Wedding

Wedding posters

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Wedding posters

Here’s our wedding invitations that we had made as postcards. If you didn’t get one, sorry we didn’t order them in time to send...

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Shoes

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Shoes

  Look at the cool shoes I bought to wear with my dress! They are kind of vintage...

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Lace shawl

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Lace shawl

Looks all bumpy but it’s going to flatten out nicely when blocked. Here’s the center pattern. Blocking now. More finished pictures...

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Dress progress

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Dress progress

Here’s my workspace. Everything all over the place.   Back of muslin showing where I’ve figured out how to alter it to fit.   Here’s the muslin version and the silk pieces that I’ve started working on. The hems on the fins need to be hand rolled. My hands hurt just thinking about that. Here’s what the hand rolled hems look like from both sides when...

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Wedding venue

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Wedding venue

We’re getting married at the Peace Garden at the Rosicrucian Egyptian museum in San Jose. Here’s a few pictures when we were last there. Papyrus in the garden. Sphinx...

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Dress fabric

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Dress fabric

I decided I should finally order my fabric for my dress so yesterday I went on Dharma Trading co. and placed my order at about 9am yesterday. Today at 1:30pm USPS delivered my box. Yay! Oooh, a box to open! Here’s what I ordered: 10 yards silk charmeuse, 5 yards silk Crepe de Chine, 2 yards silk organza, 2 spools of thread, and some wool wash that smells like eucalyptus. Total with shipping and tax was about $200. I ordered almost twice the silk charmeuse that I thought I need, just in case. So pretty all spread out on the bed. Here’s a close-up of the silk...

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