Take 2.....

After 2 weekends of amazing weather it was inevitable that the rain would return {BOO!!}. The only good thing about cruddy weather is that you don't feel bad about not leaving the house or getting out of your pajamas. The hubs and I slept in, had an amazing french toast breakfast and then I spent the rest of the day at my sewing machine. I was determined to make THIS dress even if my FIRST attempt was a bust. This time around I followed the directions and I'm really happy with how it turned out. With the exception of the ruffles, which just about drove me to drink, the dress was pretty easy to put together.

{Look at those dark roots!!! Yikes}

Here's a close up of the ruffles. Honestly they wouldn't have been that difficult had the pattern not called for a french seam on 3' of fabric. Ugg....not fun!! I added my little vintage brooch for a pop of color.

On a separate note, look what finally made it's debut.....

turns out that my diploma is twice the size of Jody's from CSU. I contribute the size difference to the fact that my GPA was so much higher than Jody's. He contributes it to the number of years I was in College......not nice!

With Love,