15/03/2014

The bees agree to disagree...

Wilson told me today that the girls couldn't reach a consensus on how their party invitations should look so eventually he agreed to do two invitations — one punky for Billi, one minimalist for Polly. 

I know they say that opposites attract, but if they can't even agree on a design for their engagement party invitations I can't see this marriage lasting long. I hope I'm wrong.

Anyway, expect to receive TWO invitations shortly…


14/03/2014

Design briefing...

The date for the Engagement Party has been set for next Saturday, so keep the date clear in your diaries!

This has rather put the pressure on Wilson to get the invitations designed and printed in time for them to be sent out. Both bees rejected his initial design so he's being briefed by the Happy Couple as to how they want them to look.

Polly-B favours contemporary minimalism, while Billi-B wants punk. 


13/03/2014

Same-sex marriage legal from today!

On the radio this morning, Wilson heard an interview with two girls who will be the first couple getting married as same-sex weddings become legal in the UK today. 

He was a bit disappointed that it wasn't Polly- and Billi-B on the radio as he thinks they could have promoted his ODDSIES! by saying what wonderful wedding presents they make — even though he doesn't make them in sizes to fit bees. And bees don't generally wear socks. But he says it's important just to get the ODDSIES! name out there in the public eye.


Yesterday one of Wilson's friends, Jill, sent him a poster showing all bees' favourite flowers. 
He says that it will be very useful when he orders the flowers for the engagement party and for the wedding!


12/03/2014

Graphic Design — harder than it looks...

I thought I heard the sounds of lively discussion coming from the kitchen this morning. When I went in I found Wilson had designed the invitations for the Bees' Engagement Party. All was not well, though.

Polly-B didn't like the swirly font, while Billi-B thought the pink ink was a bit of a cliché. Antony thought RSVP must have been spelled wrong as he couldn't pronounce it, but whenever he said this everyone else went 'Shhhh!'

W confided later that he'd had no idea the invitation design would be such a minefield, and he hoped the Wedding Invitations would be less contentious. 

Good luck with that...


11/03/2014

Wilson makes a sacrifice...

Over breakfast Wilson admitted to me that the whole engagement/wedding thing was playing havoc with his Winter Olympics training schedule. 

'The Bees' happiness comes before anything else though,' he said, 'Even my Gold Medal. Anyway, I don't suppose Polly-B will want to do the Double Luge with me once she's married.' 

I asked whether this meant the sTone Brothers could have the handles removed from their heads.

'Hmmmm.' he replied. 'Let's not be hasty…'


10/03/2014

12 Bar Blues...

Wilson has written a song for the Bees' Engagement Party. He calls it Wedding Bee Blues, and he's in the garden rehearsing it on his guitar. 

'Woke up this morning
     Climbed out of my bed,
Well, I woke up this morning
     Climbed out of my soft, warm bed,
Then I suddenly remembered:
     My Bees are gettin' wed!'

His claws keep getting stuck in the strings during the chord changes, but he's really coming on well. He's almost mastered the Bob Dylan voice. The Late Years 'helium' version…


09/03/2014

Wilson writes some new songs of celebration...

Wilson is out in the Wilson Vermilingua OBE Museum of Old Stuff And A Robot looking for his (my) guitar. He says he's going to write some original songs to sing at Polly-B's and Billi-B's Engagement Party.

Tomorrow he plans to start drawing up the Guest List, researching wedding presents and thinking about the catering.

I predict that ants will feature heavily on the menu.