a magical day in the life of

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so....I got myself ready....then waited ....and waited.... and waited..... 10 am comes and goes....10.15 comes and goes and by now I am getting edgy....supposed to be in church at 12 pm.... sister bridesmaid, who is always late for everything was waiting along side unperturbed by the the whole thing...'she'll be fine mum, stop stressing' ...yeah, right!.....anyway chatting away to grand-parents passed away a little more time and in she dashed, the bride to be, only slightly breathless....bearing bridesmaids bouquets etc......she looked to sweet and small and adorable, however no time to chat....'sorry I'm late, town's so busy'........'right, upstairs' I order and proceed to help her into the dress of her dreams....she couldn't get it here and had to go to York and it was certainly worth it... a simple, yet classic design...elegant and light....made form Thai silk.....

the photographer arrives and stars snapping away and there we all are... six people squeezing in and around our little bed roomed cottage...cosy but cute and what fun and games...especially as the photographer has to keep jumping across the bed in competition to a friend filming, and me trying to get my pennies worth of snaps.....during the WHOLE time the bride-to-be prepared herself for the biggest event in her life, with calm and poise....taking it all in her stride...'stop stressing, mum. you're just faffing'

20 minuets later we relaxed, sipping on a glass of champagne and waited and waited and waited for the bridesmaids....they were meant to arrive here at 10.45...they got here at.......

dad helping with the buttons..........flower arrangement for the arch around the church doors.......flowered pew ends........very tall spiral vase with orchid sprays for each end of the head table...

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guests table centerpiece........hair design for one of the bridesmaids....dress details from amethysts and diamante set in silver filigree......Thai silk dress by Alan Hannah...

11.25........huge sigh of relief from me ....and many oooooos and ahhhhs from the girls before they erupted into great peals of laughter and giggles as they hurriedly discussed their mornings events whilst I served all with champagne......

to be continued........

toodleooooooo......