My Dress for the Wedding

Here is my "Mother of the Bride" dress.
Not as exciting as Ashley's dress though, teehee

When looking for a dress, I was worried about getting a dark colour, as the bridesmaids were all in soft pink, and I didn't want to pop out in the photos.
But then Ashley (and Tyler's mom) reassured me that a dark colour would be just fine.

I think it actually compliemented the colours in the wedding.
Now to get the photos from the photographer to see if that was the case.

Now I have a story on this dress.
As you know I was shopping and tried on a zillion dresses.
Check out these posts if you want to see the rejected dresses "Dress Shopping"and "More Dress Shopping"

 I wanted something simple, pretty and age appropriate that didn't make me look like too old or too young ;)
Try to describe that in one word, lol.
Karen (Tyler's mom) and went shopping at a few stores, over 2 days.
In the last store we went to, they only ordered in dresses, but did have 2 "buy off the rack" with a few  dresses.
I had seen this dress on the rack, I loved the colour and liked the style…but it was a few sizes too big.
But tried it on anyway.
Once Karen clamped the back of the dress, I thought it looked great.
Karen loved it on me!!!

As I changed back into my regular clothes I took a look at the price tag and almost screamed.
When I came out of the changing room, I told Karen that I was getting this dress…even if it wasn't THE dress.
She looked confused then asked the price of the dress.
Hope you are sitting down…..it was 95.5% off….it came to $10.00.
No I didn't put the decimal in the wrong space.
I called my SIL Darlene, to see if she would help me alter it as it was too big.
When she came over and saw that it was a designer dress, she was a bit leery of cutting into it…so I did the cutting, lol.

This photo is after we completed all of the alterations :)
Don't mind the witch hair and no make up…..this wasn't suppose to go on my blog, but this is the only photo I have of me in the full dress.

What is a pretty dress without some killer heels :)
So off to do some more shopping…..I forgot how fun clothes shopping can be…I usually just go craft shopping, lol.

But seriously how gorgeous are these shoes!!!!
I had to get those clear plugs to put on the spiked heels so they wouldn't sink in the ground for the wedding ceremony.
But after that I took the plugs off and danced all night.
Yes, I danced all night in these shoes….and believe me, my feet felt like I had for 3 days after, lol.

Now that you have seen all of my daughters and myself in our pretty dresses, I have to share with you my handsome husband.
Notice that his tie and hankie match my dress :)
I kept singing the Justin Timberlake song "Suit and Tie" to Wayne and telling him that he was bringing sexy back, lol.
He just shook his head and looked at me oddly…..but that isn't anything new ;)

I will give you a break from all of the wedding posts for a few days as we are off to the cottage.
Time for some quad riding and blueberry picking :)

I hope you all had a very creative day.

Tracy :)

Let the decorating begin…….

I know you all have been waiting very patiently for me to post some wedding photos, so here you go!!
Lets start with the day before the wedding with the decorating..shall we ;)

Ashley made all of the chalk board art.
Not only did she cut the wood and paint it with chalk board paint, but she also did all of the art work.
I love the "Mr & Mrs" sign at the head table :)
Those old milk jugs were actually red and in my yard for my yard decoration, until we needed them for a different project (besides this one). So they were painted white….I can paint them red again if I wish, don't you just love paint ;)

Next was the Cookie Bar table…which was a big hit.
The bridesmaids and the bride, made all of the cookies.
What you don't see is the cases of cookies hidden under the table.

The centrepiece for each table were made by me :)
I will get more into detail about all of the projects in later posts as this is going to be a long one as it is.

I love the decor.
The venue was at Chippewa park and the building was all wood planks and big wooden beams.
With the the touch of white and pink….I called it "Rustic Pretty".

Because the head table had to be situated by the windows, we had to come up with something to cover the windows for photography purposes (Ashley is all about photography) but still let in some light.
So the bridesmaids and Ashley dyed streamers so they gave an Ombre effect, and then twisted them for texture.

A last minute project.
Remember those chandeliers I worked on last week ( or was it the week before)?
Well here are the end results.
Told you they would look much better once they were fully decorated :)

The lights were a bit of work.
Not only trying to figure which lights to get, but also putting them up.
Mike and Tyler put them up with the help of 3 women telling them what to do, lol.
And yes, we measured to make sure they were all the same distance apart and that the loops were the same distance from the floor ;)
Ashley actually purchased all of the lights just before the wedding. To rent them was going to be close to the same price as purchasing them online!

The favours were packets with seeds in them.
Ashley had this beautiful wood bucket in her decor at home….great ways to save money on decor, use what you have :)

Here is the bridal party all smiles as the decorating is complete :)

Lastly some more chalk art :)

The day started at 8:00am at Ashley house to pack up our vehicles with drinks and decor and heading to the venue to decorate.
It took us about 7 hours to complete, but boy did it look magical.
Then we had to head back later on for the rehearsal :)

I hope you all had a very creative day.
I will be, as I am heading to Mink Mountain with my friend Debbie for our yearly crafting time.
Hopefully I will be able to stay awake for it all…..but I did bring plenty of pop to keep me going, teehee.

Tracy :)