The Prom Dress Fiasco

Wow! After a very stressful day my daughter looks stunning. Today is prom day and the dress she designed and wanted to make was not finished; it needed flowers to be sewn to the train and the lace skirt trimmed to the correct length at the front. I had to work in the morning and half way through I got a panicky phone call - It had all gone wrong. The front of the dress was ruined and the lace was all cut wrong. I suggested added in the scalloped edged of the lace to hem at the front of the dress then no-one would know that anything had gone wrong. She was distraught, so I said that she was to leave it until I got home and I would fix it - no problem. I left work and arrived home at 1.30pm. There were three and a half hours to go before she had to go for prom photos. I carried out my suggestion and the remaining flowers were sewn to the front and all was finished with half an hour to spare to do her nails. Here is the dress.... In the morning she was talking of not going because everything went wrong, but thanks to mum's rescue plan, it all came out right and she had a great time.

Prom Shoes

Today I am trying to sort out a problem.  First I will give the background:-
My daughter had a very definite idea of what she wanted her prom shoes to look like.  We went to London and trudged around the shops even a great shop in Carnaby Street which had some wild and wonderful shoes, but they were not quite right.  We ended up in Harrods and there were some shoes at half price there, but not in her size.
I suggested that she design and make her own.  She has designed them, we have found the shoe to use as a base and have mirrors, gems and chains to decorate them with.  The problem is sticking the mirrors and gems to the shoes.  My daughter has said no to Evostick because it is yellowy coloured when it has dried and super glue did not work.
I need advice.  If anyone reads this and has any ideas or experiences to share, please post them here.

Prom

Wow! I did not know prom was such a big deal.  My daughter has decided that she wants to make her own dress.  Having seen the price of prom dresses I am really pleased about this.   She will design it and I will find the patterns that will enable us to make.  It will be a great mother daughter project.
Prom seems almost like a wedding apparently you need to have hair, make-up and nails all done and looking perfect.  There was nothing like this when I was in high school.  Times are a changing.
After Christmas I will make up a couple of prom dresses to put in my Etsy Shop - Pettycoatjane.