Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along. Rumi (1207 - 1273)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
did i ever tell you...
Richard Exley
Did I ever tell you
that I love you
early in the morning
with your toothpaste kisses
and your sleepy eyes?
With your headaches and
grumpiness
that only goes away
if I hold you hand
and whisper the soft things
you like to hear?
Did I ever tell you
that I love you
at mid-afternoon,
during coffee-break time,
when clock and
crowded cafeterias
make smiles and warm hands
love's best language?
Did I ever tell you
that I love the way
you smell after a bath,
that I love the way you feel in bed beside me,
that I love the way
you look after I've loved you?
Did I ever tell you
that I love you?
I do,
I do,
I do.
that I love you
early in the morning
with your toothpaste kisses
and your sleepy eyes?
With your headaches and
grumpiness
that only goes away
if I hold you hand
and whisper the soft things
you like to hear?
Did I ever tell you
that I love you
at mid-afternoon,
during coffee-break time,
when clock and
crowded cafeterias
make smiles and warm hands
love's best language?
Did I ever tell you
that I love the way
you smell after a bath,
that I love the way you feel in bed beside me,
that I love the way
you look after I've loved you?
Did I ever tell you
that I love you?
I do,
I do,
I do.
introducing flower girl number 1...
...my gorgeous (almost) 3 year old goddaughter, Emily. This spunky little miss is the daughter of my high school best friend, Kylie. Last weekend, Kylie, Emily, my mum, brother, sister-in-law and my sister-in-law's little goddaughter, Tahlia, went to a festival called "Winter Magic" in the Australian Blue Mountains. It's a celebration of the winter solstice, full of parades, market stalls, live music, yummy food and great energy. We go every year and always have a blast!!! This year was particularly cold *shiver*
The craziness that is Winter Magic! (and this is only one section!)
I thought that this would be a good time to give Miss Emily her special book! She loved it (and her mummy might have teared up a little). The first few images below are Miss Em getting her book on the train to the festival. The last two were sent to me the next day by her mum, along with a little story. Miss Emily gets read to every night by her daddy, and that night, after the festival, she asked her Daddy to read a very special book to her :)
I should also note that this little Miss will be getting an extra big birthday party next year - her 4th birthday is the day before our wedding!!! I am hoping to have a little birthday cake made for her to give her during the reception, so everyone can sing her a happy birthday :)
I also had to include this little pic in this post, because I LOVED it so much. Emily and my SIL's goddaughter Tahlia got along very well at Winter Magic, it was the first time they had met. This picture was taken when Miss Tahlia lent over and was explaining to Emily that if they both stayed in their prams, they could have hot chips and gravy!!! Much discussion about this ensued...cutie pies!!
I had also made each of the girls a little present, using the flowers I made from a previous post. As you can see in the pictures of Emily with her book, they seem to have gone down well :)
That just leaves giving our gorgeous little niece, Tamzyn, her special book! A post on that will hopefully come soon!
The craziness that is Winter Magic! (and this is only one section!)
I thought that this would be a good time to give Miss Emily her special book! She loved it (and her mummy might have teared up a little). The first few images below are Miss Em getting her book on the train to the festival. The last two were sent to me the next day by her mum, along with a little story. Miss Emily gets read to every night by her daddy, and that night, after the festival, she asked her Daddy to read a very special book to her :)
I should also note that this little Miss will be getting an extra big birthday party next year - her 4th birthday is the day before our wedding!!! I am hoping to have a little birthday cake made for her to give her during the reception, so everyone can sing her a happy birthday :)
I also had to include this little pic in this post, because I LOVED it so much. Emily and my SIL's goddaughter Tahlia got along very well at Winter Magic, it was the first time they had met. This picture was taken when Miss Tahlia lent over and was explaining to Emily that if they both stayed in their prams, they could have hot chips and gravy!!! Much discussion about this ensued...cutie pies!!
I had also made each of the girls a little present, using the flowers I made from a previous post. As you can see in the pictures of Emily with her book, they seem to have gone down well :)
That just leaves giving our gorgeous little niece, Tamzyn, her special book! A post on that will hopefully come soon!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
check out this awesome giveaway!
Lily Chic Events has an AWESOME giveaway right now, filled with some awesome prizes...some of which could even be used for your upcoming engagement party/wedding or for those little tiny feet that might come in the not too distant future (or are already here!)
Actually...on second thoughts, it's terrible...don't check it out... (I want to win!) :)
Friday, June 17, 2011
another diy flower
After the fiddliness (technical word there I know!) of the last DIY flower I tried, this one was lovely and simple and I loved the results! I used a tutorial I stumbled across on 100 Layer Cake but instead of sewing the petals together, I used my trusty hot glue gun.
I think they turned out great! (although the picture of the final product is a little dodgy, I apologise!) In fact, I spent last night sitting on my bed, watching some Charmed re-runs (yes, I do love me some Charmed!) and making a whole bunch of different sized petals. Today I think I will turn them into flowers! I'm making some smaller ones to put on some pretty lace headbands for my little niece's 1st birthday next month.
I think these flowers would be perfect to use for any number of wedding projects, and I love that you could easily match them to any colour under the sun, and also decorate them with various jewels, feathers, bits and bobbles! What do you guys think??
I think they turned out great! (although the picture of the final product is a little dodgy, I apologise!) In fact, I spent last night sitting on my bed, watching some Charmed re-runs (yes, I do love me some Charmed!) and making a whole bunch of different sized petals. Today I think I will turn them into flowers! I'm making some smaller ones to put on some pretty lace headbands for my little niece's 1st birthday next month.
I think these flowers would be perfect to use for any number of wedding projects, and I love that you could easily match them to any colour under the sun, and also decorate them with various jewels, feathers, bits and bobbles! What do you guys think??
Thursday, June 16, 2011
ice cream parlour bits and pieces
I've been a busy little party planner this week, hunting down items for our ice-cream parlour and giving them some sprucing up for the party! I've also finished all of the printing for this project and let me tell you - those little signs are a PAIN to cut out! It's been fun though, and I think it is all starting to come together...hopefully it looks good on the night, all those jars filled with yummy lollies and toppings!!!
My mum and I actually went shopping last weekend to get all of the cutlery, cups, plates, bowls and table cloths for the party, and almost all of the ordered decorations (my Chinese lanterns!) have arrived. We've had to go with more of a pink colour, rather then a peach, for most of the decorations, which is a bit of a bummer...but it's very difficult to get anything in the peachy/blush colour I like! Well, for the engagement party anyway! But I think it will be ok and hopefully the grey and white balances out the pink for a pretty ok balance of masculine/feminine. I just don't want the place to feel *too* girlie!
Without further ado, some piccies of my decoration work this week:
There are 3 of these guys, one for chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup and caramel syrup
These jars will have jelly beans, mini marshmallows, choc chips and m&m's in them...
...with these little guys inside to scoop them out!
And lastly, these little signs will be sitting inside icfe-cream bowls (yes, bowls that actually look like ice-cream...I haven't taken a picture of them, bad blogger!) with little spoons to dish out sherbert (my mum's request), 100's & 1000's, coconut and peanuts.
Mum and I also bought two big metal pots with lids (12L ones!) that we will store all of the ice-cream in. These will also have signs and ribbon. Unfortunately, they are at my parents house, so no photos for the moment.
Oh and I printed out and stung up the awesome banner from my previous post, which I love! :) Everything is now basically done, we just need to buy all the yummy treats to go inside!
I can't wait to see it all set up at the party, I hope everyone has a good time making their own sundaes!!
My mum and I actually went shopping last weekend to get all of the cutlery, cups, plates, bowls and table cloths for the party, and almost all of the ordered decorations (my Chinese lanterns!) have arrived. We've had to go with more of a pink colour, rather then a peach, for most of the decorations, which is a bit of a bummer...but it's very difficult to get anything in the peachy/blush colour I like! Well, for the engagement party anyway! But I think it will be ok and hopefully the grey and white balances out the pink for a pretty ok balance of masculine/feminine. I just don't want the place to feel *too* girlie!
Without further ado, some piccies of my decoration work this week:
There are 3 of these guys, one for chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup and caramel syrup
These jars will have jelly beans, mini marshmallows, choc chips and m&m's in them...
...with these little guys inside to scoop them out!
And lastly, these little signs will be sitting inside icfe-cream bowls (yes, bowls that actually look like ice-cream...I haven't taken a picture of them, bad blogger!) with little spoons to dish out sherbert (my mum's request), 100's & 1000's, coconut and peanuts.
Mum and I also bought two big metal pots with lids (12L ones!) that we will store all of the ice-cream in. These will also have signs and ribbon. Unfortunately, they are at my parents house, so no photos for the moment.
Oh and I printed out and stung up the awesome banner from my previous post, which I love! :) Everything is now basically done, we just need to buy all the yummy treats to go inside!
I can't wait to see it all set up at the party, I hope everyone has a good time making their own sundaes!!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
in other (non-decorating) news
We had a sad little invite returned to us in the mail on Thursday! The wrap around had been ripped when going through the machine, so the address was pulled off. One of my bridesmaid's invites too! I hope she didn't think I forgot her, since everyone else had received theirs! Lucky, I sent a fresh new one out yesterday :)
Poor little sad invite!
Also, my bracelet finally arrived!!! Whoo hoo!!! The thing is, after waiting so impatiently to get it, now I don't want to wear it! Until the engagement party anyway...But I can show it off to you guys!
I know...blurring out the last name defeats the purposes of showing you, since it just looks the same as the picture on the original blog post about it, but so far I haven't mentioned our last names, and I think I'll try to keep it that way. A little anonymity (is that right?!) never hurt anyone...
Can I just say again how much I love getting parcels from Etsy? Or Wedzu? They are always packaged so beautifully, it makes it seem so much more personal!
Poor little sad invite!
Also, my bracelet finally arrived!!! Whoo hoo!!! The thing is, after waiting so impatiently to get it, now I don't want to wear it! Until the engagement party anyway...But I can show it off to you guys!
I know...blurring out the last name defeats the purposes of showing you, since it just looks the same as the picture on the original blog post about it, but so far I haven't mentioned our last names, and I think I'll try to keep it that way. A little anonymity (is that right?!) never hurt anyone...
Can I just say again how much I love getting parcels from Etsy? Or Wedzu? They are always packaged so beautifully, it makes it seem so much more personal!
signs
I've decided that work takes away too much time from blogging. It's just rude really! I feel like I have all of these things to blog about, and not enough time to do it! *sheesh* :)
Meanwhile, rant now over, I would like to show you some things I've been working on today!
First up, a little sign for beside our guestbook (all going well, the guestbook will have an entire blog post to itself!). I plan on reusing this little frame at the wedding for instructions for the thumb guestbook.
Second, the sign from an earlier post:
Now this is the one I would love some feed back on. The frame for this one will also be reused at the wedding on the cake table, with this little beauty inside:
[source unknown]
(come on, it's almost mandatory to have this phrase somewhere in your wedding these days, isn't it??)
My question however, is whether you think the sign I have made is readable...for the guests who DON'T stare at fun typography signs all day (like the rest of us!). I tried to make each line of the poem a different colour (grey/black/grey/black) to try and make it a little easier to read. Did it work, or do I need to hit the drawing board again? Thoughts?
Meanwhile, rant now over, I would like to show you some things I've been working on today!
First up, a little sign for beside our guestbook (all going well, the guestbook will have an entire blog post to itself!). I plan on reusing this little frame at the wedding for instructions for the thumb guestbook.
Second, the sign from an earlier post:
Now this is the one I would love some feed back on. The frame for this one will also be reused at the wedding on the cake table, with this little beauty inside:
[source unknown]
(come on, it's almost mandatory to have this phrase somewhere in your wedding these days, isn't it??)
My question however, is whether you think the sign I have made is readable...for the guests who DON'T stare at fun typography signs all day (like the rest of us!). I tried to make each line of the poem a different colour (grey/black/grey/black) to try and make it a little easier to read. Did it work, or do I need to hit the drawing board again? Thoughts?
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
wedding proposal
This has got to be one of the simplest, yet must beautiful proposal videos I've seen. Check it out, I know I got teary: A Beautiful Proposal
*love*
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
cute little sign!
This evening I thought I would show you guys a little something that I've been working on.
During my wedding blog stalking, I came across this awesome little poem in a Ruffled blog post. I thought it would be a great addition to our engagement party, in particular so that those who are drinking alcoholic beverages don't get their cups mixed with the non-alcoholics!
I love the idea of filling one of the jars I've decorated with some black textas and popping a print with this poem on it next to it!
I'm trying to create a print on Photoshop. This is the look I'm going for:
[source unknown]
However, I'm not terribly good at working out which fonts to use and where to place them. Hopefully I get it sorted and can create something half decent!
Do you guys think this is a good idea?
During my wedding blog stalking, I came across this awesome little poem in a Ruffled blog post. I thought it would be a great addition to our engagement party, in particular so that those who are drinking alcoholic beverages don't get their cups mixed with the non-alcoholics!
I love the idea of filling one of the jars I've decorated with some black textas and popping a print with this poem on it next to it!
I'm trying to create a print on Photoshop. This is the look I'm going for:
[source unknown]
However, I'm not terribly good at working out which fonts to use and where to place them. Hopefully I get it sorted and can create something half decent!
Do you guys think this is a good idea?
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