A dress in the making!

All the important ladies in the wedding are working hard to find dresses!  Some of us have found some success, including our MOG! Mrs. Cabezas has a great idea for her 'Mother of the Groom' dress that I wanted to share with each of you.  Interestingly, it was on her (one of many) trip to Charlottesville, that she stopped to look at some fabric and finally came across what she had been looking for!



Left: possible shoes
Center: possible accent material for cuff/sleeve
Right: material for dress

You see, Mrs. Cabezas has decided to have her dress made for the wedding!  So instead of scouring the racks looking for the right fit, she's been feeling the fabrics in hopes of finding the perfect one for her vision.  After some careful thought (and a successful visit to the Colonade Club/Pavilion VII) she decided to go back and buy the fabric she had such a good feeling about!

You'll have to excuse my poor pictures, they were taken with my phone in probably less than ideal light, but you can see the fabric here.  Its a beautiful tealy-blue (I think it has more green in it than this picture lends you to believe).  What the photo doesn't portray very well is the flowiness (is that a word?) of the material.  Its going to make a very beautiful and elegant dress!  In the picture you can also see some accessories that are still up for debate as well.

this is a photo of a photo that really
doesn't do the actual photo justice

Not only is Mrs Cabezas having her dress made, she's decided to ask the tailor to mimic the shape and design of her own wedding dress (how special!).  Here are Mr. and Mrs. Cabezas on their own wedding day (New Years Eve!).  Mrs Cabezas brought the dress out to show me when we were visiting the other night, but I decided to take a photo of this picture instead of the dress on its hanger, because it just wouldn't do it justice.  Mrs. Cabezas recalled her sisters having a similar reaction when she showed them her wedding dress (on the hanger) the first time.  While it's certainly pretty, you have to see it on to get the full affect.  As you can see here, it's super classy and incredibly feminine.  I absolutely love it.  I can't wait to see the recreation with the new teal fabric.

It's super exciting to see our friends and family picking out fancy digs to wear on the big day!  Now, if only Javs and I could decide what those boys in the wedding will be wearing....