As things get closer (tick tick tick) and stuff starts falling into place, it feels like the workload is heating up.  Chris and I have been spending lots of weekend time working on the wedding crafts and this weekend, we had help from wonderful people.  I really love my friends.

Saturday, Julia and Chris Eppstein came over.  Julia helped me cutting tablecloths, and she made a galaxy of  origami paper stars while her Chris cut circles out of fabric, burned the edges of those circles, and cracked wise about a wealth of topics.  Julia also helped me cut and curl paper rose petals.  We started the day with 0 paper roses, and ended with 9!  it was great spending time with them and we were so productive – I loved it!

Sunday, Michael and Kitty Anderson came over.  Michael folded another galaxy of paper pentagons, and provided them to Kitty, Chris and me for puffing.  He hasn’t got anything resembling fingernails, you see, and puffing requires fingernails.  😀  Kitty cut tons of rose petals and even helped make the paper roses!

Chris helped me finish cutting all the tablecloths, and then finished up putting the new straps on his kilt.  He is going to look SO dapper.

At the end of the day, Kitty and Michael took home paper strips for making stars, sheets of paper for rose petal cutting, and pieces of fabric for circle cutting.  Julia asked for full sheets of paper, so she can churn out a small universe of stars.  BTW, in case you guys are wondering, Julia is both the person who taught me to make stars, and the one who suggested putting them in the vases for the flowers, instead of water.  She is awesome.

After the weekend’s productivity, our total project achievements are:

• Finished kilt
• All tablecloths washed, ironed, and cut.  2 fully finished.
• 15 paper roses
• 50% increase in origami star galaxy size
• hundreds of cut and burned circles for making peonies with
• Fully designed wedding invitations