One month to go...

It's one month to go until our wedding day! I am getting excited as we start to finalise the details and countdown the days.

We visited our wedding florist Kate Hill other week and I left her studio feeling so inspired and excited. I have always wanted to be a florist but it has never quite happened. She gave us some beautiful Singapore Orchid's to take home with us and I have had the pleasure of admiring them on our dinner table for the last 2 weeks (yes they have lasted 2 weeks and are still going). Her flowers are beautiful and I really can't wait to see her creations for our big day.

Now that the RSVP's are almost all back, it's time to organise the place cards and seating arrangements.  Ruby & Scarlett did our wedding stationary and I am going to get them to do the place cards also. It was so hard to choose a style that I liked, however I kept coming back to this design which I love! Sarah from Ruby & Scarlett was fantastic to deal with. I have learnt that while cost does come into it, choosing a supplier that is passionate about what they do, and is easy to communicate with makes all the difference.

Gisborne to be our new home

Welcome to my blog! I'm excited to write my first ever post - not exactly sure how to start, so I guess I'll just start somewhere. I've set up this blog to record our journey owner building our new house. We're planning to start building next year - however lots to do before construction begins.

Gisborne is the place we've decided to build our forever home. It's kind of like a country town , but close to everything. I am sure the old folk of Gisborne would like to see it remain as a country town as it once was, however today its changing  and growing. We're contributing to that and have bought a piece of carved up old farmland which has now been converted to suburban blocks.

Our block is about 1200sqm so fairly large. We're the last one to build in the street, which is great for us, but not so great for our neighbours. Today we visited Gisborne and took the above pic on our block - in the background you can see Mt Macedon.

We spent today walking through the Gisborne Markets - held on the first Sunday of the month - always lots to see, buy and eat! I love to visit the craft, flower and gardening stalls to get a dose of inspiration.

We did have a great little find today at the market - a wooden horse. Not sure where it was made or its history. It's a great 'conversation piece' for the house. I'll google it and see what I can find out about it - maybe something for Antiques Roadshow - haha.