{"id":11081,"date":"2010-10-13T07:44:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T11:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=11081"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:46:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:46:38","slug":"crystal-bowersox-marries-in-a-custom-made-gown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=11081","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Bowersox Marries in a Custom Made Gown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I watched American Idol last season and am a big fan of the talented <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/jessica-apple\/blogs\/type-1-blogs\/crystal-bowersox-and-american-idols-recipes\/7241\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Bowersox<\/a>.\u00a0 And that fact that she has <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/diabetes\/type-1-diabetes\/\" target=\"_blank\">type 1 diabetes <\/a>and has spoken so openly about it (most recently in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diabetesmine.com\/2010\/09\/crystal-bowersox-her-first-interview-on-diabetes.html\" target=\"_blank\">DiabetesMine<\/a> interview), makes me like her even more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Admittedly, I haven&#8217;t followed the Crystal Bowersox headlines over the past few months, but this one caught my eye: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20433323,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Bowersox Gets Married! <\/a>Congratulations, Crystal!\u00a0 And now for the question that&#8217;s even more important than\u00a0 <em>Who did she marry?<\/em>:<strong><em> What did she wear?<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/strong> Well, thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylelist.com\/2010\/10\/11\/crystal-bowersox-wedding-dress-hemp\/\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> article I know that Crystal &#8220;walked down the aisle in a floor-length, eco-friendly dress custom made from imported hemp by Vermont fashion designer <a href=\"http:\/\/taralynnstudio.com\/bridal\/custom_collection.php\" target=\"_blank\">Tara Lynn<\/a>, who specializes in sustainable apparel made from natural fibers. The singer&#8217;s dress featured a detachable train embellished with macram\u00e9, seashells, and beads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So my question is, where oh where did Crystal&#8217;s insulin pump go in this custom made dress?\u00a0 Did designer Tara Lynn take the pump into consideration when creating the gown?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As far as I know, Crystal&#8217;s wedding photos have not been released, so we&#8217;ll have just have to wait and see if her pump was noticeable, and we&#8217;ll have to just imagine those bridal seashells for now.\u00a0 However, since Mike and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary (12 years!), this seems like a good time to go back and look at some photos of my gown.\u00a0 No train, no shells or beads, and&#8230; no diabetes either.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wedding0002.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11098 lazyload\" title=\"wedding0002\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wedding0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"336\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wedding0002.jpg 467w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wedding0002-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[626],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Crystal Bowersox Marries in a Custom Made Gown | ASweetLife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Crystal Bowersox has type 1 diabetes and has spoken so openly about it. 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