It's on Facebook!
Alison added a life event from June 15, 2013 to her timeline: Married Rodney.
I took the fewest and the lamest photos of all, but will eventually pull some sort of post together… it's been amazing!
In the meantime, Kate's much quicker than I and has put up a wonderful, picture-ific post about the wedding — June 15: Ali + Rod.
Read, share, love… watch that you don't get some frosting on your nose!
I volunteer for many things at times like these, and when Ali stalled at the hand-sewing (finishing) phase of a project she was working on for her attendants…
With sachet and shawl knitting complete (though will still some finishing to do), I picked up needle and thread last night and made a good run at the finish line — not quite there yet, but the sewing was a nice change of pace.
I fell a little bit in love with Natalie Chanin after watching her Craftsy class, Hand-Embellishing Knit Fabric: Stenciling, Appliqué, Beading and Embroidery. I loved listening to her speak so beautifully about sewing, and I learned so much! I smiled every time last night as I cut a length and “loved my thread” before needling it.
I’m looking forward to watching/listening to Natalie again, sometime after June 15th (and again and again and again, as many times as I’d like, because that’s how Craftsy works). I have some beautiful fabric and my pattern for the coat featured in the class, but also found some lesser “practice” materials when I recently cleaned out my closet. I feel primed and ready!
The reduction of swelling in my body due to dietary changes has really made a difference and I do not suffer the carpal tunnel problems as much or as readily. I’m sure I wouldn’t be quite so excited about hand sewing if pinching a small needle for five minutes resulted in a day of tingling and aching! I did some pretty intense sewing for about 2 hours last night and feel fine today! Woo!
Oh. You want a sneak peek of those shawls?
Okay! That’s my Frambuesa at the top, Ali’s Mexican Wedding below. LOVE.THEM.
Heh. The Dating Game! I loved that show.
There she is, smack in the middle, flanked by the barista bridesmaids and her two sisters, Maddy and Kate, on the right — every one of them a bachelorette at the moment.
We had a marvelous little party for Ali, but Katie's presently much better at stringing words together — along with some lovely photos — in this post on her blog, Artsy Abroad!
Update: I added one more sachet to the knitting list — bigger, quicker, finished! Still the blocking and sewing up to do before filling. Sewing still waits, but the ironing is done. I over-dyed and blocked the shawls over the weekend — am letting them get good and dry before unpinning. So excited!! Rusty finished a project, too, bringing a nice close to a busy and productive weekend. I even squeezed in a pedicure. Ali's dress will likely be picked up on Thursday, leaving only a couple million other little things to do before Saturday…
I am breathing. 🙂
I'm feelin' 'em. Simply put, and with a few notable exceptions, the first half of 2013 just plain sucked. My mother began treatment for cancer on New Year's Eve and, well, yeah…
She's recovering and getting better, feeling stronger everyday. Yesterday, she had her first PET scan and she is CANCER-FREE!
Now I'm ready for the second half of 2013 and I'm looking for nothing but blue skies!
Who's with me?
P.S. Sachet knitting was finished last night! There's some sewing up to do now before filling, along with some other sewing, and I need to find/buy some ribbon, and there's still some ironing to do, and the over-dyeing/blocking of those shawls, a bachelorette party (with cupcake tasting) to attend, a dress to pick up, and a few million other little things…
On the first of June, my irises bloomed!
Reminder to self: Take this photo from a different angle to include the garage door.
A beautiful peony at Mom's also began to open.
Joining the allium party already well underway.
She has clumps of allium here and there. So pretty!
I was very busy all weekend…
…but obviously stopped long enough to smell photograph the flowers!
Ironing vintage tablecloths for the wedding while waiting on dye pots… "multi-tasking" is the name of the game around here!
