wedding dress shopping

I've spent the past two Monday afternoons with my lovely friend Stephanie while she picked out a wedding dress. We had so much fun and she found a beautiful (and my favorite lol) dress that is absolutely perfect for her June wedding. I love Steph because she's not a bridezilla. She didn't freak out if I told her that I hated a dress that she had picked out, or the time I told her the waistband of one of the dresses looked like it was holding a bunch of folded up napkins.

This is what I wore:

sweater: thrifted, top: thrifted, leggings: Target, boots: Target, bag: Urban Outfitters

I really wish we had gotten a picture of the seamstress looking really confused as I ran around in a long veil. lol.

what a lovely day.

happy 2011

Long time no post. So I have a quick little money saving sewing tip for all of you.

Because I sew A LOT it's really expensive to buy tiny spools of thread, and my machine is not equipped to use serger thread. So I did something about it ;)  

I simply put a spool of serger thread in a (cute vintage) coffee cup and threaded my machine as usual.

The placement of the coffee cup and where you start threading may be different depending on how your machine is set up. Don't be afraid to fool around with the placement and your tension until you get it just right :) 

happy sewing.