One last thing..

I have always loved the idea of having things custom made, especially after my wedding. (My dress along with all my bridesmaid dresses were handmade originals!) A while back I found a Kate Spade dress I fell in love with but alas it was over $400.. Not happening for me.. but then I thought hey why not get it made?? And what better place than here in Mexico where everything is cheaper!! So I first wanted to have a test dress made before I used my semi expensive fabric I had printed to resemble the Kate Spade one.

I really liked this anthro dress below & decided to use it as my tester. 

I found some material I had laying around pretending I was gonna make something out of it myself & found a cute tailor shop to take on the challenge. I of course had to bring my friend Gardenia along to translate, but she enjoyed the process as much as I did.

Here was the finished product:

It doesn't have the same appeal as the stripes but I was just using something I had. I think it turned out pretty good & can't wait to see my Kate Spade replica dress! The best part is aside from the fabric it cost me $13 dollars to get this dress made.. Can you believe it?? The sweet lady wouldn't even take a tip!

Hopefully this is the 1st of many custom dresses.

UPDATE!

I had to add these pictures to show what this dress looks like on! So fun :)

Tootles :)