A beautiful wedding

The pastor of our church is a woman about my age. I can imagine dating for a woman in this profession would be very difficult. Many men would be intimidated by a woman with theological training, and/or have some lingering issues with their religious upbringing, their faith, etc. Fortunately she found a man who fit the bill, and they were married at our church this past weekend.

BT and I have been married nearly 10 years, but I still read a number of wedding blogs. I don't have any plans for reliving the big day, but do find many good ideas for regular parties or weddings that I help out with.

Admittedly, I become wrapped up in the beauty and pageantry of weddings, and don't necessarily take the time to reflect on the substance of the ceremony itself. This wedding put all that in perspective. You can only imagine that a pastor would know the perfect Bible passages to have read, the perfect hymns for the full (!) church choir and the audience to sing, plus they had communion for all in attendance.


(I thought this piece of fabric was huge when I started. Not enough, though, to make the waistband or the ties the right length. I had a long skinny scrap of the pink accent color that I used to supplement the main fabric, and now can't imagine this apron without it!)

I was flying solo at this event, since BT was home with a sick kid, but I was all misty eyed reflecting on how beautiful it is to find somebody in this great big world and make a commitment to go through this crazy life with them and them alone.

A special gift was in order. I consulted my handy dandy gift box, and found a set of rubber spatulas that I bought at Target on clearance after Valentine's Day to set the theme of the gift. In my fabric stash was a large piece of Heather Bailey fabric that I bought at a local reuse shop. I made an apron that showed off this large print and a pair of oven mitts.

Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangement, that dweam wifin a dweam...

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Favorite of the day: Still lookin'

Working on: Another apron (they always seem to come in twos, don't they?)

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Posted on the tree in front of our house

(he loves tennis balls -- omg -- heartbreaking!)

This has been on my Amazon wishlist for some time.

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Favorite of the day: Lots of cute elements used for this party

Working on: Same thing as yesterday

Little notes

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The tags shown above were a freebie item on Pick Your Plum. They are absolutely perfect for leaving on co-worker's desks as a pick me up or a thank you for a job well done.

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Favorite of the day: Amy's crafty suitcase

Working on: A gift for my pastor