The post you've all been waiting for!

I mean, I'm assuming you do want to see that little dress project that took up nearly a year's worth of planning and postings on here, right?

So, at last: the One Dress to Rule Them All. And other handmade wedding goodness. (These aren't the professional pics, so I may come back and edit this post to add some of those later. But these are featuring the shots that I was able to get from my family and friends. I'm also making these larger than usual.)



Full-length dress shot! This is me with my friend/honorary bridesmaid Nicole. I wasn't able to have her as part of the wedding party, but she did the artwork for my invitations and programs, and also did my hair!






















Another full-length shot, this time from the first dance. You can see the border sunflowers a little better on this one, I think.



























Ceremony shot- not the best expression on my face, but it's a good closer view of the bodice. And Doug's tie. And my bouquet!


This was as we were all leaving the church--and a great shot of the back!
Me and two of my bridesmaids/long-time best friends, Cassie and Julie. The headbands turned out ok after all!
Proof that the TARDIS/R2-D2 shoes made an appearance! We all changed into them after we were done with the outdoor bridal party pictures.

And I'm just including this shot because I think it's fun, even though I look like I'm posing for one of those old Sure deodorant commercials! The DJ had Doug and I do this game where we each had to sit back to back while holding one of our shoes and one of the other's shoes, and raise the shoe for the person we were answering for. I'm pretty sure this one was "which person has the crazier friends." (I love my crazy friends!)

So there you have it--I hope the post was worth the wait!

(In case you're newer to reading this blog, a few quick project notes: The bodice and waistband are based on Sewaholic's Cambie dress. I modified it to make the upper back and sleeve caps sheer, and changed the darts to princess seams for fitting reasons. The skirt is from Simplicity 2442, modified to lower the waist. I also used a lengthened version of the Sewing Cake Pavlova skirt for the tulle underlayer. And if you want to see all of the construction posts and notes and multiple muslin attempts, you can click here.)