Wedding card

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My friends are getting married today. Not a big life-changing moment as they have been together a long time and got engaged 25 years ago, shortly after I got to know them. It’s just a quiet ceremony with them and two witnesses, of which I am one. There won’t be any fancy white dress or videographer or anything like that! Later we will go out for a dog walk around the area where they used to live, and in the evening a meal with our close families. They don’t want a big fuss but I wanted to do a little something. So I have bought a few bottles of bubbly they can enjoy when they go away for a weekend in their motorhome. Then I wanted a card, but not the traditional sort of course, so I didn’t really want a design with the usual things like rings or a wedding car (which they won’t have). I’m no artist either so I didn’t even think about trying to draw them and instead I have tried to make something with their two dogs – a black Labrador and a golden retriever. It seemed like a good idea but that was before I started and realised how difficult it is to create features on a black dog! I thought I might be able to use a marker pen but that wasn’t very successful. If I had started earlier I could have embroidered something before sticking it on but I didn’t think of that until afterwards, so this is what they’re going to get. I hope they appreciate the thought behind it at least! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2026.