Althea

Althea requested a simple romper for her son with shoes and a messenger cap to complete the look. The romper had just a small button at the top, under the collar and short pants for the summer weather. She sent a picture to us as a sample to follow. To date these were the biggest shoes we had ever made but we we just received an order with shoes for a 1 year old.

 

Beautiful Beads, Beautiful Gown!

 


So, here's the results of the gown with the beads we were working on. The back of the gown shoes the buttons with the beads attached. The bonnet has the chiffon fabric and beading over the satin. The beads were hand sewn onto the bodice neckline and sleeves. The swoop of beading down the side of the wedding gown was also used in the skirt of the christening gown. The shoes have an organza ribbon tie and the beads sewn into a flower on the toe.

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.

 

Pretty Purses

Our customer came to us with her wedding gown and an idea to have 4 wristlets created for each of her daughters and daughters-in-laws to use on their wedding days. We designed 4 different ones using different parts of her wedding gown and the lace on her veil. The flowers on one of them came from her headpiece. She had also wanted us to keep enough of the gown intact so that she could have other things made down the road...a christening gown...a teddy bear....etc so we only took fabric where we normally don't use for a gown. We used a PUL fabric for the lining because Jayne thought they could be used as makeup bags later on. We also used the swivel hooks so the straps could be removed. We think this is another great way to recycle wedding gowns!

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!

Nathaniel's Big Day

Mom came to us with her dream of having her son's Christening outfit made from her gown with shoes, along with a girl's gown and a pillow to dream on for her own special day. It was mom's request to not only have the Christening date put on the bottom of his shoe but also embroidery little crosses on the toes. What a great idea! We also embroidered the wedding date on her pillow as a memento of her own very special day. What a great family, it was such fun to meet them...and especially "grandman" who was thrilled with the girl's gown. We used the heavily beaded area of mom's gown as the bodice of the gown. The embroidered train gave us lots to work with for the pillow, vest of the boy's outfit and bottom of the gown. There was enough plain satin for all the rest.

WE'RE IN THE NEWS!!!

Angie & I have made the local paper with an article about our business, how we got started, etc. We're on page 20 of Section 2. CHECK IT OUT!!! 

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God Bless Morgan!

Hi Sarah and Angie,I'm sending you along a picture of Morgan from her christening. We were so pleased with the gorgeous dress, and I can't even count how many compliments we received on it. Everyone was truly amazed by what a beautiful job you ladies did.
Thank you for helping to make her day even more special.
Jess, Tim, and Morgan

God Bless Olivia

Pictures of baby Olivia in her "one of a kind" christening creation. Our thanks to mom for sending us pics of her little cutie. There was another family in the church who were impressed by her gown and asked where she got it and mom passed on our information. Thanks Jacqui!

 

God Bless Kaitlyn!

Thank you Jessica for sharing Kaitlyn's special day with us through these pictures. She looked adorable in her gown and bonnet. Also for the glimpse of what a beautiful bride you were in your gown & veil. Your kind words mean so much to us!

 

 

 

Emmalyn's Pillow

This pillow was created using Emmalyn's Great-grandmother's wedding gown, which had so yellowed with age, there was no way to create a gown, but Angie wanted to give her something to remember her by, so she machine embroidered her name and decorative touches onto the satin, using the ruffles and used the lace from Emmalyn's Grandmother's gown (also used in her own gown). I think this is a beautiful way to give tribute to the important women in her life. I also think Great-grandma would have approved. Angie--you've outdone yourself!

And Still More Pics.

 

Before And After

 

We Love Gettng Pictures!!!

Picture of one of "our" babies in her One of a Kind Christening gown.

Diana

Diana's gown came to us via the baby's Godmother, who had offered to have her gown made into a christening gown. Unfortunately for her, but fortunately for us, the person originally set to make the gown no longer "did that kind of work". After searching on the internet, she found us and as she lived and worked nearby, we were able to help her out. Diana's gown was a satin, lined gown with an overlay of netting with applique's attached. Since we had a photo and patterns to work with, we were able to complete the project in good time. We removed some of the appliques to place on the bonnet to complete the look. Pictures have been sent to mom.

                                  

A Christening Gown for Emily

Our newest customer wanted us to use her favorite parts of her wedding gown in a christening gown for her daughter, the lacy scalloped bottom and the satin pleated knotted ribbon at the bodice. Most of our customers prefer the longer gown, but Diane preferred a shorter gown, similar to one she wore as a baby. We used the scalloped bottom on the bottom of the dress and also to dress up the bonnet. We took the ribbon off and pared it down to fit the tiny bodice of the christening gown. While we love what we do, our favorite part is the hug bonus at the end! Promised pics of Emily in her gown and hat to come, so here's our pics of the before and after gowns.

Senior Moments!

Oh dear, we forgot to take a picture of our latest little boy's romper! Guess this is what happens when both partners are having senior moments together. We used only the satin fabric from mom's gown, saving the beautiful overlay for a possible girl's christening gown. We used the lacing in the back to create a little bow tie. Mom chose the vested version that we make, with long pants. We've been promised pictures so hopefully I'll be posting them another time. Meanwhile, here's the "before" picture:

 

We have just taken on 2 more customers and are creating gowns for their babies....will try not to forget pics this time!

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.