Baby Colin

Colin's vested romper was created using the back of mom's wedding gown so that the front could be saved in case someday a girl's gown is needed. :) We used some of the appliques to embellish the vest. Dad wanted a baseball cap instead of the usual bonnet. The bib was machine embroidered on the front with a cross and on the back with Colin's initials. His shoes had the christening date embroidered on the bottom of one sole. The fabric in the gown was dupioni silk which gives it a beautiful sheen but wrinkles easily. We've been promised pics!

Wedding Gown Story

A beautiful collage of pics from our customer Nicole of before & after shots of her wedding gown. Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of your very special day!

Eliana - Sweetness in Lace

Mom's gown came to us as lace covered satin, with silver embelishments, including little silver faux buttons. Instead of doing the "usual" with the lace on the bottom, we placed the lace on the bodice, with just the lace on the puffy sleeves. Since the bottom would be a little plain compared to the bodice, the beautiful silver trim from her veil became the silver trim on the bottom of the dress. This was handstitched on with invisible thread! The bonnet had the lace trim and the shoes were done in lace covered satin with the date of the christening embroidered on the bottom.

 

 

 

We Love Getting Thank You's!!!

We love when our customers are happy! Bless you Ashley!

The Newest Christening Gown Creation

Much to our pleasure, more and more people are finding us through this blog who are looking to convert their wedding dress into heirloom christening outfits for their babies. Our most recent customer wanted not just a gown for her daughter's christening but also to be able to convert it when she has her boy (yup, she's determined). We do love a challenge! Fortunately this time I took pictures of the gown before we took scissors to it and so we can show the conversion from wedding to christening gown. She wanted the christening gown to resemble her wedding gown, so instead of gathers, we put pleats in the front, used the beaded bodice to create a waisband. The skirt is detachable from the bodice so that the boy's pants can be attached. A little cummerbund waistband covered the snaps. The bonnet was fashioned also using the bodice fabric. How fulfilling it is to see the joy on the customer's face when they finally see the finished outfits! She loved it so much she wanted us to make her a matching skirt out of the left-over fabric. We are promised pictures so look for them in an upcoming blog. Meanwhile, we're off to our next creation, this time using a cathedral train in ivory and ecru lace....more on that later!