Tuesday, March 5, 2013

I'm designing and sewing my own wedding gown!!!

My wedding day is only 3 or so months away!
Did I mention I'm the luckiest girl in the world~somehow I reeled in the elusive permanent bachelor, Bob Burkhammer.  He's still in shock over his marriage proposal.  He may never get over it...

Know that Internet dating works.
Our romance was a whirlwind, we even looked at rings 10 days after we met. We just peeked but admittedly, we ended up with the ring we saw that night.

Neither one of could be happier and we were made for each other.


So here's the first pics of "The Dress".  Actually, it's only the neckline but its the most important part of the dress. It's made up of 4 pieces of soutache that I picked up for a dollar while in fashion design school decades ago. I've spent the last two month hand stitching the beads and gluing the flat back stones. I have lost track of the hours involved, my best guess would be 40 plus hours but could be so much more.  I have spent under $100 for beads.