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\"Nina decided that a fancy wine night was exactly what she needed and so she proceeded to put on her wedding dress and take a picture of it—and let me tell you, she had a blast,” Seibel, 31, explained. “After a few glasses of wine, she decided to call it ‘Wedding Dress Wednesday’ and that’s when my photographer brain snapped on. I asked in our group chat how many of the women could come outside in their wedding dresses to take photos, and no one hesitated.”

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PHOTO: These six neighbors were took part in “wedding dress Wednesday” to pass the time amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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“Five women outside of their homes in old wedding dresses, can you imagine? It was hilarious and epic,\" she said. \"Some of our other neighbors started coming out on their driveways.\"

Seibel said it was a \"little bit of a struggle\" to get all the women in one shot while staying six feet apart, but they made it work.

“The posing was crazy because we’re always used to being up in each other’s business, so having to keep that strict separation was tough,” Seibel said. “I somehow was still able to come up with a few creative poses while still having them remain six feet apart and still all be in one frame.”

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PHOTO: These six neighbors were took part in “wedding dress Wednesday” to pass the time amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Seibel said the entire neighborhood is accustomed to spending time with one another. Between the six women, they have 14 children and every Friday the families block off the street and play hockey and football or just catch up. But since the pandemic, they've been catching up over the phone instead and have been missing one another.

The photo shoot in their wedding dresses was a fun way for the women to take their minds off the current crisis.

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PHOTO: These six neighbors were took part in “wedding dress Wednesday” to pass the time amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Jaime Sladek, a teacher who took part in the shoot, called it a \"much-needed stress relief.\"

“It had been a rough day with trying to manage online classes and there are so many changes at home,\" Sladek said. \"There is a lot of disappointing news right now... so just being able to get out on the street and see each other as we’ve never seen each other before was a really good feeling. It was so ridiculous but it brought a lot of joy.”

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PHOTO: Jamie Egloff poses with her daughter for “wedding dress Wednesday."
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She added: \"I haven't put on my wedding dress since I got married 13 years ago, so it was fun for my daughter to see me in it.\"

Sladek said she hopes the shoot brought a smile to people's faces on Facebook and helped counteract some of the stressful news out there.

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PHOTO: These six neighbors were took part in “wedding dress Wednesday” to pass the time amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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For Seibel, this pandemic has been a reminder to celebrate life and find ways to cope together.

\"I think we take for granted, the little bit of human interaction we get each day,” Seibel said. “Even just walking down the street and saying hi to a neighbor. This definitely puts a lot of things into perspective, to be able to not only give ourselves a laugh and a little break from the stress of this crisis. I think the goal is to find as much happiness as possible in all this craziness. We’re all in this together and all helping each other find ways to cope.”

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PHOTO: These six neighbors were took part in “wedding dress Wednesday” to pass the time amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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