The wedding photos

Raelene walking down the isle with her father. It was a great day and I did lots of crying. She looked absolutely gorgeous. I'm so proud of her. Will post more photos as I get them.
Didn't DH look stunning in his suit and tie.

This is a photo of the bride and her bridesmaids on our front verandah before leaving for the ceremony.

This is the bride, my daughter Raelene and her dad, my husband Don. The wedding car in the background. This photo was taken in our front driveway before leaving for the wedding venue at Baulkham Hills.

The day has come and gone so quickly. I had to consentrate and absorb all the details of the day. I didn't want to miss any of it.

Surprise in the mail

Pat winter sent me a lovelly surprise in the mail a couple of weeks ago. I have been slack posting the photo due to wedding business in my house. Now that it's over I'm catching up on some posts. I asked pat for some advise on the heat tool she uses to transfer imaged to fabric as I was not having much success. Well Pat sent me some of her images to try and also some of her lovelly ribbons. Thanks Pat I will be using them in something special. Anyway after much trial and error I've discover that I need to find a different photo copier as the ones I've tried so far don't work. So.....Thanks again Pat for your help and kindness.

I'V BEEN TAGGED

My first tag. Sharon has tagged me. Thanks Sharon, her blogspot is http://wildflowerhouse.blogspot.com/ Sharon Chapman was kind enough to explain the procedure of tagging to me so I hope I get it all right. I've enjoyed chatting to Sharon and always enjoy her lovely CQ work and projects.

Well I'm suppose to give 6 obscure facts about me, here goes

1. I love watching The Bold & The Beutiful on TV @ 4.30pm with a cuppa and a biscuit in hand

2. I miss having kids around the house.

3. The older I get the less I like being alone.

4. I don't know what I'd do with myself if I couldn't sew.

5. I have to push myself to get involved in new technology. LOL like Blogging.

6. I'm not at all athletic.

Now for my the 6 blogspots to visit and enjoy.

My first is http://gatherings100.blogspot.com/ by Pat Winter. Pat got me into blogging in the first place and has been a great inspiration. I'm sure we will meet one day. Love her work.

Then there is http://blog.prettyimpressivestuff.com/ by Rissa. A very busy talented lady who is behind the CQ magazine we all love and wait for each issue. A very gifted lady.

http://karrinscrazyworld.blogspot.com/ by Karen is another great site. I enjoy seeing Karens' posts on her work and the beautiful scenery shots she takes.

Another blog is http://cpaphilblog.com/ is a great site for vintage postacards and the history of them too. by Marie Reed.

Karens' http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/ is a fabulous site for Victorian clip art and more. A lovelly person to give so much of her collections.

Lilla Levine is a lady who I have admired for some years so it has been great finding her blogspot and viewing her lovelly work. Lilla is at http://justlilla.blogspot.com/.

Hope you enjoy looking at the blogs. You need a mug of coffee/tea not just a cup.

CQ Wedding Cushion

The wedding cushion is finished. I'm very happy with how it turned out. My daughter went thru my stash and picked the fabrics and threads to match the colour theme of her dress and wedding decor. The purple was very strong so I had to use it sparingly otherwise it took over the 'wedding look' of the cushion.

I incorporated some of my dear grandmothers fabric of one of her old dress shirts, ans Eifel Tower charm, (that's where the couple were engaged), a messenger dove charm, MOP love heart charm.

On one corner I put their initials over a satin heart corner treatment. It came up well I thought. Two rings entwining to represent the wedding rings.

I also put a love poem and the marriage date on the back of the cushion. I did this on my bubble jet printer. It turned out really well.

Soo.... breath, sigh,breath......the last of the last minute wedding jobs are being done. Need to have dress rehearsal tonight. Check table decorations, placement of tables etc.

I hope we haven't forgotten anything.......I keep drifting off into thinking and panic land in my head. I think I need a massage, when will I fit that in ?

Next post will be of the wedding itself. Wish me luck, I hope I can hold it together.

My CQ purse for wedding

Well I've finished my bag for my daughters wedding. I can't beleive she gets married next Friday. The months of planning have flown by.

I'm wearing a black chinese pant suit with a burnt cream velvet tassled coat with maroon,green and beaded flowers. I will post photos of this and others after the wedding.

I wanted to make myself something special to commemorate the big day, just for me. Selfish, no...I'm the mum and she's my baby girl. So something special for me was the order of the day.

The bag was constructed with a picture from Pat Winter and I dyed it to blend with the greens in bag. Then I needle felted the fabrics with wool around the picture. After the felted base piece was finished I embroidered and beaded to suit. Antique beads, crystal button, antique dyed lace motif were added. I attached the handle with beads and added bead edging all around finishing with bead fringing with crystals. Black felted hearts were added to symbolise the day of love (wedding).

Don't worry I have made the wedding cushion too, just lovelly. Not too bright in colour to overshadow the bride, just enough for interest. I also beaded her veil at the top, just enough, she doesn't like things to be over the top. Pictures for cushion in next post.

We had a dress rehearsal yesterday and she looks lovelly too. I've been waking up at night hoping we haven't forgotten anything. You know details like flowers etc. I'm sure all will be right on the day.

We had to go and get my DH fitted for his suit today and he brushes up very nicely. I love suits on men they look so gorgeous...

A black suit and vest. White shirt with maroon tie and kerchief to match me. Lovelly.

Mobile Pouch

I decided to make a pouch for my mobile phone. It's on a long cord so it hangs around my neck. The great thing about it is my phone is in easy reach and lots of people ask about the pouch itself as well.

Any opportunity to advertise the versatility of CQ is a good one.

I used vintage lace and metallic threads. The fabrics were mostly green silk, organza and gold. I painted the lace to match the colour of the fabrics too. I then added a cute tassel trim to the bottom.