Wedding Dresses Remembered For Mother's Day

"I chose my wife as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well."

Oliver Goldsmith

My dear friend, Katie Marreel organized and put together a team of people for a unique Women's Ministry event called Project Runway Wedding Style. It was a fashion show with a collection of 36 wedding gowns from the 1930's to 2009. My gown (1994), my mother's (1968), and my grandmother's (1941) were modeled. The special evening had my daughter, Queenie Claire, modeling her great-grandmother Claire's dress. She was the youngest model at age 11 for the evening and did a great job. She charmingly told everyone that she was wearing her "namesake's dress."

I've blogged more about my dear Gram here. I wish my Mom and my Gram could have attended this event with Queenie and me. I am thankful that we fully enjoyed finding the gowns and trying them all on Queenie at Christmas. Happy Mother's Day, Mom and Gram. Queenie and I missed you during this fun evening.

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The evening included wonderful food, darling ring bearers we got to swoon over, beautiful flower girls that threw a bouquet, a cake decorating contest, and other creative table activities on a wedding theme. I added the original pictures of our wedding days before the model at the event in the slideshow below.

Fun Facts about our gowns or our wedding:
My Grandmother: The dress was purchased by her for $100. The wedding was paid for by the bride and groom. They were married just before WW2. The bride followed her groom to wherever he was stationed before he was deported overseas.

My Mom: My grandmother made the dress for her. Once married, the couple moved for the groom to start Seminary. I, as her daughter, followed in her footsteps 26 years later.

Mine: Both my Mom and Matt's Mom went gown shopping with me. The dress was found at our last stop. We were quite exhausted and slightly discouraged. I believe I broke my parent's bank account with it's price tag but Mom was beaming as I found one I loved. My dear little daughter wants to wear it someday but...she will be taller than me.