Today was a great day! It started off last night, about midnight, I was figuring out if I had to get up in the morning or could sleep in, I remembered to look at the calender and saw that I had the Prayer Shawl Meeting at our church in the morning at 9am! Yeah! So I had hubby set the alarm for 830 as I only had to get dressed, brush my teeth and leave. I found out when I got there that we were celebrating Father Jim's birthday so there was coffee cake and muffins. I had brought my own bottle of carbonated water so didn't worry about getting any juice.
Now yesterday afternoon I spent all afternoon and evening working on Cassie's bridal bouquet. I had spent 3 days wiring the broaches by cutting 2 feet of wire, folding it in half and then attaching it to half of a broach. Then you twist the wire. Next you do the same thing on the other side of the broach. Then you bring the two twisted wires together in the middle of the broach and twist them into one stem.
Yesterday it was time to make the fabric flowers around the stems of the broaches. I started off by setting up my fabric table, to lay out the fabric. I started with the cream colored fabric. I cut the strips too big the first time and it made the flower so big, so I started over and found out that if I cut the fabric 4 inches wide, I could fold it over and hot glue it and I could roll it. Ok, so the fabric flowers weren't so much flowers as rolls of fabric with broaches on them, but then I would tape the bottom third of the flower with masking tape and wind it down to the stem. I had 26 broaches wired and got 15 flowered, then I decided to put them on the base to see how many more I would need. I got almost all the flowers in the base and arranged. I was starting to look really nice! I called hubby over to help me, he held the bouquet, I tweeked and adjusted it. Then he twisted the stems and held it up and I taped the heck out of the stems to make the handle. I figured out a good length, then taped some more. Then it set it down and cut the stems off to the right length. I taped up the cut end really well to make it smooth.
The next step was to take some 4 inch lace and wind it in and around the fabric flowers. I tucked it in and around and it was the perfect touch. I took some other lace and wrapped it around the bottom between the fabric flowers and the base. It was almost done but done enough for the night.
So today, I finished the bridal bouquet, finishing off the handle with white ribbon. I wanted to keep it simple and comfortable for Cassie to carry. It's a bit heavy so she will definitely have to hold it with both hands. I traded the turquoise premade bouquets for white bouquets and still have a matching purple bouquet for Cassie for the bouquet toss. I wonder if she got a garter for the groom to toss? Oh well, will ask her tomorrow. Tonight she is out on her bachlorette party with her two best friends.
So today I made a deal with the neighbor whose dogs I was watching to help me walk all three dogs of mine this morning and then I would walk with her with her dogs this afternoon. When walking my dogs down to the park, I stepped off the curb and sprained my ankle. I walked it off but iced it when I got home. Later that afternoon I laced up my shoes and went back out for a long walk with Janice and her dogs. My ankle was definitely stiff and sore when I got home. As the night progressed, my ankle started swelling and getting stiffer and hurting more. So I asked hubby to bring home an ace bandage to wrap it when he got home. He did and now it still hurts. Not sure how it is going to feel tomorrow but I hope I can still walk. I won't be able to wear the wrap during the wedding while I am wearing my boots. No matter what, I am walking my daughter down the aisle!
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