So it looks like I'm just barely making it to post something in June. But there's good reason for my lack of posts. I was recently hired part time at a bridal salon and that mixed with everything else has kept me pretty busy (although the past week I've put a few things together- I'll post soon). So this is just informative- no pictures :/ (but please keep reading)
I had done some alterations for a prom dress and gotten a call from my client the day of prom. My first thought was "Shoot, something is wrong with the dress and I have no time to fix it." But I was wrong, and very happy to be wrong. She had called to inform me that a friend of hers owned a bridal shop and they were looking for a seamstress to help with the overload of bridal alterations, due to some of their seamstresses being unable to work. How could I pass that up? So I had an interview, the owner willingly took me on, and I started the next week.
It's been a great experience so far, especially the feeling of having a couple extra grandmas. The ladies are Italian with the heavy accents and all. They switch back and forth between English and Italian all the time. I'm going to have to look into learning so I can make sure they aren't talking about me :) One of the first days I worked, I was actually fed by one of them, because my salad was the reason "I'm too skinny" (imagine that in an Italian accent).
The way I figure, even if this is just for this summer, I am getting great experience, an idea of how the bridal business works, and I've got some great stories. It has almost felt like an apprenticeship, or internship, where I've had women with 40+ combined years of experience in that shop to teach me what they know. I am so grateful for this opportunity and it doesn't hurt to get to look at beautiful gowns all day (I am getting lots of ideas too)
~JV
