wedding blues

Over at Evil Mad Scientist labs they show you how to make an origami led light and have a link to this cool display of balloons with LED lights. I can't help thinking how cool they would be floating on a pool during a wedding reception... Oh, wait, I won't have another wedding for ... about 13 years!

blue and white quilts

Last year at this time I was frantically working towards a wedding. My daughter wanted blue and white wedding; not a blue and white Christmas. With her wedding on December 27th it was a fine balancing act since the reception was at our home. I had one blue and white quilt, my first quilt, an Irish Chain. Then I borrowed 2 of my Mother's; one is an antique that her Mother, Polly made as a young woman. The other is 'Stars as Sea' that she made for one of her other grandchildren. (Incidentally it is what the bride wants me to make for her 'wedding quilt.' I have 4 more years to make it.)

This is my first 'decorator' tree. My Mother loaned me 72 crocheted snowflakes (I have about 30) and icicles that my sister beaded...I'll get a closeup photo of some of them soon. They are eclectic; she uses buttons, collected beads from old necklaces and other found items. We LOVED this tree; it made me want to do it every year. That would mean I'd have to do 2 trees because I have so many beautiful, memory filled other ornaments.

wedding jacket

I got a call last night from my friend, Becky, the local wedding guru, she does a lot of brides hair and does a great job. The bride called her last night to help her with her hair and she found out about the dress' problems. So guess who got to rescue it. We got home from the fabric store at 2 p.m.. I had 3 hours to make a jacket to cover the top's problem. I finished in 2 hours and 26 minutes! I actually had time to put on a dress and makeup and get there in time to put the bride's jacket on her before the ceremony. I'm ready for a nap....Oh but wait, there's sewing mess in 3 rooms! I guess it will still be there tomorrow.

wedding

So someone suggested I blog a little about THE WEDDING I did last year. I was just sitting here wondering what I was doing last yearso I checked my e-mail and copied this here; Liz is getting married Dec. 27 so I am pretty busy trying to get everything done for that. Today I poured 3 of the 45 candles I think I need. I've made candles forever it feels like and still have more to go. Liz's dress is just sitting there waiting for me to work on it. the 4 skirts are also waiting. I have been looking for a dress for me, not fun. Today I looked at Jenny Craig and L.A. Weight Loss to try to figure out how to lose some weight before the wedding. I've added exercise to my life, I still hate it though, and have not lost any weight, even though I'm doing weights 3 times a week and Pilate's 3 times a week.
love, Laurie

I did not loose weight, or join the weight-loss programs, but I kept up the exercise until December and resumed about the middle of January. The candles did not become a hobby. Thank Goodness! I made the candles because we wanted a variety of shades of blue and white/cream candles without an olfactory mix-up (not have a dozen different smells coming off the lit candles). We also did these cool wax hurricanes that are demonstrated here. We used black and white line drawings of Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Then for the Grooms table we did some of the happy couple and of his life. I purchased the taper candles but made lots of pillars in blues and whites with hyacinth scent. The candles on the cake plate were a mock-up to help me decide on the number of candles needed for the centers of the tables. Evidently there are no photos of the finished tables.