Where is the DIY post I promised?

Well, it's not here yet, but it is one step closer, as I have taken the photos required!

Instead I have a post about hair.

Those of you who have followed for a while, or those that have been lucky enough (?!) to meet me in person, know that I have thick curly/wavy hair.

I prefer to wear my hair out, it just feels more pretty to me, so of course it would stand to reason that it will be out on my wedding day.

Kind of like this...

Or this....

Pretty....

Unwedding.

Just because I can, this is not a wedding related post. Instead just a handful of my favorite pictures from my last trip to New Zealand....

Lake Tekapo.

Arrowtown.

Drunken sisters.

Storm on the horizon, West Coast.

Franz Josef glacier.

Lakeside bathing beauties.

Lost in thought, West Coast.

So sorry about my absence....

Once again I have managed to use up our allotted Internet. It happens. I promise I will load photos of my DIY next week!

In the meantime, I love this idea for the wedding altar....

So much!

I may steal this idea too. Both of us want to have all of our place cards and signs done in ink stamp letters. The idea of stamping the paper napkins really appeals to me, pretty AND practical...



Whoops.....

Well, I kinda brought another wedding dress folks....

Dickie was amazingly calm about the whole thing! I have brought a beautiful dress from Australian designer Matthew Eager. I couldn't help myself, I look so pretty in it....if I do say so myself!

So now I have to sell the other one to keep within our budget!

Ooops...

Need to make!

Did I mention that I plan to make my two bridesmaids dresses? I know, I can hear the screaming from here...but don't cry for me yet....

Each of my bridesmaids are a completely different shape, and one of them is particularly body conscious (I don't know why, I think she is beautiful). So to prevent the inevitable horror that dress shopping would be, I have decided to make them an infinity dress each. That way they can have a dress made to their size, and can wear the straps any way they please! I made a couple over the holidays, and once you have it figured out they are actually pretty darn easy to sew, about an hour, including cutting time.

At this point I am planning on making them in navy, though I am tempted by different shades of blue, or maybe even floral.....

That aside, I have now decided I shall make them hairpieces too!

I finished sewing the buttonholes for the grooms party last week....sooooo fiddly but worth it. As soon as my camera is fixed I shall take a photo, but in the meantime here is the picture I used for inspiration...

(I don't know where I found this picture..if you do please tell me!)

So for the girls I thought I may do something similar...I love the look of these...

From here.

And in other news, I still have not found another reception venue!

Love it!



From here.

A foot up the hill.

So after much discussion (ie Dickie giving into what I wanted because I did all the work...), we have decided on our colour scheme! Its a little unusual, I haven't yet come across a wedding with this colour scheme on any of the blogs I trawl through daily. Having said that, while we may have chosen some base colours, I have no intention whatsoever of having a wedding where EVERYTHING has to be the same EXACT shade. So it all matches and makes the guest feel like they have taken drugs.....

Nope. That is not my plan. So here it is...........................

Both from here.

The basic colours are light blue and pink, cherry red and navy.

I know there will be heaps of other colours in there too, in fact, I'm sure I will lose track of these colours altogether, as I have a whole pile of retro dinnerware and tablecloths which I plan to use!

But these are the colours Dickie will be wearing, as he already has a vintage navy pinstripe suit, and he is going to look mighty dapper!

I will wear touches in my hair and I hope to get some awesome shoes....(Ruby red sequins?!)

Other than that it has been a fairly crappy week here. The bloody venue double booked us, so I told them to shove it and am now looking for a new one......

This morning the storm that has been threatening Melbourne for days has finally broken. It is PISSING down outside!

But I have just finished a long night shift, so I best go to bed before I start hallucinating.

And everyone, please, please spare a thought for our neighbours in Queensland...it really has gone to shit up there.

Night....