"Ohhh, we're halfway there. Woah, livin' on a prayer! Take my hand, we'll make it I swear..." From the lips of Jon Bon Jovi, yes friends, we are halfway there! Day 183 has arrived - six months down and six more to go. Clearly this calls for celebration and a celebration will be had. My halfway point also just happens to fall on the day of my lovely friend JK's wedding, so party dress, here I come!

I came across this puppy in my sifting journeys for a buck. I loved the color most of all and the ruching and gathered waist was totally Grecian, which I adored. My first thought was to turn it into a mini dress and make the sleeves 3/4 until I got the wedding invitation in the mail. I knew that this would be the perfect piece for the "black tie optional" dress code. First plan of attack, the sleeves.

I took my seam ripper and began to carefully take out the stitches - this fabric pulls very, very easy so I had to be gentle with my seam ripping activity. I was on my way after both sleeves came off.

I then pinned under the raw edges of the armholes and hand stitched the edges. Even though this took a little longer than planned, I wanted to make sure it looked clean and precise.

After the arms were tweaked, I cinched the sleeves a bit by gathering the material and sewing them together. Aside from a small style change, it also made the top of the dress a bit more fitted as well.

And with the addition of some gold jewelry and shoes, a peacock feather in my hair and a glass of champagne in my hand, it was celebration time!

Ooh, and did I mention that there were pockets? A dream come true, especially for a wedding. Camera in one pocket, gloss in the other.

Perfect for quick shots of the lovely new couple dancing the night away to a fab wedding band playing Journey (you know we were all belting out some "Don't Stop Believing"), Earth, Wind & Fire (I mean, it's not a wedding if "Dancing in September" isn't played) and the Black Eyed Peas (yes, whoever had a feeling that it was going to be a good night was right - we lived it up, we smashed it, like oh my God, and then we did it again).