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I then drove back to my workroom through a lovely
flash flood that was about a foot deep & my client caught a
flood delayed train bound for Gatwick with the knock on effect
that meant she missed her flight & had to get another ticket
& catch a later one. The dress made it to Jersey without
getting wet but my client's flip flops fell casualty to the storm
& had to be thrown out.
I can't remember a storm like that & have to say it
was an incredibly surreal experience.
9 July 2006
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I have just come back from a long weekend in Jersey after
attending one of my client's, Lisa's wedding. It rained for half
of the Friday, my 'see Jersey day' & was overcast on Sunday
when I left but we were very lucky & Saturday was gorgeous as
too was the location: St. Brelades Church, overlooking St. Brelades
bay.
Lisa's stunning red hair made either green, burnt
oranges & rusts or rich golds the most suitable colours
for her colouring & a golden green particularly suited her theme -
butterflies & enchanted, fairytale gardens. Her guests
loved how she looked & not only was lisa's head swimming with
complements on the day, so was mine - so many people either sought
me out to enthuse about how wonderful Lisa looked in her dress or
enthused about the dress to me without realising I was Lisa's
designer. Even her lady Reverend got in on the act- one always wonders
how clergy might feel about coloured wedding dresses & heaving
bosoms in church but judging by her exited reaction upon Lisa's
arrival & the enthusiastic complements her dress received when the
Reverend left the church after the ceremony, the look seems to get a big
thumbs up.
I had a lovely, if tiring, break having spent Thursday
evening out to dinner with the bride & groom & their
friends & family, Friday cruising the sights of the island on the
nice dry tourist bus & spending a good few hours in the fascinating
but slightly creepy German war tunnels & Saturday at a great wedding
held in some very nice settings in the company of a lovely & warm
set of people. Lisa, her bridesmaid Keri & I had
gelled really well but I was still really touched that Lisa &
her family were so welcoming & so happy to ferry me around
& to & from the hotel & airport & if anybody whom this
statement applies to, reads this...... Thank you.
Lisa & Paul's Wedding Day - Saturday 8th July
2006, St. Brelades Church, Jersey:
Ironically
& echoing Lisa's trip back to Jersey, when I flew out to
Jersey from Coventry on the 6th, flash floods in Coventry brought the
traffic heading towards the town centre to it's knees & meant I
nearly missed my flight! 30 minutes to crawl 4
miles.
Did you know
you can buy such a thing as an Anti-Blister product?
Whilst on
my see Jersey day, having dared to go to dinner wearing anything other
that trainers, I went to Boots Friday afternoon in search of plasters
for my resulting blister. Boots have a 3 for 2 currently on Compeed
products & as well as blister plasters which I can vouch for being
really good, they have an anti-blister product. I'd never heard of
this & as yet, haven't tried the one I bought but with weddings in
mind an anti-blister product sounds like a small but welcome
miracle.
So to
recap, that was Compeed Anti-Blister you can look it
up on Boot's website under
Compeed & here's the blurb:
"Compeed
Anti-Blister Stick invisibly helps prevent blisters and chafing and
instantly reduces rubbing from shoes.
Its
natural based lubricating formula: Instantly reduces rubbing on skin,
is invisible so is ideal for open
shoes, is easy to
apply"
16 July 2006 ~
£10,000 Royal Ball
Gowns.
Princess Beatrice had an 1888 Royal Masked
Ball to celebrate her birthday, with herself, her sister & Mother
all wearing gowns costing £10,000 a piece
which were flown in from where they were commissioned in New
York.
It seems they forgot to ask
that the bespoke designs be designed to flatter their figures or
look like they cost anything like the amount paid for them. Beatrice's
Marchesa dress is described as 'stunning' in the Daily Mail & one
wonders whether as they are Royals, the Daily Mail has taken an
'Emperors New Clothes' view of their ensembles. I'm sure if anyone else
had stepped out in these gowns, they would be making the worst
dressed lists.
Before embracing duchess satin, apron
fronts & deep bands of detailing around one's waist, it certainly
would have paid the Duchess to have looked this side of the pond
first.
Daily
Mail Article.
18 July 2006 ~
2007 Weddings:
Due to the Couture nature of my
work, I create a limited amount of Bridal &
Special Occaion Gowns a year - approximatly one per
month.
Currently I already have a number
of Bridal Gown commissions booked in for Summer/Autumn 2007, with
slots to make the 2007 gowns so far assigned from late Spring
onwards. With this in mind, I highly recommend booking a
consultation for my next avaliable appointment block:
August Bank
Holiday Weekend
As I have a very heavy 2006
workload, this Summer I am allocating a few days every month or so to
conduct a number of consultations at one time, to limit the amount of
time I spend out of my workroom.
Each 3 hour consultation is with
myself & the next consultation block planned is for August
Bank Holiday Weekend, 26th - 28th August 2006.
If you are interested in attending a
consultaion for your 2007 wedding gown this August, please contact
me, Chantal on: 01296 661296 (office hours) or by emailing me.
26 July 2006
One of my ex-clients Kerry is involved in this
great online art project which aims to raise millions for well know
charities. All you have to do is:
So ladies. What are you going to do today?
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Indulge your artistic talent (discover it or laugh at
the lack of it),
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Give to charity,
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Give yourself a pat on the back,
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Tell your freinds about it.
Here's mine: 
Here's the link to the Charities the site supports: http://www.theonemillionmasterpiece.com/en/about05.php
2006: Entires for MAY . JUNE . JULY . AUGUST . SEPTEMBER . OCTOBER . NOVEMBER . DECEMBER
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