A Fairy-tale Wedding

So my aim has been to do a blog post once a month - that seems do-able. But the month of May has just been and gone, and now it's June. So maybe two posts this month? We'll see.

Anyway the highlight of May, for me, had to be the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. I'm quite the cynic when it comes to love and marriage but my heart melted, if only briefly, when I watched what has to be the most perfect, beautiful and joyous wedding I've ever seen. It was like a fairy-tale come to life. There was this wonderful mix of the pomp and ceremony of the monarchy, and the genuine warmth, humanity and love of  Meghan and Harry. So I've been grabbing any spare moments these past couple of weeks to pore over my 'Royal Wedding Souvenir Specials'; and I just had to attempt some sketches. Here are a couple:-

 

 

Which means my current project has been somewhat side-lined, as work has also been very busy. I have made a start though. All I can tell you at the moment is that it's going to be a combination of pencil sketches and embroidery. I haven't done any embroidery for a while and I'm missing it, but I also want to keep going with the sketches so I'm hoping the mix of the two will work. It's very early stages at the moment so I haven't worked out my technique yet but here is a little peak of my work in progress:-

The inspiration is stories and fairy-tales - I'll expand on that when I have a bit more to show.

Amanda xxx