Long ago and far away, when I was a Girl Scout, we used to sing a round: "White Coral Bells." It was very pretty, and almost always sounded good... even when someone forgot to count verses and ended up accidentally solo-ing. There are many versions you can listen to on YouTube, but I'm not attaching them because then the blog would be singing non-stop, and some of you shut the sound off and later wonder why your computer wasn't making any noise.
The song goes like this.
White coral bells
Upon a slender stalk,
Lillies of the Valley
Deck my garden walk.
Oh, don't you wish...
That you could hear them ring?
That will happen only...
When the fairies sing.
Then I heard a sound outside. A tiny tinkling. Could it be the fairies?
And it was. They were singing, and all the bells were ringing until...
... someone wandered in and sat on them.
What? You expect a happy ending every time?
Bracelet and earrings here. Happy ending... under the cat.
Singer Stacy (Fergie) Ferguson and TV’s hunky Josh Duhamel are the latest celebrity couple to pull off a high-profile wedding. While the Golden Globes distracted much of Hollywood, the photogenic couple wed in Malibu on Saturday in a ceremony rumored to have put the pair back a whopping $1.5 million.
And in the spirit of ‘something borrowed’, Fergie’s fairy godfather, H. Stern, loaned her $5 million in diamond jewelry to add sparkle to her Dolce & Gabbana wedding gown, including the Ropes Diamond Necklace worn in her hair as a veil, Hera diamond earrings also worn as hair pieces, and the Venus necklace, a lariat design featuring over 80 carats of diamonds.
You look good? You get perks.
Fergie’s engagement ring, also by H. Stern, is a modified version of Stern’s signature Stars Ring piece, featuring a round 4 carat brilliant cut diamond set with white and cognac ice along the band. A narrow colored diamond wedding band was designed to match.
As for Josh? He got a white gold ring.
E!Online reports that guests included the bride's fellow Black Eyed Peas, including will.i.am, as well as Justin Timberlake, Kate Hudson, Mario Lopez, Slash, Kid Rock, Stacy Keibler, Molly Sims and new parents, Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell.
The ceremony took place in a large white tent, the reception in a black-and-white tent, and the afterparty in a pink tent that was decked out like a disco. The sisters of the bride and groom gave toasts, and the happy couple topped off the evening with a cake designed like a 14th-century castle.
And what would a celebrity wedding be without hovering aircraft? Not to worry. Several paparazzi-powered helicopters hung around throughout the event. But hubby, Josh, thankfully knows a thing or two about battling the paps. How’s this for a wedding shower?
