That's a long list, are you putting resting in there somewhere? That's wonderful news for H & A! Is it going to be a big do? Will they continue to live with you after the wedding?
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That's a long list, are you putting resting in there somewhere? That's wonderful news for H & A! Is it going to be a big do? Will they continue to live with you after the wedding?
Wow you sure are a busy lady, congrats to H & A. (party)
REST!! Don't have time to rest!!!
It wont be a huge do. About 40 to the ceremony and 60 in the evening. The theme is "formal gothic" so H plans on a black wedding dress! I have no idea what I will wear. Arty says she will give me a hand to find something.
Yes they will carry on living with me. They cant afford to do anything else. The only real reason they are marrying is that they want to start a family and H feels they should be an official partnership before they bring a little one into the world.
Congratulations to H and A. A black wedding dress?? Wow!!
That sounds AWESOME! I love gothic!
Sounds amazing I'm another that loves Gothic
Wedding plans have hit a snag. A cant get that date off work.... so back to planning.
Its been a hectic week so far. I have been working my way through the list quite well. Today I have spent the whole day painting my sculptures and a load of test tiles so we can get the kiln on again tonight. I started at 11:30 and apart from a 20 minute stop in the middle of the day I did not stop till 9:45 tonight. I even ate my dinner whilst working out what to glaze next. H has been out there most of the day as well getting a lot of her stuff glazed whilst we have the chance to put our own stuff through. I took another booking for next week so there is no guarantee that we will have much of a chance to fire our stuff again anytime soon. I am hoping to get the sculptures out the kiln on Friday morning so I can take them to the heritage centre for sale.
Tomorrow will be clearing and stock taking although I do hope to be able to get a break and weather permitting do some gardening.
Oh wow! You've done so much! I really hope you get some rest lovely x
How on earth can he not get time off for his own wedding?! That is just not fair at all!
No its not. Apparently the rule at his place is that in April people agree who is going to be off for main holidays for the coming year. However his boss decided to book a holiday for October without warning any of the other staff. So when A said the date for the wedding she said he could not as she had booked to go away and as he is second in command he has to be there. It was the first any of them knew that she was going away that week.
That's naughty of her!
Will they be able to change the date without losing their deposit?
They had not got as far as the deposit so yes. Trouble is finding another date. The week before would be ideal but someone had booked the venue and the registrar and then cancelled the venue but not the registrar so until the registrar gets written confirmation from the original people she cant be booked for that date. There is a slot the week after but it would mean the ceremony would have to be at 10:30 in the morning. Which would not give H enough time to get ready really and then we would have a long day till the evening event.
Hi, I'm not sure I have posted in the right section.
I really appreciate your works.
A colleague of mine (beginner translator) really enjoys drawing and pottery, he would want someone to appreciate his work. Maybe you could have an eye, if you have some free time of course.
Sure Selena. Do you want to private message me details of where I can see his work?
Yes, immediately as he sends me some good photos.
Thank you.
Hey feeling good enough to post on here today!!!
Have had a couple of good nights sleep and starting to feel a lot better. Looking forward to today. H, A and I are going to take Ember for a walk in a minute then H and I are off to the Mall (well actually Hobbycraft is really our objective!!) for a girls afternoon together. Then tonight H has booked a table for us at a sushi restaurant in town. It is one I have not been to before (and I am a little anxious) but H and A have and they say its fabulous. Hopefully my son J will remember that its mothers day and he is supposed to be joining us at the restaurant but so far he has not responded to H's texts about it!!
It's so lovely to see you in this thread (happy)
Just back from Hobbycraft. Good job I made a lot of money yesterday as I spent it all and then some!!
Just had a fabulous evening with my kids and their partners at a Japanese restaurant. Don't feel I can eat again for a week!
So glad to hear you are sounding much more positive lovely...
Added some more stuff to the emergency self soothe box. a small cross stitch kit a special bath foam, some lavender au de cologne, some fur fabric and special hand cream. I bought a load of nice scrap book paper and so have finally finished covering my box
Can I borrow your box?? It sounds lovely ;)
My problem will be just keeping it for emergencies!!
Sounds fabulous!
Pen, if you have some free time, can you please have a look at these drawings of my friend and give your opinion?
http://s844.photobucket.com/user/eme...tml?sort=3&o=1
Hi Selena
OK what does your friend want from my opinion?
I am happy to give constructive criticism but if that is not what he is after I don't want to disappoint him!
OK
Firstly he has talent but it has a certain naivety that makes me think that he is about 17 years old. He needs to develop a more mature style (I am not talking content here btw just the way he draws)
I would suggest the following:-
Firstly invest in a good quality drawing pad or sketch book and a set of pencils that will give him 6B, 4B, 2B, B and HB. It looks like some of the drawings are on printer paper and one on lined paper out of a notepad. When it comes to drawing its best to get equipped it makes a huge difference to the final outcome,
The picture I like best is the knight. (The 7th picture) That shows more maturity in the style mainly as he has been bolder with his shading. That is lacking in the other drawings. They were obviously done with just a HB pencil. one of the B pencils (6B being the darkest) will allow him to increase the definition between light and dark in the other drawings. (Get bolder...it will make more of an impact!)
The first picture is very flat. This is partly due to the shading but also due to lack of perspective. I would suggest he has a look at some of the online tutorials on perspective to make the drawings feel more natural.
I hope that helps.
Pen, thank you so much for the comment.
He is in his early twenties, he has never studied professional art of drawing, but he likes it and probably hesitates about career in another professional field. He graduated with bachelor degee in Foreign Languages, but thinks it is not his true vocation.
By the way, he is fond of Fantasy genre.
My favourite was the knight too... ;)