A Joyful Time

 

                                       Mr. and Mrs. Todd Kunsman 💓

  Happy November! I am forewarning you all that this is a photo laden post- mostly wedding related but I will post some art at the end if you want to just scroll down;)

 Last Thursday was the rehearsal and dinner which went well considering it rained ALL day and evening. That meant having the rehearsal in the barn house rather than outside. We all prayed it would end for the wedding the next day-and it did!! However, it was very windy and bitterly cold making it quite uncomfortable for most of us, but, we got through it! 

 Here are some pics from the beginning. We don't have too many because we chose not to keep our phones out much of the time. It was more important to be in each moment of this special time. Some of these photos are from other wedding party members.  We'll  get all the photos we want from the professional photographers at a later date.

 Kyra and the bridal party began early Fri AM with champagne and a limo ride to the venue. Her mother and myself arrived a few hours later. The champagne is my drink reference to get in to T Stands For Tuesday this week 😀

 A few photos of the venue and surroundings:

The door just below the first window is the bridal suite where we spent much of the day getting hair and makeup done and then dressing. The guys had their suite around the corner.

 Fun pics before getting  dressed- but it was SOOOO COLD!!

 The guys all ready to go:

 

and a very excited father of the groom as well:

 They were married by Kyra's uncle.

 and a few more photos after the ceremony while guests went to a covered but open air pavilion for cocktails:

                                         mother of the bride Laura

                      with Kyra's grandmother (Laura's Mom)

                           with Todd's grandmother (my Mom)

                                   Todd and I

Just one more for this post:

 In the next post I will share pics of the barn house reception. FYI: masks were available for EVERYONE and the staff were all required to have theirs on at all times. No one was made uncomfortable in any way, and it was up to the wedding party  and guests  whether or not they wanted to wear a mask. 

Thanks if you stuck with me here-now on to art!

 This was done on a watercolor page in the Dina Wakley Blue Journal. I used DW paints, stencils, collage tissue faces and words, and a leaf stamp from the Be Willing stamp set. The background was painted using a technique from one of Dina's free Daily Demo videos about resist techniques.

 This page is meant for the Try It On Tuesday challenge (Embossed), and the new Art Journal Journey challenge for November (Birds) with guest host Wendy:

and a detail shot of the embossing paste I used through a stencil:

 Page Details: Dina wakley Black Media Journal; DW paints- Cheddar, Olive, Night, Lemon. DW stencil-Leafy. Liquitex black, white inks. Wonder sentiment is a Tim Holtz stamp. Fall leaves were fussy cut from a napkin, and the bird was fussy cut from a magazine. I extended the branch with brown and black paint. Images were outlined using a black Stabilo All pencil and water brush.

Linking this post to Paint Party Friday as well. Happy week everyone!

"Embrace the gift of autumn; where every flower radiates its splendor."   Lailah Gifty Akita