paper rachel wears eshakti

Story time:
Two years ago, one of my best friends, Ruth, asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding. She was getting married on September 24th, 2011, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The tricky thing was, I don’t live close to Michigan, and my due date with Nolan was August 31st.

I still had hope that we would be able to make the trip. Ruth found gorgeous blue-violet dresses on eShakti.com, and I eagerly purchased one. I even bought silver sandals to go with it.

But as my due date came and went, I admitted to myself that the trip was not going to happen. Nolan was nine days late, and the wedding was only two weeks later. Having a newborn was all-consuming.

So Paper Rachel was sent to Michigan. I took this photo of myself in the bridesmaid’s dress. And I included tiny Nolan, since my friends had not met him yet. Then I printed the photo on an 8x10, pasted it to cardstock, cut us out, and glued it onto a jumbo popsicle stick.

I knew Ruth would appreciate the sentiment.

What I didn’t expect is that my phone and Facebook began blowing up with photos of Paper Rachel at the rehearsal dinner, bachelorette party, and the wedding. I was so touched that my friends actually carried me around to all the events that weekend in Michigan.

I was bummed that I missed the wedding, but I still felt like a part of me was there!

eShakti still carries this dress (currently only in crimson). I loved my first eShakti purchase. I have a new little ad on the right-hand side –> because I think they’re a great company.

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Someday, I will have to post the story of the first Paper Rachel… ;)

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