Hey Amalie! I just discovered that Butterick has some new and rather cute little girl dresses that you should review for the flower girls.

On another progress front, I am now working on the muslins for Becky and Elizabeth. Once I get them put together, I will mail them and await their comments for fitting.

And in case anyone is curious, I can say that the muslin for Amalie fits, and needs only a couple of "creative" adjustments (Amalie, I want to talk to you about a couple of creative thoughts I have had). All the necessary fabrics to start on the real thing are now in my possession.... oh, wait, except for crinoline, but I have  a source for that, so, no problem. We are making progress!

Another Thing

Could everyone please post her favorite color here?  Be pretty specific too, ie. deep blue, rich purples, etc.

Rooms and Hair

Hey ladies,

So there are two things on the docket today: rooms and hair.

Rooms
Gavin and I have blocked out sixty rooms in three of Fort Dodge's hotels.  We will likely have any out of town wedding wedding party staying at the AmericInn, just across the highway from the Opera House.  We would like to start figuring out room combinations (who is planning on staying with whom), so that we could possibly reserve specific rooms for the wedding party.  I know that some of you will be staying at home, with dates/husbands or will want to stay with specific people.  Please talk amongst yourselves and start figuring on a plan.  I know that it seems early, but there is a baseball tournament in Fort Dodge the same weekend as the wedding -how inconsiderate of them, I know -and we'd like to fit things into place earlier rather than later.

Hair
So, my mom is going to chat with my beautician from Sheldon and see if she would be willing to come to Fort Dodge to do hair.  She knows my head so well, and she is probably the sweetest beautician on the planet.  My mom and I were wondering how many of us are planning on having our hair done professionally and how many people were planning on doing their own hair.  I'm fine with either.  I'd just like to see what do you're thinking of before the morning of the big day.  You can post ideas here or e-mail me directly.
I'm really excited.  I know that it seems like the wedding is really far away, but the next six months are going to fly by, and the sooner I have things in order, the better.  As I told Gavin this morning, I really want to sleep the week before the wedding.

Thanks for all of your help!

P.S. My hair will be very simple, but it will be "up".  I'm not looking for crazy updo's, or elaborate curls.  Have fun with your ideas though.