behind the scenes

Dave the throwing cat in his final stages of production

Caro Appleby

Blocking the shawl. Lots & lots of pins

Caro Appleby

The yarn was soooo thin

Caro Appleby

...but so pretty. Caro hand spun it from a baby alpaca & silk blend.

Caro Appleby

Brownies ready for the oven

Sandra Rhodes

Raspberry and white chocolate blondies ready for the oven...

Sandra Rhodes

...and after they were baked

Sandra Rhodes

Flapjacks

Sandra Rhodes

Carrot cake

Sandra Rhodes

We bought quite a lot of soft drinks from Aldi

James Rhodes

The Winters, Alison & Sandra making flowers the night before

Kartik Kota

Ellis thinking hard about the design of her flowers

Vanessa Winter

Lots of flowers were made

Kartik Kota

Kartik Kota

Kartik Kota

Kartik Kota

Kartik Kota

Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Rhodes

Ellis' flowers

Stuart Hardwick

All the flowers to be attached to brooch bars

Stuart Hardwick

Pocket square flowers

Stuart Hardwick

Ian's flowers

Stuart Hardwick

Alison pleased with the results of her efforts organising the flowers

Vanessa Winter

The adorable guinea pigs that Sandra made

Kartik Kota

Alison Appleby

Alison Appleby

Our rings, just after we finished making them

James Rhodes

We made them out of American Walnut, to match the melodeon James built.

James Rhodes