Kitchen Heaven

I have fallen head over heels in love with the gorgeous, understated kitchen seen over on the Me & Alice blog.

Where to start with this piece of heaven?

The natural honey toned wooden floorboards?

The simple white walls?

The lovely displays on the clean white shelves?

The vintage wooden crates used to organise table linen?

The mismatched chairs at the dining table?

pretty much all of it then!

I am always wary of brilliant white kitchens - so many of the ones I have seen are cold or too modern for my tastes but this one is perfect.... Admittedly I would have to stick a bright red kettle on the side :-p hehe

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Cute bits and bobs!

Loving the etsy shop INK + WIT - such cute little pieces - from patterned papers and stationary, to bunting and stamps with cute and quirky images (perfect for making your own cards and adding a personal touch to letters... if people send letters anymore!)

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Apologies!

Oh. My. Goodness...

Apologies are definately in order as I have completely neglected the blog lately - I do honestly have very good reasons

a) Lily has been pretty ill with a viral infection (bad germs! probably because she puts everything she finds in her mouth!)

b) I have been busy working on not one but TWO weddings - the last one was Saturday 9th October, last weekend, and it was completely hectic - I think my body is still trying to get over the tiredness

c) Scott has been working loads so every minute we have spare to spend together we have been - it's horrible to not see him all day, spend a little family time together and then go off doing separate things!

ANYWAY...

I will be sure to post as much as possible this week to make up for my long absence, I am sure you all missed me! haha!

xxx

ps engagement shoot is this saturday and the dress i bought off of ebay to wear (gorgeous 1950's repro navy blue halterneck hasn't yet arrived aaargh!) xxx

Engagement shoot - but what to wear?

Yay! I am a very happy bunny today because I just booked our engagement shoot :-)

Ruby of Ruby Yeo Photography is flying over from Malaysia to see her sister and has very kindly agreed to shoot our engagement pictures!

Visit her blog here to see some of her work:

http://rubyyeophotography.blogspot.com/

Sooo I have a photographer, I have two locations (London Southbank where Scott proposed and Greenwich where we went on our first date), I have the fiance to be photographed with and so now all I need is something to wear!

I have absoloutely nothing post-baby that will look good for a photo shoot :-( I've ransacked the wardrobe and can find NOTHING so now its onto the web to find something just right for the engagement shoot!

Wish me luck, I'm going to need it!

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Cute carnival themed engagement shoot!

OMG! How cute is this Carnival themed engagment party from green wedding shoes?

I am actually in love... and a little bit sad that despite being engaged for nearly two years (this christmas) we still havn't had one! I now desperately want one! The amazing stationary were designed by the bride's friend, the food was all organised by family and the decorations were DIY, borrowed or given as gifts... Dreamy!

See more on the bride's blog:

http://rachaelnicolephotography.com/blog/?p=1562

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And whilst we are on the subject... Non-floral bouquets...

Images via google

How stunning are these bouquets? The first image is called a button bouquet (no surprises for guessing why?) and the second one is made completely out of felt flowers!

sooo stinking cute...

Unfortunately my husband to be doesn't share the same opinion - in his words they are 'strange' *tut-tut* maybe he is more traditional than I thought :-p

Well despite his inability to get past them being a bit 'weird' I think they are stunning, and I may just have to have a go at making one myself :-)

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Non-floral Buttonholes



Buttonholes from Elizabeth Anne Designs and etsy seller Frittsrosenow

Lately I have become totally obsessed with sourcing out original ideas for DIY wedding projects. Whilst browsing Etsy for hours on end (as usual) I came across the idea of non-floral, handmade boutonnieres (buttonholes).
Traditionally these consist of a single flower - roses or thistles are popular and a small amount of greenery wired together and are given to the groom and groomsmen the morning of the wedding to wear on the day.
However I can think of nothing better than making one of these delightful buttonholes as a present for my groom and his groomsmen - my thinking being that a) they would work out a hell of a lot more budget friendly than the quote I got for £5 each (for rose and some weeds :-p) from the florist. b) they would look funky and unique and c) they would be a memento that lasted forever of our wedding day.


The two examples above are just two of the millions of ideas you could use - you could make them completely personal and individual to the man wearing it - or you could make the same for all the groomsmen and add a little extra touch to your husband-to-be's buttonhole. The first image shows a buttonhole made out of felt flowers and delicate beads and the second is, of course, made for a guitarist out of a tiny guitar and personalised wedding date pics.


There are endless ideas for ways in which to make your own buttonholes - button badges, felt flowers, twigs, feathers, mini plastic toys (what about incorporating fun superhero figures for the super-men in your life?) I know that something like this would go down very well with the men in mine!


xxx