Wedding 2.0

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned I would be getting married again.  To the same guy.  Yes, it did happen, and I am just now getting around to posting about it.  You see, I had an elaborate plan to takes photos with my husband before we went off to church, so I could show you all my lovely handmade dress and the matching sash I made for him.  But as with most plans, it all went awry.  He got stuck at work, and ended up hurriedly changing his clothes in the deacon's office. 

So I ended up taking a few photos by myself.  (A bridal portrait perhaps? haha.)  When I tried to photograph my dress for my previous posting, I found that as a result of using a side zipper, I wasn't able to get the dress over the top of my dress form.  Luckily I am much more squishy than my dress form and the dress fit perfectly and the zipper blended in seamlessly.

I had a bit of trouble with the lighting; my camera really doesn't like it when I wear something with white or ivory while standing in front of a white wall.

I had some tulle leftover, so I fashioned a sash and a fascinator of sorts.   I love having short hair, but it is sometimes difficult to come up with a formal hairstyle, so a fancy hair clip seemed to be a good solution.

I was surprised how easy the fascinator was to make.  I used some of the leftover lining fabric to cut out flower shapes in varying sizes and laid them on top of each other.  I sewed a very small circle in the center of the flower layers and pulled it tightly to give the flower some depth.  For the tulle part, I cut a small rectangle about 7" long and 5" wide.  On one end I trimmed the corners off into a curved edge.  The other end I tightly gathered and sewed beneath the flower.  Both pieces were then sewn together to an alligator clip.

And here we are, flustered and rushed but very happy.