Activity for Ashley

Sooo I have been searching for a specific dress this whole time...and I found it. Except I also found another dress the same day that I also love. The one dress gave me the feeling but the other dress is the one I have been looking for this entire...

I love this dress but there's a hole there will have to alterations but not enough to cover this hole! Is there a seamstress out there that has any idea or is it just a lost cause?!?

When making your own centerpieces/decorations do you use real or fake flowers? I can't really make my centerpieces and other random decorations before hand if I use real flowers. But are fake flowers tacky?