More wedding stuff!

Ok so, time for some more wedding madness. Things are really revving up now it is only 5 days until the wedding. Woot Woot! We have meetings wit the reception, last minute details to attend to etc etc.

There have been a few dramas, namely the fact that we are still to pick up the Groomsmen's pants, which are still to be altered, my sister's Bridesmaid dress has also offered a series of dramas with the alterations. But i am holding out hope that it will all be sorted, AND SOON!





These are my OOS fans. I am really happy with how they turned out. I have the blossom motif on there, along with info about each member of the bridal party. I am always curious as to who are th people in a bridal party, and WHY they are chosen. So i decided it would be nice to explain why each person is so important to us.


I have to take more photos of other bits and pieces.

I thought i should also share the WONDERFUL handiwork of Myra Kim from her etsy shop Twigs and Honey. She is truley AMAZING. I sent her a piccie of my wedding dress and she made this stunning headpiece. The colours in it are PERFECT.




A close up of the hairpiece


She also made my bridesmaids lovely pieces. I can't wait to see how they will look in their
hair!

I am in love with etsy (for those who are unfamiliar, Etsy.com is a place where you can buy, or sell, all handmade or vintage items. Everything must be handmade or vintage), everything in this place is just beautful. I can't wait til i have a child i can buy all the beautiful children's clothing for, and i am always meaning to but some of the lovely unique pieces on there. The only problem is that it is all so lovely that i can't ever settle on anything to buy!

Let me know your favourite etsy supplier!

Bad Bad Blogger!

Ok, so i am a lousy blogger! I started the blog at the craziest time of my life, with the end of the school year, christmas, New Year AND my upcoming wedding. I am now less than a week away from my wedding, and have been making bits and pieces for the day.

I thought i would share some of my handiwork. It's my way of gaining forgiveness of my (as yet) non existant readers!!!

These are my DIY invites. I made the design myself, which i was very proud of! I brought an old version of Photoshop on ebay, and did some self taught fiddling. I then found some 'stamps' in patterns i liked. I blended two stamps together to come up with my design, then recoloured it in my theme colours (which are pale green, pale blue, Latte and Gold). I was lucky enough to come across some GORGEOUS japanese paper that matched my design. I also made the pocket, with the help of some templates at Mirkwood designs, which i modified.

These are our placecards. You may think it's a little odd that i have a chicken bone on there, but let me explain. This is a bit of a family traditon. When my parents were married in the early 70's they had wishbones as their bonboniere (aparently it was popular back then). In those days they didn't have plastic ones, so there was alot of chicken eating to be done!

When my parents had us kids, my dad decided that he would take the hassle out of collecting chicken bones, and started keepng them. Except he didn't let my mother and us kids in on this, so while he thought my mother had been taking the dried bones and putting them away, we had been gleefully breaking them!

Fastforward many years later when my Father discovered the mishap. He explained the story and we stopped breaking the wishbones and left him to collect them (mind you neither myself or my siblings were overly thrilled at the idea of using real chicken bones at our wedding!).

However there is another twist to the story. I decided i would use the wishbones in my wedding on the placecards. My father carefully counted out the right amount of bones, washed them, dried them, and painted them... only to come outside a few hours later to collect them to find only one wishbone, but a very satisfied looking dog nearby! So now we have to make sure we have enough bones for my sisters wedding in may, and re did my bones.

Now the image uploader isn't working, so i will come back later and add more bits and pieces!
items will include
- The order of service in the shape of a fan
- My Biccie jars for my biccie buffet

Well, i thought my second post should be a 'where i'm at' kinda post. I have put together a 'montage' of pics of cakes i have made. Although, some of my favourite ones i don't have any pics of...

I am hoping that as i keep exploring the world of food blogging my baking abilities will get better!

I currently tend to use recipes from the Crabapple bakery cookbook. I have found almost all of the recipes in there failproof. The only downside being that the recipes make a huge amount of batter, making enough for two large cakes or 25-30 odd cupcakes. But any leftovers always go in the freezer and seem to get used quickly!

Hello world of food bloggers!!

Well this is an exciting moment for me! My first official post!
I discovered the world of blogging only a few months ago, and i was hooked. Many 'spare' hours are spent trawling through posts and finding out a world of new food discoveries.

I have LOVED looking at posts from a whole series of food challenges, including the Daring Bakers, Hay Hay it's Donner Hay and Tuesdays with Dorie. I would love to eventually join in one of these, but for the moment may start with some blogging.

I guess i should introduce myself properly first. I am a High School teacher and live in sydney (western sydney really, far west :D ). I looovve cooking, especailly cakes, and have hooked into the cupcake craze.

I am also engaged and due to get married early January 09 (in about 1 month and 2 weeks actually). My baking obsession has spread into my wedding, with me deciding to make a biccie buffet as our bonboniere. A wonderful idea.... until i have realised that i better get moving with making the dough seeing as i have several hundred biccies to bake!! I am making the dough, rolling it into balls and freezing it, so i can go on a baking frenzy after christmas.

I love using Donna Hay recipes, but also tend to be an 'instinct' cook, with varied results. Hopefully i can share some of these with you.

I hope my food blogging goes well ... but here goes!