[our wedding]

On the 13th October 2012, I married my Dan.

Now that the holiday season is behind us, I've finally had a little time to myself to sit down and select a few of my favourite photos to share with you.

Yena and Patrick of Sugarblush Photography were the creatives behind the lens.

Earlier in the year we had our engagement shoot with them and from then on we knew we were onto a good thing!

I decided that on the morning of the wedding, I would get ready in our little unit - the place where Dan and I had renovated and decorated to our little hearts' content over the last couple of years.

It just felt right.

We were married at the chapel where Dan went to high school and my cousin sang and played guitar as I walked down the aisle to this - have a listen, it's beautiful!

My bouquet was bound with lace as well as a little locket with my Nan's photo inside.

The reception was held in "The Tote" at Eagle Farm Racecourse - a beautiful long building, 100 years old this year with the most unique little windows along the length of the room.

We were looking for a venue with a bit of "soul".

We had all 100 guests seated at one long banquet table that I was able to style the day before (with help from a few friends and family of course!)

Today our wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty Australia (which I may or may not have woken up and 11am US eastern standard time to view) so I knew today was the day I needed to get my act together and share them here!

Enjoy x

My favourite moment was when Dan and I entered into the reception. We danced in together and then ran down the length of the banquet table, high-fiving everyone along the way - so much fun!

A completely amazing day!

Jx

Wedding Photography: Sugarblush Photography / Flowers: Brisbane Flower Market / Wedding Cake: Brooke Engler  of Eat My Cake / Wedding Stationery: Lady B Paperie / Wedding Dress: Wendy Makin / Accessories: Stephanie Browne / Hair: Papas & Pace / Robes: Plum Pretty Sugar / Vase/doily hire: Fancy Tea

[a very happy new year]

A very happy new year to you all!
I hope you all had a fab evening!
We spent the final hours of 2012 amongst close friends, sipping too many cocktails, late evening swimming and dressed like we fell out of The Love Boat.

I'm usually not big on new year's resolutions but I did make a little one to myself this year.

An achievable one I think.

Now that the wedding planning circus has left town, I've made a promise to myself to give this little blog some much needed TLC.  It was sadly pushed to the side when I became a little more stressed and had a little less free time leading up to the wedding (which I've also realised I haven't yet shared photos - how rude of me!)

Very very soon (but not soon enough) I'll be commencing my Interior Design course and am so looking forward to sharing with you my creative discoveries along the way!

So that's my little resolution.

Oh and to read the Harry Potter series - I really should find out what all the hype is about.

See you again very soon!!!

Jx

[our engagement session]

Such exciting news!!!
Our engagement session was featured on Style Me Pretty Australia!
I'm so thrilled to be sharing these with you all.  It was such a fun afternoon!

Yena and Patrick were our photographers from Sugar Blush Photography and we could not be happier that we have them to capture our special day in October!

If you fancy having a look at the rest, here's the original post and here's the gallery. Jx

images via sugar blush photography and style me pretty australia

[go go daniel san!]

This was my weekend...

(The middle shot is Dan trying to tell me that he'd lost his watch in the swim leg)

How was yours?

Jx

[shark frenzy]

To celebrate Dan's big-number birthday and his fondness of sharks, we held a party at a bowls club and invited our closest friends to come drink, be merry and dress like sharks.
Convenient and maybe a little sad, I didn't need to buy any new shark paraphernalia for decorations.

And I made, what I'm pretty sure are the best most delicious cupcakes of my baking history.
A special thanks goes out to Taste.com!
Here tis!

Chocolate Cupcakes

100g dark chocolate

1 cup (250ml) water

125g butter, softened

1 1/4 cups (255g) brown sugar

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups (225g) self-raising flour

1/2 cup (75) plain flour

1/4 cup (30g) cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 160°C.
Line 18 x 1/3-cup (80ml) capacity muffin pans with paper cases.
Melt the chocolate and water in a saucepan over low heat - stir 5mins or until smooth. Cool.
Beat the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each until just combined.
Add the flours and cocoa powder and stir until just combined.
Add the melted chocolate mixture and stir to combine.
Spoon evenly among the lined muffin pans.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Ice with butter icing with blue colouring and top with gummy sharks.
Serve to your shark victim, loan shark, grey-nurse and MC hammer-head friends.

Happy hump day!!! Jx

[vintage school map]

I'm off the boat and my body finally feels like I'm no longer on one. Hope you all had a fantastic Chrissy break!
I thought I'd share with you what I bought Daniel San for his "big number" b-day...

Isn't she lovely!

It took me a little while to find what I was looking for but I ended up sourcing it from empirical style.

Happy friday everyone!!! Jx



[it's daniel san's birthday!]

Happy Birthday Daniel San!!!!

You make life fun!

Jx

[we're engaged!]

After five amazing years, Dan asked me to marry him.

Oh, and I said yes.

I can't wait to marry my best friend!

Jx