Day 49 of Project 365: wedding purse

Day 49 of Project 365: wedding purse

Post-shower dresser scrambling prompted the rediscovery of this amazing creation, my wedding purse. My mom made this by hand, which still stuns me. I was fortunate to inherit a little of her capability in this realm, but nothing to this degree. While visiting Gargunnock House with friends over Christmas, I got into a little chat with some fellow crafters, and in it I described one of the earliest Mom-projects I can remember. She sewed these adorable Christmas ornaments that were puffy stars and bells and trees with little sculpted faces in the middle of them. My description doesn’t do it justice, and I don’t have any of our ornaments here so I can’t take a photo. It made me happy and proud and also intensely nostalgic for home at Christmas all...

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Posted on 11 Jan 2012 | Comments Off

Where the year went.

Where the year went.

One whole year of marriage already? How can this be possible? You’d think we had spent the last twelve months planning a transcontinental move or something. Post-move, time seems to be slowing down a bit, which I appreciate because I want to savor each moment with my husband. (Will referring to FunkyPlaid as “my husband” ever get less thrilling to type?) I had this great idea to finally post our wedding photos as a first anniversary gift. Due to some technical issues and my own rampant obsessiveness, this gift took a little longer to deliver than I would have hoped, but it is now finished. Please click the image above to enjoy our gallery of photos taken by Weddings with...

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Posted on 18 Oct 2011 | 2 comments

a photo a day, day 15

a photo a day, day 15

For the photo a day meme: a photo of you and someone you love. The wedding, as it happens, provided excellent fodder for this meme. Seth snapped this while FunkyPlaid and I danced to our song. I had imagined this moment so many times that it was hard to believe it was happening.

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Posted on 7 Nov 2010 | Comments Off

a photo a day, day 13

a photo a day, day 13

For the photo a day meme: a photo of your best friend(s). I wanted to wait until I had a photo of FunkyPlaid with my Attendants of Awesome from the wedding, but this will have to do. Courtney took this of my five Attendants of Awesome — Lara, Hawk, Ryan, Courtney, and Jason — plus me and my mom! We had just gotten our nails done for the wedding. We all had brunch at Samovar first, and then went to B Restaurant for cocktails before heading to Zaza Nail Spa. It was a perfect day. Not pictured: my stepmom and my mother-in-law, but they always deserve a...

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Posted on 5 Nov 2010 | Comments Off