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Hello!
July 29, 2008
Another long gap! Since my last post, I have moved to Southampton, which has been a bit of an upheaval, and Adam and I have been very busy trying to finalise our house purchase. Also living with Adam again after several months apart is great, but I definitely don't think about the blog much!
I have a few wedding related things to show off today - not all my own wedding! I made this tiara for my friend Jess's wedding - it was up in the lake district and really good fun. I was a bridesmaid and there were lots of lovely yellow and orange flowers, and lots of dancing.
It's the same one I made my myself ages ago - mine has tarnished really badly and I need to smother it in silver cleaning products and hope it goes back to the way it was!
I found a lovely box for the tiara and padded it in place with champagne tissue paper, I thought it looked fantastic, I don't normally bother to wrap presents much but this was worth it!
Next, I have been doing some knitting, for literally the first time in MONTHS. I decided I want a wrap to wear for our wedding, as it is in March, and I picked River. I'm knitted one in the violetta colour of kidsilk haze because it's such a lovely colour - I might wear it or make another one in a more bridal colour, I haven't decided yet!
I am enjoying it so far, although I do keep cocking it up and having to frog a couple of rows. I'm not sure why I'm being so idiotic.
Finally, next I made some more practice wedding cakes. I made the dark chocolate and lemon ones again, but this time with shiny icing. I did want to make lemon sweets to put on top, but I haven't managed to get them to set properly yet! The first attempt at this cake is here.
Bye for now!
Posted by jen at July 29, 2008 01:02 PM
Comments
Glad to have you back. The tiara looks amazing. I think the purple would look stunning with white - make it really pop. And of course the cake looks divine.
Posted by: Nicole at July 29, 2008 01:26 PM
Mmmmmmmm yummy on all counts! And also gorgeous on all counts too! Multitalented lady :)
Posted by: Bryony at July 30, 2008 04:00 PM
Hi - good to hear from you again.
The tiara is awesome! How did you make it?
Glad to hear the move went well. It's always stressful to move, but it must be nice to be near the boy again...
Please don't forget your blog altogether - we love hearing from you!
Posted by: Kristin at July 31, 2008 05:33 PM
Hello, I just found your blog so I don't know the backstory, but I had to write because you said you just moved to Southampton. And you're getting married soon. And you knit. Well, my fiance lives in Portsmouth, works in Southampton, and we will be getting married after he moves here this winter. I'm in the US, btw. And also I just recently got bit by the knitting obsession (which is how I found your blog). So we sort of have something in common. Enough that I thought it noteworthy and thought I'd drop speak up and say hi! So...Hi!!!
Posted by: Ginger at August 8, 2008 06:53 AM