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Retrospective: My Own Raw Silk & Cotton Lace Wedding Dress
Yes, I made my own wedding dress. After making his sister Katie’s wedding dress and his sister Melissa’s wedding dress, I got engaged to my…
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Retrospective: Melissa’s Silk Chiffon Maternity Wedding Dress
As you may remember from my first “retrospective blog post” last week, the first real wedding dress that I ever made was for my (now)…
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Retrospective: Katie’s bias cut silk charmeuse wedding dress
This is my gorgeous sister-in-law Katie. She got married in 2006 and wore the very first Brooks Ann Camper Bridal Couture dress ever made. …
Lila Rose’s FINAL Full-Color Sketches!
How many of you guessed that Lila Rose would choose a HOT PINK wedding dress? These are the final sketches for Lila Rose’s custom…
Time to choose COLORS for Lila Rose’s unique wedding dress!
Photo Source Lila Rose would be flying from her home in Boston to my studio in Hillsborough soon to try on the mockup for her…
And the winning design is…
Finally, THIS is the pencil sketch that will become Lila Rose’s custom wedding dress! This design features a removable train, a pencil mini-skirt, a “bustle”,…
Two new Design Options for Lila Rose!
I like my brides to be overwhelmed with delight when they see the sketches for their dress. While Lila Rose loved the designs enough to…
Lila Rose’s (first (and second)) Design Proposal
After my Design Consultation with Lila Rose, I spent many hours thoughtfully considering all of our ideas as I delved into designing! I needed to…
The Design Consultation
A few months ago, Lila Rose flew in from Boston for her Design Consultation. I picked her up from the airport early in the morning…