Weddingbee Blog

I know that I told you I was not going to show my dress until the wedding, and I know that it’s a little rude to talk about it and then not show you, but this is kind of a big deal part of the wedding planning and I felt I had to share!

Tomorrow is my first fitting! I am so nervous and excited. My mama Aardvark is even coming to Wisconsin to come with me since I deprived her the fun of actual dress shopping by dress-not-shopping. This will be the first time I have actually had a wedding dress on, not counting the ones I tried on at the second-hand store that had any combination of stains, sleeves from the 80s and beaded fringe (the fringe was actually a bit appealing but the placement was in poor taste).

I am hoping tomorrow I will feel totally at ease with my choice to not go shopping. I am hopping the dress looks as good on me, and is as bridal as I imagine it will be. I am hoping that even though this is only a muslin mock-up, I will be able to envision everything the way it will be for the wedding. I am hoping it is comfortable. I am hoping it helps me narrow down veil concepts. I am hoping the shoes I spent so long obsessing over go with it. As you can see, there is a lot of hope riding on tomorrow’s fitting. (I hope I am not building it up to be something its not?)

And now, because I am a total tease, I will show you handful of dress patterns, one of which is mine.

They are all from Vogue Patterns Vintage section and I really like all of them. Maybe I will make each one in time. Of course, I will be going with a more traditional white and or ivory for the one I am having made so you will have to use your imagination a bit!

I cannot wait to try mine on! And I cannot wait to show you all in a few short months!

Did you have a lot riding on a dress fitting? How did it work out for you?