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4867. thoughtful - 6/12/2013 1:44:07 PM Veil has been officially turned over to the bride. I went to another fitting with her yesterday and the veil looks to be the right length, so it's done.
Her dress has a number of pieces to it. She has a tulle overskirt with a long train for the wedding:
Then for the reception, she can take off the tulle and she has a satin underskirt. I had to design a way to bustle the veil so it would be out of her way if she wanted to wear the veil for at least part of the reception.
It doesn't show in any of these pics, but here is a picture (not on her dress) of the belt she's wearing with her dress:
So the design on the veil had to be strong enough to stand up to the sparkle in the belt and the fullness of the skirt. The lighting at the bridal shop is very good, so I took a close up of the beading on the veil as it shows some of the spark. I think it will serve her well.
So sorry I won't be there to see it....but maybe it's better that way....otherwise I could see myself chasing her around the church and the reception being a mother hen to her veil!
Mostly I'm glad that I was able to get it done without ripping it, staining it, bleeding on it, getting it caught in a door, or having the cat pee on it. I got it to her in one piece...now it's her problem!
;)
4868. judithathome - 6/16/2013 8:08:19 PM Happy Father's Day to all the Motey dads and to THEIR dads! And so on.... 4869. arkymalarky - 6/17/2013 12:14:47 AM Gorgeous train and dress! Just got to see the pictures on 4g. They didn't load before.
And what Judith said. Happy Fathers Day to all the Mote dads! 4870. judithathome - 6/30/2013 6:30:23 PM Arky and MsNo....Malibu came for breakfast this morning and we had biscuits, omelets, and peach bellinis...have to remember those for next years' gathering.
Although, might need to wait 'til Monday to head back to Texas. 4871. arkymalarky - 6/30/2013 6:44:13 PM yum! 4872. judithathome - 6/30/2013 8:00:31 PM I know this is frivilous info but my husband has done something truly astonishing.
Before we left for Arkansas, he had been re-seeding and babying a section of our front lawn. A weird fungus or something similar had attacked that portion and the grass had died.
He painstakingly dug out all the areas and seeded it, patiently watered it, and it was coming in and filling the bald spots amongst the seemingly healthy St. Augustine which covers the rest of the lawn.
Back from 4 days of being away and the new stuff was fried. And the St. Augustine was turning yellow. So yesterday he went to the garden store...I didn't really pay much attention to what he was doing out there for hours...but evidently, I should have.
He rented a tiller and dug up that entire section...the middle section of our lawn is now topsoil. Not a blade of grass anywhere in that area.
I nearly fainted. Needless to say, to re-sod that area is going to take a pretty penny and lots of water, which isn't cheap in this area.
I guess we're staying home the rest of the summer....
4873. arkymalarky - 6/30/2013 8:31:25 PM we love St Augustine. we have some patches in our yard but Stan would love to see it take over. 4874. Jenerator - 7/17/2013 7:51:57 PM Leaving for Turkey this weekend. I'm pretty excited about seeing the Hagia Sophia! Then I'm off to Italy for three weeks. 4875. anomie - 7/17/2013 7:57:58 PM Have fun Jen! Stay safe and watch your purse/wallet. You know the drill.
What are your big picture plans for thr trip? 4876. robertjayb - 7/17/2013 8:04:58 PM Others doing yard work in Judith's territory:
PELICAN BAY, Texas (AP) — A 62-year-old widow has been charged with murder after her long-missing husband was found buried in the front yard of their rural North Texas home.
Neola Robinson is charged in the death of her husband Ervin Robinson, who was reported missing by his employer in May 2010.
Lonny Haschel, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, says Texas Rangers arrested Robinson on Saturday. Haschel says they exhumed the husband's remains Tuesday from the yard of their mobile home in Pelican Bay, about 20 miles northwest of Fort Worth. 4877. Jenerator - 7/17/2013 8:10:01 PM Well, I'm only in Turkey for a day, so I will cram in HS and the blue mosque and then wander around the city. I am meeting up with a former student of mine too. She is working on conflict resolution for her thesis. Pretty cool.
Then I am in Rome for a week, visiting all of the sites I saw last time and trekking through the older areas more.
By train I will go to Florence and Sienna for the remainder of the trip. I will revisit the museums I loved and see some new ones along the way. I am also hoping to look at a time share while I am there. I am officially obsessed with Italy.
I'm just hoping my feet will survive. Evidently the Italians never forsake style for comfort, and I don't want to look like a target with shorts and tennis shoes. So, I am excited for the trip, but afraid I will be in pain traipsing about in heels and dresses. La dolce vita!
4878. arkymalarky - 7/17/2013 8:14:16 PM Jen please share lots of details when you get back! Stan's friend went to Turkey a few weeks ago and Mose's friend is heading to Italy next week. We're not going anywhere for a while.
But we are going to the beach for our 30th this fall! 4879. arkymalarky - 7/17/2013 8:16:57 PM I guess we were in the slummy part of Italy because I never noticed people dressed up. I thought it was pretty laid back. which of course I love. I would live in Sorrento. 4880. vonKreedon - 7/17/2013 11:02:41 PM Have a great time Jen! 4881. anomie - 7/17/2013 11:12:19 PM Sounds like a great trip, Jen. May all events go to plan and you have a great adventure. 4882. judithathome - 7/17/2013 11:17:19 PM Jen, there ARE options to tennis shoes or heels...find some comfortable flats, for cripes sake! 4883. judithathome - 7/17/2013 11:19:01 PM in Pelican Bay, about 20 miles northwest of Fort Worth.
Our little village jail...state of the art!...takes in run-over from Pelican Bay. Wonder if Neola ended up there...ha! 4884. thoughtful - 7/22/2013 2:04:09 PM We're back from our vacation from Prague to Budapest, down the Danube. It was even better than I expected. The riverboat affords a lot of special features...you don't have to keep packing and unpacking as your room moves with you...you get to travel while you sleep comfortably unlike getting up in the a.m. to spend hours on a bus getting to the next city....the scenery going by is phenomenal as you just sit and enjoy...the food and the staff were excellent and bent over backward to meet our every need.
Our favorite city was Prague because of its varied districts and its focus on the artsy...strains of jazz could be heard around the town. (Interesting perspective on history as the New Town dates to 1348!) And if you want to get away from the hustle bustle, it had Kampa Island along the river which is much more peaceful. But each of the cities we saw had something unique to offer. If you were paying attention, you could catch how they would spin the past. Passau no one mentioned it was the home for 3 auxiliary concentration camps and at other towns they talked about fire, but no one mentioned bombings. Here are only a few of the over 700 pics I took. (One gal I talked to said she took 500 pics in the first day!)
Prague:
Regensburg:
Wachau Valley:
Durnstein:
Budapest:
We also suffered from ABC: Another Bloody Cathedral.
The food was incredible...given that hubby is Slovak and I am Italian, Hungarian and Polish...we tasted an awful lot of food that tasted like gramma's cookin'. Wonderful. And the tomatoes were so tasty...not like here in the US....a sign of how broken our ag system is here.
We were also treated to a lot of special events including dinner at the Palais Palavicini in Vienna with a private musical event including ballet and opera. Just wonderful. 4885. arkymalarky - 7/22/2013 2:56:29 PM gorgeous! I told Stan I would love to go on one of those river boat tours. it looks like the way to tour.
and when you got a Jones for real tomatoes you need to come to Arkansas. we have the best homegrown tomatoes and they grow great here. stan and I have grown some really good ones. 4886. Ms. No - 7/22/2013 5:00:10 PM T'ful,
Did you do a Tauk tour? My friend has been with them for a few years. She used to run tours in the south of France but moved back stateside to manage other tour directors a year ago --- she's in charge of the river tours like the one you took.
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