Mother and Grandmother of the Bride
Finally I got around to posting a picture of my outfit. I even found one that shows the shoes.
BTW, most of the grandmothers of the bride wore pants. I realize that isn’t the globally correct term for that article of clothing, but I just can’t bring myself to call them trousers unless they are of a certain quality of both fabric and fabrication (that is, construction). Although, I would never have considered wearing “trousers” to a spring wedding, it didn’t seem out of place. We are, after all, in The Great Northwest. 
So, do you think we look alike? If so, what is your reason, coloring or something else?
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Save Money on Alterations
I’m not so brilliant that I figured this out myself, but it worked so well I wanted to share it with you.
In selecting which size dress to order, the normal procedure is this: take measurements, compare to manufacturer’s sizing, and if measurements correspond to two different sizes, order the larger size and have the rest taken in. But the brilliant owner of the bridal shop where we ordered the dress for the maid of honor noticed that, because the hips are loose in this style, we could order the size down and avoid alterations altogether! The same trick worked for the bride.
Typically, alterations are expected. In this wedding, only one of the bridesmaids had to have her dress shortened; the rest of the dresses fit “off the rack”. (Well, as with the bridal gown, I did hooks, etc, myself.) Choosing to have the bridesmaids in floor-length gowns, in this case, also saved money, simply because those were the dresses they found.
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An Elegant and Affordable Bridal Gown
Where would you look for bridal gowns if the consignment shops, thrift stores, and craigslist all turned up nothing?
My daughter, who had every intention of buying her own wedding dress for around $200, thought to head to David’s Bridal. When asked the upper limit of her budget, she truthfully told the consultant that she would not go over $400. And look what she got!
Now a word on modesty. See the little cap sleeves? This dress came with them, but it’s good to know they can be added to any strapless dress!
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Do the Bustle
I’m back! Now I can begin sharing, in random order, all this stuff we learned about doing a wedding. Oh my!
Starting with this: I saved us at least $60 by being willing to sew on three sets of hooks and eyes myself. How hard could it be? Thankfully, my daughter’s dress was an easy style, requiring an under-bustle, but that didn’t stop me from sewing on several of the pieces upside down, oh wait, no that was right, uh … you get the idea. Still confused? Maybe, like my husband, you aren’t quite certain what a bustle is: it’s where you hook the train of the wedding dress up to get it out of the way for the reception. (He kept trying to make it some dance from the 1970s.)
The caveat: before you take your dress home to bustle it yourself, make certain the bridal shop will take it back to steam it. We nearly had a disaster.
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