My Gradmother's Dress

70 years ago, today, my Grandmother and Granddad were married. Times were uncertain, being that they were the days immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor, but my Grandmother and Granddad decided to follow through with their plans. He had been working as a welder for a pipeline company in California. She would travel by bus to meet him in Reno. They would be married by the Justice of the Peace followed by a dinner with my Granddad's boss and boss' wife, if I'm not mistaken. It was a simple and sweet wedding followed by many years of happiness and love.

Weren't they a good looking couple?

My Grandmother wore a dress she made, with the help of her mother, on the sewing machine that sits in my parent's home.

My mom recently found the dress among some boxes photographs she has been scanning. Considering the fact that it is 70 years old and made of wool, it has held up fairly well. My mom wanted me to wear it... like out... While I was afraid of handling the dress too much, I decided to wear the dress once for my mom.

If I weren't afraid of something happening to this heirloom, I would definitely wear it... like out...

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Isn't it a beautiful dress?

Hair and makeup by So Very Fabulous. Go like it.

Photos by Rory Jones. (under my indecisive yet picky direction)

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What I'm listening to: Christmas Style

Artist: Vince Guaraldi

Album: A Charlie Brown Christmas

This is probably my favorite Christmas album. I never really listened to it until Rory introduced it to me after we were married. But, now I can't really get into the Christmas spirit until I listen to it. (Funny how that worked out.) It is definitely a much needed break from some of the pop-y, Mariah Carey-esque Christmas music you hear at the mall.

My favorites are Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental), and Guaraldi's renditions of The Christmas Song and What Child Is This. Check it out.