Just a minute in...December

Hello lovelies! It's December and time is just flying by! I've had a bit of a bad day. I dropped my iPhone and the screen is cracked badly. Sigh I really need a drop proof case. I've done this before but last time it was a blank white screen and that one had to get fixed properly. My brother can fix the glass.

My poor phone lol :(

And after the dropping incident I went running up the stairs at home and the pocket of my dress caught the end of the staircase banister and it completely ripped!

It's only an at home dress but still :(

Anyway.....it's time for Just a Minute in December....

Thinking... About all the wedding things we need to complete. There are a lot of details that need attention.

Putting... Together the wedding invites. We finally got them but they are taking ages to put together. Plus the printer didn't charge us for anything!! Huge Blessing (though I did spend a bit on the envies and other paper bits)

Praying... For sanity. I feel as though I'm losing my mind.

Wanting... A full body massage, a facial and a hair treatment...I just want pampering :)

Wishing... My room would clean itself.

Loving... The positivity I feel no matter how many things go wrong. Thank you God!

Hoping... For a beautiful wedding and that people remember my birthday afterwards lol (Feb 1st if you're wondering...it's my 25th!)

Thanking... God for all my wonderful friends and family. They help with so much and stop me from going crazy.

And this post needs to end with some Christmas images :)

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I better get back to doing the invitations. SO much to do!! Have a wonderful rest of week.

Catch Up

Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. We are probably going to rent for about 6 months first and take our time with looking for a place. Jase and I are both having mini freak outs. It's strange seeing him stressed because he is usually so laid back.

I have a small catch up. A few weeks ago it was my brother Alvin's engagement party. It was such a beautiful place but it rained so they had to move it inside. There were marquees set up in the yard....it's a shame it rained but it cooled down the terribly hot weather.

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My bro Alvin and his fiance Melly. They're a fantastic couple.

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Melly and me. The deck area is lovely and the house even more beautiful!

My beautiful Laura and me.

My brother made the wishing well. I think he did a fantastic job! My oldest brother was making coffees. He has a coffee van business and the coffees for the guests was his present to Alvin and Melly.

I just thought this light tree was pretty.

The house they had the engagement at was massive! This mirror was just before the bathroom. Such a gorgeous house.

And I won a giveaway from Kristen of While We're Waiting!!

It's the first one I've ever won. I'm getting these 3 Christmas cd's! Yay!

I still have plenty of things to catch up on. Packages, letters, cards, cleaning, and a ton of wedding things. I'm seriously going crazy. Only 7 weeks to go!!

Have a wonderful week!!

A little Wishlist and more

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I feel so out of touch from the blog world lately. There is so much going on. First off, our offer got accepted for one of the townhouses we were looking at. And we were going to sign contracts today when my dad called me to tell me that the area and street we were looking at was not good. Lots of domestics and drugs....it freaked me out a bit plus I was already feeling a bit weird about the place. It was our second choice but I know that I was getting so caught up in wanting a place that I didn't take other things into consideration. I liked it but I guess I didn't love it. The one we loved got sold basically a day or two after we went to look at it. So now, we haven't signed contracts but we're not sure if we will lose any money. It's so confusing.

I'm just feeling stress and pressure and I feel like I'm making the wrong decisions. There is so much to do and I'm not sure that I'm making the right decisions or whether I'm just doing them because I need to. Sigh....sorry I have been having emotional posts lately.

Anyway, I thought I would post a small Etsy Wishlist. I'll try and post a few of them.

Ok, finally onto the wishlist......This is sort of my Christmas gift list ideas too.

Me and my Unicorn fine art print

from Alicebgardens Etsy

Vera, vintage style gold mirror necklace

from prettypeonies etsy

Hello Mini Index sticky notes

from Nothing Elegant etsy

Love 5 x 7 print

from Lolasroom etsy

I heart U cozy mug in aqua

from vesselsandwares

Golden Wings Angel Moon Bun

from Moonscreations etsy

Magnetic Attraction 1 inch magnet

from Buttonempire etsy

A small tough ruffles zipper purse in pale and dark coral

from madebyhank etsy

The Official Mail Correspondence stamp set

from thesmallobject etsy

Inspiration Apples

from lapomme etsy

Tiny Heart earrings

from cherrycreek etsy

Love letter flower corsage brooch

from deciduoussoul etsy

So that's a part of my Etsy wishlist. I have a few other things to catch up on and I hope to do it another post. Have a wonderful weekend!

Giveaway Winner! Whee!

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Hello lovelies! I want to thank everyone who entered my giveaway. I used Random.org. The winner is....

Micaela!

So I will be sending out a gratitude journal out to you soon!

I want to say thank you so much for entering my giveaway. I actually have another one lined up and will post about it soon!

But I really wanted to give something else away in this post so I decided to make two more draws to win this....

Tiny Moleskine Volant notebooks. These are really tiny 6.5cm x 10cm (approx 2.5 in x 3.93 in). They are pocket sized and perfect for keeping up with little lists or to note down any thoughts you have during the day. Moleskines are definitely one of my favourite notebooks. These ones are all blank notebooks.

I'll be giving away another two (packs of 2) from the list of everyone who entered.

They are....

Megan of Time after Tea

Little Tiara

If you could just email me that would be fantastic! gracienne.nancy@gmail.com

A brief wedding update....

* We went to get our rings today and my ring was ordered in the white gold instead of yellow gold. So it has to be sent away again. Good thing we have time.

* Our invites are basically ready, they just need to be printed. And I'm still gluing the tiny envelopes (it's taking a long time)

* We have a few more townhouse appointments. There is one we both really like. I hope it all goes well.

And I'm starting to have a little freak out. I feel as though I have so much left to do. I can't shut my brain off at night and in the morning I have to get up early because my brain switches on early. I'm feeling really tired and kind of emotional lately.

Anyway, congrats to the winners. I hope you enjoy the tiny Moleskines. Have a wonderful week!

Another Wedding update

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There isn't any major news. Lots of bits and pieces. First it's my brother Alvin's engagement party tomorrow. They are having an afternoon event. A sort of high tea. It's crazy that he's getting married in April! It's only 58 days for Jason and me.

Dress for Alvin and Melly's engagement. It's a size too big but I loved it so much!

A list of things.....

* Our wedding rings have come in! We are going to pick them up this weekend. I'm thinking of having them engraved?

* Our invitations will hopefully be printed soon (we're running out of time eeepp!) The printer at my mum's work said he can do it. We only have to pay for the printing. He's not charging for the paper and the cutting. A huge blessing! We were thinking of printing it ourselves because I got a quote from a shop and it was waaayy to much. I bought more ink for my printer and found out it can print double sided :) We will use it for programs and other stationery.

* I've booked the Emporium hotel for the night before the wedding for my bridesmaids and me. It's such a beautiful hotel! Plus Jason and I will be booked in there for a few nights after the wedding.

* Our honeymoon is completely booked and paid for. We picked up all the documents. (I do want to shop for honeymoon!)

* I'm starting to think about decorations for the ceremony site and the reception venue. I know that there will be a photo booth definitely. More about this another time.

* A friend of mine is going to do my hair and my bridesmaids hair. It's going to be quite simple.

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This is the style I was thinking about for hair. Just simple curls. For all of us. Maybe put a flower of something in our hair :) What do you think?

* I do need to buy a veil though. I completely forgot. And accessories which will just be some earrings.

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Something similar to that style I think. I don't want them really dangly because I don't really wear dangly earrings. And the bridesmaids will be similar. I probably won't have have anything else though.

Anyway, I'm thinking of putting up the Christmas tree or going Christmas shopping now. I can't quite decide.

Remember to enter my Giveaway. I have a little extra something in store :)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

P.S. I've sent out most of my Christmas cards! So hopefully you get them soonish.

A special giveaway!

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Thanks for all your comments on our invites. It's not quite finished yet but they are the mock ups. I was more of the ideas person but Jason is the graphic designer :) So glad I'm marrying someone who is also creative. (We've already decided to have a creative room for all our projects). It's two months away today!

Well I have a special giveaway for you. It's a pre wedding/just because you're awesome. I really love the blogging community and I wanted to give something back. I thought I would giveaway a Compendium journal. I find them beautiful and inspiring. I thought I would let the winner choose which journal they would like from this list.

So all you have to do to enter is to...

1. Leave a comment here about what makes you happy and which journal you would like

2. Be a follower

If you want extra entries you can blog about it if you want to, just comment here to let me know. I really hope you enjoy this giveaway. I actually have another one lined up but that will be for later.

Oh and it closes on Sunday 29th December. And remember I live in Australia so this will be a bit earlier for the closing date.

Thank you all for being so so awesome!

Invite Reveal

Hello lovelies! It's a beautiful day today. I feel like doing nothing but there is so much on my to do list. Oh and thanks for the comments. I love my pink shoes too!

Last Friday night, Jason and I watched New Moon, which I loved (surprisingly). And we also randomly met up with Laura and Josh. We just saw them (Josh first, Laura came later) and found out we were watching the same movie. I love little surprises like that.

I thought I would post our wedding invitations. It is basically finished. It needs some tweaking but the main design is done. It's 62 Days on my wedding countdown. Tomorrow it will be exactly 2 months until the wedding!! Oh my! A part of me has little freak outs about this. Especially when I realised how much I still need to do. All the little details.

Anyway, here's the invite draft.....

This is the main invite. That space underneath is for a tiny envelope. I'm making those myself. It's taking a long time.

The tiny envelopes will have these tiny cards inside. This is the back with the monogram Laura created for us.

These are the little details on the cards. Contact details, a dress code, a little wedding date calender and a diet card (which probably won't work anymore because we aren't having RSVP cards for people to send back anymore).

You can click on the pictures to see it a little clearer and larger. We are now in the process of just confirming details and finding a printing place.

Also we decided not to have the wax seal which was meant to be for the tiny envelope. We might make our own sticker seals instead.

What do you all think? This is still the draft. There are a few things we are going to change. But this is the main design. Ignore the gray/silver border. That part is getting chopped off.

Have a lovely week!