Congratulations!

I made the money.

I love Lake Chelan. One dream was to kayak the length of the lake from Chelan to Stehekin (about 50 miles). This is an amazing and unique place. Unfortunately, I was not present at my daughter's wedding (we were estranged for 20 years). I know you will have an enjoyable and memorable time.

That's cool what you did..... and no I havent.

What a wonderful idea. I made my dress for my daughter's wedding and a beautiful shawl to wear with it. She and I are Pagan, and my son in law is Jewish, so they had a Jewish/Pagan wedding. Her dress was a beautiful, coppery-brown lace, and very midieval looking. I wanted a dress to add to the Pagan side of the wedding, so mine was a dark maroon, crushed velvet dress. My 2nd daughter had died several years before the wedding, so I gave my daughter one of her Special Olympic medals, and she put it in her flowers.

As a matter of fact, yes, I did. My daughter and son-in-law wanted a backdrop for their reception (I consider that part of the wedding), so I made them one. It was like a huge wooden pallet with sheer curtains draped on either side, and had a big heart with an arrow through it and their names. Someone else did the curtains and heart.

The tricky part was that it was 6'X8', and required skids on the bottom to hold it up. And I had to transport it to the reception site, about 70 miles, in my Mini Cooper, and assemble it onsite. Two of the vertical stanchions were 8' long, so I had to cut them small enough to fit in the car and then splice them together upon assembly.

It was actually fun figuring out how to do all that, and everybody liked the end result, which was very gratifying.

Sounds lovely!

Neither of my grown kids are married, although they usually have significant others.

I didn't recommend marriage at all while they were growing up, and kept saying that they could spend as much money on their pets and themselves as they liked..it was STILL less expensive than children.

Both my kids are androgyne, as I am, and, like me, don't seem at all interested in marriage and starting families..more geared toward pursuing their passions.

Just finished making the wedding ring pouch. It has a snap closure and lighter maroon lining. The elastic loop on the back will slide onto Cocoa's collar.

"No Velcro!" my daughter said. "You, too?" her fiance' Matt replied. "I hate the sound of Velcro ripping!" They shuddered and laughed.

Was reduced to hand-sewing because my sewing machine is in the repair shop for the weekend.