Beautiful Wedding

Well she’s married!!! The whole thing was beautiful and well worth the work!

During the ceremony, I wasn’t positioned very well to get good photos.

My mother made her dress. I don’t have a very good photo but it was beautiful! I’ll post a better photo later.

Can you see the rose petals that we sprinkled on the ground? I didn’t get a lot of pictures because there was so much going on and I was helping with things and chatting with people I hadn’t seen for awhile.

My sister is going to gather up cards from everyone’s camera, including the CD from the photographer and I will be scrapbook the wedding photos. It will be fun to make a few pages instead of all the cards I’ve made lately.

Here’s Alicia and my great-niece Anika. Aren’t they beautiful. Anika was the flower girl. The photogropher told her to kiss her and she licked her instead. I didn’t catch the next frame but I’m sure the photographer did. Can’t you just imagine the look on Anika’s face after she got licked instead of kissed?

Anika’s mom found her dress at a thrift store and my siser, Alice (mom of the bride), sewed a looped layer of tuele on it with blue silk petals in it. She tacked a few petals around the top of the skirt so it looked like they were floating. Click on the picture so you can see it better.

I also wanted you to get a full view of the arch. Isn’t it beautiful!!! My sister, Rose, niece, Trisha and Alice’s friend did most of the work on it. I sat back and critiqued saying “A little more here”, or “That side doesn’t match.” I tried to stay off my feet as much as I could. My legs were really aching last night but they feel fine today.

This is what I’m most proud of. Alice and I did the cake together but I decorated it while she set up chairs. My mom arranged the cake topper (I kept calling it a tree topper he-he). My mother actually did all of the floral arrangements. She has a lot of talent in floral arraging.

You can’t tell in the photo but I sprinkled chrystalized sugar over the entire cake prior to putting on the daizys. The groom wanted a cheese cake so I arranged some daisies around it as well.

The whole wedding and reception were beautiful. I saw a lot of friends and family that I haven’t seen in a long time. I hadn’t seen one of our childhood friends in over 20 years! We’ve been in touch lately on facebook and I was so happy that she and her sister were at the wedding!. I will add more photos after I get the CD from Alice.

Today, I need to get some cards done and the get packed up to go to Utah. Alice is going on vacation with Rose and her family to Las Vegas. I will be staying at Rose’s house in Utah to do sit. It should be a nice relaxing week for me and Alice certainly deserves a vacation. The only thing she had hired at the wedding was a photographer. It was a homemade wedding but it turned out beautifully, from the dress to the docorations.

Blessings,

Christine