The count down is on

nine weeks to go now to the wedding.
eight weeks untill we leave for Queensland.
nine weeks and two days until we leave for Italy. (not that we are counting or anything)
That all seems so close! Who knows what I will write about on here when it is all over, since it seems to have been a very common topic on this little blog.

Here are some tidbits to keep you guessing.

Secret work in progress, reusing materials from the art room at school and second hand sheets and fabric.


And this is a present I recieved from Mum for my birthday which will be incorporated into my wedding ensemble ;)


I am so grateful for all my family and friends. I have had wonderful people who have helped and supported me, given me advice and encouragement and made the whole process, thus far, relaxing and fun. With all the help I have had more time to do all the fun things: creating, making and dreaming. Oh, and I haven't forgotten about the hubby-to-be, he has been very involved in decisions and planning, and reminds me daily why I want to marry him. Seriously, he rocks.

Planning the moon

...the honeymoon that is. Adam has been sitting here for the last couple of nights, browsing, sharing and choosing accomodation for the trip to Italy.Yay!

So I thought I would share our itinerary.
Three days in Rome
One day in Tuscany
Two days in The Cinque Terre
Two days in Lombardy
Four days in The Veneto
Two days in Emilia Romagna
Three days in Tuscany (yes again)
One more in Rome before we fly out.

I will put a more details up as we arrive at decisions and come to planning conclusions. How I am looking forward to travelling, exploring new cultures and places. Only 12 weeks to go! Is that too many to be counting down ? ;) Nah, never.

PS It was so cold today. It snowed near my work and we had a maximum of 6 degrees celcius. Bbrrrr...Time to have a hot bath and rug up under the covers (and maybe even dream of Italy).

shopping

I went op- shopping. I love op-shopping and haven't really had a chance to do it for so long.Some of my most loved and most worn clothes are second hand (which can be problematic since they are already well worn by the time they fall into my hands!). So armed with my wallet full of cash I drove a little way-a-way to Frankston. And I am very pleased I did. I hit four op-shops in a row and they were all reasonably priced and full of treasures to be found. I also came across one of the biggest op-shop I have ever seen. TWO stories and they were bringing new stock out every 15 minutes! It was like the Myers department store of all second hand shops. Lots of fun.


$30 later I came away with three tops, a jumper, a vest, a pretty coloured plate, an apron, a basket for magazines, two sheets (for a secret, wedding project) and a bag...not a bad day shopping at all.

a gift...

...for the mother of the bride is in progress.





to go with this jacket.


What do you think does it match?

Making us laugh

Cows and monkeys and all things comfy. Some new pyjamas and slippers for Adam from a recent shopping trip in the city. Perhaps we were inspired by my recent trip to the zoo ;)

the zoo

This week we had another lovely visitor, Adam's mum, my future mother-in-law :) We had fun catching up and sharing some fo our new life with her.
So there was a lot of exploring of Melbourne to be done, some shopping, walking the aquarium and a visit to the Melbourne Zoo.

I thought I would quickly share. Back soon with some new posts.

Enjoy.