As far as speeches go, this one has to be up there with the best!
"Come let us go, let us see, throughout a thousand worlds weightless love awaits..." so romantic! But then, can it really get any more romantic than a prince marrying a commoner? I always knew fairytales always had a seed of possibility in them...
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Accessorizing.
Last weekend the girls and I went out to look for accessories for their dresses. Honestly, I am realising more and more than it's not that I just don't like styling fashion - I'm clueless! I feel so sorry for my girls because I can't look at their outfits and know exactly what I want/what would look good/what would work. I'm terrible to go shopping with!
So, after about 3 hours traipsing around the city we came up with these ideas:
or...
We're leaning toward the latter
This necklace is from Anthropologie and adds a little bit of visual interest to the simple dress... and I think it's just pretty.
So, after about 3 hours traipsing around the city we came up with these ideas:
The Dress:
The Legs:
The Shoes:
Either...
or...
We're leaning toward the latter
The Arms & Shoulders:
At first we really wanted a capelet/bolero/shrug but we just couldn't find one that would be appropriate to wear all day/that was nice/that was in AUSTRALIA. The girls are inside most of the day, so in the end we decided just to bring along a cardigan and they won't wear it during the ceremony....The Waist:
We got our dresses from Aurelio Costarella's sale. We decided to style them with doubled-up belts a la Costarella SS08/09. We chose light grey and cream coloured belts to lighten up the look... They look awesome.
The Jewellery:
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Jazz.
"Well you can't have a dream and cut it to fit... But when I saw you I knew... We'd go together like a wink and smile" - Harry Connick Jr
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Excited.
Oh the count down is well and truly on... Sometimes I still feel like I'm marrying Zac in 6 months time, or a years time, but definitely not 2-and-a-half weeks.
It's a funny thing, being a bride-to-be. On one hand people expect you to be SUPER-DOOPER EXCITED and all you talk about is weddings 24/7. I've known brides like that, there isn't anything wrong with it at all, but as a bystander you do wonder what happened to the rest of their life. Then the other thing is that if you do get super-dooper excited about your wedding, the details, creative things (that require precision) people are very quick to bring out the word "bridezilla" which is like a slap in the face if you're trying to stay normal while planning your wedding.
I am so excited to marry Zac, you have no idea. I'm just so aware that when I'm having a conversation with someone they may not want to hear about my wedding... they may just want to talk about books or religion or boys or friends rather than discuss the intricacies of whether my florist is grumpy or not.
I'm so conscious of showing my over-the-top excitement that I think people think I'm a bit too chilled out about the whole affair.
Except the people closest to me. They know I'm keeping it in. Sarah and Chantelle tried to get it out of me on Friday while having a coffee at Tiger Tiger.
"Sorry," I said, "If I let out my excitement now, I will make a fool of myself and everyone in this cafe will stop and stare at us."
So we're going down south this weekend, all us girls. And we're going to let out my excitement on a Winter Beach somewhere....
It's a funny thing, being a bride-to-be. On one hand people expect you to be SUPER-DOOPER EXCITED and all you talk about is weddings 24/7. I've known brides like that, there isn't anything wrong with it at all, but as a bystander you do wonder what happened to the rest of their life. Then the other thing is that if you do get super-dooper excited about your wedding, the details, creative things (that require precision) people are very quick to bring out the word "bridezilla" which is like a slap in the face if you're trying to stay normal while planning your wedding.
I am so excited to marry Zac, you have no idea. I'm just so aware that when I'm having a conversation with someone they may not want to hear about my wedding... they may just want to talk about books or religion or boys or friends rather than discuss the intricacies of whether my florist is grumpy or not.
I'm so conscious of showing my over-the-top excitement that I think people think I'm a bit too chilled out about the whole affair.
Except the people closest to me. They know I'm keeping it in. Sarah and Chantelle tried to get it out of me on Friday while having a coffee at Tiger Tiger.
"Sorry," I said, "If I let out my excitement now, I will make a fool of myself and everyone in this cafe will stop and stare at us."
So we're going down south this weekend, all us girls. And we're going to let out my excitement on a Winter Beach somewhere....
Monday, June 21, 2010
Honeymoon.
On Thursday night we had a major glitch happen with our honeymoon. The last leg our flying if from Rarotonga to Aitutaki, flying Air Rarotonga. We had scheduled everything pretty well considering there are such limited options for connecting flights from NZ-Rarotonga-Aitutaki
They emailed us saying they had had to bump us from our Aitutaki flight to an earlier flight, the only problem?
Our Air NZ flight didn't touch down until after the new flight had left.
Well, we emailed them back, saying that yes, it was a pretty big inconvenience as we would now have to find accommodation on Rarotonga for the night, cancel a night on Aitutaki [ :'( ] and or leave 2 hours after our reception (not ideal!) and spend all of Sunday in airports. Ugh!
So we emailed that to Air Rarotonga, our hotel on Aitutaki giving them a heads up as to what might happen and we researched hotels on Rarotonga and found a couple of options.
The next day Air Rarotonga emailed us back, they hadn't realised that it would mess us around that much so they canceled the whole thing, got us back on our original flight, delayed it by half and hour (in case the Air NZ flight runs late) and generally backflipped.
Which is lovely of them, I don't think a major airline would ever do that. But I think Zac may have some gray hairs now, going through that little 12 hour experience!!
They emailed us saying they had had to bump us from our Aitutaki flight to an earlier flight, the only problem?
Our Air NZ flight didn't touch down until after the new flight had left.
Well, we emailed them back, saying that yes, it was a pretty big inconvenience as we would now have to find accommodation on Rarotonga for the night, cancel a night on Aitutaki [ :'( ] and or leave 2 hours after our reception (not ideal!) and spend all of Sunday in airports. Ugh!
So we emailed that to Air Rarotonga, our hotel on Aitutaki giving them a heads up as to what might happen and we researched hotels on Rarotonga and found a couple of options.
The next day Air Rarotonga emailed us back, they hadn't realised that it would mess us around that much so they canceled the whole thing, got us back on our original flight, delayed it by half and hour (in case the Air NZ flight runs late) and generally backflipped.
Which is lovely of them, I don't think a major airline would ever do that. But I think Zac may have some gray hairs now, going through that little 12 hour experience!!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Makeup.
Loving these looks for makeup, but I have no idea what will work out....
I've never been very adventurous with makeup, whenever I get mine done for an event they always seem to give me a smoky eye. After a couple of hours though, that smoky eye starts to look a little whinehouse-esque and I end up with makeup all over my face.
I think what I appreciate about these looks is the bright/light shadow on the eyes with a prominent liner and nude lips... Kinda clean looking.
I especially love that third picture.
Ps. I was naughty and saved these pictures without a reference. If you know where they are from, let me know!
I've never been very adventurous with makeup, whenever I get mine done for an event they always seem to give me a smoky eye. After a couple of hours though, that smoky eye starts to look a little whinehouse-esque and I end up with makeup all over my face.
I think what I appreciate about these looks is the bright/light shadow on the eyes with a prominent liner and nude lips... Kinda clean looking.
I especially love that third picture.
Ps. I was naughty and saved these pictures without a reference. If you know where they are from, let me know!
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