So, remember my post a about a year ago? Entitled a "A ball gown". Talking about my ball gown, ya know the one where my bosses are incredible and wonderful and amazing and got me the gown last year? If you need a reminder on what it looked like here it is.
So this year, I, once again, know the greatest human beings on the planet. Planning on just borrowing from the closet. My friend Amber, up in Logan, asks if she can make me a ball gown. I told her I couldn't pay her. She didn't care, she just wanted to make me a ball gown. Wouldn't even let me pay her materials. I did make her rice crispy treats, because she loves them and I knew she wouldn't say no.
Here's the problem, She lives in Logan, right? So she could fit the dress to me. So when she brings it to me, the top doesn't fit quite right. But of course I have the greatest co-workers on the face of the earth. So April takes a look at it, and takes it in a little and adjusts the sleeves for me, right? Well...the neckline was still just a little to low for Mandy's taste. So I ask her if I bought some more material if she could maybe sew it into the neck line and help me make a sash to tie around my waste.
The problem, I wasn't able to get the fabric and her into the same location until the day before the ball. When April had really no free time. So she asks Tate if he can take a look at my dress for me. I show him the yellow and cream fabric. and say I just want a cream sash and the yellow fabric in the neck line. Then my lunch is over and I head back to my site.
By the time work is over he has finished the neck line, where he sewed in the yellow...but then sewed lace over the top and hand stitched some beading around the entire neckline. (I know he didn't have time for that). IT WAS SO PRETTY!! The only reason I didn't buy lace for my dress was because lace is expensive. Because there was now white on the top, he asked if he could make the sash yellow instead because it would help bring out the yellow on top. Which I agreed. He said he'd make the sash that night when he got home. I was still stuck on how pretty the neck line was. Then I side mention how I wish I had a small bag or purse that I could carry my phone, wallet and camera in while at the dance so that I didn't have to take my whole bag. Jen had one she was going to let me borrow, but it didn't really match. Tate says, well I could probably make you one...but I don't know if I want to make one with the cream fabric because it gets dirty and stays dirty.
I'm thinking, that's cool. I wasn't asking for him to make me a reticule, (I learned what it was called...not how it was spelled.) And I'd figure it out the next day.
Next day comes, I see my dress and it has the sash, and a yellow reticule, lined with my cream satin and the same beading stitched across the top.
I have the best co-workers ever. 2 years in a row they went out of their way to make sure my dress was as pretty as possible.
Then, one of me and my date.
One of the girls in their dresses.
One of Tate, because he is amazing.
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