It is all over.

Well...it was over like 2 1/2 weeks ago. I've been catching up on rest and editing some pictures of the wedding. The ceremony was beautiful! It was held at The Elm in Baltimore city. This place was soooo cool! It has a really cool vintage artsy look to it. The building is actually a barn. The reception area was surrounded by huge custom paintings done by the owner and the whole place was saturated with a kind of vintage indie, some-what bohemian decor. Check it out - http://www.the-elm.com/photos/galleries/inside/index.htm

Now, to the wardrobe! Only by the grace of evolution did that dress get finished. And with some zipper assistance from Jill Andrews...from Jill Andrews Gowns..oh yeah...so awesome! Jill Andrews made my now-official-Aunt Lorie's corset for the wedding in a week! And she so graciously taught me how to install an invisible zipper properly. She also gave me a free garment bag for the dress...apparently they work better than the garabage bag I was using...who knew?

So here it is...

Look at the beautiful couple! And the most awesomest shoes ever! *notes: To a certain person, I know "awesomest" is not a word in the english dictionary...but I typed it anyway! I'm such a rebel...

And they really love each other! So rare these days...*cough*

Sigh, it was really an awesome experience. Part of me is sad it's over...the masochistic part. I feel like I learned so much from making this dress. Not just more sewing skillz, but more about my family and myself. We truely all came together to make this happen. My mom watched my son every weekend and during week nights without complaint. She helped to keep me motivated and talked me through many style dilemmas and technical difficulties...and there were many technical difficulties. Aunt Jackie and Aunt Lorie came up to baby-sit whenever they could for FREE! Oh AND my fiance let me take my frustration out on him!

*Disclaimer* No actual fiances were hurt during the making of this dess.

So, did I stop at the dress? Hellls to the No. There were two little flower children expecting rainbow capes. And Caden needed a vest to match Aunt Jackie's dress. So here we go:

Capes:

(They aren't my children, so their faces are blurred). I don't think you can tell in the pictures, but the collars are decorated with gold metallic thread. They are magic rainbow capes, thus they are infused with the power of magical gold thread...what? The capes were for kids....don't judge me.

Vest:

Can't you tell how much he loves his vest?

I think that is everything that was made for the wedding. Well, I would love to continue writing about my latest fabric adventures, but people are beating each other on MTV Road Rules Challenge and it is beaconing me to watch. I can't look away...I'm being sucked it...Itss soooo beautiful in a really pathetic and violent waaaaayyyy.....*scene*

AHHHH!!!!

What. A. Roller coaster ride. 2 weeks ago God decided to send me a message. And that message was "I hate you!"  I was finally finished with school and would be using my 2 week break before summer school to completely finish the dress. Or so I thought. My son got sick, then I got sick, then Aunt Jackie got sick...and then my son got sick AGAIN and had to be taken to the hospital in the middle of the night! And we all know that was a quick visit, right? So we are at the hospital all night thinking my son's has the bird flu or something and it turns out just to be a 12 hour stomach bug.
   Baby is feeling better, we are all caught up on sleep, time to get to work! SCCCHHREEEETCH! Nope I don't think so because the tooth fairy decided it was time for 4 new teeth at once, 2 being molars. Oh yes, the Tooth Fairy hates this family as well. Tylenol-Cry-Motrin-Cry-Temperature-Cry-Mommy Cry....oh boy.
   Thankfully, today my little man is doing much better. But that doesn't mean I am scotch free. Because, like an idiot, I still tried to do some work during the whole fiasco and made many, many mistakes. Turns out, I extra suck at sewing when I am worried. Who knew? Let me explain:

This is how many times I tried to redesign the dress:

Look at the third dress! What the hell is that?!?!! It looks like a dwarf in a sparkly tulle costume is camping out in the mannequin's skirt. This picture makes me what to hide.

Now, to get to the stains. On this dress, in places now hidden, are chocolate milk, blood, chalk and spray adhesive stains.

---------Sigh---------
 However, there is good news! The embroidery is finished! All the pieces are sewn together...sort of. After 3 hours of struggling with the invisible zipper, I finally got it sewn on perfectly! But, it only zips up the dress half way. So, my fiance insisted he could "Fix" it for me (because he knows eeeeverything about zipper installation). 10 minutes later, he proclaims "I got the zipper up!"...but it completely separated in the middle. AHHHHHH!

To be continued....