What are you doing with your dress?

eagles347

Right  now, mine is just taking up space. I still need to have it cleaned. What do you ladies plan to do with your dress once the wedding is over? I loved it, but am not so sentimentally attached that I have special plans for it. I may keep a piece to pass down in case I have a daughter and she wants to wrap her bouquet or something, but I don't even know about that for sure.

tychandler

I plan to sell my dress on preownedweddingdresses.com.  I can be sentimental, but I figure its just going to take up space, space that I don't have.

ellone400

probably just hold on too it

Soon2BSand

Donate it to charity.

Ksk2012

I like my dress a lot and I think it REAL reflects me... but I dont think I want to keep it. I dont have a daughter and if I do I am SURE she wont want mine.. although I would love for  my dress to still be the bomb and she would want it...LOL

Now that I know there is an actual site that sells used dresses.. I am in...

tychandler

I love my dress, but once I found preownedweddingdresses.com, I knew that I would be listing my dress after the wedding.  If I get half back I would be happy.

flasweetheart

I still haven't decided yet. I have thought about selling it and  then I have also thought of having it turned into a baptism gown for when we have kids or into a pillow with out wedding date embroidered on it and then add kids birthdates as we have them or something that can be passed down to our kids.

ThunderKitten2011

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[QUOTE]I still haven't decided yet. I have thought about selling it and  then I have also thought of <strong>having it turned into a baptism gown for when we have kids or into a pillow with out wedding date embroidered on it and then add kids birthdates as we have them or something that can be passed down to our kids.
</strong>Posted by flasweetheart[/QUOTE]

I hadn't even thought about what to do with the dress after, but I do like this!

Fabbiegirl

I will have mine shortened as a cocktail dress.

TNMurray

I will cut my dress to make a cocktail dress then use the rest for baby blankets or christening outfits.

M1ssJ

Where would you wear that coctail dress?

eagles347

Great ideas! I don't know if my dress would work as a cocktail dress, but I'm thinking I'll sell it or donate it now. Thanks for the input, ladies!

tyboyd

I don't even know where mine is....

wallacje

These are all great ideas!! I'm still attached to my dress so may keep it for awhile, I like the idea of a cocktail dress and then using the rest for a blanket or maybe just donate it.

I have no idea. lol

lil01

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[QUOTE]These are all great ideas!!<strong> I'm still attached to my dress so may keep it for awhile</strong>, I like the idea of a cocktail dress and then using the rest for a blanket or maybe just donate it. I have no idea. lol
Posted by wallacje[/QUOTE]

THIS! I do need to get it cleaned and make a decision cause mine, too, is taking up space on my loveseat in the living room.

bbrown185

I am going to do a trash the dress shoot and then have it cleaned, preserved, and put into an antique trunk I found... Lol for our daughter's dowry bahahaha. No just to keep it in case she does want it lol