How it all started…

27 and a half years (you’re young if your age still has a fraction in it) old, single, and living with my sister, brother-in-law, and almost 3 year old niece. Isn’t that what every kid dreams of? Three months prior to this story, I loved living alone, and I loved my job. Working as an assistant processor for a mortgage company, I used to say “I won’t leave this job until they make me!”. Well, they did. I was laid off February 28, 2019. Two weeks of severance pay and benefits through the end of the month in which I was laid off…..February 28…….Yeah. Luckily for them, it wasn’t a leap year. #savedfourdollars! Sorry I don’t know how to hashtag so let me know if I did it wrong. Actually don’t. I really don’t care. Cut to me binge watching The West Wing, eating all the french fries, and incoherently, if not unwisely, contemplating the meaning of life. The West Wing, however brilliant, had no answers for me, nor did the french fries (code word for bourbon). I was left simply feeling empty and in want of something more from my life...

Uniquely designed and handmade.

This is the first sundress I ever made. I’ve been wearing this one all summer long for about 10 years.

This dress is suuuuper comfortable. The fabric is a spandex cotton blend and the empire waist is gathered with elastic. I once wore this dress in an airport for 9 hours before my flight was finally cancelled. Never once wished I was in sweatpants.

I didn’t have much of a plan when I started this dress other than I wanted it to be reversible with a corset back. The back straps can be tucked in so that the front straps tie as a halter as well.

I found this fabric on sale a couple days before St. Patrick’s day and couldn’t resist the sparkles. No, I did not end up wearing it to the Irish bar because I didn’t want beer spilled on it. My friends were displeased with this decision.

This dress is very meaningful to me. My great grandfather brought this silk back from a trip to Thailand. My Mimi gave it to me and asked that I make something beautiful with it. I wore it to a wedding a couple summers ago.

This gown is my masterpiece. It is a short cocktail style dress with a long full skirt over it. The dress connects on the sides with corset ties and has a few panels more than a circle skirt. The long skirt has a chiffon train and the waist band also connects with a corset tie. I feel like a princess in it. In some of these pictures I’m wearing my mother’s veil which makes it even more special to me.

Photography by Emma Grace.

At the risk of airing our dirty laundry…