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August 31st, 2007

butterfly thank yous

I wanted to pop one more wedding post in (I promise you’ll get a tutorial… and maybe even a contest next week!) while I still can :-)
If you look closely at the photo, you’ll see tiny little paper origami butterflies hanging from the arbor:

We needed approximately 1500 butterflies folded, by hand, for all the decorations.  […]

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August 28th, 2007

more hand-made goodies from the wedding

I wanted to share a few more things I made for our recent wedding :-)

Here’s one of my lovely bridesmaids, wearing the shawl I sewed (rolled hems all around - couldn’t be simpler!)

I wish I could take credit for the dresses my attendants all wore (well, okay - I did choose the fabric :-) […]

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August 27th, 2007

our wedding

Or why I haven’t been online this weekend :-)
I wanted to share my weekend with all of you (and especially now that I can post photos)  My mom also has several posts about the festivities over at Hankering for Yarn.
Here’s me after putting on my wedding dress at my parent’s house:

I was thrilled with the […]

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August 19th, 2007

updates

Okay, it’s a crazy, busy week!  And I’m so bad that you guys don’t even get photos :-)
My outfit is looking amazing… but since my fiance reads my blogs - you guys need to wait until after the wedding to see photos!
I’m sewing my fiance’s vest…
And the tuxedo for our dog.
It may be a slow […]

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August 16th, 2007

emotional projects

I’ve been sewing, embroidering & creating art for most of my life.  In the past few weeks, I’ve had the most emotional connection to what I’ve been working on that I’ve ever experienced.
It’s been a wonderful experience to sew my own wedding dress, even though it’s been nerve-wracking too!  There have been times when I’ve […]

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August 14th, 2007

memory boxes and embroidered butterflies

Here’s how I’m using my embroidered panel of silk:

I pressed the raw edges to the wrong side, to make a strip 3.5 inches wide. I glued it onto a large cardboard hatbox I painted (and will stamp, using the same butterfly stamps) I wanted to secure the lid in place, so I […]

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July 30th, 2007

it’s been a fun day

I’ve had a productive day… I just haven’t taken any photos of the progress on my outfit (my bad!)
I washed the silk today, on gentle, on cold, in my washing machine.  It’s not something I’d recommend (if only because the fabric manufacturers don’t recommend it!)  But I spent my early twenties working in a fabric […]

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