Renee Russell sent her wedding dress to have this baptism outfit made for her granddaughter. The older lace has a very rich quality to it that made for a very elegant christening gown. We also made matching bonnet, booties, panties and a headband.
Wendy sent her gown to have a custom christening gown and bonnet made from it. Her gown was made of cotton with pretty lace and pin pleats. We tried to keep as much of the original skirt lace as possible. OMG! It is absolutely gorgeus!!!!!!! It is more beautiful...
Jessica sent her reception dress to have a party dress made for her daughter’s day. Since her daughter is already walking, we made the gown shorter. Jessica mentioned that she was looking forward to watching the father daughter dance. We also ended up adding...
Aubrey sent a short dress to have a christening outfit made for her daughter. The dress was three-toned using an off-white base with a champagne mesh overlay and a deeper champagne satin on the sleeveless bodice. There wasn’t enough of the deeper color...
Gianna Cody’s wedding dress made a darling gown for her daughter. The original wedding dress had some lovely detail that we tried to capture and a really pretty beaded waist band that we turned into a faux belt.
Kelli sent her wedding dress to have a gown made for her daughter. The amount of beadwork on this gown makes it a little heavy but such an elegant heirloom. She also had us make three ring pillows
Mandi sent her wedding gown to have a christening outfit made for her soon-to-be born daughter. Her gown had some lovely bead work so we incorporated it into an “Angel” style gown. A headband with roses made from the gown chiffon and satin completes...
Lisa Manzo sent us a gown with lots of fabric so we were able to get two complete outfits from it. The lovely embroidery work from the original dress made a lovely accent on both the christening gown and the romper. With the gown, we added a little cape and we added a...
Jen Burkart sent her wedding dress to have us make a baptism gown for her daughter. Her wedding dress had some lovely embroidery and beadwork elements that we were able to work in. The flowing chiffon allowed us to use some fullness in the skirt.
Susan sent her daughter’s wedding dress train to have us make an outfit for her new granddaughter. The train was plenty large enough and had a wonderful overlay of embroidered flowers and leaves. The end result was a truly unique gown. Hi Liane, You did...
Dolores Hattendorf sent a shaved beaver fur stole to have this bear made. She gave us free reign to select the eye color and decide whether or not to use the lining for a scarf. We chose blue eyes because they showed up better against the dark fur and I decided not to...
Samantha Seibert sent her wedding dress to have a christening outfit made for her first child She wanted a unisex gown but was open to us being a little creative. Her wedding dress was covered in thin strips of chiffon at angles. We decided to take a couple of them...
Lauren Von Euw sent her wedding dress to have a christening gown made. Her wedding dress had some lovely cut-out embroidery so we decided to capture that detail in the skirt of the christening gown. We kept the opaque part long enough to get to baby’s toes and...
Megan Wells sent her wedding dress to have a unisex baptism gown made. Her wedding dress had folded chiffon panels overlaying all the way down the dress. We decided to incorporate a couple of those panels. She also had a crystal beaded belt. We used the beads to hand...
Pam Reiher wanted her step children to have something from their late mother as they are now starting their own families. Pam sent me a wedding dress and communion dress that belonged to their mother and asked me to combine the two dresses into an heirloom christening...
Kristen Marshal asked us to make a baptism outfit for her daughter from the train of her wedding dress and leave as much of the dress as possible for a future Communion gown. Happily there was plenty of fabric in the train to make baptism gown with. We did swipe a...
Christine Senner is excited about her new granddaughter and wanted a complete ensemble made from her wedding dress. In addition to a blanket, she had a unisex gown with a soft, lacy overlay made and several accessories. Click on Photos to Enlarge
Sometimes we’re asked to convert both the wedding dress and the husband’s wedding tie into a christening outfit. Allison Murray asked us to do just that. We incorporated the tie by creating ribbons down the front and on the collar of the unisex gown. I...
Erin Brasse brought her wedding dress by to have this princess-style gown made for her little princess.
Peggy Nolan sent us her wedding dress to have christening outfits made for grandchildren. She wanted the gown to be as long as we could get it. The original WD was made of a soft polyester that has quite a bit of stretch to it so it gave us a bit of a challenge. We...
June Chaudet sent us a piece of her fur coat and a strip of the lining to have this bear made for her granddaughter. Black fur is hard to photograph, but he is very soft and cuddly.
Casey Eckstine sent the remnants of her mother’s wedding dress to have a second gown made for her youngest daughter. We had the privilege of making the first gown as well. This cut-out embroidered satin is a pleasure to work with. You can see her first...
Susan Stannard sent a mink boa that belonged to her late mother to have this bear made for her sister’s birthday. I think her sister is going to be very pleased with this special gift.
Cynthia Shane Smith sent her late mother’s stole to have these little memory bears made for herself and family members. There was a little lace on the stole lining. Not enough for four scarves so we made scarves from fabrics we had here but added a piece of the...
Linda Lotton wanted two complete christening outfits made from her wedding dress. Her dress was not very large so we augmented her fabrics just a little in order to get the two full outfits. Each set consisted of a christening gown, boy’s romper, boy’s cap...
Lauralyn Eimans sent her grandmother’s mink stole to have a soft, huggable bear made. There was enough fur in the stole to make a 14″ bear. We used the garment lining for the paw and ear pads and to make the scarf.
Trinity Hoeben sent some clothing that belonged to her friends’ mother who recently passed. She had us make these three huggable memories to help her friends in their time of loss.
Susan Rausch sent us a Persian lamb jacket that was once her nana’s to have these two bears made. The jacket had a collar of rabbit fur so we decided to use the rabbit fur on the ears. It makes the ears seem larger, but also makes these bears unique to...
Rachel Gibson sent a fox fur that belonged to her grandmother to have a bear made for her granddaughter. Fox is a challenging fur to work with and this was a small fur so I worked with a smaller bear size than I normally would be willing to do in fox. Much of it had...
Jenny Darr sent her wedding dress to have a baptism gown and boy’s vest made for her soon-coming grandchild and future grandchildren. The full ensemble included the girl’s gown, boy’s vest, girl’s headband, bowtie pin, booties and a kerchief....
Joyce Harder sent us her daughter’s wedding dress to have this gown and bonnet made for her granddaughter. Joyce knew what she wanted us to do with the materials. When someone has something specific in mind, we do all that we can to meet their expectations....
Barbara Platt sent her late mother’s mink fur stole to have a memory bear that she could cherish. We were able to get a 16″ bear from the fur.
Lorri Breslin sent one of her late mother’s tops to have these two bears made for her sister and herself. She asked to have the tummies and accents red and the bears black. It made for two very adorable bears.
Randi and Linda Bick wanted bears made from their late mother’s mink stole and sweater with mink collar. We mixed elements from both garments to make these two guys.
Maria Mesaros sent her wedding dress to have baptism outfits made for her children. Her gown had some lovely silver embroidery on it that we tried to capture on both the gown and the romper.
Patricia Sterrazza sent her wedding dress to be made into christening outfits for her soon-coming first child and any future children. We ended up with a very complete ensemble for both a boy and a girl.
Ginger Muse brought by a pair of pajama pants to have these two memory bears made for her mother and sister. We chose to match the blue from the fabric for accents.
Diana Ludwig sent a fur stole to have made into this pretty little memory bear. She chose the shoe button black eyes, which went very well with the fur color.
Melissa called me after emailing some pictures she had taken of her son’s “Fur Baby”. She asked if there was anything that could be done to help repair “Fur Baby” because it was just so well loved that it was falling apart. Her son...
Amanda Hofer sent both her own wedding dress and her mom’s wedding dress to have us combine them into a gown and romper set. Olga and I were kind of nervous about how well the different fabrics from the two dresses would work but we were able to use them in a...
Denise Segerson sent her wedding dress from 1987 to have a gown, romper combo made for her granddaughter and future grandchildren. We took advantage of the pretty lace from the gown. The original dress was not very large so we ended up putting a light ruffle on the...
Katie Knautz sent her mother’s wedding dress to have a Christening Gown, Romper and Bonnet combo made for her children. Olga and I tried to highlight the lace elements on the gown and used some of the buttons on the romper. We also added a little lace bit to the...
Renee Russell sent her wedding dress to have this baptism outfit made for her granddaughter. The older lace has a very rich quality to it that made for a very elegant christening gown. We also made matching bonnet, booties, panties and a headband.
Laura Freeman sent her wedding dress to have an ensemble made for her grandchildren. She had some unique applique and silky net pattern on her wedding dress sleeves that we used on the collar of the unisex gown. We used some of the floral applique on the little bolero...
Coleen Jankowski sent an old fur stole to have a bear made for her mother. Unfortunately, quite a bit of the fur couldn’t be used because it had gotten dried out and torn. We were able to get one small bear for her.
Ashley Marciano sent her wedding gown and her own christening gown to have a baptism dress made for her daughter. We wanted to keep the embroidery and bead work from the bodice and the hem of her WD. However, when we actually put the pieces together, we ended up with...
Janet Mollerups sent some clothing items from her late mother to have bears made for her daughters and granddaughters. She had a specific mix of the different fabrics in mind and we tried to give each individual bear its own personality. Click to Enlarge...
Margaret Dickens gave us a really interesting challenge. She had the robe to a family heirloom christening outfit but could not find the original gown. She sent her mother’s wedding dress and asked us to create a gown to go with the existing robe. She also had...
Jolene Soldana sent part of her wedding dress to have a christening gown made for one of her daughters. She loved the lace of her dress and wanted the emphasis to be put on to that. We ended up using a softer satin and taking the lace off the original dress and...
Molly Anderson sent her wedding dress to have a unisex outfit made for her son and future children. We ended up making it dramatically long. We also made a bonnet, boy’s cap, unisex booties and a couple of kerchiefs with the fabrics from her dress....
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