Snapshots of Wedding Preparations

The past few weeks have been super busy, but also good and not too stressful. And I feel like a lot has been accomplished on the wedding-preparation front. Among other things, we have a venue, did a bunch of shopping, and completed the table decorations. Gift registries are being compiled - that's a fun thing to do. Two bridesmaid dresses are all but finished. I made my dress muslin and bought one kind of fabric for my wedding dress (no sneak peeks of that here, though, probably...:-) and ordered the rest of what I need, so as soon as that arrives I can get started on the final version. I'm hoping to have plenty of time to work on it so I can enjoy the process. Myriads of details to be thought of and attended to - so many lists to be made and crossed out! 

Just a few of the small things...

Touching up my wedding shoes with blue...just because!

 

The foundation of a wedding dress - the All Important Muslin! I am using an existing 1950s pattern but altered the bodice in both fit and style, so I did a lot of basting and trimming on the bodice muslin. Once I got it how I wanted it, I just ripped out the basting threads and will use these pieces as the pattern pieces.

 

And these dainty confections arrived recently. They are a few of the flowers I will use for my bridal wreath and corsages for various folks. They are so pretty and cheery and vintage-y - just what I was hoping for! (I'm hoping to have time to take some step-by-step photos of some of my wedding projects so that after the wedding I can put up some tutorials.)

 

Color makes me h.a.p.p.y.

 

Of course, planning a day to be married to my Sweetheart makes me even h.a.p.p.i.e.r.

:-)

Comments

[Esther]

This is so much fun!! I am soooo happy for you, Kristen!!! I didn't get a chance to say so until now, but congratulations, and may the Lord bless you and Dustin!!!!! :) I can tell just by reading the posts how utterly joyful and contented you are, and that is such a blessing to see. Have fun working on this lovely stuff!! :)

[Dee]

Oh, these shoes look so pretty with a touch of blue! I was wondering what creative way (or ways) you would add ''Something blue''!! My wedding color was royal blue. Looking forward to seeing what you make with these flowers...Of course, your dress sounds lovely too.

Best wishes,
Dee

[Johanna]

Hello there. I stumbled across your blog very recently, and wanted to say that I love your authentic vintage style.
But, congratulations on your engagement! I'm sure that it is quite the task making your own wedding dress, but I think that makes it all the more special...to have lovingly sewn each seam. I plan on making my own hopefully one day as well.

[Kristen Stoltzfus Clay]

Welcome, Johanna! I'm so glad you found me. :-)

Thank you for the congratulations! It has been a wonderful engagement so far. Yes, it is quite the task to make my wedding dress...several times I was ready to wish I'd not attempted it. But it's almost finished now (just have miles of hem to do...) and I'm so pleased with the way it turned out! It was worth the effort. :-)