SrapHappy Saturday - Calm After the Storm

 It has been a lot for a very long time. Now I am looking forward to doing very little for a a while. 

The wedding was beautiful. It took place outside at a sailing squadron in Sarasota. Anna and Jordan are both big sailors, and so there were many sailing themed decorations. 

Sydney brought her new boyfriend. Which was a  big deal, because no casual plus ones were allowed. So that makes him a non-casual boyfriend. She is here with us until she starts her new job at the end of July. Between now and then she just needs to get an apartment in Bocca and move out of her apartment in Gainesville. 

I didn't get many photos, and the official ones are not back from the photographer yet, She won't send out unedited proofs and so that will take a bit of time. There was a sunset, which felt strange, because we see the sunrise on the east coast. Sunsets are pretty too. 

At the end of the evening, the groomsmen threw Jordan into the bay and Anna followed. She was not planning to save her wedding dress, and so it was fine that they all got a little wet. 

How has your month been so far? I do plan to dig into some orange scraps today. Mindless sewing is just what I need right now. I do have plans for the baby quilt though. It is going to be wonky and free form sailboats and nautical flags that spell out the baby's name. It is going to be James by the way, we found out at the wedding that it will be a boy. They hid the name in nautical flags on the seating chart for the wedding. 

Orange in May

If all goes well, this post will appear as scheduled on Saturday morning when we are just getting ready for the wedding. That will be the second of our big events this week!

 

I am celebrating the month of May with the orange of the Florida gators!

Sydney has been to commencement, graduation and the engineering pinky ring society ceremony. 

She is officially done with UF and ready to start her new job in July. We all went to Gainesville on Monday and I have a house with all three kids until we leave for the wedding. (Hopefully we are there now and this posted as planned.) 

There were A LOT of gator chomps as the graduates crossed the stage. Also a couple of back flips, a magic trick, some confetti, and many imaginary golf shots. The kids were all trying to think of something creative to do when their name was called. 

There has to be quilt for the wedding of course, and Anna chose a Double Wedding Ring in blue batik fabrics. I am trying hard not to think about all those bias curves.  

We worked together to get the background pieces cut out using the accuquilt, and ironed them all to freezer paper so that we can collect signatures. 

Kurt's sister is in charge of the blocks which will take the place of a guest book. I hope that everyone is enjoying orange so far! I know that I say this a lot, but things will slow down for me soon. Until then, enjoy spring flowers and orange flowers.

New Color for May

 

May is all about orange! I chose this because it is usually a small color, and May is an unusually large month. I do have some string blocks to share, not because I made them this month, but because I sewed a bunch of strings at the cabin last summer. Anna is home for the next week! We will all go to Sydney's graduation on Monday and then hang out until it is time to go to the wedding next weekend. I will be at school two days this week. It would have been great to take the entire week, but AP testing starts on Monday and It would be rude to just disappear and leave everyone else to do the work. For today, I need to polish off my graduate school work for the week and see if Anna wants to do anything festive before the wedding. Maybe a mani-pedi?  How do your orange scraps look? It is a festive color, even if it can seem a bit aggressive.