setting up house.

We have a list.

A highly practical list.
Of things we need to set up home.
Things like…
- cutlery
- pots & pans
- a toaster …
Things that we don’t have yet.
But would you like to see what is on my dream list??
the list where money and space are not a problem?
It’s a FUN list!
...
an Eames Rocker.
in white.
With stainless steel legs.
an artisan kitchenaid mixmaster.
M likes the apple green one.
and I am tossing up between the 'ice blue'
... although I also like the pistachio one too!
This print & this one too.Ikea pendal floor clock/bookcase.
only $299 and such a cute item!
a new rug for the lounge room.
in a graphic print.
this one is from Spotlight found via ish & chi blog - here.
these ones are from West Elm.
- oh to have this shop in australia!a funky shower screen.
no idea where this is from, but I do love the print and colours!
lots of cute throw cushions.
This one is from etsy, although I have lost the link :(
love the frills!
pssst I just found the link on a giveaway!!
- Hettle.An Eric Pfeiffer coffee table.
or side table.
or magazine holder.
- there's just something about molded wood :)white storage shelving unit & organizer
for the 'studio/spare bedroom'
love the style of this unit + having drawers included too.
I also thought this was a great idea for organizing fabric neatly in a closet :)
Found here.
+ I can't wait to make a 'his' and 'her' gumdrop cushion for the lounge room.
with the pattern I was lucky enough to get for my birthday :D!
ps. M – there is an actual literal list you may not be aware of quite yet! And yes the Eames chair is on it ;)

sweet birthday package.

It’s true, I love to shop for gifts, I also love to buy gifts and then wrap them all up.

But even more than that…
I love to make birthday gifts for special people in my life.So that’s just what I did for one of our dear friends Rinny who just had her birthday (and also just got a new macbook!!) I jumped at the chance to make her a lovely little laptop cozy (similar to mine).Then I had fun wrapping it all up :)!

Oh yes, and I am still quite obsessed with brown paper packages, paper doilys and pegs ;)

engagement #7

Just some extra images from the day that make me smile!

Rachel’s pretty braids.
(amazing image taken by Morgan - he has a good eye huh?
– I also love how this is one of his favourites from the day!)
My adorable grandpa (one half of the 'original young lovers'!).Coloured paper in a jar.
Cute shoes.
our congratulations morgan & katie sign
- from here martha stewart.com.k + m = love
roses in the garden.
roses in jam jars.
tied with string (we had these on all the tables).
& more cupcakes – the dodgy ones, but they really do make me smile anyway!
:)

engagement #6

The Guestbook.
I am so glad we decided to put a guest book together. Not only did it give our guests something fun to do during the party, but we got some really neat responses and they were so fun to sit down at breakfast the next morning and read together. I am planning to scrapbook them together in an album with our engagement photos and photos from the party.To set up it was as easy as hanging twine between two palm trees, supplying some pens (provided in jam jars of course), a vase full of pegs, a vase full of scrap booking paper which I cut into small squares and some instructions. We also used the string to display some of our favourites images from our engagement photo shoot.
The papers and photos looked so pretty all hanging up they were the last decorations to come down too!!Here are some of our favourites:

“Grandma and Grandpa (the original young lovers) are so happy to see you continuing on our family tradition. Lots of babies for God and country please
xxx love ooo”

“Make sure your couch is longer than 6ft so I can sleep on it”

"Still learning about wisdom... but so far this is what I know.. don't stop talking :)"
"Dear Ktbear & Morgan hmm a word of wisdom what can I say? be grateful for every act of kindness. Remember to say thank you"
“Katie I love you and Morgan love ebonie”
From my parents:

engagement #5

The Photobooth.

Photobooths have been going around blog land like crazy lately and it looked like such fun I decided we just had to give it ago too.For the backdrop I headed to Spotlight’s sale rack and found this cute country fabric for only $4 a metre. I simply cut the length in half, sewed it together and then roughly sewed up the side seams to make it neat. Then it was as simple as hanging a rope between two trees and pegging the sheet to the rope (we also used safety pins to make sure it was extra secure). And because it was slightly windy during the party we secured the bottom of the sheet into the ground with a few tent pegs.
I also found this tutorial for felt moustaches (it has down loadable stencils too) and I cut them out while Morgan used the hot glue gun to piece them together. Lets just say… they were FUN!
To capture our photos we set up one of our point and shoot cameras on the tripod and tada – hours of fun and cheap entertainment :)
It was a hit and took some of the best (and funniest) photos of our guest see:
This is Jesse-the-cupcaker-icier-extraordinaire and Aaron who were such a huge help with cooking and setting up :)Little Katelyn is just so funny & dramatic. She "made her crown especially for the party" and "just in time too!!"
aaawww
& my lovely little cousin Ella made this special paper heart for me :)