We finally have a kitchen top!! Hooray! And the plumber even came round and hooked up the dishwasher AND the sink. How nice is it not to have to do the dishes in the bathroom!? And Im loving the look of the new smeg appliances, cant wait for the cook top to be hooked up. We've been getting stuck into the painting this weekend, and despite a major drama at one point when the enamal paint spilt all over the new bench and dishwasher, its all ok, and all coming together now.
Few! What a month in the 'i do' it yourself office. We've been busy knocking out walls and putting a new kitchen in, things have been pretty chaotic but we got there in the end. (And I hate to say, but that was a much more stressful than organising a wedding!) Someone recently asked me what I think the one thing is that brides 'think' they need at their wedding, but they really don't? And I'm going to say perfection. At the end of the day don't loose sight of the fact that a wedding is all about the love of two people - not that the roses you picked out are exactly the right shade of pink. Don't sweat the small stuff as the say. The whole point of a DIY wedding is to enjoy the process. You're adding your special touch to the day, so have fun and be yourself!
We hope you enjoyed this months romantic winter Aussie bush wedding. Above are a few things we fell in love with this month. Getting back to the classics with beautiful veils (model pic via It's a Jamie Thing) Circular Veil With Fresh Water Pearl Comb, US$195 from I Do Wedding Veils in Sydney. The cutest little handmade custom wedding cake toppers made by the very talented Blue Butterfly Design.
Add some beautiful bling to your wedding day with simple spray painted gum leaves. Great for decorations, scatter them on tables or use them as gorgeous place cards with guests names written on. It's so easy. Collect fallen gum leaves and spray paint with a white undercoat. (You can leave some leaves like this is you want to mix colours up a bit.) Once dry spray paint with a top coat of either silver or glitter silver spray paint.
You can finish off by painting or use a gel pen to write guests names on each leaf to use as a beautiful alternative to tradition tented place cards.
As our printable guestbook fingerprint tree is proving so popular, we've designed a new one for the winter months! A fantastic alternative to the traditional wedding guest book. Guests leave a fingerprint to act as a leaf on your tree, so cute to hang on your wall after the wedding! Supplied as a digital file, just take it to your local print shop for a quick and easy poster print.
One big job down, all the floors are now done. Hooray! Just a little more work to finish the wall off and the kitchen bench top is in production. Getting there.
If you're trying to find a use for those old winter woolies then check out this gorgeous DIY wedding project from Grey Likes Weddings. Follow their easy step by step and make these amazing favour wraps to keep bottles of wine snug and secure. So cute!
