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Things I Learned From My Sister’s Wedding: #3
If you’re getting ready at a hotel, your house, or anywhere other than the ceremony location, you might want to invest in a hand steamer. We had a 20 minute ride between the hotel and the church, and when we climbed out of the limo we were all wrinkly. Luckily, my sister had thought ahead and had a steamer waiting for us at the church!
We were able to steam the wrinkles from all four of our bridesmaids’ dresses, my mom’s dress, and even the bride’s dress! If you’re worried about taking a steamer to your own dress, though, at least have one there for the bridesmaids’ dresses. The steamer worked wonders and brought us back up to looking picture perfect!
You can find hand steamers at any of your basic home stores like Bed, Bath & Beyond or Linens n’ Things…or even register for one like my sister and her husband did!
Taking turns steaming each other in the church basement.
Good thinking! I love that you’re posting things you learned from your sister’s wedding…it’s definitely helpful information for you and all us Weddingbee readers. 
This is a great I-never-would-have-though-of-that tip. Thanks!
Just a note of caution: this very same BBB steamer once put some ugly water stains on one of my FI’s white shirts. Be careful if you decide to use one.
my wedding planner brought a steamer, and we definitely needed it for the silk chiffon bm dresses. great tip!
this may seem like a silly question…but is there any issue with using a hand steamer while you’re WEARING the clothing? or is hand steamer imply that that’s exactly what it’s for.
I remember when I was little that someone tried to steam their dress while they were wearing it (it was for some dance recital i was in) and they got burned (not seriously) but it wasn’t pleasant.
Great tip… Don’t think I would of thought about that….
I think when using a steamer you just need to be careful.
If you are wearing a thick dress (many layers) its fine to do it while its on you. 
hee-hee! peanut, i was SO thinking that! i swear on the box of my steamer it says specifically not to wear the clothing you are trying to steam.
We steamed the dresses right on our bodies, although that might not be recommended…we didn’t exactly read the instructions. However, none of us got burned…although it did make the room we were waiting in ridiculously warm!
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