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It’s good to be back

Now that the craziness that is planning a wedding is over, I can’t wait to …
… feel normal, have my life back and chillax with my man. We have big plans to do a whole lot of nothing.
… cook meals at home, from scratch, at my own pace. Oh man.
… feel creative. Weddings tend to sap the creativity from other aspects of your life.
… make stuff. I can’t express how much I am looking forward to knitting, crocheting, sewing and painting to my hearts content.
… spend time with my husband and do things like hold hands, go to the movies, snuggle kitties, and focus on planning our life together.
… get used to saying and using the word ‘husband’. 
… enjoy the coming seasons! Autumn is my favourite. And don’t get me started on Christmas. Hell yeah. 
I’m so excited to get back into the swing of things, so I already have a couple of projects lined up for the immediate future …
– A recycled pillow tutorial. Painfully simple.
– Some spray paint furniture projects. I had way too much fun spray painting teapots for our wedding.
– A halloween themed crochet pillow project {which I’m hoping to tackle during honeymoon travelling}.
– And back to basics with some interior design goodies. Keep your eyes peeled for delights coming soon. 
Happy Monday all 🙂
Image cred 1 and 2. 
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Sneak peek – our wedding

At long last, I can finally say I am someone’s WIFE. Even just writing that is crazy. Our big day has come and gone, and three days in we’re still catching up on sleep and adjusting to having a non-hectic schedule. We had an amazing time, but it’s true what they say – it was all over in what seems like an instant!

Today I share a snippet of our big day with you. And when I say snippet, I mean these are the only pictures I have of the day. Up first, my bouquet in waiting – especially matched to the bridesmaids dresses, grown and flown in from Holland. I have Dolores from Dunboyne / Ongar Flowers to thank for her extreme attention to detail …

Our wedding cakes and the perfect tea themed boxes they came in. You can’t plan stuff like that. Huge thank you to Mannings Bakery for our amazing cakes. I had some for breakfast this morning. After all, I don’t need to squeeze into a dress anymore … Please don’t judge me.

And a shit-ton of hydrangeas, teapots and teacups. So much eye candy. We’ll be getting our wedding photos in a couple of weeks from the incredibly talented Karina Finegan, and I am beyond excited to see and share how she and her lovely assistant Emily captured our day.

But for the moment, keep your eyes peeled for a little tutorial I’ll be posting soon! Then we’ll be off on our honeymoon, so I’m going to try my hand at timing some blog posts for while we’re gone so ya’ll don’t get bored.

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Just right

Last night I did some experimenting. Before you get too excited, it was with flowers and how we would arrange our teapot centrepieces, what combinations looked good, and how many flowers we would need per teapot. 
Before any of you vomit directly into your mouths, yes those are carnations, and yes I bought them in all their dark and moodiful glory. I know some people can get aggro when the word ‘carnation’ is even mentioned. But think of these mixed with dark purple smoke tree leaves, dark {possibly black} roses , and of course, hydrangeas, all of which set against dainty old teapots and the likes. Om, nom, nom. 
But I have a dirty secret. I painted this hydrangea. I used Montana‘s matt finish spray paint in ‘Winegum’, sprayed from afar to avoid drips or blotches, and I have to say, it is incredibly convincing and natural looking. A light dusting in places to still reveal the natural colour in some areas, I think I’ve found my ideal bouquet colour*.
See the before and after pictures below … {keep in mind these photos don’t do the ‘after’ picture enough justice}. What do you think? For the record, fiance didn’t realized it was sprayed. But then again, he’s a man.

*I should state that when ordering hydrangeas, you can’t get them in this colour. Farmed hydrangeas don’t come in a spectrum of colours like you would find in your neighbours garden, so the flowers available to us are only in a limited number of bright hues.