Thursday 2 January 2014

When skills are needed...

Sometimes I think I have lots of skills but I don't really use them for anything important but yesterday I used most of the skills I have learnt over a lifetime. My Dad and his French partner got married and we only knew about it 10 days ago! so I made...

Hair pieces for the girls and their cousin.




A Button hole for my dad and male guests.



Floral arrangements at dad's house.




Cheesecake and meringue for dessert.




A bridal bouquet.



A bow tie for Chantal's grandson.



Layed up a wedding table for 20.



Used my handwriting tutorial to write the name cards.



I dredged up some French to talk to Chantal's family.



Finally, I made them a wedding card.



That is flower arranging, sewing, paper crafting, handwriting, cooking and showing my family a whole lot of love.

So you know my tag line is that I make something everyday, well I helped make my dad and Chantal very happy today!




22 comments:

  1. Congratulations to your Dad and his new wife, I hope that they are very happy together. Well done to you too for rustling all of this up and such short notice and with such style. A very busy, but I hope very happy start to the new year. I hope that the rest of your year is great, but perhaps with a little more notice! xx

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  2. Wow, all in 10 days, amazing and wonderful. Congratulations to your dad and his new wife :) xx

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  3. congratulations to the happy couple. You are some whizz kid daughter, you are a complete wedding package and all in ten days. Kudos!

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  4. That is an amazing achievement for 10 days especially at this busy time of year.

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  5. Congratulations to the happy couple. I'm totally impressed by your achievements 'Wonderwoman' has nothing on you! You deserve a rest after all that, hopefully the rest of 2014 will not be as hectic. Liz x

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  6. Jo how wonderful of you to do all this, your lovely Dad and his new bride must be so pleased and grateful to you. Everything you have done is first class as is everything you do, I have always said what a very talented lady you are Jo and here is much proof as if we needed it. What a wonderful event for you all - many congratulations to your Dad and his new wife and to all of you as well. Happy New Year and a big well done you! All my love
    Dorothy
    :-)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  7. Is there no end to your talents? Well done - it's all very beautiful, and congrats to your dad & his new wife. What a lovely start to the new year... what's next? ;-)
    xx

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  8. Aren't you just the loveliest daughter to do all that for your father and his new bride.

    Well done,
    Meredith

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  9. Aww thats so lovely, congratulations to you Dad and his bride
    Clare x

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  10. Well done! Not easy with 10 days notice!

    Happy New Year!

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  11. Congratulations to your dad and Chantal! I'm so impressed that you did all of this in 10 days. It all came out beautifully.

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  12. Congratulations to your dad and his new wife. I love the things you made, so beautifully done and using so many different skills. To make lovely things for those who are close to you is important and no doubt very much appreciated. You made the day extra special.

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  13. you are so talented! hope you enjoyed the day!

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  14. Wow what an amazing accomplishment your dad must be so proud of his talented daughter - I think you need a rest now x

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  15. Wow that's a lot of beautiful creations in just 10 days, you've done an amazing job! Congratulations to the happy couple too!

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  16. A girl of many talents indeed - well done Jo, and at such short notice. Very best wishes to your Dad and Chantal - a wedding is such a happy event, may they have many wonderful years together!
    Happy New Year to you and yours Jo, may it be filled with love and wonder! Love, Joy xo

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  17. Bravo, Jo! So many wonderful ways you gifted those around you! Thanks for letting us enjoy a part of the celebration of your dad and Chantel's wedding, and I wish them, also! xx

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  18. The meringue dessert is called Pavlova here in Australia, and has fresh cream between the meringue and fruit.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova_(food)
    You did a fabulous job pulling all that together.

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  19. Oh my goodness! You did so well, managing to do all that you did so skillfully and beautifully and in such a short space of time. Congratulationsdto your dad and his new wife.
    Marianne x

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  20. They were so lucky to have you as a part of their special day Jo! Every little detail that you created for the celebration was stunning! The flowers were amazing!!!! And your kiddos are adorable!!! You really knocked it out of the park and you literally covered every talent area possible from cooking to crafting to gardening! You are always so inspiring! Cheers to the newlyweds! And here is to a lovely weekend for you and your family!!! Nicole xoxo

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  21. Oh my goodness talk about multi tasking!! what would they have done with out you???
    bestest daisy j x

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  22. Err - wow! You are a legend! That's a whole lot of work you did there. Well done. I hope they appreciated your efforts and that you all had a lovely time. x

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