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In the Woods | Bridal Photo Session with Nounou
Recently, I was involved with a stunning inspiration shoot, featuring a Vivat Veritas butterfly back gown! The photography team “Nounou” has captured the moments of this lovely couple flawlessly....
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Botanical Flower Wedding Photo Shoot
I follow Once Wed obsessively and share their posts on my weekly wedding inspiration posts on the VV facebook page. I saw this post on Botanical Wedding Flower Inspiration followed by DIY Wedding Arch...
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Botanical & Natural Wedding Dress
Remember the post about a botanical flower wedding shoot I did inspired by Once Wed ? The photos are ready now! I’m pleased with how they turned out despite our impromptu leaf arrangement (found them...
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Flower Lace Headdress
These gorgeous images were shot by a Japanese photographer, Shohei Yokoyama featuring Himari Kaneshiro as a model. The ethereal and fairy-like feel is so beautiful, showing off the the bridal headband...
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Wedding Welcome Bears
I’ve had this blog since 2008, and this is the first stuffed animal project I’m posting in nine years! This was such a fun project to work on. It was refreshing to be sewing these cute bears which is...
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Refashioned Wedding Dress
Every wedding has its story – My latest bride, Erina wanted to have her wedding to include her mom’s dress. She inherited her dress from her mom who had passed some years ago. She told her wedding...
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How to Alter the Back of a Dress that is Too Small to Zip Up
What do you do if your wedding dress is a bit too small? Zipper don’t go up all the way? I had one of those situations with my customer who is renting a dress from a dress shop. She is renting a...
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What to Do When Your Wedding Dress Color is Not Right
A few months ago, I received a text message from a make up artist that I worked with in the past (for this shoot), asking for help. She bought a wedding dress online but the color was not the color she...
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Rose Themed Wedding Dress Showcase
Back in June, I hosted a three-day event where I showcased three of my new wedding dress designs. It was done in collaboration with a flower shop, AFRIKA ROSE and another bridal gown designer, Satomi...
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Lavender Wedding Dress
I’m excited to show you some recent work I’ve been doing for a client. It is common to wear more than one dress at wedding in Japan. You wear one white wedding dress to walk the aisle and for the...
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Fabrics and Inspiration | Making of Junel’s Wedding Dress
Junel and I met at Etsy craft party back in 2015. We followed each other on instagram but hadn’t had a chance to meet each other since then. This Spring, she contacted me to make her wedding dress and...
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Fitting and Completed Dress | Making of Junel’s Wedding Dress
Above pictures from Junel Nothing satisfies the maker’s soul more than seeing a customer rocking a handmade dress! Junel had a wedding in Singapore in October. Here are some pictures of the completed...
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Floral Embroidery Dress
This is my first completed project of 2017! Embroidery dress. I started on this in late November and it took me (according to my work hour log) about 70 hours. I went through two seasons of the BBC...
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The Construction of Rental Wedding Dresses in Japan
I make custom wedding dresses (my recent makes here and here), but occasionally I have a chance to refashion a dress from a rental shop. Renting one's wedding dress is very popular in Japan. Usually...
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Camellia Dress | Collaboration with Natalie Bleakly
As I wrote in my previous post, I had my original fabric printed by Contrado. My plan was to crate a simple dress that would show off the flower illustration Natalie made. I chose a simple I-line style...
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Tips on Sewing Tulle Dress
I recently refashioned a tulle wedding dress to a tulle skirt. The inspiration was Olivia Palermo’s two-piece wedding dress. It was interesting to take the dress apart which was made by someone else to...
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Invitation | Rose Themed Wedding Dress Showcase Vol. 2
For those who are in Japan, please join me in my second event in collaboration with the local flower shop, AFRIKA ROSE and a wedding dress designer, Satomi of Rachel Bridal. Satomi and I are each...
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Random Things I Made | December 2017
It’s the end of the December. This month went so quick. I made a short video (8 minutes) showcasing the things I sewed this month. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you so much for visiting my blog this year...
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Chantilly Lace Wedding Dress Part 1
このページを日本語で読む I worked on a wedding dress last winter and I can finally reveal the details now that the bride is married! I was very excited about this dress. It is dainty and romantic. I would wear...
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