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Wedding Tips
1. You really want to do this (sew your own wedding dress).
It took me a year to learn how to sew. I made a bunch of different garments
to get to that point. A shift dress, a dress with cutouts, a vintage crop top, a
circle skirt with pockets. In the past I had used my sewing machine for craft
projects or, at most, sewing a quilt. Like, a little quilt, one that covers my
lap but not my knees. So it took a full year to learn about fabrics, ironing,
patterns, and weird phrases like "horse hair braid" to crank out my super cool
dress. And of course wanting to do this, to sew something that has so much
meaning, really put me face to face with my feelings about love and marriage and
weddings and glitter and such. I was very proud of my standards for dating and
really thought I knew what I wanted in a partner. I had self-esteem. I knew a
person's values were more important than tastes, so if he didn't know who Weezer
was that was okay because he was honest. Honesty is more important than Weezer.
I was ready to get married.
Source: black prom dresses
2. You really want to do this (have a wedding).
I will tell you something I say to people I'm trying to impress: I never
thought about my wedding as a little girl. I did other things. I froze flies in
little margarine tubs and studied them, I waded in waist-high water in abandoned
sewers to catch tadpoles with my best friend, Joanna, and I really liked crafts.
I wanted to beat boys up, not marry them. But...here's the thing I will tell you
that isn't a part of that narrative: When I got into my twenties, I thought
about it A LOT. By the time I got engaged I had watched every season of My Fair
Wedding With David Tutera andwas well-versed in Say Yes to the Dress and
Bridezillas.
I was fascinated with the idea that you could want to be with someone so
muchyou'd go through this bizarre expensive ritual with them and then be with
them FOR-EV-ER. I wanted that. I didn't necessarily want to have a super rich
wedding with fireworks and a cocktail yacht and a fancy hotel, but I did want to
do my version RIGHT. Which was, thematically: Disneyland's Blue Bayou restaurant
meets a Tropicana-esque vibe. The reception would be in a maritime museum in a
quaint harbor. The colors would be the palette of a bird of paradise. The dress
would match this theme. And although the prom dress uk would turn out
beautifully, the wedding would never happen.
