Hi Kurt
In another thread Christine mentioned that the reason we've been missing you on the forum is that you're in the midst of your wedding plans and other wonderful things. I just wanted to congratulate you and wish you much happiness and luck in whatever you do. Having a partner for life is the absolute best! Respect her, cherish her and have a friendship that'll take you into your older years still happy. Okay, the old gal is through with advice. Enjoy every minute, and I'll look forward to seeing you back on the forum.
Hugs!
Glenna
Thanks Glenna! Thanks also to Angela and Christine for checking in on me recently. It's nice how OPR is a community that cares about each other enough to notice when someone is absent.
I am very thankful to have such a wonderful lady in my life. Felicia is my best friend, closest companion, biggest fan and my soulmate. I'm so happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with her. :loveit: So, yes I've been a little busy lately with the wedding plans and other projects. I have more projects than time, it seems. Yet I always enjoy taking on more! For one of my projects, I'm doing a wood figurine carving which will be our wedding cake topper and then also serve as a nice art piece afterwards. I'll have to post a picture of it when it's done.
Thanks guys!
Kurt
Nice to have you back Kurt, when Christine posted I was just about to organise a search party. ;D
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding, and best wishes to you and your lady, pleased to hear you are busy "carving" out a future. :)
Max
Wonderful news and congrats! :)
Hi Kurt
Gotta see a photo of the cake topper. Please share one with us. Creative, meaningful objects like that are so incredibly special and will be even more so as you share your life together. When exactly is the wedding, and where?
I'd say Felicia is a pretty lucky lady. I SEE GOOD THINGS IN THE FUTURE! And I AM a psycho --- oops, I mean psychic!
Glenna
Thanks for all the nice words and well-wishes, guys! Get this: Even more cool than this silly little carving I'm doing, Felicia is making a queen-sized wedding quilt! We designed it together but she's doing all the work since I can't sew a stitch to save my life. She has the quilt top all pieced together. It's really beautiful. Now she's doing some applique on it, with each square symbolizing either some event during our courtship, or our future dreams. I'll have to post a picture of that too when it's closer to being done.
Kurt
Hi Kurt
Talk about a couple of creatives run amok! I adore quilts, so yes, please post a photo. Well, heck, let's just have a Kurt and Felicia thread and you can post wedding photos, shots of your designs, etc. I have to tell you that I'm very excited for you both. Takes me back to the early days with my beloved, who's been my best friend and soul mate for 30 years! May you have the same longevity!
Glenna
Howdy,
I mentioned earlier on this thread about the figurine I was carving for our wedding cake topper. I also said I would post photos of it when I finally finished it. Well here it is. It's about 7 inches tall and I carved it out of walnut and then finished it with tung oil to bring out the color and grain and then applied a polyurethane top coat to it. It was supposed to be a "satin" finish, but it turned out fairly glossy. Overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I had seen something similar to this online when we were looking for wedding cake toppers, but it just was made out of plain white porcelain and I really wanted to make something myself out of wood.
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4066/sculpture2smma2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
The other side:
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3315/sculpture1smrk6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Thanks for looking!
P.S. I'm coming into the final stretch of wedding planning stuff before our big day on the 19th. Then we go on our honeymoon for two weeks. After that, I'm hoping to get back into the fray here at OPR. I'm really missing it! Oh, and I'll try to take a photo of the quilt that Felicia's working on and post that here too.
Kurt
OMG Kurt...it's beautiful!! Very impressive. Wow...what a neat and memorable wedding cake topper!
Congrats on your upcoming nuptials, and we'll look forward to seeing you back in the forums after your honeymoon!
Chris
Hi Kurt
Your carving is absolutely stunning! What a beautiful way to memorialize your special day. I can't wait to see Felicia's quilt. And wedding photos! The big event is going to be here before you know it. I hope it's a wonderful wedding and you have many fond memories to help keep your marriage warm through the years! Very best wishes to you and your beloved!
Glenna
Hi Kurt, your cake topper is a real work of art!!! How talented you are.
Best wishes to you and Felicia for your big day :hug: and make sure we all get to see a photo of the cake with the topper in place
regards Vicki
Thats a really nice carving Kurt, I too look forward to more photos of the great occasion. :wnw:
Don't be fooled people that carving is no more difficult than a Elephant. How do you carve an Elephant? Take a piece of wood and cut away everything that does not look like an Elephant. :funny:
Nice job, wish I had your skill and patience.
Max
Hi Kurt,
Wow! Your talent seems to have no boundaries! The carving is just lovely.
I'd like to ditto everyone's congratulations & best wishes to you and Felicia. There is something about weddings that takes us married folks back to our own--I'm only going on 17 years with my sweetheart, but what a ride it's been-- (all good--just lots of unexpected twists & turns along the way!) The time really does fly...
All my best,
Kerry
Well, I'm back! I've actually been back for well over a month, but I just haven't been active here on OPR. The wedding and honeymoon were great! As promised, here are a couple pictures.
Felicia and I at the ceremony:
(http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/1405/feliciaandiweddingbm9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
I'm the one wearing black, not white.
Our cake - With my carved topper and Felicia's handmade quilt as the background:
(http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5002/caketopperquiltkb1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
I hope to be back in action here on the forum as much as I can. Good to be back!
Kurt
welcome back Kurt!!! we've missed you.
your cake looks beautiful and Felicias quilt is such a lovely keepsake of the day.
All the best to the both of you.
Vicki :loveit:
PS you scrub up really well,
Thanks! I even took a shower for the wedding. :)
Kurt
Hi Kurt
Welcome back and congratulations! Felicia is lovely (thanks for verifying who's who, by the way, since you're lovely too!), and you both look so happy. It's wonderful knowing that you have a life to build and share together. I hope you are always as happy as Lon & I are. We just celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary and the 31st anniversary of our becoming best friends.
I noticed the gorgeous quilt behind your wedding cake. It looks very intricate and beautiful. Not only is your wife a pretty lady, she's as talented as you are. What a pair! Awesome.
Very best wishes to both of you. I'll look forward to your posting on the forum again. I've missed you.
Glenna
Great shot of your carving and the quilt.
Congrats and glad to see you back on the board.
:up2:
Congratulations Kurt! Looks like your lucky man. Nice to see you back on the boards.
Dave
Welcome back Kurt, The photos are great, just keep them in a safe dry place, we don't need the work! :funny:
Max
Thanks guys!
Max,
Oh the photos will stay dry: They're all digital, on a DVD. As long as there is an archival digital format that will never become obsolete, I'll have the photos. But we are going to have them printed and put into an album anyway.
Kurt
Congratulations on your big day! That is truly wonderful news.