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All About That Lace…
When the story of turning Jenn’s mom’s wedding dress into a rehearsal day top left off, the vintage dress had been taken apart. Its satin…
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Fitting, Disassembling, and Prepping Jenn’s Underlining
Welcome to the 5th post in my custom bridalwear blog series about Jenn! Thanks for following along! In my previous post, I created a second mockup…
Jenn’s Sketches to Second Mockup
During the process of working with my friend Jenn to create custom bridal millinery and transform her mom’s wedding dress into a rehearsal dinner top, the…
Making and Fitting Jenn’s First Mockup
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I love the mockup process! A mockup (often called a muslin or a toile)…
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Duplicating the Vintage Dress’s Pattern (without taking it apart)
In my previous post, I introduced Jenn and the custom bridal wear project(s) for her wedding weekend. Check out the full story for all the…
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New Bridal Blog Series: My (kinda famous) friend Jenn!
Brooks Ann, Jenn, & Charles January 2017 Going Way Back… To begin my next bridal blog series, let’s head into the Way-Back Machine. And we’ll…
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Tiffany’s Wedding Day!
Three Region Photography It’s finally time to share about Tiffany’s wedding day!!! Yay!!! Tiffany and Kemp were married in December 2018 in the cutest little…
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Tiffany’s Photoshoot and Delivery Day!
As we are nearing the end of the bridal blog series following the creation of Tiffany’s custom wedding dress, I am really feeling the anticipation…
Finishing Tiffany’s Wedding Dress
After the basted fitting, it was all about finishing. Anything temporary would now become permanently secured and all the gorgeous inner sewing guts would be…