I raise your elephant and see you this! ALL THE BLUE ELEPHANTS! [link]

Also: silver and blue mani, just for kicks: [link]

ETA: Andi, they are. Us, NSM. More likely to find a restaurant with a patio (cloudy but 67 here) and invite friends to drop by and converse.

Also: silver and blue mani, just for kicks: [link]

That's cool. I was picturing a French manicure, with blue base and silver tips. Like this, but not sparkly: [link]

Happy ANNI, Strix! Blessings for loving peace on your house.

That blue and silver manicure is _stunning_ and seems impossible.

I'm loving the wedding talk and it is KILLING ME.

I am the bow queen. I can do things with ribbons that would...well, they are pretty, if I do say so myself. AND, I am a former professional balloon decorator. I could build you some gorgeous stuff with Qualatex, some fishing line and a big 'ol helium tank. Really elegant, not carnival stuff.

Sigh. I haven't done a wedding yet this year and I think I might be a bit twitchy.

Don't mind me.

I had a nice collection of cobalt glasses and bottles before I married Hec, and I have no idea where they went or why they went anywhere at all instead of coming with me. Mysteries, mysteries.

Zen's blue elephant is pretty awesome (if we had one, it would live out on the back porch with the Meyer lemon tree Emmett bought a couple of years ago with Buffista sprog babysitting money); Tep's not quite so much.

Dark red roses with toenails to match sound amazing.

Happy anniversary, Strix! Google tells me that for the third anniversary, leather is traditional, and the modern alternative is glass.

Google tells me that for the third anniversary, leather is traditional, and the modern alternative is glass.

Or a blue elephant.

Heh, bonny and I are as one. I was a professional giftwrapper for a few years, so I'm pretty good with ribbon, AND I've worked with balloons professionally. And I haven't done behind-the-scenes stuff for a wedding in a while.

Flying in decorators from DC & San Diego might blow the budget, I expect. Shame.

Congrats, Strix & DH!

I got sick of my plates being all mix & match, so I bought a cute set with place settings for four (plenty for the amount of entertaining I do), though I could have done without the mugs - besides having a jillion random mugs, I don't drink coffee. No picture (I caught them at clearance prices, all gone now), but they're concentric circles in primary brights with the center a big solid circle, and the main circle color rotates from plate to plate. Both matched and odd at the same time, so they suited me very nicely.

Or a blue elephant.

Dude, you're just setting yourself up for an unpleasant surprise in 3 1/2 years.

Epic! Get outta town. I had no idea we share these compulsionstalents!

Heh. We have to figure out how to collaborate on something some time. That would be so much fun...and pretty.

We have to figure out how to collaborate on something some time. That would be so much fun...and pretty.

Oh, that would be awesome! *kicks stupid wide continent between us*

Happy Anniversary to Strix and her DH!!!