Like Mother like..

When I was a little girl I remember wanting to

dress up just like my momma. I have never really been able to wear her clothes and especially not her shoes.

On a recent visit to my parents house my mom was going through her things and pulled out this navy blue/black dress. It was really cute, a bit out of style, but overall it had potential. When she took the dress out she handed it to me and said "hear put it on I want to see if it fits you" me: "mom I won't fit in this" and after about a minute of us going back and forth I tried it on and well..it fit! My mom gave me the dress and said she hadn't worn it in about 10 years, but it was one of her favorite dresses so she could never get rid of it. She made me promise I would do something with it. 

After weeks and weeks of staring at the dress unsure what to do with it and kinda scared to possibly ruin a dress my mom treasured enough to keep for so long I finally got the guts to cut it up. My best friend Jenn had a great idea of raising the waist to make it more of a vintage 50's style dress rather than the droopy waist it had going on currently. I cannot tell you how many times I messed up this dress. I ended up walking away from it for a week before I finally finished it. Refashioning can be frustrating sometimes..grr.

So there you have it! A wearable updated dress that used to be my mothers and like her I can wear it and cherish it :)

Love you mom!