Refreshments.

Looks refreshing, yes? Mmmm.. lovely for a summer wedding like ours, but will we really be able to use five or six of these after the wedding? Probably not. These, on the other hand will look just as nice and have many more options for re-use. Perhaps we will get some and pair them with stainless steel ladels for serving iced-tea, lemonade and rum punch.

Today is Tuesday

Listening to: United by Pheonix

Reading: The Doors of Perception By Aldous Huxley

Cooking: Apple Cobbler for breakfast (yummy!)

Leigh took a day off yesterday. We went into town and looked at various rings. It was nice. I love getting to try on all these amazing, sparkly jewels. Even the ones we could never afford. I think it's the fancy dress fan in me, because there are lots that I wouldn't actually like to wear every day either. One woman let me walk right out of the shop to look at this huge stone in the sunlight. Lucky I have an honest face, eh.

We're pretty certain that we want to go with Metal Urges because we really appreciate Chris's approach to his craft. He travels around and collects stones himself and he loves being challenged to create new and different designs. I also love how keen he is to have an ongoing relationship with his clients. The website is: http://www.metalurges.com.au/about/

Absolutely worth checking out if you are local to my area.

The image at the top is some of Ernst Haeckel's beautiful work. He has been very inspiring to me, both as an artist and as a scientist. I'd like to use this kind of imagery in the form for my wedding ring. I'll post more on him later. For now, I have work to do.

Paper Computing

Today I am Excited about...

...Laurie Anderson.

...picking up my tutu and my library books tomorrow.

...this very nice blog: http://thatshappy.blogspot.com/.

...the fact that I have not one, but two costume parties to attend this weekend.

...the idea of calling a celebrant tomorrow. A friend has passed on the phone number of a lady that she thinks we will like.

...getting to try out my new cake decorating tools tonight.

...my latest project. I think I am actually getting somewhere with it.

Signs

I nabbed this video off Bridechka at: http://bridechka.blogspot.com/

It is completely lovely. Her blog is too, so go check that out when you're done watching this: