks at dresses she made at her store on Britton Road in Oklahoma City called Creaciones Princesa on Friday, August 6, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

DRESS SHOP / STORE: Maria Ramirez holds her daughter Yancie on the front porch of her business called Creaciones Princesa on Britton Road in Oklahoma City on Friday, August 6, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

-John Clanton