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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:15 am
just gorgeous!! did you make the dress?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:38 am
Its all beautiful, Karen! You are going to be a gorgeous bride!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:43 am
Kool thx Karen.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 12:25 pm
LOL, Juju, I wish. Mum made it for me. 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 12:53 pm
wow! your mom has amazing talent!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 6:01 pm
Wow, Karen. Your dress is lovely! And I really like your ring set.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 6:59 pm
Karen, I love the dress, both views! And the rings are beautiful.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 7:29 pm
Your mum made your dress??!! Wowza!! It's absolutely gorgeous Karen!! Everything is lovely...rings, music, Belize. I look forward to the wedding pictures!!!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 9:40 pm
Gorgeous dress!!! Yay Mum! And I don't know if Texannie is mad that you are calling her Juju, but I am cool with it.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:10 pm
LMAO, I musta had Jooj on the brain. Maybe I was just subconsciously thinking that Belize was too much a PITA, I'll just get married in... where was it again... Mount Vernon?
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 2:07 am
Stunning and elegant dress Karen. You will look so beautiful! You and your Mom did a fabulous job. Love the ring set too. Very romantic. Did your passports get there yet? Will you be able to steam the dress after you get there to eliminate any folds from packing it? Can't believe the big day is coming so quickly.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 7:44 am
Yeah, Mount Vernon. Wedding chapel across from the post office. C'mon down and check it out. We will get you some peanuts at Costco and some 20 Mule Team Borax at Costcutter while you are here.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:05 am
Thanks everyone for the very kind words! OMG, tell me about it, Bisc. I fly in a month and a day!! We're having the dress steamed and prepped before we leave, and then Mum will be paying a bit extra to check it in 1st class on the flight down. I'm sure the humidity in the middle of the rainy season in Belize will help with any wrinkles, LOL. The only thing left to do is get shots. Oh, and flowers. And a cake. And maybe a veil? Still looking for Vancouver-based reception locations for once we get back (well, probably next July, LOL). Don't write me off yet, Juju. Mount Vernon sounds lovely.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:31 am
Karen you are going to be a stunning bride. Congratulations and best wishes.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:55 pm
Sheesh, how did it sneak up to being almost wedding time???? I was thinking we were still talking of a far-off date. I better be making a back-up booking in Mount Vernon. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 3:40 pm
Mt. Vernon.. is that where we met up that time, Juju? I'm probably hallucinating, but it sounds familiar 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 4:47 pm
Ok, I need some help fast. Went home for the dress fitting - we're less than one month from getting on the plane, keep in mind - and IT DOESN'T FIT. Everything waist down is perfect, straps and ties are perfect, bodice is still two sizes too big! This is the ONE alteration I asked her to make for me (she did a mockup out of flannel for fitting purposes before putting needle to satin), but not only did she not go the two sizes smaller that I wanted, I don't think she even went one size smaller. My girls are showing 'cause it's so loose and it bunches hugely in the back. I didn't have that "ohmygodiloveit" feeling when I put it on. Long story short... I have it here now in Vancouver, we decided the best option was for me to bring it home and have it altered myself. Mum is a great sewer, but she's not a seamstress. What do I do? Do I take it to a drycleaner who does alterations as well? To a bridal shop? I looked at a few bridal shops here in town and most seem to offer alterations on dresses purchased there, but I'm not so sure about a home-done dress. Never mind that I don't have the time to worry about this (trying on the dress this weekend was supposed to cross one huge stress off my list, not add a major stress to it!!), nor do I have an extra few hundred bucks lying around to have it done right. I'm frustrated, I'm freaked, and not wanting to deal with this. Suggestions welcome, otherwise, thanks for letting me rant.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 4:51 pm
take it to a tailor you trust. if you don't have a tailor ask your friends.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 5:47 pm
I think she doesn't have a tailor, which is the problem. Okay, I am thinking. It looks too complicated for me to come up there and fix it. Just got called to dinner. Let me think some more, and if I think of something, I will come back and post. There has got to be some expert seamstress around who wouldn't charge an arm and a leg for it.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 5:49 pm
Karen, I bet you can find a seamstress that would be able to fix it. You could ask at the bridal shops and see if they know of someone that you could use.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 6:08 pm
Karen, you might ask about seamstress's at a fabric store. The manager might know of someone locally or someone who actually works at the store. I'm pulling for you!! It's gonna work out okay.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 6:20 pm
I had good luck having a dress altered at European Tailors one block off of Robson (same side street/block as Guu -- can't remember which side street it was). Though that was about 2 years ago now.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 6:22 pm
that's why i suggested she ask friends if she didn't have one. 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 7:09 pm
Macy's used to do tailoring long time ago. Not sure if they still do.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 7:16 pm
Thanks, everyone. Just about all the 'tailors' I look at here seem to be for men's suits, etc. I just don't have it in me tonight, thought I appreciate all the suggestions. I'll fix this mess tomorrow... not tonight. Thanks again!
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