The I Ching said I had six months until bankruptcy!

[mellymell]

So, I've been busy. I mean REALLY busy. Booked rentals for the wedding. Need to add some stuff and take stuff off of that order, but we can do that up until the time we pick it up that morning (provided they have what we need in stock). Met with a florist on Thursday. Meeting with another one on Monday and a fourth (counting one I met with a couple of weeks ago) on Tuesday. Vests are done for the groom, groomsmen and ring bearer. We found the missing yard of fabric folded up inside the other fabrics, so all five of them were done. I never heard back from the company though, so they might have just ignored me. Meh, just as well. Here they are, and more pics here


I almost gave up on my gown today and ordered this one to put my trim on. I decided I should shop around and see what other possibilities there were. Unfortunately, all it did was inspire me to just stop looking and keep working on my mockup. I guess that could be an option in a pinch, but I'm not ready to give up on it just yet. I spent all day working on it, made really excellent progress, so I'm feeling good about it again. I plan to be ordering silk velvet for it on next Friday (happens to be payday).

We've made the rounds to every Dollar Tree in town (that's 5 stores) and bought up every amber votive candle holder they had. Then I went to Michael's and got 60 three inch terra cotta pots. I still have probably 20 eight inch pots to buy. Then of course flowers to plant in them. That's our reception decor, potted plants and candles. Quite a bit less expensive than the first florist I talked to. *sigh* I'm still in negotiations with the band we're trying to get.

Unfortunately, work isn't letting up either. I'm busier now than I've been in months there as well. But I've got a lot of energy lately, so I guess it balances out.

Oh, yeah, I finally got the pictures off the camera of the set I made for Susanna, the ten-year-old little girl. They're all here, but here's a good one of the whole set all boxed up. . .



Also, here's the brooch I won on ebay to go with the wedding gown. . .



I guess that's all. G'night all.

Comments

[aranel13.livejournal.com]

Pretty jewelry! LOVE the vests! They're stunning! Your wedding is going to be so wonderful.

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks Sarah!

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

Very pretty jewelry, and the vests are wonderful! Don't give up on the gown! And... Congrats on that brooch; it is stunning!

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks Yvette! You guys are so inspiring!

[manzo.livejournal.com]

wow, the vests look great. i really like the way the purple and green colors look on my monitor too. hang in there with the gown! i will think good thoughts for you.


that band has a bouzouki player! bouzoukis are cool.

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

yep, and she's got a lovely voice too! They play kind of celtic/bluegrass. We'll just be getting Fiddlin' Dave and Morgan if we can ever get details hammered out. Their "booking agent" is really unprofessional and hard to deal with. He writes emails like a 12 year old in a chat room. Reminds me of the Futurama quote, "wow, letters like 'u' and 'r' can mean words like 'you' and 'are'".

baka_san will be in the green. rubenonrye will be in the purple. Those are my favorites too. And the tiny one for my nephew is darling I think! Chris' mom had a friend come in from Texas who has been a home ec teacher for like 20 years. Took her three afternoons to get all the vests done. I'm going to make her a really nice set of jewelry as a thank you.

[amaz0n-princess.livejournal.com]

The jewelry is just gorgeous! you are so talented!

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks Janine!

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

beautiful brooch! and lovely jewlry! and I just love the brocade too! everything is lovely!

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks Jess!

I'm so ecstatic with the brooch, it was just a chance find, can't remember what I was looking for, but I got it for only $10 (including S&H)! The color is just perfect I think.

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

hmm.. I think I'll need to start browsing ebay more often!

[harlequin-elf.livejournal.com]

OOOOh, me like! Funny, you'd think vests would be easy, but I know from my Red Death that getting the brocad to lay right can be a majore P.I.T.A.......
And that dress isn't a bad choise if you get in a jam, IMO. ;)

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks! yeah, and then there's the fraying! (on brocade). That was a complaint of the seamstress, heh, but she enjoyed doing it.

I agree (on the dress). If it comes down to 3 weeks before the wedding and I've got much more than putting on trim and hemming left to do, I'll just buy it I think. Only $100, so not a strain on the budget. Still has a similar look and with the trim I've got, I think it would be quite nice.

[adalia-jean.livejournal.com]

wow. the vests look great! and they jewelry is lovely! I wants one! (*sigh* I still need to get a job ;) ). did the girl like it? and the brooch is beautiful! (did someone make it and sell or did they just have it and sell it on e-bay?) I can't wait to see your wedding gown all done! I'm glad you decided to continue making your own- even though the other one is pretty. how many brides can brag that they made their own dress? and a pretty one at that! well, I don't know any, anyway. :D

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

heh, now I feel bad, I'll explain in more detail in another post, but I'm about ready to buy one now that I found locally, fits me like a dream off the rack and they came down even off the sale price since it's a floor model (and is missing a little flower on the sleeve that I would have pulled off anyway).

I'm not sure if the girl really liked it or not, I didn't hear back after her birthday (didn't go to the brew club meeting this month). I guess we'll find out for sure in a couple of weeks (at the April meeting). Thanks for the compliments! Whenever you get the urge, I'd be happy to do a custom piece for you if you'd like. You can give me a price range to work from even. With this new jewelry making plan I'm trying to follow, I'll have $20 pieces all the way up to $100 pieces (for now, I might get some higher end stuff later as I learn new skills and get more elaborate).

I'm pretty sure the brooch is a mass produced kind of thing. Has some tell-tale signs of casting, and the oxidation on it (the black stuff), was done to the entire piece (without the stones and cameo in place of course), clasp and all. In fact, I had to un-stick it because there was liver of sulfur or whatever they used for the oxidation, cloging the swing part of the clasp. The clasp is soldered on a little crooked, too (not as such that it doesn't sit straight, just looks a little off when looking at the back of it). So, I was a tiny bit disappointed in the construction of it, but it's nothing that anyone but me or a fellow jeweler would notice. ;]

[adalia-jean.livejournal.com]

aw, don't feel bad. If it works, go for it. :D