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 wonderful amazing handsome husband Charles. Our wedding was held on the afternoon of the Ides of March 2008. It was our seven year Kissaversary. So what does the wedding dressmaker […]
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) husband Charles’s sister Katie. Well, Charles has more than one sister! Not long after Katie’s wedding, his sister Melissa announced her engagement. I had such a great experience working with […]
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. Before the blog, before the website, before the logo, and almost before the studio, Katie accepted a wedding gift of a custom wedding dress, a feat I had never attempted […]
Lila Rose’s Wedding Day!
Lila Rose is now a married lady!!! Lila Rose’s wedding day was perfect! It was held in Ohio on the playground of her elementary school. The wedding was a complete DIY affair. I was the only wedding professional they hired for any aspect of the wedding. Each of the guests were given a specific task, […]
Kent Corley Bridal Shoot with Lila Rose!!!
Isn’t she gorgeous!!!!? Once Lila Rose put on her finished wedding ensemble for the first time, it was pure magic. She was so comfortable, totally in her element, and was absolutely in love with the dress. And what an amazing team we had to pull off this photo shoot! Kent Corley was the photographer at […]
Loosely Threaded pt.2
Here I am with my husband in the dress that I talked about in part 1 of this post! This dress was intended to be worn at Greta’s wedding, but as you may remember from this previous post, I was sadly unable to attend. Several weeks after Greta’s wedding day, we were invited to another […]
Greta’s Wedding Day!
Happy New Year Everyone!!! I’m so excited to finally share with you some of the amazing photos from Greta’s wedding day! Michel Berda of King Street Photo Weddings in Charleston, SC photographed the joyous event and has given his permission for me to share the lovely photos with you. As you may remember from this […]
Two weddings and a funeral
If you’ve been following the story of Greta’s dress, you may know that- though I am behind in posting the progress of its construction- her amazing wedding day was last weekend. I was absolutely honored to be invited to the event. Greta is a truly amazing woman that I have had the privilege to get […]
Michelle’s Wedding Day!
I thought I’d share a few of Michelle’s wedding photos with you! I was really struck by how happy and beautiful Michelle looked. She was truly in her element and had a perfect day. I’m really going to miss working with her. She’s beautiful inside and out. Here are a few of my favorite […]
