Sandra W. Ashford This is Me

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1. 1. Images of Ridgeland - Relocation information for the Ridgeland Area

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   Published on: 2/16/2007   Last Visited: 12/2/2007

   Sandra Ashford's talent makes special occasions even more special
   
   Sandra Ashford, owner of the Ashford Collection, restyles and refurbishes wedding dresses and heirloom christening gowns.> >
   
   It's a dilemma: The happy bride-to-be has dreamed since girlhood of walking down the aisle in Grandmother's satin wedding dress. When it's time to try it on, though, either the style or the fit doesn't match her own. Her dream threatens to dissolve in tears.
   
   Enter Sandra Ashford of The Ashford Collection.
   
   "I take the design the bride may want and restyle her mother's or grandmother's dress to suit her," she says.
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   Fortunately, Ashford is as skilled in reassurance as in restoration and restyling. "I can envision the result, and I try to convey that to the clients," she says.
   
   Another part of her business is reworking heirloom christening gowns much the same way she does wedding gowns, then embroidering the name and baptism date of each wearer into it. One such garment had already had 21 wearers when she first embroidered it and has had eight more since then.
   
   One of the joys of Ashford's work is sharing in the stories. Some of the finest dresses she has worked on came from Europe, bought in France or Belgium by GIs dreaming of their sweethearts back home. Every new generation that wears such an heirloom provides one more happy ending, she says: "It's so gratifying to see new life in these priceless old garments."

2. 2. Business After Hours Photo Gallery

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   Last Visited: 1/19/2007

   Ridgeland Chamber Diplomat co-captain Alan Chester of Ridgeland Computer Repair, left, visits with Chamber Diplomat Sandra Ashford of Charlotte Smith Real Estate and The Ashford Collection at the evening event.
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   Armstrong Relocation ~ Ridgeland Chamber members Pat Barnes, Natchez Trace Funeral Home; Jim Lowery, Pear Orchard Business Center and Sandra Ashford of Charlotte Smith Real Estate and The Ashford Collection visit during the Chamber's April Business After Hours held at the Madison based company.

3. 3. Member Directory

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   Published on: 12/2/2006   Last Visited: 12/3/2007

   Sandra W. Ashford, Charlotte Smith