Wedding Adventures

I thought it was high time I posted about my friend Laurie's wedding.
Wanting to make a special gift, I decided upon a quilt for her and Ryan.
Laurie and Ryan love to roadtrip, and trawling through blogland, I found a Cluck Cluck Sew Quilt called 'The Roadtrip Quilt'. Perfect. I chose some of the blues and greens from Denyse Schmidt's Picnics and Fairgrounds range.

My friend Paula helped me to finish off the quilt by screenprinting a label for it. Now to have some more labels designed for all of my quilts!

The wedding was a destination wedding, so I packed up my quilt and headed off to Dubbo.
I had a lovely weekend meeting Laurie and Ryan's families and friends and enjoying a bit of a holiday. The wedding took place at the Dubbo Zoo, where we got to see the animals and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine.

The bride showed up on a golf cart after feeding the
giraffes in her peacock print gumboots!

I made lots of new friends (and made sure we knew where
the toilets were!!)
Emily

Mel

the ceremony in the African Picnic Ground (bride in dress #1)

I found Mr Shuffles relatives!

The happy couple and me!

Sally and Lyn

and the 'Roadtrip' wedding cake

And not to forget the recovery BBQ the next day

Such a fun weekend. Congrats Laurie and Ryan xx

Sydney Town - Sally's Hens

A rather large weekend has been had! Off to Sydney Friday night and lovingly met by Laurie and a bottle of wine. I think that set the tone for the weekend!! Off to Windsor on Saturday morning for some balloon blowing and general house decorating, then Sally's arrival!!

Lunch out  - hot rocks and a bottle of vino, a flashing "Bride to be" sash and a tiara! Bridal embarrassment complete!
Home to mini manis and pedis, a tarot reader and some very "tasteful" entertainment.
Oh, of course some fun (competitive!!) games - Bachelorette Charades and Toilet Paper Brides.
Some fun food to go with the bubbles - cookies to decorate, interesting chocolate shapes and a Full Monty cake to end all cakes! Check out the butt!!

A sleepover (ie, crashing out on the couch!) and an awesome breaky outside in the morning. Thanks Fiona.
Such a fun weekend, meeting all of the Sydney girls and catching up with Laurie and Sally.
Love it!

Sally and the Alpaca

My last full day in Sydney today. I headed out to Penrith to catch up with my friend Fiona then out to Blaxland in the beautiful Blue Mountains to see Sally.
We had a good old natter, coffee and a fantastic lunch in Wentwerth Falls.  We then headed into Leura for a nosey around the gorgeous shops. I could have bought so much, especially the blankets. Can't think what I would have needed from the Alpaca Shop, except for a photo of Sal and an alpaca!!

Home to Melbourne tomorrow.