Here is the oldest one complete with it's beetle wings.
I presumed everyone here in Harling would know what these beetles looked like but they don't have Christmas beetles here, so it was all the more exotic. Do they have these kinds of beetles in the States? This lovely Kate Greenaway inspired dress in a transparent muslin from the 20's.
Val Dangerfields Mum's dress from the 40's. (The one I really wanted to try on)...
The wartime bride with sailor groom....
This beautiful wild flower garden behind them...
A sensational one from the 50's supposedly but it looked older to me...
Incredible bead work on this one.. here's a closer look.
This was the dress worn by our good friend Betty Wood in 1958, we put Richard's blue suede shoes next to it to evoke that rock & roll era...
My dubious bouquet next to it...don't tell anyone I've never done this kind of thing before...
One of the most recent dresses with a huge red velvet train. Hmmmm maybe we should consider renewing our vows and I could borrow this.
These are the mediaeval figures that I painted for the beginning of the display outside in the porch....Anne of Harling and her first husband welcome you into the Church. Don't look too closely.
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In my next incarnation after this weekend ....
Making a 1950's floral number with absolutely no idea of what I was doing.
Cutting & pasting a lot of tiny pieces of fabric onto my mediaeval figures.
Making two batches of Lamingtons for the refreshment tent.
Stewarding for 2 hours on Saturday.
Ringing the bells for 4 services.
Attending & singing for two services on Saturday
Attending & singing for two services on Sunday (one evensong almost all in Latin).
Helping serve refreshments for 2 hours on Sunday.
Packing up the bouncy castle on Sunday after evensong.
Val Dangerfields Mum's dress from the 40's. (The one I really wanted to try on)...
The wartime bride with sailor groom....
This beautiful wild flower garden behind them...
A sensational one from the 50's supposedly but it looked older to me...
Incredible bead work on this one.. here's a closer look.
This was the dress worn by our good friend Betty Wood in 1958, we put Richard's blue suede shoes next to it to evoke that rock & roll era...
My dubious bouquet next to it...don't tell anyone I've never done this kind of thing before...
One of the most recent dresses with a huge red velvet train. Hmmmm maybe we should consider renewing our vows and I could borrow this.
These are the mediaeval figures that I painted for the beginning of the display outside in the porch....Anne of Harling and her first husband welcome you into the Church. Don't look too closely..JPG)
In my next incarnation after this weekend ....Making a 1950's floral number with absolutely no idea of what I was doing.
Cutting & pasting a lot of tiny pieces of fabric onto my mediaeval figures.
Making two batches of Lamingtons for the refreshment tent.
Stewarding for 2 hours on Saturday.
Ringing the bells for 4 services.
Attending & singing for two services on Saturday
Attending & singing for two services on Sunday (one evensong almost all in Latin).
Helping serve refreshments for 2 hours on Sunday.
Packing up the bouncy castle on Sunday after evensong.
I intend to come back as an Atheist.
3 comments:
What did you sing at Evensong that was in Latin? thought that the diet was Statham in Em and Bullock "Give us the wings of Faith". Did David U make some last-minute changes???
Hope all that religion went well. We had nothing so hig-level. We had ordinary Sung Mass in the morning and then Choral Evensong and Solemn Benediction in the evening.
Love the Lamingtons...
Jem x
Hmmm I knew if I embroidered the truth a little someone might find out. The stress level was so high at evensong that it must have just felt like I was singing in Latin. xxxx
Me thinks me feels inspired by the gorgeous 50's creation. Thanks for the heads up on the post. I haven't been internetting much lately, so it's good to catch up on what I've missed.
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