On Thursday, my cousin Shanae got married and her gown was beautiful. It was very elegant and had a vintage flair to it. I of course, was not in blogger mindset and didn't take pictures of her beautiful gown, or of her well dressed guests (including myself - got to toot my own horn every now and then since I don't have many occasions to dress up these days).
On Saturday my moms cousins grand niece got married (we had a debate at the wedding about what that makes her relationship to me and my sister, but were inconclusive). She had a small ceremony and reception and once again things were beautiful. Something that she did that I hadn't encountered before was, she had a color dress code for her guests and during the reception they took extended family photos with the bride and groom. That was a clever idea. However, her color request was turquoise and I didn't feel like I had anything wedding appropriate that was turquoise so I decided to make my dress for the occasion. My inspiration was Trashy Diva. I do so love Trashy Diva but can't bring myself to afford they beautiful dresses, so it seemed like a good occasion to make a knock off.
This is what I came up with:
I made a necklace to go with.
Lucky me had matching shoes in my closet!
The dress is actually made out of outdoor decorator fabric, which I personally am loving for my projects this year because it provides weight and body that would require more inner structures if I used a lighter fabric.
What do you think?
