With a wedding dress that's too big (HA HA) and bulky and from a marriage that didn't work?
I live in a 2 bedroom apartment with 3 people, 352,875 little people and 1,623,955 stuffed animals.. and 2 closets. There just is NOT room for this dang dress.....
BUT
My mom kept hers... even long after her marriage ended. Actually... it was hanging in my grandma's closet for years and years and years... ugh.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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I am not one to hang onto things. But this I still have. It's hanging in my guest room closet. I don't know why. I am sure the girls are not going to want it for their weddings. And it was never cleaned, so there is no telling what stains might be there. I should give it to them to play with in their dress up trunks. But I just can't part with it...
If it's still in style, you can take it to a consignment store and sell it.
If it's older with 80's puffed sleeves or something, give it to Goodwill! Halloween is coming up, and I'm sure someone will buy it as a joke.
(I know those options aren't very sentimental, but why hang on to it? I say dump the dress!)
Have a party. Tell everyone to wear the wedding dress or an old bridesmaid dress.
We did that one year for New Years,,,,,was a blast !!
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Philly has a great idea! After one of my brothers got married, we collected all the bridesmaids' dresses and took them to a consignment shop together. :)
I made batpizm gowns for the babies but I guess that really doesn't apply.
I love the party idea. I say if it is a style that someone may want to selling it on e-bay. Otherwise goodwill it. Let it go the way you did the guy.
Can you say EBAY?
As soon as marriage #1 was over (meaning me moving out) I took mine and dropped it at GoodWill on my way out of town.
If you don't want to keep it for your girls, I say have it made into pretty pillows for them/your bed.
I love the idea of having a Halloween or New Year's party where everyone dresses up in old wedding attire. I still have mine hanging in our utility room. I tried like hell to get rid of it years ago and hubby refused to let me part with it. I'm just not sentimental about something I know I'll never wear again. Good luck!
Just because your mom kept hers doesn't mean you have to keep yours. Unless you want to.
My dress (for a marriage that's still going strong) is at my mom's house. I don't have room for it here. I think it's pretty, but I'm betting Miss Pink will want to choose her own dress. I'm not really that sentimental about the actual dress, so if she doesn't want it, I'll give it away.
I like the idea of making pillows for the girls. My mom used hers to make my ring bearer pillow for my wedding. But, the reality is that it's a dress and that is all. :) Just to help keep you confused!!!
I am keeping mine for one of my oldest to wear...because she said that she wanted to. But, I do like the other sentimental suggestions (i.e. baptisim dress, pillows, ring bearer pillow).
Say Good-bye to it and give it to Good will or Salvation Army! Let some other girl enjoy it...I don't think you will ever regret not seeing it anymore!
I live in a two bedroom apartment with 5 people!! lol
I still have my old wedding dress as it was hademade for me. I can't fit into it anymore but my daughters have enjoyed wearing it for fun and Halloween. I keep mine in a cedar chest.
You kind of have to keep it...don't you?
Put it under your bed
There's another thing I can add to my Separation Affirmations: I'll never have to move my Ex's dress from her first marriage or ours again. Why the frig she kept both I'll never know.
What's up with the Lizzie for President page? Get some stuff up on it!
You do a trash the dress photo shoot and keep the pictures to remind you of the experience of letting go. Here is what I am talking about. My friend did this with another girl.
http://shainapearce.blogspot.com/2008/06/trash-dress-lindsay.html
I love that baptism gown idea. You could do that for your future grandbabies, perhaps? As far as storage, have you tried one of those big Space Bag-type things that you suck all the air out of? The huge Ziploc or Hefty bags work just as well, as far as I'm concerned.
I vote for having a picture of you in it framed for them and then use the rest of the wedding gown to make something for your daughters to be passed down on their special day (ring bearer pillow, hanky, purse, etc).
I vote for having a picture of you in it framed for them and then use the rest of the wedding gown to make something for your daughters to be passed down on their special day (ring bearer pillow, hanky, purse, etc).
Okay so I have a confession to make... I told you to get rid of it but the truth is I not only have MY wedding dress I also have my MOM's. She divorced my dad when I was 9 but I just could not let her throw it out. I have 2 girl maybe one of them will be sentimental enough to want to wear one of them.
I've always wanted to jump into a pool with my wedding dress on... maybe you could have some friend take photos with underwater cameras? I think would aptly capture your free spirit! (: What a fun photo for your girls to have, too. Perhaps I'm living vicariously?
if it's in good shape?
sell it!!!
most wedding gown shops have a little section for used gowns
you might get a few bucks to buy a few more stuffed animals LOL
me? I donated mine to Catholic charities a long time ago.
I'd sell it on Ebay so you could buy a pretty dress when you marry Mr. B!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
I don't think you should feel like you have to keep it! No room, bad memories, burn it. Or just give it away.
Hmmm... I am usually sentimental, but I got tired of mine being in the way so I sold it at a consignment shop. I thought about asking someone to use the fabric to make ring bearer pillows for my boys, but there was no guarantee my future daughter-in-laws would want to use them.
Well, I'm a sentimental fool. If you don't feel the need to keep it, I would definitely have it made into something else. Something special for the girls. While the marriage in the long run didn't work out - for the girls it was special because it was part of their lives. Make something for them...a quilt, pillowcase, teddy bear clothes....whatever.
Does it provide good memories? Are you or your girls ever going to use it again? If not, get rid of it. There is no need to hang onto something that is collecting dust. Take a picture for the memory then give it away to someone that could put it to use. That's my two cents!
I still have mine too BUT it's being stored at my mom & dad's house. Don't want it here!!
My first Wedding Gown from MY first Wedding got reused! By my cousin...YEAH! A few years ago!
MY 2nd wedding gown is in the Closet and I have not even given it a thought...LOL LOL
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