my wedding dress

How could I not participate today in Kelly's Korner, Show Us Your Life Fridays? She is doing wedding dresses today so of course I had to talk about mine! It is by Mikaella Bridal and is style #1302. The color is champagne and it is full chantilly lace with a satin banding around the waist and a flower detail.

This is the first time that I ever put my dress on. I went to Bella Rosa, a local bridal shop in Richmond, Virginia, and I brought a picture from a magazine of this dress. My sweet cousin actually works at the store and she helped me pull some dresses. I tried this one on first and then seven more. I ended up buying this dress! I fell in L.O.V.E. with it! I lost 15 lbs. after this picture was taken!

I love the bottom edging which is scalloped and so pretty. I love it even more that it twirled a bit. When I was six I cried to my mom that my little sister's dress spun more than mine. It has been a family joke always so when I tried it on I had to see if it spun. It did so I had to get this shot!

Here it is hanging in the dressing room on my wedding day. It just looked so beautiful.

We splurged a little and opted for a french bustle, which is bustled fifteen times in the back. I think that it turned out so beautifully once it was bustled. I felt so beautiful in this dress.

Here I am with my handsome husband. I told him the entire planning process that my dress was slime green with big puffy sleeves and sequins. Boy was he surprised when he saw me in this! He absolutely loved it and kept talking about how beautiful I looked it all night.