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ladyofthethreadSo, the wedding I’ve mentioned in previous entries was last night. A daughter of my father’s cousin got married and the ceremony and reception were at the botanic garden. When we first walked in, my parents were looking around and wondering, “Are we in the right place?” because we didn’t see anyone we knew and there were four guys in kilts. (The men in the wedding party wore them.) Hmm… Kilts and cheongsams… There’s something you don’t see together everyday! *laugh*
The ceremony went pretty quickly and was followed by drinks and hors d’oeuvres in the conservatory. (We walked right by a spot where some of my Count D pictures were taken! Too bad my camera turned out to be out of batteries. -_-;) Afterwards we went back to the place the ceremony was and it had been set up for dinner and dancing. Possibly the oddest thing I’ve seen at a wedding yet: the tables had centerpieces that included a glass bowl with several little goldfish swimming around in it! o_o Dinner was soup, pasta, filet mignon or Cornish hen, cookies and Napoleon for desert, and wedding cake. (Wow, that was a lot of sweets!)
It was one of the smallest weddings I can remember attending (probably around 100 guests) but rather nice. ^_^ It was certainly a change from the usual Chinese wedding banquets.
And here’s a picture of the dress I made for the party, taken after we got home and I changed my camera batteries. Sorry it’s such a terrible picture. (I hate how big and round my head tends to come out in photos, too. -_-) I’ll have to get some that show the dress better sometime. I made the yellow frog buttons myself and all the yellow along the edges is gold trim, mostly sewn on by hand.
Went out and picked up my Petshop of Horrors artbook today. Lots of pretty pictures. ^_^ And it turns out the colors I picked for the peacock dress were all wrong but more on that next time. XD;
The ceremony went pretty quickly and was followed by drinks and hors d’oeuvres in the conservatory. (We walked right by a spot where some of my Count D pictures were taken! Too bad my camera turned out to be out of batteries. -_-;) Afterwards we went back to the place the ceremony was and it had been set up for dinner and dancing. Possibly the oddest thing I’ve seen at a wedding yet: the tables had centerpieces that included a glass bowl with several little goldfish swimming around in it! o_o Dinner was soup, pasta, filet mignon or Cornish hen, cookies and Napoleon for desert, and wedding cake. (Wow, that was a lot of sweets!)
It was one of the smallest weddings I can remember attending (probably around 100 guests) but rather nice. ^_^ It was certainly a change from the usual Chinese wedding banquets.
And here’s a picture of the dress I made for the party, taken after we got home and I changed my camera batteries. Sorry it’s such a terrible picture. (I hate how big and round my head tends to come out in photos, too. -_-) I’ll have to get some that show the dress better sometime. I made the yellow frog buttons myself and all the yellow along the edges is gold trim, mostly sewn on by hand.
Went out and picked up my Petshop of Horrors artbook today. Lots of pretty pictures. ^_^ And it turns out the colors I picked for the peacock dress were all wrong but more on that next time. XD;
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Date: 2006-11-14 02:47 am (UTC)Ah, I was planning to take a picture of that page later on and post it. It's actually gray/black with the feather design in brown. And green for the lining, lacing, and trim at the neck. So much plainer than what I expected.