Flower Girl Dresses On A Budget?

Three years ago when my youngest daughter got married, she decided to have 6......yes  I said 6 flower girls.

Holly had 4 nieces and Justin had 2.  It was the fun thing to do.

 Trying to stay within a budget can be difficult when planning a wedding. ( I know, 10 years ago my two other daughter's had their weddings 5 months apart!)

After looking for flower girl dresses at the local bridal shops, and seeing how much they cost, we decided to go to a major retailer who had  a good selection of special occasion dresses.

We found the perfect little dress for the girls, except they where all white.  We felt the dresses could use a more custom look and we wanted to match the yellow of the bridal party.

These dresses ended up costing under $50.00 each. (The bridal store's selections are at least triple that amount. or more)

(I just checked this same dress available for $30.00 at JC Penney)


Victoria, (Holly's maid of honor) came up with the idea of opening the lace on the sides of the dress and adding yellow ribbon in the waistband.. What a GREAT idea!

I  carefully cut the lace open on each side of the dress. I put Dritz Frey Check on the edge of the lace to keep it from fraying.  After it was completely dry I put the ribbon through the front of the dress and made a nice bow in the back~~~it was DARLING X 6!!!

(NOTE:  Always make sure you let the Frey Check completely dry before you move to the next step in your project).

We had one more challenge. The dress did not come small enough for Abby. (She is the little one looking up at Holly in the picture ) To fixed that problem we bought the smallest size available and made it smaller to fit Abby.

(We took a 6X down to a 4T). This could cost about $35.00 to $50.00 for a seamstress to do if you are unable sew).


I think they look beautiful!  The yellow ribbon gave them a custom look.

I love this picture of them laying in their fancy dresses coloring

Jenilee   (Holly's sister) is a smart mommy and brought coloring books and things to keep them busy!

Waiting for get the show on the road!

3 years later Holly has her own little flower girl, Sloan and Myla coming in May:)

(Here's the math.... 4 at the wedding + 1 since the wedding  + another 1 on the way = 6 granddaughters for us:)