Carnations and Crochet

[...] , hippy-ish type wedding, with a wedding dress from eBay, a blue cord suit from Paul Smith, silk flowers and a vintage beetle as the wedding car. Instead of a veil, I'm having a wreath of flowers and [...]

[...] to prepare for at least! In the meantime, our reception venue had kindly packed up all our silk flowers, and sent them back to us, which meant that for the last week or so, there has been a crate of [...]

[...] . Lucy over at Attic24 does a marvelous tutorial on using old jumpers to back crocheted cushion covers, so I decided this would be the best bet - I couldn't bare having to crochet the back as well! [...]

[...] to use up! The colours are bright and delicious, and I decided that they would be perfect as cushion covers and blankets. My first project is going to be a lovely, giant, round cushion cover.... [...]

[...] eco-friendly! There will be bunting and floral garlands decorating the interior of the reception venue, and the centre-pieces will be made from the tea lanterns, jam jars filled with silk [...]

[...] at a later date - so that gives me something to prepare for at least! In the meantime, our reception venue had kindly packed up all our silk flowers, and sent them back to us, which meant that for the [...]

[...] , park visits, picnics and suchlike), rather than the activities I actually have to do (work, food shopping, wedding details and household chores, bah), and I've been doodling some more in my lovely [...]

[...] that say, "Bus Fare - £3.80" and nothing else the most. The days which have "Food Shopping - £92" leave a rather bitter taste in the mouth, and as well as recording all our [...]

[...] , but crafting inside was delightful.... I'm plodding on with the ever-growing list of crochet hat-and-scarf orders, which have been put back a bit due to a seemingly endless bout of illness, and am [...]

[...] busy with my real part-time job, an eternally energetic toddler, and the list of crochet hat-and-scarf orders (not to mention the sheer drudgery and dullness of housework, yawn). But somehow, [...]

[...] my Mum actually - she's wonderful with flower arranging) tied ribbons around the tops of jam jars, pasta jars and the Boy's old juice jars, and filled them with more flowers. This was [...]

[...] the interior of the reception venue, and the centre-pieces will be made from the tea lanterns, jam jars filled with silk flowers and tea lights. I also snapped up some napkins from Paperchase, which [...]

[...] when I last went in a shop that sold brand new things! Beautiful sunsets from the lounge window and the light filling every inch of the room. My ever-expanding plate collection. When [...]

[...] street covered in snow, especially when you're so used to seeing just rain. The view from our lounge window was marvelous, all rolling white hills and frost-tipped trees, with windows adorned with [...]

[...] We had the beautiful weather, we had the wonderful guests, we had the retro suit and the vintage-style dress. The day passed in a blur of friends, [...]

[...] presents for the house (after all, who really needs three toasters and a bread maker?). Our wonderful guests gave generously, and we went from having no honeymoon at all, to two nights in Brighton. [...]