The last progress update I gave was when we just began to do the beading. We had a completed canvas with an attached overlay and we were ready to bedazzle this bitch. That was more than a month ago and I am so excited to say that the last leafy sequence have been placed on the dress! We have a completed wedding dress people! HAPPY DANCE!
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This process may have been the most grueling of all! Again, I have to disclose that I wouldn't entirely know how grueling, because Nancy did all the beading, by hand, over the past month and a half. At the beginning of the Beading Phase we met at her house and I had drawn out the general idea of how I hoped the vines would lay out. I LOVED this drawing and I was so excited to have come up with something I was so proud of. I also spent several nights stringing glass tube beads onto strands so all we would have to do is lay them out and attach them. Easy peasy! Right?! Yeah.. we know how it goes when I think something is easy...
Upon laying out the strands I soon realize that they don't really keep the curvy shape that my drawing so beautifully depicted. I taped on each strand only to have to tape and retape and with each adjustment I became more and more worried that I really was an insane bride whose ideas are brilliant but completely and utterly impractical.
Nancy clearly saw every panicked expression and bead of frustration drip down my face because she said "Why don't you take a break and I'll give it a shot." I gave her the reigns and the next time I saw the dress every trace of panic evaporated because it was exactly what I had in my head that I tried to convey in my drawing. She is absolutely incredible! She saved me that day from having the complete meltdown that I vowed to myself I would not have under any circumstances.
My whole problem was that I had no faith and too much vision. I was too close to the tree to remember there was a forest around me. She pulled me back, gave me a powerful talk on "Just Winging It" and got down to business. How lucky am I to have her in my life, on my side, and as my seamstress? Luckier than words can ever describe. She has made this whole process so easy on me and made me feel amazing every step of the way. I owe her more than I could ever realistically repay but I promise that I will always treat her son with the same unconditional love, kindness, patience and respect that she has shown me through this process. I will spend a lifetime doing everything I can to make her proud to call me her daughter-in-law. Even then, I'll still be in her debt because I am so so so in love with this dress... and her son... and neither would have happened without her.
In the end, there were more beads than just the glass ones that make up the vines in the design. We both pricked ourselves and bled all over the dress (one word: OXYCLEAN!) and the beads of sweat that ran down our faces round out the holy trinity of dress making woes. The final product makes my heart sing and I can't wait to put it on and become a Luce.
On July 30th I'm having a "Dress Reveal Party" to introduce the dress in all its glory to close family and friends before unveiling it here on the blog. The ladies that attended my Bridal Shower already got a sneak peak but the dress wasn't entirely complete then so I'm looking forward to the official reveal. I really feel like this is a work of art and can't wait to share it with everyone up close.
In the coming weeks I'll be adding more posts to the actual "How To" series and I hope to have Nancy be a guest blogger and describe the experience in her own words so you know just how full of crap I am with my bright sunshiny attitude.
<3 The Future Mrs. Luce
37 Days until the wedding
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