New Years Resolutions

Our little slice of paradise (emphasis on little!)

Its almost a year since I last posted to my poor little blog, and similar to my last post there have been a multitude of changes in my life, not least of which has been becoming a home owner for the very first time! So my focus has shifted a little from wedding plans to floorplans, flower arrangements to furniture, and modern ceremony to mid-century modern style!

In a nutshell: life is pretty sweet, but I still have some bigs plans for the future and Ive gathered a few thoughts on how to get there. I have been pondering how to fufill my work aspirations, expand my skills and feel good about myself and my place in the world. I think that writing it down (and sticking to my promise to post more often!) is probably a good way to start.

So here it is - my Handy Dandy 2008 New Years/Life Resolutions (backdate these to New Years Eve)

1. Post to blog more often (alright, so right now more often can mean anything under 6 months per post, so I will quanitfy this one at at least twice a week)
2. Design & be creative/crafty for 2 hours per day - either for someone or for myself - with the view to earning enough from design to eventually work for myself
3. Work out how to become a carbon neutral household, or at the very least more environmentally conscious
4. Have a 'screen free' day one night per week - no computer, no TV, no phone

Some of these are pretty simple & shouldnt take long to acheive - for instance I just need to get my butt to the pilates class and rejoin - and some are quite large goals, like being able to work for myself. Some of them I have already started, and some are things I want to do over time to be a better person all-round and more of a global citizen. Im thinking the blog will now document the progress of these, as well as the progress of making my little house into our first real home.

Wish me luck, Ive got a lot of work to do! :)

PS. Im super interested to know if anyone is still out there reading this blog? There was a bit of interest earlier on, particularly with my japanese crafting things, but its certainly been a long time between posts and Im wondering if youre still about. Leave me a comment to say hello if youre stopping by again (or just arriving!)

New Beginnings

feb24th - we started our journey together as mr and mrs :)
(and yes, thats actually us! its an amazing photo I know!!)

I cannot believe how much I have neglected my poor blog! I suppose you always have the good intentions to update regularly and diligently document things that you make and do, but in actual practice its very time consuming and who has any spare time these days? I really must apologise though for my lack of posting, I promise I will try to post more often!

So, hows it going?
I cant believe my last post was in AUGUST LAST YEAR *gasp*, a whole lotta things have happened since then! I think the most major life event was that I became a missus, and travelled to Europe and Sri Lanka for the first time on our honeymoon. Other than that we have been working working working to save for a house, which we hope to buy later in the year. I havent been crafting as much lately (ultra repetitive wedding DIY kinda killed my crafting desire for a while there), but I am getting the itch again and I have a project or two in the works. Im also thinking of expanding my 'repertoire' here, and posting some interior design/decorating and perhaps cooking.. what do you think?

some wedding DIY - 8 pg handmade invites, hand done bonbonierre

I *heart* ebay

Dear Ebay,
You are always there for me when I need some obscure item. When Im pining for a brooch to wear in my hair, you have it. And you give it to me for only $7.63 including postage. You are the best friend a gal could ever have.

Love, your friend
Delaks xxxx

PS. This is the first accessory I have bought for the wedding! To be worn like this:

Or maybe even like this:

Funky Stationery

In Martha Blue and Red colour scheme

I am building quite a portfolio of invite designs atm, the more I do the more I want to experiment with new styles. This set is designed to be a more fun/casual design, and my first foray into floral motifs (Im not much of a flowery person, but I know there are plenty of brides out there that are). Im beginning to find a 'signature style' in these experiments that I hope is unique and interesting enough that I could sell these at some stage in the future (or at the rate of design Im going, send each of my 200 guests individually designed invites!! lol)

In Hot Pink and Pink colour scheme

Stripy Stationery

So I have done another set of wedding stationary just for the fun of it, but I think its actually something I might end up using for our own wedding. The more I muck around with the design of my invites (and I think this one is invite redesign number 7 or 8 at this stage...) the more I think I might like to do this as a bit of a hobby/small business. Tough industry though, I wonder how I would deal with my bridezilla self as a customer??

In other news: this website made me chuckle this week, although it makes me wonder if any of my family/friends/wedding suppliers would like to send me a "please shut up about your fucking wedding, bridezilla" postcard because quite frankly I do talk about my wedding A LOT ;P hehehe