Found the Lace

Woohoo! Ive purchased the lace for the dresses. its a beautiful off white with delicate beading. Just gorgeous! And only at $45/mtr. Thanks to Hurstville Fabric Shop on Forest Road :) But theres more!

I know my daughter/cousins/ nieces will never make use of my wedding dress. But it would be nice to pass something down to them. So I've been looking at making my own veil. And I did find the fabric i was going to purchase. But at $170/mtr and it would still require stitcing so I was having second thoughts... then i found this...

Wow! its perfect, the silver thread adding highlights. there's a very faint pink in the lace and the beading is just beautiful! Totally adored it. And best thing? it was only $13/mtr! Add 1.5 mtrs of tulle, and some small stitching and hooray a unique veil to pass onto the next generation.

Going away Dress

is ordered!

The dressmakers have come back to me. no change in the cost of making the other 2 dresses.

so now i have to send over the measurements!

Swatch Book

hooray! I got my swatch book!

now i know which shade of chocolate and champagne gold i'll get my dresses in. and also which type of fabric! so exciting!

Now decisions decisions.

Oh and i've picked the going away dress! I did ask them to make another one but i think its safer to stick to a pattern that they have. Otherwise theyll invent something.

They dont have the style of bridesmaid dress i have been thinking off. but fingers crossed theyll agree to something for me.

Bridal Bling

I picked up these earrings at the Treasury Room in Sky Garden. According to the owner, these are very Marie Antionette! They were on sale (ie less that the cost of the wedding dress) @ $150.00

The brooch came from a side shop in Wynard Tunnel, a lovely korean lady served me and gave me a discount too! Bonus!

This is going on my dress. there's a sash that goes under my bodice, and the mishap sparklies that have been stitched on.

The brooch will hide all of that and be something lovely to remember the wedding by much later on!

And I have enough so i wont have to bother with a necklace!

Wedding Shoes

hey bought the shoes!

Found some pretty pointys with low heel, they look good on. and they were only $25 bucks!

Will take photo later... They are white leather, with cross straps top, and an enclosed heel

Now I have the shoes I can organise the length of the dress!

Going Away Dress

Im thinking of getting this made in a champagne tulle silk as my going away dress!

but got to get my measurements right first!

This weekend - Cloak Making

Im going to have cloaks made.

Ive got ideas about a cream cloak with light gold lining, white fur trim with hoods. Waist length for the girls and a full length with red lining for me.

I've got Kathleen's sewing machine, so I'll make one up for the doll first. See how that goes, before i upscale!

Exciting!!!

Bagged and Tagged

The dress is now safely packed away in a bridal bag at a cost of $35 dollars.

Tossing out the orange garbage bag now.

The Experiment - Results

Wow, its landed, Ive tried it on. And i have to say im very happy with it!

• The color is off white which is just right. (could be a bit more cream but at least its not shiny platnium.)
• The lace is really pretty.
• There's the mermaid curves, which look great
• And I have a decent train!

Only a few things need to be done.

• Needs to be taken in. A LOT. (If i need to grow my boobs up to a FF, I'm sorted.)
• Straight necklines do nothing for me. I have to turn it into a sweetheart
• A bit long. (I suck at measuring myself.)

Not bad for the price I paid.

The Experiment has landed!

Its pretty!

So far I'm happy with it. I havent put it on. Mum is DYING to see a photo. and the girls get to see the dress on Saturday. I have decided the only people who can see me in the dress before hand will be Ed (to take the photo) and the dress maker.

Tough luck girls!

Its off white and from the looks of it well made.

Post: i changed my mind. I got freak out about getting Ed to help me into the dress, so I got steph to drive me over to Kathleens place at 8.00pm to try on the dress.

The Alternative

This is an interesting dress... If your into ruffles, this might be the way to go...

Experiment: Update 12th May

Looks like the Experiment will be shipped this Friday! That means I should get it in time for Steamboat!

On another note, last night i had another dream! (I don't think I'm going to get good sleep for a while) This time I dreamt the wedding was going to be next week!

OMG! The panic.

Invitations hadn't been sent out. The bloody dress hadn't even arrived. Thankfully, I didn't dream about the lack of a reception venue, or I would have woken up in a pool of sweat!

I was trying to get to the computer to inform my Ebay Seller of the need to get the dress to be sent over urgently, but i was constantly waylaid by people who wanted to chat! Talk about frustrating! I have work to do!

Then I woke up rather abruptly at 5am. And after some thinking, decided i was being ridiculous and talked myself back to sleep.

Experiment Update 29th April

The Experiment is being over-locked today!

For non-sewing people, that means you use an expensive machine to stop the fabric from fraying.
Its getting the embellishments and beading tomorrow!!! Yay!

I'm looking forward to getting the package in May! *fingers crossed*

Bridal Salons

The bad thing is you have to leave a number with each and everyone of them.

Good thing is they have number sending, and I've stored all their numbers under Bridal Vultures.

Ole Ole Ole!

Planning a soccer themed wedding?

Here's the perfect dress and it will only set you back $1100USD.

At least you can string up the veil afterwards for a bit of a kick out during half time wedding.

Latest Bridal Fashion

This piece was the star attraction at the Turkey Wedding Fair

Source

Those clumps of white on the wings are actually feathers!

Actually, I can see the merits of this. Those wings could be used to intimate. EG. You can chase away annoying relatives like an angry chook, or a pissed off cobra. HISS!

More Photos

The Other Dress

I tried this on at Curvaceous, It looks gorgeous! I feel very diva in this, not too bridal but a veil could change all of that! But before I order it, I want to see how the Experiment goes first!

An Experiment

I've bought This and I'm expecting it in Late May...

I will either save $$$$ or have a very expensive dish rag...

Oh and here is the dress Retail.

Ill continue looking until August as well. just in case.

Make your own Wedding Veil

This looks like a simple veil to make.

Double Layer Veil

Now I just have to figure out what material to use...

I would love to have a veil that I can pass onto my kids... figured they won't wear my dress again so a veil is the next best option.

For knowledge, this is a great veil museum website

Trashing the Dress

This might be an option for the day after the wedding.

Trash the Dress

Not sure about setting the thing on fire... That might happen before the wedding!

But I think it would be cool to go to Luna Park and have some silly photos there.

Here's another website