Wedding Blog

So, back before I unsubscribed to wedding inspiration blogs, I saw this on Junebug Weddings:

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Oh! The very first wedding dress I was smitten by, before we were even engaged, was one with a ruffled collar. Something about a ruffled collar just makes me swoon. So, when I saw the picture in my blog reader, I sent my mom an email that went something like, “Hi, my favoritest dearest mom in the whole world. Have I told you how much I love you? Can you make me a shrug like this? I would try it myself but that seems like a bad thing to attempt for the first time with only two months to go. Love, your favorite oldest daughter.”

And I kid you not, within fifteen hours (eight of which she spent at work), I got this:

Forgive the quality of the photo; it was a cell phone picture. More importantly, HOW FREAKING AWESOME IS MY MOM? That pretty little shrug was designed, materials sourced and sewn in less than a day. One. Day. I can’t even pick out a paint color in a day. And it’s silk shantung. *swoon*

Go on, scroll up to the first picture and compare, then come back. Don’t you wish you had my mama now? (Sorry, had to gloat a bit to make up for all of the times I’ve come here, sad face on, to confess that I suck at something.)

I will share more pictures when I receive it in the mail and commence to dance around my house in it, promise. I’ll even put on other clothes on first so you don’t have to scream “ARGH! Put some clothes on!” In the meantime, there’s a lesson: if you’re willing to ask, you’ll often get responses beyond your wildest dreams. So maybe inspiration blogs aren’t so bad.

{Oh, yea, and while my mom doesn’t have a shop or store or webfront, she’s usually willing to help a girl out — even if the girl isn’t related to her. PM me if you have a need that an awesome sew-er can fill.}