So you guys got to see the dress that I wore to the wedding yesterday without a vision of what the before piece looked like. Are you ready???
Helloooo muumuu!! Hello big sleeves!! Hello big neck!!!
Time to do some backtracking!!
Right away I thought strapless! The neck was big enough to fit around my bust, however it was SO incredibly tight. I decided to open up the neck panel...
...and add a patch of elastic to give a little more stretch. I pinned it in place and then hit the body of the muumuu next!
The sleeves were long and draped, so I decided to pin them shut! This will work for pockets or an extra little layer of drape!
Once pins were in place on both sides...
...I sewed them shut and sewed the elastic in place!
With those two basic tweaks, my dress was Malibu-ready!
I loved the printed napkins with Rachel and Mark's name on them...
...and I loved the Malibu location. I actually saw stars when I left, which for those non-LAers, doesn't really happen that often in our big city. (I totally took them in for a bit before I left, while listening to the waves crash. It was my perfect little solo moment!)
Rachel is a college friend, so the USC alums stuck together. We even crammed in an extra seat at our table to accommodate our eight. The seats weren't assigned, so we were not pulling a wedding faux pas by adjusting seating arrangements!
We all took our glamour shots by the chuppah and in front of the ocean waves...
I'm kind of jealous I didn't think of wearing a turquoise tutu??
The blushing bride...
...wore her veil and her shoes...
...oh, so well!
The dance party continued even after the sun went down...
...and I was smart enough to bring flip flops to change into when my gold heels started causing some serious ball of the foot pains!! But those pains are the true telltale sign of a successful, dancy evening!
