I am happy to report that I successfully refashioned my salmon J. Crew dress just in time for Austin. Paired here with a mint patent leather pumps and a pair of mint and navy bauble earrings I made with wooden beads and nail polish (I'm all kinds of matchy-matchy).

The process itself was pretty simple: I just used a pair of sewing scissors to cut the floral shapes out of the lace, then hand-sewed them on to the dress using navy thread. This took about three hours total, and I used a dress form while sewing to ensure that I was honoring the fact that I am a three-dimensional human. To the left is a before view for reference...