Party- woo hoo (or something like that)

Jennie's comment to the last post reminded me I should probably do a post on the engagement party- this sat 3 pm at the club...and No thats not the country club, thats the St Ambrogio club in the ghetto of south rockford.  Truly.  But its a nice place and cheap drinks, so its on.
 And I will need those drinks thanks to the plethora (I think thats spelled right) of cheesy games Mom T is coming up with.  Thanks for that.  I'm sorry but "what first attracted you to Sean" is not something I want to have both sides of the families guessing on.  Besides, she didn't like my answer of "he was the only boy in our class!" =)  Haha
I have my shoes picked out (purple pair #3) so all I have to do is find an outfit to match...Prob black as I doubt I can find the exact shade of purple.  Such is life.  And of course I have one day to find said outfit, along with 2 meetings for my classes and getting as much reading done as possible as I don't see myself having time this weekend!!

And if anyone has lots of extra time on their hands (and nimble fingers!) I have a new DIY project I decided to tackle: origami flower pomander balls to decorate the aisles at church and loose to scatter on tables at the reception for some color.  The technical name for these is kusudama and they are some sort of good luck charm that ensures happiness and good health.  Can't hurt right? =)  So what are these you might be asking: first off look at a few pics I found:

So the first pic shows the individual flowers and the ball, the second pic shows one plain example and the third (red/white) shows a really pretty one with beads that would be awesome but probably not going to happen!

Let me tell you what you're in for if you volunteer:  The "ball" is made up of 12 flowers.  Each flower is made of 5 petals.  Each petal is folded out of a 3"x3" square and then glued closed.  Then 5 glued petals are glued together to form the flower.  Thats as far as I've gotten.  I don't have 12 done to even try the ball, but I guess you glue half together to form a half circle then add your ribbon in the middle with a loop (for going over the pew at church) then glue the 2 halves together to form a circle holding the ribbon in the middle. 

Totally insane, but I hate the tulle bow alternative, so I have now obligated myself to hours upon hours of cutting and folding~ each ball requires 60 squares of 3x3 paper, and yes that means 60 petals folded and glued.  And I love every crazy minute of it and every single petal I've done.  We'll see how many pews actually get decorated...
So who's up for helping?? =) 

Just thinking about this overwhelms me right now, so I'm off and hope to see you all Saturday!! =)