An Event Less Ordinary: A Project.

OK, it's time to talk about my own wedding. Cause...it's relevant this time. So Jesse and I are way into project mode, because we're 4 months out and have decided that doing a bunch of stuff ourselves was a REALLY good idea. One of these is the ribbons for the bridesmaid dresses. I went with a basic black dress, and since my colors are black/white/pink, I was assuming I'd go with a white ribbon and pink flowers and be done with it. But then we went to JoAnn Fabrics, and I started to get all crafty. I got several options, which I will show you below. Anyway so last night, we picked up a couple of the dresses and I decided I would try out the different looks.

Jesse made a good point: I wouldn't really know what the dress/ribbon combo would look like without the flowers. So we went to the best place to purchase flowers in the city of Chicago: Jewel. No but really, they have tons of flowers. They even had lots of gerbera daisies...just, not the right color. Mine are a very specific color. So we ended up buying a giant, $15 bouquet with 4-5 dark pink gerbera daisies in it. (We also very slyly snuck some more from other bouquets into the one we bought. It's fine. It's science.)

Please note: the bouquet is ghetto and teeny and half-stolen, the ribbons are not cut properly, we couldn't find the hook on the back of the dress, and my cat is in some of the pictures. It's all in the name of (quick) experimentation, people. Ok here goes - project time!

Here is the dress by itself, the "control" if you will. That's Carolyn's dress, by the way. She'll have to...um....shorten it. A bit.

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This was my original plan. I searched long and hard for a great black and white dress, but I couldn't find anything that I liked, that wasn't too busy to have in multiples. Plus this one is adorable and can be worn again. So I planned to just add a nice silk white ribbon to it and be done with it. Boom goes the dynamite.

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My next idea was to take white ribbon and dark pink ribbon, attach them to each other, and wrap it so the pink would peek out in the back as an accent color. I like the idea of the pink staying on their dresses, since they're going to put the flowers down after like, 25 minutes. This ribbon isn't attached and is sort of just...thrown on there for experimental purposes only, but you get the idea. Also, that's Charlie. He's the cutest.

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This is where I got side tracked at the craft store. Patterned, cute ribbon with what looks like (gasp!) gerbera daisies on it? Duh. I really like it, because it's fun. It doesn't bring any pink into the ensemble, but does that matter? I'm not sure yet. Thus, these pictures. Research.

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This ribbon has the same pattern as the black one, and it's pretty...but I think it might be too much. I can't decide. Maybe it would like it more if there wasn't so MUCH ribbon in the back, but there's something about the pink ribbon and the pink flowers. It's bugging me.