So I went over to Tansy’s this morning for my second dress fitting. It feels so good on, and much lighter without the train! The bust area fit much better now…I no longer have to get implants to make the dress fit. LOL! She will now sew the hem and zipper and I will have another fitting in a week or two. I am so glad I had Tansy work on this dress…she really can see the potential in it; it is a diamond in the rough that I don’t think a traditional wedding seamstress would understand. They would just see the picks, dirt and imperfections. She and I see a work in progress!
She had a fabulous idea to cover the picks in the back. We’re going shopping for some flow-y material, and it will be attached to cover the zipper portion, flowing to the floor, like a train, but it will be detachable in case I want to remove it for the reception. I absolutely LOVE the idea, and again is the reason why I wanted Tansy to work on the dress. She sees the potential and thinks outside the box; the type of creative person I wanted to work on it.
I also handed off the crystals, and it looks like the random placing will work perfectly. I love all the customizing we are doing, I can really make this dress my own, and I wouldn’t be brave enough to do this much altering if I had paid a ton of money for it. Perfect perfect perfect! :) I think I may get some more crystals to put on this new train idea. We’ll see what material we pick out first.
All of the invitation inserts are printed & cut out…I just have to do some assembling. I’ll work on that tomorrow and Tuesday and get it done (Monday night we have wedding Prep). Just waiting for the envelopes….so exciting! I cannot believe I am sending out wedding invitations. It really makes this whole thing real, instead of something we are doing in the future.
Rick got a hold of Matt today, the very last groomsman to be contacted, and what luck, he is the same size as Rick, so he can wear the shirt we already purchased. So I will go ahead and get the shirts ordered this weekend. We also found a neat cloth collapsable party cooler at Canadian Tire today for $29.99…and it’s blue. :) We decided to get it as it is definitely fitting for the reception and we will use it again inthe future. It holds up to 54 cans, so it’s a good size.
I redid the list of things to purchase today, and there is not much left! It is such a sense of accomplishment, and so nice to have it all paid in cash. Woohoo! Now we’ll focus on making money to pay for the food and the balance for the suppliers, which is the bulk of the expense, but so far attainable. :) We are still right on budget, which is fantastic! :)