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.

🙂