Bride Spotlight: Meg and Ben & Mari and Brian

By Cristin Trosien Photos of Meg and Ben courtesy of Gary L. Howe, Photographer Photos of Mari and Brian courtesy of Chloe Jackman Photography One Dress, Two Stories A Vintage Woodsy Feel Bride and Groom, Meg and Ben, celebrated their wedding in Huron National Forest, Ben’s “favorite place in the world.”  Their wedding was uniquely them, with a vintage woodsy …

Donor Spotlight: Amal

Bride, Amal, learned about The Brides Project while shopping for her wedding gown last year.  Though she loved the idea of directing the money spent on a dress toward a worthy cause, she did not end up finding her gown with us. After her recent wedding she remembered The Brides Project and returned to donate her gown.  Amal said she …

Bride Spotlight: Kristen and Mike

By Cristin Trosien “We Did Live Life, And Loved Each Other Every Moment Of It.” An Engagement and A Surgery After two years of dating, Mike took a relaxed moment at home to propose to Kristen on her 25th birthday.  Not wanting a long engagement, the couple planned to have their wedding only six months later.  The bustle of planning quickly …

Bride Spotlight: Julie and Derek

By Cristin Trosien Photo courtesy of Kat Foley Photography The Brides Project loves to extend its family of fabulous brides to those who didn’t happen to purchase their gown from us, but do find us after their big day and decide to donate.  Bride, Julie McGill, was one such bride. A Great Time Dancing All Night Julie felt both beautiful …

Donation Story, Southern Brides Part II: Hadley

Hadley is our second charming Southern Bride. She hails all the way from Georgia and we are very happy to have connected with her! When we asked Hadley about why she wanted to donate her dress, she told us she wanted to donate to a smaller organization that is really involved in the community. What a heartfelt compliment! Hadley’s dress …

Donation Story, Southern Brides Part I: Amanda

We are fortunate to be able to connect with brides from nearby and far away. So, it’s exciting that we can do to a two part feature on two very lovely “Southern” Brides who generously donated their wedding gowns to The Brides Project! Our first Southern Bride is Amanda, who is from Florida. She donated a beautiful Maggie Sotterro lace …

A Donation Story From One of Our Volunteers!

Love this beautiful dress? You can thank one of our volunteers, Hilary, for donating it to our salon! Hilary learned about The Bride’s Project from viewing the great logo on our salon door. Soon after, she replied to a request from one of our founding photographer volunteers, Melanie, to help photograph the larger dresses available for sale. Hilary photographed about …

Two Local Women Donate to The Brides Project

The Brides Project is happy to introduce two local women, Kim and Sherry, from the Ann Arbor, Michigan area.  Both have donated their wedding gowns to our salon.  Without donations from brides and bridal salons around the country, we would not be able to continue our mission.  We are very grateful to generous women like these. Our first donor is …

Patrycja donates her dress…and good feelings

When Patrycja talked to her health team at UM Hospital about finding a patient to give her wedding dress to, they told her about the Brides Project. “As soon as I talked to Barb – I think I got more excited than she was! It’s just such a great idea,” she says. “Now, I’m trying to recruit people everywhere to …