#164 Exciting News: Parts Two + Three!

I've been a little quiet of late because there's been some big happenings in our house, but without further ado, the second piece of big news is....

I'm running away to join the circus!!!


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Ok, so that's a blatant lie. But I am truly running away? At the end of this week I will be deserting my little family & heading off solo to Asia for just over 5 weeks.
I'm quite nervous & very excited! It does mean that things are going to get even quieter around here as I will be trying to focus 100% on taking it all in, but I'm sure I'll find some lovely things to share once I return. I do hope you'll wait for me!

The second piece of exciting news is....

I'm running away to join the circus!!!

  
images via & hollyhocks and tulips &  wolf and willow

Yup sorry, another lie. I have no idea what has come over me?

The second piece of very exciting news is that my lovely man & I have decided to move our little family to Adelaide!
This will likely mean another extended period of quiet blog time, or of very sporadic chatter at the least...
When I return from my trip I will be flying directly to S.A so there will be no time in between for a reunion with online wedding land & as things will be a bit crazy for a while as we try to settle in I'm afraid I might be absent for a while longer.
I wish I could say that congratulations were in order for my devious skill in avoiding the big move by scampering off overseas, but alas the copious amounts of packing are to blame for this weeks silence as I am attempting to pack before i leave and it will all be waiting for me in storage when I come back. That's a great big fail in sneakiness isn't it?!

However, I'm reeeeeaaally looking forward to some incredibly exciting wedding fun projects in 'Radelaide' & definitely looking forward to some certain super love projects with some amaaaazing people that I can't wait for. Hope to then share of course! If anyone is still here when I get back that is... eek!

It's also likely that there will be a fourth piece of exciting news (how much excitment can one person take i ask you?!) that will 'occur' in my absence, likely september, that I may recruit someone else to share with you...

Hope to see you/ hear from you on the other side of the insanity!

All my love, C x

#161 Exciting News: Part 1

So the first piece of super exciting news...


The current edition of Brides of Adelaide magazine arrived in newsagents this week...



The cover is quite gorgeous don't you think?



I am also very much looking forward to the six page feature on a wedding with THE most handsome groom that ever was, the most stunning bridesmaids to walk the aisle in all of wedding history, the most exceptionally lovely gorgeous ring bearer in the world & the cutest, sweetest flower girls.... & I'm not at all biased?
I'm trying to be very patient as I wait for my copy to arrive in the post!

A huge thank you again to our marvelous photographer Karalee of Angelsmith Photography, who captured so many of memories of the best day of my life perfectly.
Also to Danielle at Brides of Adelaide for being so very lovely, Mr N & I feel very honoured to have had our wedding selected!

Cx

p.s If you aren't in South Australia you can order online via the website

#98 Now We're Getting Somewhere!

Things have been moving along of late, & it feels good.

Obviously I still have SO many things to, of which I shall probably STILL have most to do right up until the date?

However! A great many things have been achieved of late!

A recent trip to Adelaide ticked off a great many things from the decor section of the list, including:

1x Couch, 1x Mirror, 1x Typewriter, 1x Door, 1x Desk, 3x Wooden Crates, 7x Wooden Picture Frames, 

As well as yet to be counted vintage china, numerous bottles, jars & pieces of wood...

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An awesome introduction to Gepps Cross Markets (look for a man with a van at a stall that is only china, & barter away!), THE single best antiques & vintage shop in Semaphore - think antique shop with op shop prices?!- I've forgotten the name of that store at the moment... or have I hmm? Maybe subconsciously I'm being awfully selfish because I just don't want people to go & buy all the things I couldn't figure out how to get on the plane home as carry on... 

Also, Adelaide Rural & Salvage. Blew my mind. If I ever build a house in SA, you can bet at least half of it will come from there.

Went to the North Adelaide Vintage & Fashion Fair (here on facebook) with the sublime Ms T my bridesmaid to be, the ever glamorous Ms S my sister to be & her lovely friend who was an absolute scream! It was here that I came perilously close to becoming a collector of teacups... Eeek!

I have booked our make up artist ( by our I mean the bridal party, not Mr N & I ) as well as our hair stylist,

hooray! We were going to attempt doing our own hair but I changed my mind... obviously I am to vain? Ha.

So more on that another time - hair & makeup not my vanity. 

Tapas at Mesa Lunga on Gouger St with Ms T & Ms S. AMAZING. And oh the Sangria!

Went a - shopping with Ms T for her bridesmaids dress... FOUND IT! It. Is. Amazing. Once again I am jealous. Also found her the most fabulous shoes, no luck with mine though. Barefoot anyone?

It was my birthday while away, & I was most amazingly spoilt this year with a trip to Kenji, a modern Japanese restaurant on Hutt St with Mr N, Ms T & Best Man Mr C, simply can not recommend it enough. Heaven in your mouth. 

Mr N & I also 'went away' for the weekend & stayed at the Stamford, dined at our favourite Yum Cha establishment Ding Hao & had drinks at  Dragonfly Bar & Casablabla both of which I would highly recommend!

Mr N gave me the new Julia Stone solo album  'The Memory Machine' which is, as to be expected, brilliant.

He also gave me a perfect solid silver engraved bangle, & the mens CK watch that I've been coveting for some time... my first watch in about 10 years?

As yet I have failed to book a florist, despite trying! I am currently thinking that it's a sign that I should stick to the plan to do my own.

I also received an email in response to my request (*ahem* begging)  to have a couple of photos taken at an unnamed horse riding establishment not far from our wedding venue. This I am taking as a sign to commit an act of horse-napping. Or perhaps more likely, climb a fence in my wedding gown at the first horsed paddock we come across....

Big Loves, 

C x

#94 Goodbye for a While!

Tomorrow we leave for Adelaide for a wedding, family times & a big hit of wedding planning bonanza.
Eeee! Excitement!!!
We were really hoping that the whole 'crossroads' life situation would be well & truly resolved by now & that perhaps Mr N could stay with us for the whole trip but failing a last minute miracle that is definitely not on the cards. So it seems it will most likely be one week with Mr N, one without, which is disappointing but at least he's managing to get away for some of the time!

Super excited for the whole trip, obviously the wedding will be fantastic & it will be awesome to catch up with everyone because it feels like aggggggees since we've seen them all, but also because I  feel like this trip is really going to remind us how close our own wedding is & make it feel really real?
Because we've been planning from interstate I think in a way we've kind of bypassed a lot of the moments that would usually ground the whole experience in reality, making phone calls & sending emails just doesn't have the same kind of impact as visiting venues & meeting with people!
So this trip we visit Glen Ewin Estate, OUR wedding venue (Can anyone say YEEHAA!?), I get to have a coffee free coffee date with our delightful photographer Ms Angelsmith, hopefully the whole makeup/hair shenanigan will come together somehow, & we also will meet our caterer for the first time & decide on our menu!
I am super super SUPER excited about meeting with the caterer, I've only spoken to him once (after I booked them?) but I've got a really good feeling...
That's a whole bunch of tangible right there.
I will also (touch wood) be going on a vintage treasure trawl with my brilliant sister outlaw Miss S,
as well as just some general organisation of lots of smaller wedding details while we are in town.

Not to say that a tonne of diy hasn't made things feel like they are actually happening but when diy is as ongoing & i guess 'repetative' as most of mine is, you certainly begin to forget why you're doing it in the first place!

So as we'll be staying with family & friends, not to mention trying to soak up as much holiday feeling as possible while we're gone, it's doubtful I'll go too close to a computer (with the exception of on the guaranteed many times I'll need to use google maps anyway!) .
SO! Stay lovely, I'll be home soon.

C x