The Bridal Bouquet

                                                                                                                                             
 I had always had the dream that one day my daughter would wear my wedding gown. This is not a unique dream, after all TLC has a series based on the notion called, "Something Borrowed". My daughter was a sport about it and tried it on, but lets face it, long sleeves and a high neck line is not what this modern bride was looking for.
 If we had thought about it early enough we could have had the dress altered for her rehearsal dress, but that idea came way too late in the process. So, I decided that we would just have to incorporate parts of my dress into the wedding.

 As you can see from this picture (Oh, we were so young) I had beautiful cuffs on my gown. I though if I could remove one it would look lovely covering the stems of my daughters bouquet. After 28 years of marriage (now 30) this dress was a symbol of "marriage success" to me, and taking scissors to it was extremely  hard.
 First, I cut one cuff off and left it  in the tube shape with the snaps left on to keep it closed.  We took it to the florist and asked them to add it to the bouquet.  Beautiful!  

 We also took a piece of lace from my gown and sewed it to the inside seam of my daughter's gown.  This way she would have a piece of my gown with her all through her special day.

 Who knows what the next step for my wedding dress will be? Maybe a Christening gown for my grand kids. You never know!