Treading Water

I have been a bad friend and blogger lately....the final countdown to the wedding is here and the details are starting to keep me awake.  I can't imagine how the mother of the bride is feeling....she must not be sleeping at all.

I want desperately to catch up with my favorite reads 

and I will.

Have any of you been out shopping for a 'Mother of the Bride/Groom' dress lately?  

Have I told any of you how picky I am?

Beautiful, no?  Perfect for Mardi Gras.

Pretty design....don't relish the idea of robbing a bank anytime soon.

I don't like shiny or grandma, 

matronly, or anything typical.

I would like to be age-appropriate.

After coming home in literal tears, suggestions were made to have one made. A sweet friend of mine who I've come to realize is a couture dressmaker said she would be delighted to make my dress.  

Whew.

I went to a fabric store here in Atlanta where I'm told the owners go to New York to the garment district to buy fabric.

I wanted to see what was 'out there' in clothing fabrics.

I am one of these that likes organization and order.

Can you feel what I am feeling?

I don't do well at big store sales...too much disorder.

I was a mess....totally distracted...

couldn't do it, had to leave.

I understood grouping fabrics in types...how come organized by color couldn't be incorporated?

After much searching the pattern books which in my opinion stink, I was struck by this.  

Elegant

Classic

ME!

will be hemmed mid-calf

I went back to the mess of the fabric store and asked where the taffeta was.

All along I wanted 'eggplant'. 

God is good, all the time.

There

right on top...perfect.

Found this for the rehearsal dinner.

Plus a new 'do'.

Still working on accessories...heading for the jewelry mart this week.

Here's a sneak peak into a bit of table design.

practiced for a dinner party at my girlfriend's home...martini's anyone?

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