tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post455069222944948325..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: wrong answers and right questionslucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-11069854089604616382009-02-22T08:51:00.000+11:002009-02-22T08:51:00.000+11:00we invited 10 friends to dinner (which they paid f...we invited 10 friends to dinner (which they paid forthemselves)....one of said 'friends' was the celebrant and we told our other friends after dinner that we thought we might get married while our friends were around us.<BR/><BR/>Cost us three dinners (ours and the celebrant) I did have some flowers which I bought from the florist that morning (about a quarter of wedding flowers costs).<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-21911604407553030642009-01-26T16:21:00.000+11:002009-01-26T16:21:00.000+11:00Congrats. Make it fun, that is all you need.Our we...Congrats. Make it fun, that is all you need.<BR/><BR/>Our wedding was a picnic. Baskets filled with food and wine with blankets. People could sit where they wanted and with whom. None of the stressful sitting plans.<BR/>I wore green ( made by amazing talented friends), no white in sight. Rob made the buttons for his frock coat and we just had fun.Cozalcoatlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860756021115471862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-83737294816215586392009-01-25T10:51:00.000+11:002009-01-25T10:51:00.000+11:00Speedy, Tigtog, thanks very much.Speedy, Tigtog, thanks very much.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-62444780547760617052009-01-22T20:42:00.000+11:002009-01-22T20:42:00.000+11:00I too have been slack on the blogs while holidayin...I too have been slack on the blogs while holidaying, so hurrah and congratulations to you, Dorian and the menagerie. I love the collars and also the countercultural view of caring more about the actual marriage part of the wedding day than all the consumerist paraphernalia that has become "standard". I'm sure it will be a wonderful period of planning a meaningful ceremony and a fun celebration tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-68165002826214246862009-01-22T12:16:00.000+11:002009-01-22T12:16:00.000+11:00I've been slack on teh blogs, so a belated Congrat...I've been slack on teh blogs, so a belated Congrats! and I loooove the concept of the collars on the chooks. delightful :-)worldpeace and a speedboathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735857941964784431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-60123058965036445932009-01-20T22:12:00.000+11:002009-01-20T22:12:00.000+11:00It's a good idea JT!It's a good idea JT!lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-26276023491031633392009-01-20T19:36:00.000+11:002009-01-20T19:36:00.000+11:00After the advice about a certain member of the wed...After the advice about a certain member of the wedding plan from the blog group, I thought when I saw Albie that all you have to do is picture this person listening to the chooks clucking out the wedding march, Dorian's best man, Basil in bowtie and your 'men' of honour in lace.<BR/>If you think he'll fit in, disregard our mutterings.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-4928882247245177882009-01-20T17:40:00.000+11:002009-01-20T17:40:00.000+11:00Lol....I'm pretty surprised I thought of it myself...Lol....I'm pretty surprised I thought of it myself! <BR/><BR/>i think you could have an excellent hen's night with actual hens incorporated into proceedings. Although it might be classified as non-standard by some.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890231930979311533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-56026315381104657162009-01-20T16:03:00.000+11:002009-01-20T16:03:00.000+11:00OMG awesome Wendy. I can't believe I hadn't thoug...OMG awesome Wendy. I can't believe I hadn't thought of that! Sometimes I think the pun part of my brain is somehow atrophied.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-79925760961876853062009-01-20T14:17:00.000+11:002009-01-20T14:17:00.000+11:00at least you're all set for "the hen's night"I bel...at least you're all set for "the hen's night"<BR/><BR/>I believe that's "standard" as well!<BR/>;)Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890231930979311533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-8026498129226420672009-01-19T11:03:00.000+11:002009-01-19T11:03:00.000+11:00I was a Teenage Bride (though strangely unpregnant...I was a Teenage Bride (though strangely unpregnant) and got married at the height of the hippie era, at least in Australia which was a few years behind. I wore red velvet and we got married in my parents' living room, after which the 50 or so people present got stuck right in to my mother's fantastic wedding nosh and there was a lot of singing plus a bit of fighting and crying in various parts ofKerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-58643042308991981692009-01-19T08:44:00.000+11:002009-01-19T08:44:00.000+11:00Neither of my weddings were conventional, nor were...Neither of my weddings were conventional, nor were they overly rebellious. I know your pain, because I've had many conversations with friends and family about what we *should* be doing and how weird/ungrateful/rude we were for not doing those things. <BR/><BR/>So now I have a really unfortunate (and uncultivated) habit of transposing the word 'funeral' for 'wedding' in conversation with people, Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-65069380227843603342009-01-18T20:08:00.000+11:002009-01-18T20:08:00.000+11:00A few months ago I had to look through a bride mag...A few months ago I had to look through a bride mag for work purposes. There were several ads for pole dancing classes. I mentioned this to the Bloke and he suggested it was what you do in between the church and the reception. We've taken to referring to that bit as the Pole Dancing Gap. Fortunately with a backyard wedding, and no official photographer, you wont have a Pole Dancing Gap to worry Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-72305309815554981712009-01-18T18:25:00.000+11:002009-01-18T18:25:00.000+11:00I don't think you should worry to much about a col...I don't think you should worry to much about a colour that's flattering for everyone. No other bride ever has.<BR/><BR/>I vote yes to registering at Bunnings, just so you can tell the hairdresser.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-67720033218071727912009-01-18T12:17:00.000+11:002009-01-18T12:17:00.000+11:00Congratulations! I too, felt like the alien when ...Congratulations! I too, felt like the alien when it came to my wedding. Yes, the couple planning their wedding together (shock!), girl not wearing white (gasp!), having their 'registry' as carbon offsetting donations (horror!) and refusing to spend as much as a house deposit (eeep!) or have a small meadow's worth of flowers (faint...)... clearly I'm the crazy one.<BR/><BR/>It's such an odd made in melbournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335084496436042438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-15809090427992054932009-01-18T10:29:00.000+11:002009-01-18T10:29:00.000+11:00I know how you feel about the wedding registry thi...I know how you feel about the wedding registry thing but did you know you can have a list at Bunnings? We went to a wedding last year and they had things on the list like potting mix and citrus feed as well as big things like wheelbarrows. We bought a chain saw and I had a ball wrapping it up in girly pink bridal paper and ribbons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-45426956551269167852009-01-18T03:41:00.000+11:002009-01-18T03:41:00.000+11:00One of the other tabs I have open is for the dress...One of the other tabs I have open is for the dress I'm supposed to buy for my brother's wedding. Oy. Would that the whole world understood the importance of properly dressed chooks to a wedding party!Phantom Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258384756183844406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-47999690742578341212009-01-17T20:16:00.000+11:002009-01-17T20:16:00.000+11:00The collars are sheer genius. It could be festive ...The collars are sheer genius. It could be festive for them to have little bells on the collars as well. Do the cats already have bells?Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987383983530564029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-16041770656410176162009-01-17T20:02:00.000+11:002009-01-17T20:02:00.000+11:00And here I was hoping that you were somehow going ...And here I was hoping that you were somehow going to make your dress out of 24 collars... I'm sure the chooks will look lovely.cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438841050844456591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-86549229249831153972009-01-17T16:18:00.000+11:002009-01-17T16:18:00.000+11:00Well I'm gasping and crying at the sight of Albie,...Well I'm gasping and crying at the sight of Albie, so I reckon you've found The One.<BR/><BR/>For my own wedding dress, I found two dresses in a magazine that I liked, took the torn out pages to a pattern-making/tailor school and for a small fee they measured me, drafted a pattern using all the bits I liked from each dress, and I took it home and sewed it up. It was a tiny room in the ManchesterSusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-87594340835993984942009-01-17T16:09:00.000+11:002009-01-17T16:09:00.000+11:00Could they all have white ribbon if you wanted the...Could they all have white ribbon if you wanted them to match? I'm guessing you could use lace, if you wanted it same-yet-different. Whatever you choose, I am so looking forward to a photo...jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177657177757543373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-68357072423007039572009-01-17T14:35:00.000+11:002009-01-17T14:35:00.000+11:00Some months ago during a conversation about weddin...Some months ago during a conversation about weddings, an otherwise very bright friend who once lived in New York (for too long, clearly) started talking about something called The Rehearsal Dinner and got quite miffed when I laughed. 'But it's standard,' she kept saying. 'It's just standard.' Standard for some, perhaps.<BR/><BR/>WV: gatorKerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.com