16 days until the wedding. i have five seven more projects to do. it was five (pillow, basket, 3 pairs of earrings), but then i made my final trip to the rental place and the "wood arbor" they had us renting for $250 was painted plywood that was so flimsy they have to stake it to the ground so it doesn't blow away. shit, i can make one for about $50 and then sell it after the wedding. and we need something to put the wedding cards in. i shouldn't even count that one, all i have to do is wrap a box and cut a hole in the top.
i made this yesterday; my headpiece for the wedding!
the flowers are my grandmas, from her wedding headpiece about 50 years ago, then i used seed beads and 2 sizes of swarowski bicones to fill in the rest of it. there were a ton more on hers, but i'm more of a delicate gal. i had my hair done today for my bridal photo session and it looked pretty good! i just can't get good pictures at night because the flash washes everything out.
i went shopping with pauraniente yesterday, ostensibly to find something to put wedding cards in, but instead i rescued this guy from the thrift store:
i think he's some sort of giraffe. anyway, technically he's supposed to be a planter but i put my crochet hooks and scissors in there. handy, i thought. i was also going through my cupboard trying to figure out creative ways to store stuff and came up with this idea too:
just an old vase i had lying around and the leftover tiny balls of yarn from projects. i thought the tape measure ribbon was appropriate.
oh yeah, and i made this tonight too:
yep. a giant hat. no, not really, not a giant hat. it's a produce bag for fruit! it just seems silly that we go to all this trouble to use reusable shopping bags and then throw away our efforts by putting our fruit and veggies into plastic bags. i'm not a fanatic about recycling or anything; all i'm saying is sometimes you can't choose your packaging (for your food), and sometimes, you can.
it still needs a drawstring cord, so more photos and a pattern tomorrow. but i'll leave you with an artsy close-up of the yarn; peaches n' cream twist in some colorway i forget, but it reminds me of a cherry candy cane. (why do they make the cherry ones rainbow colored?)
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