WEDDING ATTENDEES

Thee people made my day this past week:

Emm Peterson saying that she would arrange to start prac one day early so that she could have the Friday off to come to the wedding.

Amy Anderson saying that she would make mini quiches

Diana Seah saying she was going to make time to usher even though it meant skipping theatre.

Makes me feel like, if I really wanted to do something, I could make the time to. <3 Thanks beautiful ladies.

BEING SERENADED

by jack johnson.

Ahhhhhh..

"umm it's always better when we're together".

Bits and piece of wedding planning inspirations.

We have a colour scheme. honeysuckle and peach!





















Liking the idea of hanging stuff of branches/edges of chairs. Not sure how that's going to happen yet.










































































sources: 1, 2, 3

Don't want to give away too much!

WEDDING COLOUR/FLOWERS!

Been reading way too many wedding blogs recently.

Since I'm having a spring wedding;

I can't decide if I like VERY PALE pastels



















































or

PALE Pastels















































or


Bright colours more.
























































Being indecisive, I'm kinda leaning towards VERY PALE or PALE, with some colour.



















Like the yellows in this.



Anyone?

Picture credits: Ruffled, Style Me Pretty

WEDDING PLANNING

I have only really started planning my wedding maybe two days ago.
It's really kinda exciting but I can see how people would get stressed planning a wedding in a short time.

First, you kinda have to decide how much money you have and where you'd spend it on.
Then you have to lock in your big ticket items; the date, the church and the reception.

Because you're going to be spending so much money on the reception, you don't want to rush into it. But when you hold back, it gets booked up by vicious brides getting married in November.
Arrrggggh..I think planning a wedding is going to be difficult for someone like me because I tend to like to shop around and then come back.

Once the big ticket items are done, there's where everything else comes in.
Photographers
Dress
Bridal Party
Colour palate
Flowers
Invitations
Who should we invite!

Plus trying to work so that I can have a lot of time off!
It'll be an amazing six months.

Stay tuned <3

THE RANDOM I MISS BLOGGING POST

Month four of 2011.
Oh wow.

I miss blogging. In case you haven't figured out from the title.
Just sitting in my room, taking a break from 'life' and typing away.

Had a go at merging the pictures from 'that' Saturday.
Couldn't get it to line up because I took the pictures from different angles instead of sweeping across like a panorama. (Was going to post it here but blogger wouldn't let me).
























For those who get a text message, Brendan wrote the words on the sand.=) The letter was my favourite part <3.

Life has been mostly good, filled with lots of I'm so stressed and tired because of my PhD.
It's been good being able to think through stuff a little , with no rushing around this weekend (missing FOCUS camp though).
All I can say is, I can't wait for this part of my Uni life to be over.

Been thinking about organising the wedding. And really trusting God to provide me with the stamina to do enough with Uni, plan the wedding and take time off.

Am really glad for people who have so happily volunteered to help in any way they can.

Hmm..maybe I should take a little afternoon nap. Ahh..love the luxury of Sunday afternoons.

DAY 4 ENGAGEMENT

I will blog properly about the proposal.
It's too good not to blog about. <3
Loved everything about it from the breakkie, the cold wind, the running around in the rain, words in the sand, the stone that will remind me that I'm about to be 'someone's wife' =), the amazing letter.
More than the actions, were the thoughts that went behind everything. The prayer, planning, physical exertion and sacrifice. And I will blog properly about this.

But today I want to talk about something else.

I've told the proposal story probably about 50 times (probably going to tell it a few more times too). I've explained about when I'm going to get the ring about 80 times (somehow guys are very curious about the ring).

As good as the proposal story is. As much as I'm going to love the ring that I get.

Those shouldn't be the main things in my head right. I love romance and pretty trinkets as much as every girl out there (in fact I'm the typical girl).

But the question I need to be asked is not how many carats the ring is but is he going to gently but firmly nudge me towards Christ.

Is he going to love and sacrifice himself for me, just like Christ did for his church?
Am I going to be a good wife, that submits to his leadership?
How can we plan our wedding in a way that shows that we trust God?

I am very blessed indeed. If you know me, I'm not into public displays of affections.
But to quote Bec, " I have truly got a good guy'.

The proposal was great.
I love the stone.

But, it wasn't the proposal or the stone that made me said yes (though the letter was amazing indeed).
It was the 3 + years of watching him love God more, make big sacrifices and learn to be patient.

I'm going to keep telling the proposal story as though it's the first time I've told it.
I'm going to really love my ring.

But what is going to make this marriage count is not romance and pretty gifts.
It's being united under Christ that is really going to make the difference.