What an icky day!
Jan. 17th, 2006 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellymellPouring rain as if it were March or April. The daffodils and irises are even starting to peak out of the ground. So much for the chance at a real winter. I guess we could still get some surprises. I swear, we move out to the woods where it would be really neat to get some snow, even just enough to cover the ground, and it hasn't snowed in three winters!
Poured a 16oz. travel cup of coffee this morning and left it at home without taking so much as a sip. *sigh* These are the days when a caffeine addiction sucks. Trying to drink the coffee at work, but it's just not doing much for me.
After work last night, I went to Hobby Lobby and Michael's because Chris' mom and friends have been keeping me up to date on all the decor sales there this week. I wandered through both stores and about the only things that caught my eye for the wedding were some silk ivy garlands and crystal vases. The crystal vases were 50% off, which was fantastic for what they were (could have gotten a few at $10 each). But I decided if it comes down to it, I can probably find regular glass ones for much cheaper than that. Candles weren't expensive per se, but they were more than I wanted to pay and hard to find unscented ones. Tealights were the same price as they always are, so I'm not going to bother yet. So yeah, kind of a waste, but not entirely. I should probably go ahead and start the online shopping for things of this nature.
I did pick up some embroidery thread, a spool of silver and one of "pearl" (iridescent white) both fine braid, at Michael's. I went home and started a row of chain stitching on my beaded armband. I like how it's looking, though I probably could have gone with the very fine braid. I'm going to keep going with the beading and embroidery for now. At the end of March if I'm not done, I'll order an alternative trim. I've got two in mind right now that would be lovely. Both are far nicer than anything I could do, but they run around $20-$40/yd. One of them may or may not still be available. The ebay seller is in India right now visiting family and won't return for another couple of weeks. Still need to baste the bodice mockup together and fit it to me (right now it's fitted to the dress form which is slightly larger than me, especially across the shoulders).
That's about it. Life is pretty boring when all you do is work and sit at home, sewing and thinking about wedding stuff.
Poured a 16oz. travel cup of coffee this morning and left it at home without taking so much as a sip. *sigh* These are the days when a caffeine addiction sucks. Trying to drink the coffee at work, but it's just not doing much for me.
After work last night, I went to Hobby Lobby and Michael's because Chris' mom and friends have been keeping me up to date on all the decor sales there this week. I wandered through both stores and about the only things that caught my eye for the wedding were some silk ivy garlands and crystal vases. The crystal vases were 50% off, which was fantastic for what they were (could have gotten a few at $10 each). But I decided if it comes down to it, I can probably find regular glass ones for much cheaper than that. Candles weren't expensive per se, but they were more than I wanted to pay and hard to find unscented ones. Tealights were the same price as they always are, so I'm not going to bother yet. So yeah, kind of a waste, but not entirely. I should probably go ahead and start the online shopping for things of this nature.
I did pick up some embroidery thread, a spool of silver and one of "pearl" (iridescent white) both fine braid, at Michael's. I went home and started a row of chain stitching on my beaded armband. I like how it's looking, though I probably could have gone with the very fine braid. I'm going to keep going with the beading and embroidery for now. At the end of March if I'm not done, I'll order an alternative trim. I've got two in mind right now that would be lovely. Both are far nicer than anything I could do, but they run around $20-$40/yd. One of them may or may not still be available. The ebay seller is in India right now visiting family and won't return for another couple of weeks. Still need to baste the bodice mockup together and fit it to me (right now it's fitted to the dress form which is slightly larger than me, especially across the shoulders).
That's about it. Life is pretty boring when all you do is work and sit at home, sewing and thinking about wedding stuff.
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on 2006-01-17 06:10 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-01-17 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2006-01-17 08:23 pm (UTC)Perhaps this place might help?
I actually went to the Dollar Store and discount places like Fred's to find much of what I needed for the wedding. We got 24 leaf garlands for the Pavilion columns from the Dollar Store. I got the buckets for the topiaries from Fred's, the decorative seed balls for the topiaries from Wal-Mart, and the Spanish moss and silk hydrangeas from Michael's . We got bags of silk leaves for the tables and for the cake from Michael's for $1. I got six foot+ garlands from both Wal-Mart and Michael's. Finally, I found the bundles of leaves for the columns at Hobby Lobby.
I ordered boxes for the favors from nashvillewraps.com. I got the candy for the favors from Sam's and Publix, the raffia ribbon from Hobby Lobby, and the paper to make leaf tags from If It's Paper. I got the leaf-shaped stamp from Michael's.
We didn't do candles because the Garden won't allow them unless you are having an event inside and, since the ceremony was outside, we didn't bother.
If you have questions or are stuck for suggestions, just give me a ring!
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on 2006-01-18 06:47 pm (UTC)Other than that, I'm not even sure about what I want to do for decor just yet. Need to get cracking on some ideas.