I know I said Last Wedding Post but there is a little more! The back-story follows and includes a little walk down memory lane. Actually a long walk because that lane is almost 28-years old!
My wedding dress (circa 1983) has happily resided in a never-used closet, in a rarely-used bedroom, in the little-used basement of my in-laws. For some unexplained reason this past summer, I was strongly encouraged (told) to retake posesssion of my dress (immediately) - which I did with a confused smile and the intention of storing it at the cabin (really, who knows when you might be at the cabin and think, I could really use a wedding dress)!
When Alicia got engaged and decided that she wanted to have Melissa Blackburn design/make her dress I got the crazy idea that maybe part of the "old", as in "Something old, something new..." could be a little piece of my dress. I was thinking that it could be used as part of the lining or perhaps to make a little pocket. Not sure why I was stuck on the idea of a little pocket - strangely I still find myself asking whether traditional wedding dresses ever came with little pockets.
(Side Note: Thank you to the kind soul who suggested that perhaps the lace from my dress could be considered "something borrowed" as you were the only one to not immediately assume "something old". Unfortunately I'm not exactly sure who said it - I think it was either Rhett or Darin - someone let me know for sure - as of now you are both my favorites!)
Without regard to the pocket or pocket-less status of wedding dresses, I mentioned the idea to Alicia and we took my dress to her first consultation with Melissa, wedding dress maker extraordinaire. The results are shown above - I love it - and somewhere in the process I fell in love with my wedding dress all over again.
Yes, that is me - and yes that is a dried-flower wreath veil - so very,very me :)When Alicia showed how the dress maker had incorporated some of the lace from my dress into the underskirt for her dress to Cara and Emily, they both asked whether there was any of my dress left for them. I assured them that there was plenty of dress left... and it's at the cabin whenever they want it!
