24 Days Til I Do!

Happy Day 24!!!! 😃

So I LOVED the shape of today's dress! 

Also loved the tag on the sleeve too! 😂 Forgot to snip that off, pre-photo!

It was simple and tasteful, for sure...

...however it still was a little much for my tastes.

Not quite certain about this section, but we'll take some time to think through the scissor action!

I ended up adding this to the same dye bath as Day 27 and the dress came out this lovely mint-y color!

I started by removing some of the extra lace trim and embellishments. I removed the satin portion at the bottom of the dress along with the trim in-between that turned out a darker green color. (You can see that in the top left photo!) Then I took off the lace flowers at the neck. When I looked at the dress, I really just wanted simplicity.

With the skirt totally removed, I trimmed the sleeved in half as well. I wanted to remove all of the darker green lace trim and this just made the sleeves simple. They still had lace but it's wasn't an overload. I created a new seam at both sleeves and my new, cleaned-up dress, was ready to go!

I have no words with how pleased I am how this turned out. It's just so stunning.

And, how much does the bottom of this dress pop now?! You can really see the high/low structure of it. 

Plus you get a little bit of leg action going on too! I paired the look with gold heels (I found these Charles David heels on RueLaLa!) and a mesh purse to give it a more dancy vibe. You know what I'm talking about!

I think this dress is going to get a whole lot of wear time!

Anyone have a fun party I can go to before the wedding?? 

24 days til I do!

25 Days Til I Do!

It's Day 25!!! Today's project turned out a little differently than the rest so far which you'll soon see! 

The dress was gorgeous...

...but I couldn't quite figure out the added fabric on the right side of the dress...

It just felt so out of place and overly pouffy.

While I have plans for the rest of the dress, I'm going to tackle this extra bit of fabric today. I removed it from the dress and knew that I could make something fab!!

I added it to a dye bath and did some serious hand stitching.

Any thoughts where this is going???????

HELLO new accessory ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I folded the fabric in half and stitched the sides of it to make a cute satchel! 

And PS, check out that LACE!!!!!! How incredible is that shade??

You might see me at Trader Joe's toting this to bring home my coffee, Babybels, and chocolate covered almonds !!

For some excess fabric, I am totally digging the outcome of this one!

25 Days Til I Do!

26 Days Til I Do!

Day 26 is here and this dress is a doozie!

There's a whole lotta lace...

...and a whole lotta sleeve going on!

I mean there is really lace trim everywhere.

I don't love that the lace is ivory and the rest of the dress is white, so I'm going to do a little color change!

Yellow dye, here we come! Once the dress was finished going through the cycle, I thought keeping the cool lace sleeves short, removing the longer portion underneath, would be the best bet!

Bye sleeve, byeeeeeeeee!

So, now it was time to turn this into a super cute mini!!

Sadly I trimmed too short (😳) SO, I had to make an alternate plan. How about adding a long skirt on top to hide my mistake?

This works, right? Because look how short...

Even though this wasn't the original plan, I'm digging how it turned out!

Paired with a yellow braided, woven clutch, I think the whole outfit came together rather nicely!

I love having to think of alternate options when things like this happen! I'm so glad I kept this skirt in the collection! 😂

26 days til I do!