Things got really busy and I just never got around to blogging for a while. I'm still busy and tired all the time, but not as much as I was. It's either that, or I've gotten used to being so busy!
Lately, I've been working longer hours at work and have been so busy at work that even though I don't get home very late, I'm bushed! On top of that, I have chorus rehearsal twice a week and it usually ends really late. So when I get home, I only have enough time to crawl into bed, thinking about how I have to get up early for work the next day.
Chorus always takes a lot out of me, but this year, I'm actually trying to practice more at home. That means I'm actually getting more tired practicing for Chorus than in previous semesters. This spring, my group has two big concerts to prepare for, so it's a lot of work. The piece that the director is most concerned about right now is Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. The first movement is really hard! Not only is it sung in Hebrew (a pretty difficult language to sing in), it's super fast and the measures have 7 beats rather than an even number.
Anyways, I've given my friend her veil and I hope she likes it! I still have pictures to post of it. I also have to make my own veil. My friend wanted hers trimmed to wrist length, but I think for mine, I'm going to make it a little longer and go for fingertip length. Once the veil is done, I can start putting together other projects.
So far I still have to:
- finish making the invitations
- make the hair flower
- make the bouquets and bouts
- make the bridesmaids gifts
- decorate the card box (I got a cardboard gazebo box from Amazon.com)
- sew my chinese dress
- make the centerpieces
I've decided that I'm going to make origami centerpieces. That way, it's easily portable and easily trashable. Making origami centerpieces fulfills the need for centerpieces at the wedding as well as the need to indulge in my love of origami! I remember with great fondness, spending hours folding pieces of paper, following the diagrams of instructions from japanese origami books borrowed from the library. I still buy origami books and instructional stuff when I see one I like, so this is a chance to put the hobby to good use! I'm planning to use some of the diagrams from Oriland.com.
Well, that's all I have to say on that for now.
