Yikes! It is now a little less than seven months from the wedding and I have three lace shrugs to knit -- one for each of the bridesmaids and one for the bride. I have only gotten as far as the gauge swatch for the first shrug. I need to get my knitting needles in gear! Each of the girls has picked out a different design for her shrug, but each is being knit in the color Waxwing from TurtleDove Yarns. It is pictured above -- a nice combo of soft buttery yellow and light grey, which are two of the wedding colors. The other color is cobalt blue, which the groom and groomsmen will wear in their ties. I hope to knit the groom a pair of blue socks, if I don't run out of time.

Wedding Flowers

We are only ten months away from Ana Rose and Grant's wedding. So much to do! I have already ordered and received the flower seeds that we will plant in the garden in June. I am planning to devote three of the big veggie garden beds to the cutting flowers for the wedding. The flowers that we will grow from seed include marigolds, zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, and a few other experiments like chinese forget-me-not, craspedia. Other flowers that I hope to harvest from the yard and roadsides include goldenrod, yellow milkweed, swamp sunflowers, ageratum, plumbago, liatris, and rudbeckia. We are going to order ranunculus, yellow garden roses, and a few others from a wholesale florist online. I will buy yellow mums and glads from the grocery store florist a few days before.
Ana wants simple bouquets wrapped in jute or raffia for her and the bridesmaids. The bulk of the flowers will be used in the cobalt blue bottles and vases in the reception area. I plan to tie some baskets of flowers on the chairs at the ceremony and we will have a few large vases of flowers there as well. Still need to work out the designs for corsages and and boutonnieres.