The easy part...Completed

Trawling the web, looking at clothing (especially dresses) is something that I can sit and do for hours, for me its relaxing, I don't have to think too hard and I can sit and indulge my wants. 

So along the way it seems only natural that the first thing that I have decided on for the wedding is the dress...some may find that this is the hardest part in planning a wedding, but for me once I saw this Allure dress, the search was over as nothing compared...



I love the elegance of this dress, and that it suits the kind of wedding we are planning in keeping with a rustic-vintage feel, and the biggest plus its no meringue so I can dance the night away in comfort, ahhhhhh getting the maximum amount of time I can in the wedding dress as I don't plan on doing this again.

For me the easy part is now completed and now its time to start looking at bridesmaid dresses in which I am definitely finding a lot harder, having to cater to different body types and find styles that look good on everyone is proving to be difficult.  I have chosen to have grey bridesmaids dresses, so far the selection is not exciting.  So ideas, suggestions and feedback on grey bridesmaid dresses will be very much appreciated!

Summer 2011 Hair Trend: Waterfall French Braid

Easy-to-DIY, yet gorgeous beauty look…the Waterfall French braid has become an absolute hair trend for Summer 2011. Learn how to plait your hair to get this elegant half-up half-down hairstyle.

Working perfect both for straight and wavy hair, waterfall french braid has become a perfect hairstyle for the summertime.  And no wonder as it is very easy to DIY; it looks chic and elegant and can keep your hair off your face (important for those hot summer days).

I love that all kinds of braids are absolute hair trends this summer, as they look great and are so easy to achieve.

To create this braided hairstyle just follow a few easy steps. Please see the below link to watch the Waterfall French braid tutorial;
http://www.ourvanity.com/beauty/hair/summer-2011-hair-trend-waterfall-french-braid/

Online finds

Today felt like Christmas with four packages waiting for me when I got home, I just had to share the fantastic goodies I bought online...my absolute favourite was this dress from Ladakh!

Among the new arrivals were a pair of Hunter Wellies, an essential item for any girl moving to a farm where looking stylish even in gumboots can be achieved.  I like to think that even though I will be living in the middle of nowhere I can still own some beautiful things.  My online weakness is definitely ASOS at the moment, where along with the gumboots, I bought a funky Boyfriend Style watch and Seafolly Convent Garden bikini for my up and coming holiday with James to the Gili Islands.

For some amazing bed linen checkout the website for AURA by Tracie Ellis, I bought the above quilt cover, Sienna in Blackberry to add a rich injection of colour into one of the guest rooms that has white furnishings.

This picture bought a smile to my day...and how I love online shopping.
Source @ Box-Life

Where do I start?

I now find that after the hard hard slog of preparing for and then being part of a huge integration process, I currently have tons of spare time...3 weeks to go before redundancy!  The daily challenges have disappeared, and with most of the employees now gone sadly the office is incredibly quiet.

So what do you do with yourself each day that you rock into the office ready to do something, anything...aaannny-thing-at-all??  Hmmmm start a blog?  But what to write when it appears you have not a lot happening, when you have answered the few queries received from the counterparts in Melbourne (and boy am I lucky to get a query...woooo how long can I drag this out for...oh darn 5 min's...now what???).

Now that my resume has been tweaked, re-written, re-jigged and tweaked some more for a job that I might apply for in three months time, I find that I just am not very interested in looking at the job market, after all I did promise myself and James that I would enjoy the summer off to take a holiday, paint the house, and host the parentals at Christmas...and its quite likely I will never have the opportunity to enjoy the summer off like this again.  So what to do with my days now that I have a) answered the single query and b) have prepared myself for a job that I will apply for at some stage?

I find myself looking at wedding stuff, for me the girl that has never been too interested in planning a wedding, I am starting to get into it a lot more than I thought.  When James proposed, the first thing I said was obviously "Yes" and then "We don't have to get married for a while, yeah?"  Don't get me wrong, I love a good wedding, I'm just not much of a planner, its not my forte.

So I have started reading wedding blogs, and was inspired to start my own...my own what???? So its going to be baby steps with the easy stuff for now...things I like and ideas that might fit in with our style of wedding.

In which you may ask (or not) what kind of wedding do you want?  In that I am not sure, but currently freaking out a little with the sheer magnanimity of some weddings inviting the 200+ guests with gigantic reception venues, so many flowers that everyone needs to take a dose of Claratyne and me having to wear layer upon layer of fru-fru meringue.

So far the musings are of a rustic-vintage feel, possibly on James' parents farm in New Zealand, with a marquee reception, in which we have a relatively laid back day because it is our day to share and celebrate with family and friends.

Welcome to my blog, as I find myself sitting at the computer with but little to do but look around at the world wide web...I figure time to embrace the blog world and share some of the things that make me smile.