Leesa &Clint, Nottoway Plantation

First Look

Leesa's grandmother

Leesa hoped to wear her grandmother's dress, but it wasn't preserved and wasn't in great shape. We salvaged the lace trim from the skirt to use on Leesa's dress.

Leesa found a simple A-line dress and purchased it off the rack. Then she came to us to help her make it look more like her grandmother's dress did.We make a lace bolero and incorporated lace from her mother and grandmother's dresses in the skirt.

Lace from grandmother's dress

We removed the old beading and hand beaded new sequins and pearls.

details

Here you can see some of the beading on the bolero, & her gorgeous bold colored bouquet.

Leesa's mother

We incorporated lace from her dress along the hem of Leesa's.

Details

Lace from her mother's dress that we hand beaded with sequins and pearls.

Grandmother's first look

Leesa didn't tell her grandmother that her dress was the inspiration for Leesa's gown. So she was happily surprised.

Grandmother's first look

I just love her reaction!

Grandmother's first look

So sweet

Grandmother's first look

Grandmother's first look

Grandmother's first look

Grandmother's first look

Here comes the bride!

Leesa with her bridal party

I had the honor of standing in their wedding, along with my daughter, and some other really sweet ladies.

Leesa and Clint

Preserving the collaboration

Here's a sketch of Leesa's gown along with photos of her mom and grandmother on their wedding day and lace and buttons from their dresses.

The buttons on the back of the bolero are from her mom's dress. The veil was her mom's. We simply remove it from that fancy headpiece and sewed it to a new comb.