Phew, after winding down from the
fabulousplaces.co.uk Summer Market, re-stocking, packing and standing at a lovely
little school fair last weekend – I finally have the time to finish a project
that’s been in progress for a while!
I have a very special wedding
coming up and I’m very excited! I love
weddings but haven’t really attended that many where I haven’t been a
bridesmaid or a bride (bridesmaid 3 times, bride once!) I absolutely LOVE dressing up and usually
enjoy the whole ‘shopping for a new outfit’ trip. I say usually as things have changed
slightly in the last 6 months and shopping with a baby in tow is difficult and
stressful! Everything takes twice as
long as you have to find the lift, park up the pram, change the baby, feed the
baby, remember not to leave the baby in the changing room (I didn’t, honest!)
and not to mention the body shape issue (see previous post!)
Anyway, I finally found a dress –
nothing like I would have usually gone for (strapless/gathered/ruched/layered/maybe
above the knee) but a lovely 50’s shape fitted shift top with flared skirt and
most definitely BELOW THE KNEE!...
It’s from John Lewis (got to love
a pram friendly department store!) and features my favourite colour- coral- in
the floral print!
I knew that the only possible
answer to the ‘what shoes do I wear with it?’ question was – ‘the coral pair I’ve
been eyeing up in Moda In Pelle’s window’......
Usually (I keep saying usually
but in fact, what I mean is- before I became a Mummy!) buying shoes for an
occasion such as a wedding meant buying a bag to match at the same time. I soon realised there would be no point in a
cute little clutch bag as I’d have no hand spare for a Heidi/pram/baby
wipe/muslin/carrot stick situation. So I
didn’t purchase the extortionately priced (more than the shoes!) matching bag
and decided I’d share Heidi’s bag (if there’s room) or rent a pocket from Mr B!
I’m finally getting round to the
subject of the post.....
What do weddings call for.......?
HEADWEAR! And this is where I get super
excited!
So looking at my dress, the logical
colours to go for would be either: grey, turquoise or CORAL. Funnily enough, I chose coral! This however
happened to be one of the only colours of headwear not available in any
shop.....anywhere! That left only one option,
I had to make my own and here are the ingredients.....
I have gone for a smartie base
and I aim to do something loopy with the sinamay binding. As for the flower, I’m undecided if I should
include it or not........opinions welcome!