My wedding gown has been preserved in a box since Jason and I got married.  From time to time, I have big ideas about what I’m going to do with it.  I thought about making it into a doll dress for a keepsake doll.  I thought about having it made into a baby blanket or Baptism gown.  Instead, it stays in its box in my mother-in-law’s closet.

That is now changing!  My daughter and I are bringing my gown to a dress maker and having it made into a First Communion gown for her!  It will be passed down to her younger sisters as well when they have their First Communions!  When it is their time to get married, they’ll want the experience of going to gown shops and picking their own unique dress.  They’ll have my veil if they want to use it, my garter, a few other items I have kept, and I am hoping to use some of the gown material to make a handkerchief to wrap their bouquet in or to sew into the underside of their own gown.  They’ll still have special keepsakes to use on their wedding days!