Friday, 29 April 2011

One wedding and a birthday.

One of the great films of the 90s was 4 wedding and a funeral and in honour of that film's title I decided to use it for my own purposes. Today I would like to tell you 2 stories.............a sort of early storytelling Sunday if you like. Today is special for 2 key reasons and the first is a special birthday.

Debs over at Purple Turtle is a fabulous scrapbooker and blogger and today she is celebrating with her mom whose birthday it is. Along with her family, Deb's blog family are all celebrating her mum Marti's birthday as well. Why, well because Marti was diagnosed with cancer. Deb and her family have been sharing this story by the use of special teal wristbands and her blog family are celebrating today by becoming Team Teal. There are some wonderful messages and stories across the blogosphere in celebration of fights against cancer and also Marti's bday. You can read Deb's story here   and today's birthday messages are linked from this post today. 

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTI.


The second story is of course the wedding of HRH Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton today in London. I remember William's parent's wedding back in the 1980s. We had the day off school and I remember being awake really early and waiting patiently with my family for the celebrations to begin. There had been a huge party and fireworks the night before which we had all watched. The weather was beautiful and the wedding when it arrived was spectacular. Big meringue dresses, flowers, music and carriage rides followed by big Royal excitement and kisses on balconies. Today of course has been spectacular but I feel it is more understated. The dress was kept mega secret until it was seen through the car. The designer a Brit from the home of McQueen who we so sadly lost last year. So now after all the excitement so far a few pictures to keep you going until that balcony scene and an RAF flypast.







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17 comments:

  1. Sian29 April 2011 at 12:58

    Happy Birthday to Marti!

    Fastest picture turnaround I've ever seen Jo. fantatsic!

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  2. Unknown29 April 2011 at 13:03

    Crikey, that was quick! Well done, didn't they look lovely.

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  3. JO SOWERBY29 April 2011 at 13:08

    the joy of media, blogging and google!!!
    Jo xxx

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  4. scrappyjacky29 April 2011 at 13:14

    A lovely post,Jo.

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  5. Amy29 April 2011 at 13:20

    My goodness you are quick off the mark!

    Happy birthday Marti - go Team Teal :-)!

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  6. Maria Ontiveros29 April 2011 at 14:50

    Go team teal! I've just watched the wedding highlights (4 hours condensed to 40 minutes)!
    Really beautiful.
    Rinda

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  7. Deb @ PaperTurtle29 April 2011 at 15:10

    Thank you, Jo, for joining in with Team Teal in support of my mom today! I have been overwhelmed this morning with the posts that have been written, and you adding your bit to the party is just priceless. Thanks so much!

    I would love to have you link this post to mine! Please feel free to fully join the crowd!!!

    PS: Lovely photos of the beautiful wedding this morning!

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  8. Cheri29 April 2011 at 17:08

    glad you linked up with Team Teal - great post!

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  9. Anonymous29 April 2011 at 18:58

    Happy Birthday to Marti! Nice pictures. Was up very early in the States watching - couldn't take my off the screen waiting for her to get in the car & see the dress! So beautiful!

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  10. Clair29 April 2011 at 22:16

    It's so funny how many people were watching the wedding. I'm obviously not a royalist! I was out in the sunshine gardening and wishing Marti well. Glad to see you linking up with Team Teal Jo x

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  11. furrypig29 April 2011 at 22:16

    Great post Jo love that close up shot of Kate

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  12. Anonymous29 April 2011 at 22:20

    Welcome to Team Teal and what a lovely post Jo.

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  13. Beverly30 April 2011 at 06:27

    I thought the ceremony and her dress (as well as Pippa's)were beautiful :)

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  14. martirose11 May 2011 at 02:50

    Love that you included "2" great events in your post! Thank you for the birthday wishes and the pics of the royal wedding! The thoughtfulness of all you bloggers is overwhelming me to the max! xo

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  15. Rachel Brett1 May 2011 at 17:57

    Lovely post Jo and Happy birthday to Marti :)

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  16. Unknown2 May 2011 at 21:56

    Love the pics of the Roayl Wedding - I'm obsessed!

    And thanks for joining Team Teal! :) Great post!

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  17. janae @ jelly roll5 May 2011 at 06:45

    Yay for team teal! Such a fun time seeing all the posts.

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Hello and thank you so much for stopping by. It is always a pleasure to read the comments I receive and to meet new friends. I try and reply to comments on friend's blogs as much as possible. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog and look forward to seeing you here again soon. Love Jo xxx

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