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Bunting

Following the bunting that I made for the wedding, I have decided to accept orders from others.

If you, or anyone you know, is interested in lengths of handmade bunting made from vintage material {Liberty, Laura Ashley and so on} please contact me for further details.

Perfect for tea parties, hen parties, bridal showers, baby showers and weddings.

I can work to your theme, or I can supply florals, stripes and patterns in matching tones or simply a mismatched collection of fabrics a la the bunting for my wedding.

All bunting is sewn into white tape unless requested otherwise and I can post internationally.

{Images by Alex, my sister's boyfriend and other wedding guests}

Coco Before Chanel

if it is still raining in two weeks time i am going to wear stripes and sit in the cinema eating cupcakes and drinking tea whilst watching this film.
{actually, i will probably go regardless. but daytime cinema when it is raining outside is more romantic, somehow}

{photo from here}

Groom Style

Shirt: Liberty

Suit and waistcoat: vintage 1970s, altered by sister-in-law and me
Socks: Falke
Shoes: Pied a Terre
Cufflinks: M's Grandpa's.

something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue...

{Images by Katie Thompson Photography}

Wedding recaps

They are coming, I promise you. Just slowly. I guess I am just a little afraid that if I write about the whole wedding and show all the photos it will be over. Officially over. And I don't want it to be. I want it to be real. Not just a memory of a great day.

Because it was a great day. One that I didn't want to end. I kept thinking "this is our wedding day. the one day I will look back on more than any other. remember it all, least you forget". I keep thinking back to the day {the good and the one bad moment - getting my period on the way to the church...} and wanting to be back there.

At the German wedding 'informal' pre-wedding drinks on the Friday night (read very formal) I kept looking around for my family and then remembering that it wasn't about us any more. In the space of 3 weeks we became an old married couple, handing on the newly wed baton to the next of our friends. We weren't centre of attention. we were guests. it was odd. But nice.

I replied to the rest of the summers wedding invitations last night. Writing Mr and Mrs M... B... thank Mr and Mrs xyz was actually rather satisfying. It's hard getting used to my new surname though. Especially with all my job applications in my old one and all my social things in my new one.

I guess what I am saying is that I am slowly getting used to being married. And soon, soon, will come the rest of the recaps.

these leggings are made for dancing...

...until 4am. Old and married? I don't think so.

how fitting then that this photo should look like one from a tabloid. Turns out photos taken drunk in bars at 3am are quite dark.

Just in case you can't actually tell, in the end I wore the sequin leggings with a black t-shirt dress and patent leather pointy high heeled court shoes. with a leather jacket and clutch bag. and the watch of course {which didn't help me either be on time, or get home before it got light}

it did help me to get to see Harry Potter last night though, via a hungover 'meal' at Yo sushi {which essentially involved miso soup and green tea}. Harry Potter was fantastic. Go and see it.

xoxo

I have alternated my time this week between two activities: preparing for and attending interviews and watching Season 1 of Gossip Girl. I watched the last episode this morning and now need to watch Season 2 asap. Is it available on DVD? Does anyone have it...

Speaking of interviews and other things, I have decided it is high time {pun not intended} that I experimented with being on time for things. It has been made easier by a beautiful ships clock that we were given as a wedding present. To carry on this good work, I thought I should get a watch and ended up buying this 1950s vintage men's watch on eBay. It arrived this morning.

{Image via The Vintage Wrist Watch Company}

My first test for an on time social event is my sister-in-law's 31st birthday dinner and drinks in Soho tonight. I shall team my watch with some black sequined leggings which my sister was given at a fashion shoot she is doing the PR for, and something else, depending on whether this rain passes over.

{Image via Topshop}

Shoes however, are another decision altogether...