Somebody Got Married!

That's right, it was me! Everybody asked me if I was going to design my own dress, NO, NO WAY! I made a wedding dress once, it too me three months and the bride didn't hire a photographer, so There isn't even photographic evidence of my long hours hand sewing lace and crystals.  So yeah, NO. I bought an awesome dress and made some alterations and adjustments to it.  I really wanted to be able to boogie in my dress, so I shortened it and added straps, I also added some pearls and sparkles to the tulle rosettes all over the dress. I loved my dress and she treated me right!

 

 I had a really hard time figuring out what to wear on my head, I wanted a hat, but I also wanted my hair to be awesome, so I made this hybrid hat / fascinator.  Instead of a veil I added netting into the silk flowers and velvet leaves.

To say that this day came out even better than I had planned is an understatement! It's the first time I've overseen a design project of this magnitude.  I hand made a bunch of the decor, but definitely the most ambitious project I took on was my Bridesmaid dresses. I really wanted to hit an updated vintage vibe, so I found a bunch of patterns from the early 60's and tweaked them to work for each one of my ladies. My girls are all so different and I wanted their dresses to reflect that, I couldn't go for just one style!  I really wanted texture in the color, so I kept it fresh and mixed Mint and Aqua. I made 8 dresses total, because I couldn't just make all these coordinating dresses and then leave our officiant out there hanging'!!

 

I feel like I am the luckiest girl in the world to have such beautiful women who stood beside me on the most beautiful day!