From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Dancing like everyone’s looking

by harvestbird6 August 2009
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The wedding aisles and reception spaces of the internet are dense with couples and wedding parties doing novelty dances.  Most of the musical sources and inspirations for these come from the childhood and teenage years of Ned and Megan.  While neither of us feels sufficiently talented or organised to coordinate such a performance at our [...]

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Ringmaking by the Sea

by harvestbird4 August 2009
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Today we drove out to Southshore, to the studio of Deanna Gracie, who designed and made Megan’s engagement ring late last year.  Our happy task on this visit was to discuss the design for our wedding rings (not pictured at right!).  You can see some of the other rings Deanna has recently made on commission [...]

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Suits you, sir

by harvestbird2 August 2009
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This weekend’s venture into the wonderful world of wedding suit hire brought one thing in particular to my attention: the names by which styles of suit are known.  Most people know morning and evening tails, the dinner and lounge suit and even the Nehru, but there are other names too.  These, in general, evoke the [...]

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Paua Missives

by harvestbird1 August 2009
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It has been enjoyable work to design and send out our invitations, and exciting to receive your replies.  We chose paua as our theme to reflect our New Zealand setting, and Megan’s love of the paua colours, but also to provide an indigenous contrast to the rhododendron and azalea gardens of the venue for our [...]

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