Invitations are out! Printed them on Saturday, wrote addresses on Sunday and yesterday I put them in the mailbox. It feels so official now!

On it again

Slowly coming back. Last week I realised that we're less than 3 months from our date and it's time to get on with the preparations for the wedding.

It's been a bit painful actually. I was so very content with not having to do anything - yet. But now it's time. Today the invitations went out. RSVP is in two weeks. After that I'll need to start chasing people... There are always some that don't reply but hopefully most will so I don't have to hunt too many down.

The site has been up a long while so no headaches there. The most pressing concerns now after getting invitations out is the paperwork, then I need to take a trip to IKEA. I need fabrics. Then the DIY projects will start. And hopefully we'll be finished in time!

Not. Dead.

I've been super busy with a project and I had to let this planning rest for a while. At the moment nothing much is happening either. It's too early for doing much, aside from what I'm already doing. I have now half the number of small glass jars for drinks that I need and in another 2 months I'll have all (130) of them. Some time in May it's about time to start with the invitations and the dress and from there all the other things will fall in to place.

So right now I'll just keep collecting those jars and cans.

Camping native style

Some of our guests will have to sleep outdoors and somehow we need to solve this. Racking my brain I realised we could use a very simple solution, the teepee. I got the idea after finding a site about a Scandinavian version of the tipi, a dwelling used by the native people of northern Scandinavia. The simple tent version is very similar to a teepee and the suggested materials are easy to find and work with. I think we may have a solution to our housing problem.

Walking down the aisle

We're having a secular ceremony on a field. It's quite open too so you can't really hide when approaching the place where it's supposed to be. It's an awkward and slightly silly situation to have people seated and then having to walk from the farm - alone - while people are looking at you.

There are several solutions. It could be a procession like event when everyone is walking together with music to the ceremony spot. One could also surprise everyone. It's entirely possible to build something that partly obstruct the view and have someone to distract people with some petal throwing and once you're there you blast some music that is dancing friendly from a boom blaster and make your entrance dancing.

The trick is to find the right music.

I love Säkert! and this one would be so right.

The batcomputer is none too frisky today, Batman.

This evening I have been working on Batman and Robin outfits for lollipops. As I mentioned the other day I was thinking I perhaps should have Chupa Chups, mostly because they're so simple and the bright colours go well with the theme in general. Then I spotted the idea to give lollipops superhero looks and decided to make a Batman and Robin outfit for those Chupa Chups. It's of course with the small ears on the mask and the less pointy black bat against a larger yellow background, just as in the original series.

Fake dreads

Some warn people that they shouldn't use wool dreads because they smell like sheep. They may or they may not depending on what kind of wool you use. The more lanolin left in the wool, the more sheep it will smell, especially when wet. The best thing is to choose a yarn which is well processed and with a fussy structure to it. This means a 1 tread yarn very lightly spun. If you use this your wool dreads won't smell more sheep than natural human hair dreads.

I have been making dreads today and I got 6 double dreads out of 1 skein. I have 1 left so I'll get 12, possibly 13 (there were some left on the first skein) 4 ft dreads. Folded in half they will definitely add length (and volume). Once they're all finished I'll fold them in half and sew on hair clips to keep them in place.

Me working on one dread.

For tutorial go here.

Here be dragons - some other day

I have been battling with the little cake topper dragon most of the evening and it's not really a success. One problem is that there are very few free patterns out on the net, so I decided to go for trial and error. It's been mostly error so far but I'm slowly making progress. I will eventually solve this.

I have also bought the wool yarn I'm going to make my fake dreads from. Or some of the wool dreads at least. I haven't decided if I'm going to have some brightly coloured dreads or not. Maybe I should have ribbons instead in bright colours. The yarn I bought today is dark brown and will blend in with my own hair colour. These fake dreads are meant to add more length because though I don't have any real plan yet, I want to have them tied up somehow.

Something like this I think.

Via Offbeatbride.com.

Outdoor inspiration

I have a vision of course. I am a designer so of course I have a vision. It also means I'm constantly looking for pictures that can explain my vision to people around me who are involved in this. Today I found the outdoor inspiration pictures.

This comes from the blog Bohemian Hellhole (a really nice blog if I may say so) and is about the person behind The Custards and her style. And it's spot on, with the colours and the atmosphere.

I won't be able to create that lushness because it is a yard after all, but the flowers will be there. As will the mismatch furniture and colour. I will do my best to make it look as inviting as I can and this picture above will be a great help to explain what I want to accomplish.

Superhero lollipops

Cuteness overload. I was looking at Chupa Chups lollipops the other day thinking it would make a fun little extra treat for everyone. Customizing them would make them even better.

Of course it's entirely possible to do something else, but I really like this one. Or Batman and Robin. That would definitely bring out some laughter.

Go to zakka life for the template.