Weddingbee

I’m going to have a really, really hard time letting go of MS Weddings magazine after our wedding.

The image above completely takes my breath away—blue? BLUE? Nobody told me my dress could be my something blue!
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Past Episodes
Project Pomway Episode 1: The Beginning of My Dream Dress
Project Pomway Episode 2: Boobilicious!
Project Pomway Episode 3: The Yellow Submarine

Uhm, I’ve lost my internal tracking device system that allows me to locate any and all electronic items throughout my house. This seems to have begun as soon as the boxes and boxes of lovely wedding gifts started arriving and cluttering up my house - not to mention the boxes of wedding supplies in every nook and cranny. This seems to be the reason behind why I cannot, for the life of me, find the camera that holds the photos from my last fitting.

No worries - I’m not going to leave you hanging here. Of course not! Instead, I simply waited a week for the next episode - my most recent fitting that occurred just yesterday. Keep in mind that we’ve jumped from the yellow sample fabric, right up to a finalized design. There are only minor fittings to do now, including the simple bustle that Carole has dreamed up.

WARNING - IF YOUR NAME IS MR. POMEGRANATE AND YOU ARE MARRYING ME DO NOT CONTINUE READING!
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I just did something really sad. I stuffed my beautiful dress into a tiny little cardboard box and sent it back to the bridal shop in Utah. This turn of events happened when I revealed her to my mom in Washington and she pointed out two major problems.

I wouldn’t want to have to be on my hands and knees searching for missing buttons on my wedding day! The button on the left is connected by only one string.

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I’m sure almost everyone has done it at least once.

Some girls do it more than once. Some might not want to admit it, but they’ve done it too.

C’mon girl, you know what it is. You’ve been there, too.

That’s right, folks. The dreaded SECOND-GUESSING OF THE DRESS.

Here’s how it works: Glassy-eyed, smiling and loving the world, you’ve happily smacked down your non-refundable deposit for what is obviously the most amazing, most gorgeous, most PERFECT dress in the world. With wings on your feet, you float out of the store and can’t possibly imagine how you will live through the next four to six months as you wait for your wedding dress to arrive.

You’re still in full-on bridal mode though, so while you wait, you can’t resist the magnetic pull of all the magazines, online shops, and real-world bridal stores out there. So you poke your nose into one… and then another… and another. And you leave each one feeling smug and satisfied—your dress is still the most perfect dress for you, and you’re happy.

Then one day…

…DUM-DUM-DUM…

IT happens.

(This is another Not For Mr. Breezy’s Eyes Production, hint hint, nudge nudge.)
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Over the past year and a half I have been able to lend my sewing skills to a few brides that I am very close to. One bride in particular was Miss K, who had a beautiful outdoor wedding last September.

The veil:

Miss K wanted a simple tulle veil, which I was happy to make for her! A tutorial will be coming soon! Here’s the view from the front:

The veil from the back (It was a bit windy!):
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For our second first wedding, I wanted to get a different dress for a couple of reasons. First, I wanted “the dress,” that has been the dress all along, to still be a surprise for Mr. Pineapple in October. Secondly, my original dress was just too fancy for our new location of either a court house, backyard or hospital chapel (still to be determined).

Sister Pineapple was flying in town the day before my bridal shower, so it was the perfect time to go dress shopping. We went into the same David’s Bridal that has been the highs and lows of my relationship with my gown since the beginning. I explained to the sales associate that I needed an inexpensive gown that I could take home that morning. She was so very accommodating and lead my sister, mother and I to the $99 gown rack.

Okay Mr. Pineapple you know the deal, no more reading beyond this point.
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I knew that I would be ready to help my friend Miss J with any sewing help for her wedding this summer. I had just been laid off, and although I was job searching and starting to think about my own wedding planning, I had quite a bit of free time on my hands (no pun intended!).

Miss J had two projects that she asked me to do. The first was to make a little lace bolero jacket to wear over her wedding dress. The inspiration:

A cute black lace jacket that she wore to a friend’s wedding last summer. I set out to create a similar feeling jacket, but bridal style.

The second project was initially to make a detachable train from material taken from her mother’s wedding gown from the late 1960’s.
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I know that most of you brides to be are looking for your perfect wedding dress, but some brides, like my own Mrs. GB 2.0, wanted an attractive suit for her wedding day. She found her suit at the Benetton Outlet.

I just came across this lovely Helmut Lang suit on Rue La La. (Rue La La is a members only sale site, similar to Gilt Group, though maybe a little less spendy.)

Original Price: $530.
Rue La La Price: $185
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First I tried to rent my wedding dress, and then I looked for a used wedding dress. I was getting a little discouraged, and I began dreading the dress hunt. I had gone back to Minnesota for Christmas and it was the first time I had seen my family since our engagement. I wanted to have the experience of dress shopping with my mom, so we made an appointment at David’s Bridal for the day after Christmas.

I didn’t expect to find my dress there, but things like that usually happen when we least expect them. I tried on several dresses, and the third dress that I tried on was perfect. It was everything that I had imagined, and it fit me perfectly. I had found my dress—and it was about as un-ecofriendly as you can get. Instead, it was a brand-new, mass produced dress from a chain store. But, I really loved the dress and I didn’t think that I was going to have the patience to keep looking. So we bought it. I had found my dress!

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There’s so much Champ and I love about having our wedding in Colorado. But there is one thing that’s not great about a small town, and that’s shopping for a dress. Although I’ve been able to find pretty much everything else in my small hometown, wedding dress shopping was not on my to-do list in Vail. In fact, when I was a kid, my mom and I used to drive two hours to Denver for all of my back-to-school shopping. It was always a special trip, and became a tradition for the two of us. But having to travel two hours to the nearest mall… gasp!

I went to school in Boston, and Champ’s family resides in the area. When I lived in Boston, I lived on historic Newbury street, about a block away from Priscilla’s, L’elite, Ana Hernandez, and Vera Wang, so I was constantly surrounded by designer dresses. Talk about having had inspiration right at my fingertips!

You’ve seen the insane list of dress shops I visited in Boston, so I thought I’d share some of my experiences for brides who may want to purchase their dresses in the Boston area.

My first stop:
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