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.

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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.