Showing posts with label PaulnRache'sWedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PaulnRache'sWedding. Show all posts

Sunday, 10 June 2012

Mini Paul and Rache's Mini-moon!!

Hello out there! We thought we would write a little post to show you what we got up to on our honeymoon, well mini-moon (we go on our proper one during the summer holidays. Then again I wonder if big us will take mini us with them, customs might get confused, and our mummy might get a bit upset if they broke us. It has been a while now since our wedding and in fact our mini-moon but our mummy has been a bit busy and neglected to share our fantastic little holiday with you. She tells us the previous post on her is all about her making us, we didn't want to read that because it seems a little weird, and we don't want to think about things like that!

So after our amazing wedding on the 12th April at one of the most beautiful settings, with such brilliant weather and with barely any hic-ups on the day, bar our mummy's wedding favour chocolates going walkies and kind of being ruined, she still gets grumpy about it. Two days later we set of to Bath.

This is the first picture of us, big us put us on the parcel shelf so we could look at the beautiful countryside. Its a good thing we can't get travel sick, doing backwards can make some people feel a bit sick (so we've heard....)
After a long drive, and a detour to big Paul's parents for a lovely brunch a'la Mummy B (because she stole Big Rache's makeup bag, the cheeky mare), we eventually got to where we would spend most of our mini-moon, Haptree Court........... Isn't it grand?! We didn't stay in this building, we got a tree house! And look what was waiting in our tree house! We do like our bubbly!
The following day after enjoying our lovely treehouse (no pictures of that!) we went for another trip and went to Stonehenge! Big Rachael was naughty and nudged us past the sign which says you shouldn't go any further so she could take this picture of us. It was a beautiful place and the weather was perfect aswell. It just a shame you have to pay to see it and you can't even get close to it! But it was worth it ;)
The next day we went for a boat ride on the river Cherwell in Oxford. It was brilliant! We just got to sit back and relax while big Paul did all the hard work. We did offer to help but he wouldn't let us!


Needless to say after this boat ride we were all famished, especially big Paul who was a deft hand at punting, (see even though we were perched on the boat edge we didn't fall in once!), so we went for a spot of afternoon tea! Until we had experienced this we didn't really understand big Paul and big Rache's fascination with these scones with cream and jam. At the wedding we noticed people eating these too, it seemed all a bit odd to us, but we were intrigued! When big Paul and Rachael weren't looking we stole a taste of one of these delightful looking scones. We couldn't help it! Look how close they left us to it! We knew we couldn't ask for a bite, big Paul likes his afternoon tea far to much to ever let us share ;)

After the afternoon tea we went to do a bit of exploring around Oxford. We went to Balliol College, the grounds were very splendid.

Parts of it were so quite that it looks all deserted and makes us look like were in a model town :)
 
We had a great time, all four of us. It was good to get away and relax and wind down after the busy run up to the wedding. If you want to have a further read about what the wedding was link there is a fantastic post in a wedding blog about it here. There's even a picture of us in it! Here's looking forward to the big honeymoon, and the rest of their married life.

Friday, 13 April 2012

FO: Wedding Dolls

Ooooo look at their utter cuteness!
As you will see from What's on my needles: March 2012 these wedding dolls were created for my big brothers wedding! Which took place yesterday :)




This piece took quite a few months to complete, mainly because I kept getting distracted by other pieces! Its been finished for over a week but i wasn't allowed to publish anything about it as they wanted it as a surprise for them and for the other guests. All in all it didn't take that many hours, the pattern just covers the figures and uses a different dress and includes a veil was used as the basis for the piece. Although it is an expensive pattern, it is worth it if you are a beginner crocheter as half of the pattern is instructional pictures explaining different steps and the way the pieces are assembled.






So my little additions include:
Paul
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A rock climbing harness that Paul is wearing,
-Lime climbing shoes
-Blue and red climbing rope (handspun)
-Climbing helmet, smaller than head, but a helmet that would have fit just looked stupid
Rachael
-Exercise books
-Rachael's wedding planning book
-SLR camera
-The colours of the bouquet were the colours of her sisters bridesmaids dresses.
The Base
The base consisted of 11 white rings, one for each year they were together, then the sisters colours in age order, Michelle the next eldest in blue, then Juliette in green and Alison in the dusky pink.
The materials used were various bits and bats of 4ply acrylic but also scraps of stash yarn. I bought a 10" cake drum for the base and cut it down for the base ;).

On another note the wedding was amazing, it was so beautiful and the weather turned out brilliantly for it! Unfortunately 60 of my 94 chocolates got misplaced! And we're left upstairs overnight and do ended up melted, but they all still tasted lovely. Unsurprisingly I wasn't impressed! But what can you do! Silly people moving things!

Friday, 2 March 2012

What's on my needles: March 2012

My big Brother is getting married in April this year and so currently the only things I am working on right now (along with uni work-grump) are things which I need to do for the big day!

"Sea & Shells Stole"  by Val Campion
For Rachael (the Bride).

This shawl is based on "Print o' the Waves" by Eunny Jang. This is the forth time I've knit this beautiful Shawl since Mid 2010. All 4 Brides I have knit a shawl for as soon as they see pictures from the FO's page for it on Ravelry all want that one. Now usually I hate knitting the same thing even twice. But this shawl is simple and stunning and the perfect addition to any wedding dress. Not too complicated, it doesn't take too much attention away from the dress! Here is a pic of the most recent, I'm working this newest one in that same yarn.
Craft: Knitting
Yarn: Natural Dye Studio "Precious Lace"
Colour: Silver
Fibre: 100% pure silk *swoon*
Needle: 3.5mm















The next bit of cuteness is a Saplanets Original wedding couple "Jake & Fiona" they're to go on the table with the cake.

The plan is to make them a bit more like Paul (the big brother) and Rachael. I've crocheted a tiiiiny little climbing harness, the same colour as his, and I'm planning to do a climbing rope too. I have a camera which I'm going to fix to Rachael and she's going to have bright yellow hair. If I have enough yarn let from her shawl I'm aiming to do a mini shawl for her figurine.
Craft: Crochet
Yarn: Various bits and bobs of scrap 4ply
Hook: 2mm





"Aphrodite Shrug" By Sarah Hatton, in Vintage Inspired Projects. This is to go with my dress, no not a bridesmaid dress :( (she has 3 sisters, there would have been to many) the dress was a bargain! £23 down from £80! The shrug has a very interesting construction and I love how it's turning out.Not the mention the yarn is AMAZING
Craft: Knitting
Yarn: DROPS Lace
Fibre: 70% Alpaca 30% Mulberry silk
Colour: (not sure on shade number) Rust
Needle: 3.5mm






31st March (Update)

I have finished all the projects!! Yey!! I'll post picutres in a new post after the wedding when all the items can be seen in all their glory! I'm very impressed with the dolls, in the beginning I wasn't too sure about them and thought they didn't look brilliant, but once they had been personalised and put on a cake base with the other little bits and pieces I crocheted to join them, I think it looks really cute! Even if I do say so myself!