Ethical Wedding Banquet

A Chinese wedding banquet without Shark Fin soup.

Its texture thing, I love it. And it is eaten sparingly.

quiet frankly its better than eating the adrel gland of the asian bear. or dog.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=571901

Fairy Lights

Ive bought some Rice Lights by Arlec.

They come as 4 sticks on a string. with 25 lights per stick.

My aim. Rather than paying $50 bucks per set of fairy lights, im going to cut and rewire the Arlec ones. turning a $30 purchase plus parts (30) and saving myself a few $$$.

Will tell you how it goes.

Bagged and Tagged

The dress is now safely packed away in a bridal bag at a cost of $35 dollars.

Tossing out the orange garbage bag now.

The Experiment - Results

Wow, its landed, Ive tried it on. And i have to say im very happy with it!

• The color is off white which is just right. (could be a bit more cream but at least its not shiny platnium.)
• The lace is really pretty.
• There's the mermaid curves, which look great
• And I have a decent train!

Only a few things need to be done.

• Needs to be taken in. A LOT. (If i need to grow my boobs up to a FF, I'm sorted.)
• Straight necklines do nothing for me. I have to turn it into a sweetheart
• A bit long. (I suck at measuring myself.)

Not bad for the price I paid.

Cap Sleeves

Note to self: Cap sleeves make great headbands. And I have one spare!

The Experiment has landed!

Its pretty!

So far I'm happy with it. I havent put it on. Mum is DYING to see a photo. and the girls get to see the dress on Saturday. I have decided the only people who can see me in the dress before hand will be Ed (to take the photo) and the dress maker.

Tough luck girls!

Its off white and from the looks of it well made.

Post: i changed my mind. I got freak out about getting Ed to help me into the dress, so I got steph to drive me over to Kathleens place at 8.00pm to try on the dress.

Table Centrepieces

What do you think? (I Like Picasa!) Orginally I was going to have live fish, but i got a quote from a supplier who was going to charge $60 per table! and I think I'll have at least 10 tables. It was too expensive.

The other option was orgiami ribbon fish, dangling on sticks. (Another DIY)
The Vase is an Ikea Vase - $2.95
Pebbles, (I have heaps from the fish tanks)
Flowers? Not sure - something red long stemmed and not gerbras.
Fairy lights are the most expensive thing. i think ill need 3m, 30 should do the trick. (Im also wondering if the battery pack will fit in that Vase!)
Bamboo - Dad has 4 big bamboo bushes in the front, I will steal some when i go home next time.

The Alternative

This is an interesting dress... If your into ruffles, this might be the way to go...

Wedding Photo Albums

Derr!

how can you have a wedding blog without linking it to all the weddings you've been too?

See Left

Experiment: Update 12th May

Looks like the Experiment will be shipped this Friday! That means I should get it in time for Steamboat!

On another note, last night i had another dream! (I don't think I'm going to get good sleep for a while) This time I dreamt the wedding was going to be next week!

OMG! The panic.

Invitations hadn't been sent out. The bloody dress hadn't even arrived. Thankfully, I didn't dream about the lack of a reception venue, or I would have woken up in a pool of sweat!

I was trying to get to the computer to inform my Ebay Seller of the need to get the dress to be sent over urgently, but i was constantly waylaid by people who wanted to chat! Talk about frustrating! I have work to do!

Then I woke up rather abruptly at 5am. And after some thinking, decided i was being ridiculous and talked myself back to sleep.

Wedding or House?

Sometimes I'm quite torn about what to do.

I know I should be looking at buying a house. Property Market is getting quite scary, and we are balancing on a fine line. but at the same time I need to plan and pay for a wedding!

Paying for the wedding is sometimes questionable.

I've already minimised costs, I have the experiment coming along. The girls dresses are very simple and I should be able to get them made very cheaply in China. I have a Kwah to worry about. The boys need to be frocked up. Ceremony will be a garden one, so only just some ribbon on some stakes will be needed. Flowers to order, Cake to order, Cars to Book, Celebrant? how much are those?

All so much money! I was moaning to Steph about it and brainstormed some of the silly ideas below:

• I have a red satin strapless dress (everyone has seen me in it) - Im thinking of embellishing and beading it to turn it into one of my spare dresses (or paint a dragon on it and use it as a Kwah.
• Civil and BBQ Reception (Marti approves of this idea!)
• Flowers - Ive seen one girl use origami flowers. An Option?
  

I doubt Dad will let me have a BBQ and hopefully he wont pick the most expensive banquet in town!

I guess I'll find out in August when he comes up.

Dream a little Dream of...

Shopping at Big W for bridesmaid dresses...

Do you think my subconscious is taking this wedding on a budget a bit too far...

I could coin a new wedding phrase... The 2 dollar wedding, or the Chickenfeed Wedding...

But back to the dream - Surrouned by mobile racks of dresses, we found some scary stuff (today's fashion) some summer dresses with huge flower patterns. But we (Kath and I) did find some pretty jewel-toned strapless numbers, with a crossover sweetheart necklines, but I thought the hemline was way too short.

Woke up shortly after, feeling a bit perplexed and a bit cheap.

FYI - I think I'll get the girls dresses made while i get my Quawh done in Shenzhen