Prom

Tessa and I have both posted Prom photos on our blogs but I had to post some here too - she looked so beautiful.  Tessa has a great slide show of a lot of photos on her blog if you want to see more -  

http://totallytessa.com/prom-3048

But here are some of my favorites.  I went a little overboard with my picture taking (no surprise) and think I took about 300.  But my subject was so beautiful and I'm taking another photography shot so it was for my homework!!

Prom Prep

Last weekend was a busy one getting ready for prom  - it was an all day event! 

Tessa and her friend started out with pedicures and manicures.

 And they  needed up with lovely fingernails and toenails.

From there we went to my friend Shannon who did Tessa's hair.  She did a wonderful job.  Tessa wanted a soft, romantic look and she got it!

Next was a trip to the makeup counter at Sephora where Shannon's sister Shelly was working for the day.  She works for Philosophy and moves from store to store.  We were glad she was on the westside today!  She did a wonderful job with her make - soft and romantic.  There was another Philosophy gal there who didn't have a customer at the time so she gave me a facial and did my makeup.

That was great because I was the Master of Ceremonies for the American Mother's Gala that night!

Frin

From there it was time to head home and get dressed and ready for pictures!

The Search for the Perfect Prom Dress

The search for the perfect prom dress was on!

Last Monday we headed out after school to our favorite vintage store in Portland - Xtabay.  They have beautiful things and it is where we found Tessa's Homecoming dress.


We found lots of lovely dresses at Xtabay.  This is the first dress Tessa tried on...

We fell in love with it but Tessa just couldn't bring herself to buy the first dress she tried on so we asked them to hold it for us until Friday when we would go out again and look some more.  (This is also what happened with her Homecoming dress.  She ended up buying the first dress she tried on but not until she had looked all over town for something else!)

The dress is a vintage late 50's early 60's dress and it reminds me of something Jackie Kennedy would have worn.  So elegant and classy.

But of course it couldn't be that easy - we couldn't buy the first dress.  So the following Friday was a no school day and I think we hit EVERY vintage clothing shop in Portland and there are quite a few. 
We went out with Tessa's friend Kiley and her mom and had a fun time. 


The girls tried on lots of fun dresses....
This dress was gorgeous but wasn't in the best shape -had quite a few tears and was missing beads.

 I think we liked the dressing room here more than the dress but the dress looked lovely on her too.

 This is the dress Kiley bought - love it with her cute new pixie haircut.

 We loved this dress but just felt it wasn't quite dressy enough for Prom.

 Another beautiful, elegant dress but not quite right....

So, we did buy a dress that day and yes it was the first one she tried on!!  I think we've learned our lesson.

We also found the shoes, earrings, wrap and purse so she is set!!!