Wedding photos

We got the photos from our photographer Ari Kilpivuori. First two are taken before the blessing ceremony.


Here we are listening the cantor of our church singing Josh Groban's song "You're Still You". I wanted to show this one since it shows how beautiful the church is.



Here we are coming out of the church. Our guests are throwing grain on us (we used it instead of rice) for fertility and wealth. :)

You might have noticed the new spring look of my blog. :) We still have a lot of snow on the ground but the sun is shining and the snow has started to melt so it feels like the spring is just around the corner. I used Messy Edge Alpha from Digital Scrapbooking for the text on the header. Flowers and the line between the backrounds are from Wild Sorbet kit by Michelle Coleman, it can be donwloaded from Memory Makers website. Yellow backround and the backround of the header are from Moments kit by Summer Driggs at Summertime Designs. Green Floral backround is from PixelGeek Designs, it's part of BOGO Blogtrain and you can download all the parts from several blogs, start here.

Alphabet exchange

I took part in an alphabet exchange. I stitched Bent Creek's Neighborhood Row to Leena. I finished it as a pillow. I'm not sure what count the linen is, maybe 32ct, stitched 2 over 2. I also sent some threads as we sent something that begins with the same letter as the recipients name (L for lanka, thread in Finnish).

This is what I got from Ritva. I love that flatfold, it's really beautiful! And I got "Sari's ort basket" as something beginning with S. :) She has dyed the cotton herself. Beautiful colour!


I am so happy with this exchange. Everyone got so beautiful things, can't wait for the next exchange. :)

Felted wedding bouquet

You saw some of these flowers on the earlier post before they had a run in a washing machine. I knitted flowers in three colours, red and sand as I had those colours on my wedding dress and white to make the bouquet look brighter. My husband had a smaller red flower on his buttonhole, the two bestmans had white flowers. No need to dry this bouquet and it will definitely not wilt. :D

Two nights before the wedding I decided it was time to make the decoration for the cake. It's made from Darwi's air drying modelling paste. I painted it white and the little lily's red to make them stand out.

Here is a little peek at the wedding. :) You can see some of the cape I sewed. It would have been too cold in sleeveless dress and I didn't want to wear a jacket so I sewed a cape with fake fur collar and hem.

Things for the wedding and a gift from a friend

I made (with some help from my sister and cousin) 60 little boxes with candy inside to give to our guests at the wedding. I found a great tutorial for them from Paper Pleasing Ideas. My boxes are a little bit different and just 3cm x 4,5cm, so they are quite tiny. :)

I am knitting lilys with woolen yarn called Huopanen (100% felting wool). After I have all the flowers knitted I will toss them to washing machine to felt. I'm going to use them to make my bridal bouquet. Here is a pic of some of the flowers and stems before felting.

I got a wonderful gift from my blog friend Heidi. I helped her with starting a HAED chart and she wanted to give me a gift in return. Isn't she sweet! She has bees so she sent me two jars of honey, lovely stitched card to congratulate us for the wedding, little sheep and some flower shaped tea in a cutest little apple shaped jar. :) Thank you Heidi! We love your present!

Buttons Giveaway

Look at these delicious buttons! One set might be yours, just go to Stitch'n'clay blog and sign in the giveaway. :)

Letting you know I'm ok

The flu has gone! :) I have been busy but all the things I've done are for the wedding and I don't want to show them here just yet. I have also been pampering myself. I had a facial on Saturday and had my nails done yesterday. I now have strong nails for the first time in my life! I haven't tried stitching or knitting yet, I hope I can still do those with these new claws! :D Well the nails are not very long (I just can't function at all with really long nails) so I think they're ok with stitching and knitting... and buttoning up my pants! :D

People have been saying they want to see wedding pictures and I promise I'll post some after the wedding and after we get the photos from our photographer.

Sdiff!

I have the horrible sdiffles! Sdiff! I just keep sdeezing all the time! I was ok on Sunday but on Monday morning I woke up just before the alarm went of because my nose had desided to turn into a fountain and the flu hit me right in the face! I got to work yesterday and also this morning but now I start feeling a little feverish and achy. I don't have time to be ill but I guess there is nothing I can do now but to give in. I'll go and see the doctor and after that bury myself under the covers. Taking some thin felt, wool yarn and my laptop (when I finally have some time to read all the blogs I've been missing) there with me. And also some hot drinks and flu medicine. Too bad the serger doesn't fit under the blanket so I won't be able to do any sewing. :)

Invitations sent

We made all the invitations for our wedding party and it was a big job! On Monday we finally got them ready and I sent them on Tuesday. Now we just wait who will come. :) I will take a picture of the invite next week to show it here.

I had to frog the cap I am knitting for my husband. It was too big. I was almost half way up and didn't really feel up to starting it again. I'll try again later.

Today I'll go and buy some fabric for the banners that we are going to hang at the hall where we have the party. Tomorrow I will paint some figures on them with a couple of my friends. Maybe we'll have a glass of wine too. ;) Those I'll show you after the wedding party, I mean the banners, not the wine ;). The cloak is almost ready. I was so busy with the invites that I didn't have time to sew it. Maybe I will finish it today and finally post some picture here! :D

There are so many things I have to do before the party, I hope I have enough time...