We will get to the wedding on time!!

Late last night (about 11.30pm) I finally finished Krista's wedding garter:


It took a really long time to get all of the loose ends neatly sewn away. Where I persevered with the magic threads, this was relatively easy - after I'd pinned lots more of the lace down and got the jumble of threads sorted they worked brilliantly. But in my despair last week I'd cut a fair few out - those threads had to be sewn into the lace by hand once it was off the pillow. It took over 30 mins just to get all the pins out....

Once it was off the pillow I used some blue ribbon and elastic underneath to gather it. I tied the knot in the elastic very loosely, so Krista can adjust it to fit:



At the weekend I'd seen a lovely box in a card shop that was perfect to wrap the present... but it looked lonely in the box. So I had a quick look in my wrapping paper pile in the hopes I'd find some tissue paper. Amazingly I had some in dark blue, and with the addition of a scrunched up sheet, the parcel looked really lovely (just what a bride-to-be should receive in the post):



This morning I texted Krista to see where I should post it to - I was so worried it would end up in a Royal Mail depot. I dashed to the post office and sent it special delivery (to arrive before 1pm tomorrow - at Dave's workplace)... just in time - Krista and Dave leave for their wedding in the Seychelles on Friday!!! There's nothing like cutting it fine...

Note to self - don't volunteer to make lace garters to a tight deadline. Hmmm, I seem to remember saying that when Helene got married. And Jen. And Katy...