here.

and here.

eight people at our city hall civil ceremony . . . 

we ate a fabulous lunch at absinthe . . .

and oh WAIT . . . yep, that is mayor willie brown who married us. 

08/08/08.

this is the top tier of our wedding cake.  jw and i both insist that the other resembles a monkey (in the most loving way, naturally) . . .

and THIS is my charming wedding band, designed by jeweler april higashi. my husband had it inscribed  “monkey + monkey  08-08-08.“

my very sweet and  lovely friend, jeanine payer, gave me this stunningly beautiful necklace to wear at my wedding.  it went with my dress perfectly. everything jeanine does is as close to perfection as one can get. inscribed on this piece is “i believe in everything the heart can stand.” doesn’t that just make you want to cry ? . . . .  one tissue, please.

i made 100 “eggs” in a nest to give as our wedding favors, each with a different word.  my future-husband and i came up with 100 verbs pertaining to a positive relationship.  sounds like a big task, but we actually did it in one sitting.  coincidentally, these eggs-in-a-nest are featured in this months brides of northern california magazine.  (click on the image to see the words up close)

my last big deadline was today. and now i am trying to stay OUT of my studio in order to plan my wedding, which is in . . . (gasp) . . .  3 weeks.  luckily, i work best under pressure and with very strict deadlines . . .  sort of like my good friend josie. 

we are actually getting married at city hall on the very auspicious day of 08/08/08, and then having a reception 2 days later on august 10th.  what started out as thoughts of a very simple dinner for 20 close friends + family, has somehow turned into more of a large dinner party for 100.  it doesn’t help that my family tree is more like a family forest.  plus i think that people have been waiting a very long  time for this event,  and wouldn’t dare miss it.

so, please bear with me for the next couple of weeks . . . if i owe you something or you order something or you need something from me,  i promise that you will eventually get it.

jw and i went to a wedding in los angeles this weekend where the temperature was in the HUNDREDS.  it was really quite unbearable (unless, of course, you were bare . . . which only a few of us were allowed to be).   unfortunately, i was wearing a light wool dress, because we didn’t read the fine print to know that it was an outdoors event, nor were we really expecting it to be 105 degrees.

luckily, there was a swimming pool, and though i was so very tempted to dive in, wading in up to my thighs was sheer heaven.

i was commissioned to make these “nourish” bowls for a wedding party.

don’t you think we could all use a little more nourishment in our lives ? 

 i know i could.