At Last ... My Daughter's Wedding Day Part 2 ..

Hello my dear friends,

at last, at last I can share this most beautiful and special day in my daughter Ashleigh's life!

It was perfect in every way and my heart is overjoyed and I am so touched that I was able to be a part of it.

There was a lot of laughter and many tears  ~ happy tears only ~ and much joy and love.
Friends and family came from far and near to be with her and her husband to share this most precious occasion in their new life together but that's enough from me ... see for yourselves!

This is Ashleigh and Ryan just after they met and fell in love 5 years ago.

 

And this is their special day ...

 

 

... September 23rd 2013.

 

It is true when they say that a picture speaks a thousand words ... so I will let them speak instead of me.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 This is the moment my daughter walked down the aisle ...

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It was such a lovely day ... each and every single moment of it!
 

 I would like to thank 'Love Knots' Photography for their amazing work in capturing this very special day in such a magical way ... thank you so much!

It makes me so happy that I could finally share this so special day of my daughter's with all you lovely bloggers.

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind my dear friends.

Have a peaceful and creative day,
yours,


Karen B.

Time To Get Ready ..

Hello my dear friends,

not only was I holding the title of  'Mama-of-the-bride' at my daughter's wedding but my baby girl made me also a bridesmaid for the day which was just so lovely and sweet of her!

I found my dress in the first store that we looked at in our mall and it was the one and only dress I tried on too ... it was just perfect!

But when it came to finding shoes that I would like and that would match my dress ... now that was another story! I am not sure in how many shoe stores we were and nothing ... but then just by chance we were at one shoe store, not for me but for my younger daughter who has a big thing for shoes and there they were!

 I found a pair of  beautiful shoes which were actually bridal shoes that I just loved. The word bridal is a total giveaway for the obvious that they were white in color. Don't get me wrong the shoes were a dream in my book but I had to do something about the color. In the end there was only one solution to this problem. Something I used to do all the time when I was younger ... paint my shoes!

These are my shoes just after I bought them ...

 

The first attempt was a total disaster. I used fabric paint in a shade of purple that I thought would compliment my dress but oh no, it didn't! They looked so wrong that I didn't even take a photo of them but headed into my studio and pulled out my paint box and pulled all sorts of colors of paints from purple, to dark red, burnt sienna and yellow.

 

An hour later and the color was perfect and my shoes were painted but there was something still missing ...

 

 

... and that something came in the shape of spray glitter.

 My shoes were done and perfect for the day!

 

Whilst I was getting ready for the ceremony my daughter gave me a bridesmaids gift ...

 

 

 

 

... it was a vintage bracelet and handkerchief and both beyond beautiful!

Now I was ready to be a part of my daughter's most special day and I was so excited for her.

 

But that is all for today that I am going to share with you. Tomorrow I will finally be able to share photos of the wedding with all you lovely bloggers and I can't wait.

 

So ... maybe I will see you here at Todolwen again tomorrow? 

 

And until then ...

 

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

 

Have a peaceful and creative day,

 yours

 

Karen B.

  

Sorry, But It Is Now Reseved ..

Hello my dear friends,

just a tiny post to let you know that my Christmas music box is not available anymore.

 I received an e-mail yesterday with the request to reserved it for a lovely lady which I have now done. I had actually a few e-mails requesting this so I had to go by who asked first then.
I have some good news as well ... in the next few days I will be sharing my newest music box with all of you lovely bloggers and I will be listing it shortly after in my Etsy shop too. I will announce this only once it has been listen and not like I used to do before.

 I hope I haven't disappointed anyone too much and if I have, I am sorry.

 

 

 

And last but not least ...

 

... I will be finally sharing more about my daughter's wedding over the next few days and can't wait to do so. It was such a wonderful day.

 

It would be lovely for you to stop by from time to time and visit me here at Todolwen again.

 

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

 

Have a peaceful and creative day,

yours,

Karen B.

 

 

Tomorrow Morning ..

Hello my dear friends,

this is just a short post today to let you know that there will be a new listing in my Etsy shop tomorrow ~ it will be my first Christmas music box that I recently made.

 

This music box is a one of a kind creation of mine.

I have made another one but it is different from this one and I will hopefully share it with you very soon.

 

 

For those who have maybe not seen it yet, here is a little reminder of what my little Christmas creation looks and sounds like.

 

I will be listing this music box early tomorrow morning.

One little thing to keep in mind please ... I can not guarantee that it will be delivered in time for Christmas depending on where it's new home will be.

 

Thank you for stopping by here at Todolwen and visiting me ... it is always so nice when you do.

 

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

 

Have a peaceful and creative day,

yours,

 

 

Karen B.