Some Movie News (& Then Bedtime)

Some quick links worthy of noting:

Anne Hathaway Joins Les Mis (And Writer Announced)
"After months of speculation, Anne Hathaway has officially joined Tom Hooper's adaptation of the musical, Les Miserables. Her spokesperson confirms a Deadline report that she’ll play Fantine, the tragically abused mother of young Cosette. Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe have already been cast as the noble Jean Valjean and the heartless Inspector Javert, respectively. ... 
William Nicholson, who co-wrote Gladiator, is writing the script, with the film being targeted for a Dec. 7, 2012 release."

 Okay, maybe the writer was announced before, but I just now caught it.


I did see Nathan Fillion's tweet on this earlier, but I was a little confused since it came out of nowhere. Now I see I was supposed to be surprised! Cool! Anyway, interesting interview included here, as well as the notation that Avengers has finished production.
Joss Whedon Wraps up Secret 'Much Ado'

"After wrapping production on Marvel Studios’ gargantuan summer tent-pole The Avengers, writer-director Joss Whedon was supposed to go on a monthlong vacation with his wife, Kai Cole. Instead, Whedon tells EW exclusively that his wife suggested he finally make the feature film version of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing he’d been ruminating over for years.
And so he did— adapting the script, casting the film with Whedonverse alums like Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker (Angel), Alexis Denisof (Buffy, Angel), and Sean Maher (Firefly), and shooting the self-funded, black-and-white indie in secret over 12 days at his Santa Monica, Calif., home."

Of course, what is movie news without some Batman?
Dark Knight Rises Will Release Prologue
Y'know, I didn't see the prologue released for Dark Knight and truthfully... I'm not interested in seeing this one either. Sure, it would be cool, and I would love to hear a general consensus on it, but I just don't really want to see it out of context. This is the last Batman film, at least of this saga. And I'm trying to savor the wait. I look back on it and realize that if I had seen that DK prologue, while it certainly wouldn't have spoiled the film at all, I just... I just think I'd rather see the whole effect in theatres. If I had an interest in Mission: Impossible I might change my mind, but I don't.
(Despite that, it really will kill me when it releases to try not to go watch it. Self-restraint! Self-restraint!)

Lots of Woman in Black information coming out, including this new poster. I was sufficiently creeped out by the photo and then Will had to come along and point out that it is also animated (shudder.)  There is also a pretty cool trailer roaming around somewhere, but I can't seem to find it again. (Okay, there's several trailers roaming around, but I'm looking for a very specific one.) When I first heard they were adapting this I was a little concerned, simply because the play relies so much on atmosphere. But I'm pretty intrigued! What do you guys think?
(Intrigued meaning merely that: I'm intrigued, I hope it does well. Do I actually want to see something that may give me nightmares? Not particularly, and certainly not right anytime around Valentine's. That mashup doesn't bode well. We'll see how it goes.)

 Any thoughts on any of these projects? Nathan Fillion!

Quick Catchup

I'm trying to blog and watch LOST at the same time, and it's just not working.


So Tuesday night I made a trip up to Kansas to see my Newberry family! Yay! I was able to see all the family and hang out playing cards with them. It was a fast trip up & back, but it was lovely and fun and there was also Dairy Queen involved.


This week we were able to get in some birds of paradise at a great price, which is a little unusual for us. And then when our plants arrived, he accidentally broke one of the tops off of a dracena and gave it to us to use in an arrangement. I was actually really pleased with the way it turned out. 

I haven't solved my desk conundrum yet, but I believe I will be moving it out tomorrow so that I can see what room I will have opened up. Plus, now that I've decided it needs to go, it's sort of driving me crazy that it's still here.


Slowly but surely, the cold is beginning to drift in. Mrrr.


Will found this link today and it's pretty spectacular:
"Killer Sharks Invade Golf Course"

"...The sharks, which are between 8ft and 10ft long, have proved quite a hit at corporate events and their fins have even been spotted during wedding ceremonies held on the course."

Bwahaha! Now THAT'S a ceremony. 

Laptop Question: Desk? No Desk? Small Desk?

So I've recently been staring at my computer desk and realizing that my small laptop looks distinctly out of proportion. Yesterday afternoon it dawned on me that I no longer needed that extra space and that I potentially could get rid of my desk for a much smaller one and open up quite a chunk of space in my room.

Mind you, I'm aware my room is large. It's not that I necessarily need to open up a lot of extra space, but it certainly wouldn't hurt either. And the idea alone that I could rearrange something more than picture frames is exciting, because the way my room is set is pretty much set in stone. 

But I do still use my desk for it and that actually occurs probably 95% of the time. I could narrow it down easily to just my printer (that I don't use much now, since I haven't bought ink) and the laptop.  And I think I could easily adapt to anything. I just use the desk now out of habit or convenience.

And my desk is already...sad. Any good bump (which happens often) is likely to finally cause it to come crashing down.

So, my long-time laptop user friends, what do you suggest? Maybe a smaller desk/ larger end table? Any desk at all? How do you end up using yours the most?

A trailer full of awesome.

Cannot. Wait. 




(But I do still miss Edward Norton.)

(Another) Wedding Gallery

This wedding was just fun to work. I enjoyed every minute of it. I'll just say up front, I loved the way all the colors (burgandys, plums & golds) & style worked out from this one. Everything turned out just gorgeous. And the lanterns were beautiful. 

Gallery!

Do you remember when I was discussing the reception pieces that averaged 40 minutes each because there were not only so many different varieties of flowers involved, but so many different colors?

Reception Centerpieces

That would be one of them.

Okay, so the breakdown for those pieces alone: dahlias (gold, red, purple), amaranthus (purple, green), candlelight roses (gold), stock (purple), hypericum (red, green), callas (purple, gold,) and freesia (purple, gold). And seeded euc.

Reception Centerpieces - Gratuitous 'I-think-this-is-pretty' photo.

And while we're still at the reception:

Bride's Table

Pam designed the bride's table, and the bride happened to be her niece. So it was extra nice that everything turned out so well.

Cake Table

Hm. So the cake table was my piece.

Of course you're most critical of your own work (and since I designed it and took the picture it's a double slam), but this picture just looks incredibly messy to me. I think its the burgundy amaranthus (hanging stuff) smack down the center. In my defense it did not look like that in real life. I was actually really pleased with how it turned out. So. There you go.

Also, on the point of tinting: we did so much spray painting for this wedding. (But honestly, I could say that about most weddings. Or often work days in general.) Those gold dahlias are actually incredibly neon yellow. We tinted their tips with black cherry paint to dull their brightness. The amaranthus came in too pink - we dulled it with black cherry. The purple dahlias weren't dark enough. The red dahlias weren't dark enough. So. Much. Paint.

Back to reception.

Top of Staircase

The bride & groom were presented at the top of a stairwell, so these pieces were for that. The birdcage was at the top and several mixed pieces were placed down the steps with candle holders containing electric votives. Apparently the guests were very consumed with worry that they were real candles.


I love the look of the top. So pretty. That green hanging amaranthus is one of my favorite flowers.

 Okay, three left and then we're done. Wedding party!


Bridesmaids:

Funny story:  So while the pictures above are of the same arrangement, each one of the six bridesmaids bouquets were to be slightly individualized.  However, since I was getting back into the swing of handhelds and it was my first one I had to rework it several times. And then when I finally finished, after glancing at my bosses once, I turned around to find that we had created practically the exact same bouquet, minus one flower. Heh.

And at last, of course, the beauty:

Bridal Bouquet

I've made comments to my boss before about how I never seem to like the bridal bouquet as much as the bridesmaids, simply because they're often given more texture or color or overall interest to their bouquets. But that is not the case here. 

I really love the look of this bouquet. I love the colors, I love the touches of sparkle, I love the way the ribbon curls on the handheld. You can't really see it without a close up, but she frosted the tips of the purple dahlias white just a touch to pick up the white of her dress. Gorgeous. This is simply one of my favorites.

C&H Love: The Leaf Pile.

Grandma and I spent part of yesterday evening raking leaves. As I was walking around with the large clawed leaf-gripper things, all I could think of was this:

(Ha, and check out that date of publishing! Totally unintentional. It was meant to be.)

It's all about the Owls.

Little Lexie Lou's second birthday party was today! It was super cute. I mean, look at this face:

 
She instantly makes any party rock.

And because I can't resist this photo:

BAWWWWOOOOONS!

D'aaaaw.... my kids.

Grandma and I were at Cracker Barrel last week and happened upon an owl hat that we instantly knew Lexie would love because the girl LOVES OWLS. And this hat was awesome, so I kept searching through the rack for one myself. But what gives? It only came in toddler size! What's with that? Only toddlers can have owl hats? That's so sad!

Anyway, I've been mildly searching on and off for owl hats on etsy. I've looked for these before, without success of finding one I really liked, but I stumbled on this tonight:

Happiness.

Okay, so I'm not actually buying it (yet). I've discovered how great hats are for keeping a little extra warmth in, so at some point I'll probably pick up an extra one for this year,but this one is a little pricier than I was hoping for. Nonetheless, I still think this one is awesome. Maybe it'll go on sale.

As for Lexie, she loooooved hers. They were having trouble getting her to sit down and open gifts, and when the hat was the second gift in she was pretty much done. She jumped up, threw it on sideways and went parading around. She knows what it's about.