Taking an unprecedented five-day leave of absence from motherly and wifely responsibilities, I took a 15-hour road trip to attend a friend's wedding as a bridesmaid. Carpooling with two other wedding guests, I stopped for the night at sister GG's conveniently located B&B. Happily, we arrived on her birthday (we seldom are together on her birthday due to geographical barriers) and got in on the silly celebrating.
After dinner Bro-in-law M whipped out a providential "Filipino" cake replete with beach, plastic palm trees and rubber slippers (a la Hawai'i):
Sistah A licked the icing off the bottom of a slipper (which we soon discovered to be magnetic):
N-boy contemplated his slice of the beach before digging in:
Some of the wedding party (official attendants) and the newly dubbed "wedding posse" (unofficial attendants) collaborated to arrange floral centerpieces. All flowers were grown by friends/acquaintances of the bride:
The bride seemed to be thrilled with her bouquet:
Bridesmaids' bouquets:
The glowing almost-newly-weds:
As a bridesmaid I got a makeover and hairdo (both of which are practically foreign concepts for me):
The bridal party table:
The "fruit tree" centerpiece at the reception:
The bride and her wedding posse (fast friends from college days):
Wow! look at you lovelies. gorgeous flowers and fruit.
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Wow! The hair and fruit are amazing! (And so are you, of course.)
ReplyDeleteyou hadn't posted for such a long time, I hadn't checked your blog until now and there are all these gorgeous pictures and stories. The kid and the cat and the makeover and the view from your porch. Stunning!
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