Special Gown for Lindsey

Our customer Lindsey came to us with a portion of her mother-in-law's gown as well as her mom's wedding gown. Her mom had passed away while Lindsey was on her honeymoon 10 years ago. She wanted a gown for her daughter using both. The bodice was from M-I-L, the skirt from her mom. We removed some of the lace appliques to use on the gown, which was hand sewn on. The rest of the lace will be saved for her sister to use. The pillow is actually is a gift for her M-I-L, incorporates an applique and chiffon and embroidered with her initials and wedding date on the back. It was indeed an emotional day for Lindsey. At her daughter's christening she and her husband will renew their vows since it's also their 10th anniversary weekend and how wonderful that her mother will be a part of it all.

 

Shannon's Sweetie

We so much love getting photos from our mommies and don't we dress some of the most adorable babies?? Thanks so much for sharing your pics! Shannon's mother-in-law commissioned us from California to create this outfit from her wedding gown.

 

Susan's Dream

Susan sent us her gown from California after finding our website and watching our video. Guess we looked "okay". Ha ha. She said after watching the video she had no problem sending her gown across the country. We had a phone conference to decide what she'd like for her granddaughter after we saw her gown. Here's what Susan said after receiving her finished creations: "I am pleased to let you know the box arrived. It was a thrill to open it and take out each sweet piece. Everything is lovely. I am so pleased to have found you. I've shared the photos you sent and everyone loves what you created. Thank you for being so gracious and easy to work with. I'll send photos of the christening day. Kind regards, Susan." Thank you too Susan!!

 

Our Website!!!

Ta da! We are so exited to announce we have launched our new website which contains more information about us and what we do as well as our pricing structure, products and contact information.  A 'shout out' to my brother Richard for all the work he did for us on this site and especially putting up with his "control freak" sister. Another thank you for our mommies who let us post their baby pics on the web. Please go to our website and let us know what you think and check back regularly as we expand our available products for purchase!

www.christeningcreations.com



Olivia

From beautifully adorned gown and veil we created a christening gown, bonnet and shoes. Mom wanted the bottom of the skirt to be used with it's satin band and appliques and the beadwork in the gown bodice for babie's bodice. We used the veil  and decorative beadwork to create sheer decorative sleeves.

 

We tried something new, adorning the covered satin buttons with beads & "bling". Mom decided on ballet type shoes, which we adorned with beading from the veil. We also used the beaded bodice to create the bonnet.

Francesca

We began this creation using mom's beaded, appliqued and ruched wedding gown. The over layer was dupioni silk and the under layer was bridal satin.

 

The straps were given to mom by her mom so she wanted them to be used in some way in the gown or bonnet. We used the beaded bodice to make the bodice of the babie's gown. We decided it would be best on the bonnet.

 

 

 

Mom also decided she'd like a bib, in which we used the underlayer of satin, embroidered a cross with silver and edged it all with silver binding.

 

 

Emmalynn

Emmalynn's gown was created using grandma's gown, which unfortunately had yellowed with age, not so much the fabric but the crocheted lace was almost brown. Angie was able to get it back to a cream color but the blue velvet ribbon had to go! We replaced it with a cream ribbon. Emmalynn's mom wanted a more unisex look "in case" so we edged the gown with the lace and created pin tucks in the bodice. The crocheted lace was used for the open backed bonnet, a favorite of ours for fit and hot days. Our newest item is matching panties, using lace & ribbon. Of course what outfit is comple without the matching shoes, also created using the crocheted lace.

Jessica's Dream

Jessica came to us with a wish to create not only a beautiful one of a kind gown for her daughter's upcoming christening, but also, in the hopes of a son someday, a boy's romper and hat. Jessica's gown was organza with flower appliques and beading over a white lining type material. Because there was no satin, we had to supplement fabric for the bodice and for the boy's romper. We used the organza overlay on the vest of the romper so it would all be tied in to mom's gown. Mom ordered the bonnet in our open back style, the back closes with a ribbon so it can be adjusted to baby's head. For the boy's hat, she chose the newsboy style. Of course baby had to have matching shoes with the christening date embroidered on the sole of the shoe. We sent extra fabric home with mom so when the time comes, the boy's shoe can be made.

                                    

 

 

       

Newest Wedding Gown Conversion

Our newest creation was designed and made for baby Annabelle and her mom Carly. Carly requested that we try to use only the long train on the back of the dress and leave the main dress intact. We're happy to report we were able to accomodate her. She also wanted the sheer, appliqued overlay used on the christening gown bottom and we were able to remove more appliques to tie it all together. Several appliques were hand sewn onto the bonnet and the bodice of the gown. Many times we have to work around dirty and stained areas of the gown and in this case we had to move up the train to get good fabric but this meant the long swoop of the train overlay would not lay straight on the skirt. We were able to work around this by pulling up the top of the overlay skirt and create an upsweep in the back, sort of a "princess" look.

Picture Perfect!

We love getting pictures of "our" babies in their custom christening gowns! Here's Molly and a little quote from her mom.

Molly looked beautiful and had loads of compliments on her dress and bonnet. My experience with you could not have been better. You really were wonderful, thoughtful, fast, and did great work!

 

 

A Gown for Marisa

I try not to publish pictures of our christening gowns until the moms get to see them first so we had to wait a bit to post this one. Mom's gown was simple with an floral applique of beads and sequins and a coat made of netting with appliques of sequins, beads and embroidery. We were able to use a bit of the bottom of the coat to embellish the baby's gown and remove the floral applique from the top of the gown for the bodice of the dress. We then designed a coat from Mom's coat scaled down to baby's size. The bonnet also had appliques from the coat.

Princess Elizabeth's Christening Coat

The newest of our customers orginally came from the UK, but now reside in NJ. Mom brought us a picture of what is thought to be Princess Elizabeth's christening robe (Queen Elizabeth 1), her mother's wedding dress and a desire for something similar for her daughter, something that could also be used by a boy. Of course the original would have been embroidered and sewn by Anne Boleyn for her child. We created our own pattern, lined it in white satin and we think it came out pretty close!

 

Two Fer

Our latest customer wanted two Christening outfits created from her wedding gown, one for her godson and one for her daughter. Her dress was probably a size 2, simple but very elegant ivory silk dupioni. We were able to match the fabric for her godson's outfit and used part of hers for the bodice, including the satin. She wanted a dress but a little more masculine. For her daughter, we made her daughter's christening dress entirely out of her wedding gown, added gathered ecru lace to the lining, sleeves, bodice and bonnet to make it more feminine. The colors in the photographs show different but it's still the same gown.