Prom is finally here!

It's officially Prom night. Here are my girls in their finery with their guys!

Hannah putting Cody's boutonniere on

Hannah and Cody

Amy and John

Taylor and Michael

The happy couples

The guys

My girls!

Can't wait to see them at Grand March!

Have a great day, I have!

Donnelly

Prom Dress Photo Shoot!

So here are the photos from our photo shoot last night. The photos were taken at our favorite blue door and a few at a local park by our Snake River. We would have taken more, but we ran out of light.

Have a great day!
Donnelly

My girls!

Hannah and Amy have me wrapped around their fingers.

They are two peas in a pod! They both still suck their thumbs when they are bored.

Amy

Hannah

So my girls drug me out for an impromptu photo shoot at around 7 P.M. tonight. They reminded me that tomorrow is Easter and Amy has church and has to work at noon, so a photo shoot tomorrow wouldn't work. That and the fact that the wind had actually stopped blowing and it is supposed to snow tomorrow. Here is a preview of what we were doing.

We went and took photos of the girls in their dresses! More photos to come tomorrow!

Fred Meyer is open tomorrow, so I left my film there!

Have a great evening!

Donnelly

Finished Prom Dresses

I am finally able to post our finished Prom dresses!

This has been a wild ride. I have made 2 Prom dresses in between March 16th and March 30th! It wasn't really as hard as I thought it was going to be. I was scared the most by the zippers. I hadn't sewn a zipper since I was in Home-Ec in high school 25 years ago. To conquer my fear, I watched videos on YouTube that showed how to do it. Piece of cake! The Internet is awesome!
And I only sewed through one of my fingers one time!

So, first photo is of Hannah's pattern. She chose the 'blue view'.

This photo is of the materials before I started sewing.

Next, is Hannah modeling her dress. I couldn't wait to take a photo, so please excuse the dark, inside basement, late at night photo.

Here it is with the ribbon roses and ribbon streamer. The pattern called for 18 small ribbon roses, Hannah decided that would be just too much. I handmade 3 large ribbon roses instead. Hannah and her friends decided one would do. I still like it with 3, but it is not my dress, and I want her to be happy!

And here are the shoes she fell in love with. She chose white because we are adding pearl/beaded shoulder straps that I found at the fabric store. Hannah just wasn't comfortable with the complete strapless idea.

Now on to Amy's dress! Here is Amy's pattern. She chose the 'blue view'.

Here are the materials before I got started. The fabrics look almost blue, but they are really a royal purple for the over skirt and the lining. Mustard yellow pool table is not really conducive to photo taking!

Next is Amy's dress waiting for her to try it on. She had to ref a soccer game, so she was not expecting it to be done. Hannah and their friend, Nycole, made sure that she had her eyes closed until she had the dress completely on. The look on her face was priceless!

And finally Amy posing for me in her dress!

I am so thrilled that both girls were happy with their finished dresses. Hopefully tomorrow, we will be able to get out and about in the sun with no wind to take photos in natural light. All I need is some good morning light with even a little breeze, so I am crossing my fingers and calling in my karma as we are supposed to have another wind-blown snow storm. We have had 2 of those storms this week!

Oh, and I altered another one so one of Hannah's friends could go to Prom. Nycole's dad wasn't going to let her go because of the cost of the dress she wanted. Well, we had an extra one hanging around that someone gave Hannah, so I made it over to fit Nycole. Now she gets to go! I am so excited for Grand March on Saturday.

Grand March is a tradition at our high school. The girls and their dates are presented to family and friends for photo taking opportunities before the Prom starts. One of my favorite things ever! Bittersweet this year as Hannah is our last!

Have a great day!

Donnelly

Prom Dress update!

No photos yet, sorry!

I have the bodice and the skirt + lining completed for Hannah's Prom dress. I have the overskirt sewn together and hemmed.

I was madly sewing away on the gathering for the overskirt and ran my sewing machine needle through my finger. That ground the dress making to a screeching halt!

I have been sewing on a machine since I was 6 years old, I have never come close to ever doing that! Let me tell you, it hurts. It went completely through my finger once and then the needle snapped in half as it was going through the second time, I am assuming it was because it hit the bone in my fingertip.

I am hoping to get back to working on the gathering tonight after work!

Have a great day!
Donnelly

Beauty and the Beast

Well, Beauty and the Beast is over. I am grateful that it is over and sad at the same time.

Grateful, because my feet are killing me from being on them for so long each night.

Sad because I really loved the cast and crew.

I have worked on costume repairs and alterations for the last 3 plays my family has been in, as well as ushering. This year I not only worked on costumes, I worked on props with my husband and was part of the stage crew. What a rush! I had NO idea how hectic and crazy it is behind the curtain. It is unbelievable. One thing I know for sure is that I will be helping backstage again for the next one.

In this play, Hannah was the milkmaid and a dancing plate.

Hannah as the Milkmaid and Keith as the Bookseller

Hannah as a Dancing Plate and Keith as a Fork

I am so grateful that Spring Break is this week. It will take a week to recover, I am sure.

Hopefully my next post will be about Hannah's Prom dress.

Have a great day.

Donnelly