Wedding Photos

It's been a long time coming (um, 2 years) but I've finally got around to hanging up some wedding photos in our home. During out wedding reception we had our photographer set up a blank background, and we provided some props for our guests to use in photos- we got some absolute gems, like this one of my great Aunt and Uncle,



This one of my Mum and Dad (on the left) with their University friends,



And this one of my cousins (note the thumbs up photo bombing.)



Michael and I also got in on the action- I've been meaning to frame this one for a while.



I took this old picture and popped the painting out of, then took to it with a can of spray paint.



I had the photo printed onto a block at Snapfish- A fun way of displaying photos, and a bit different to the usual canvas. I put them together, voilà! (Now I'm looking around to find other things to spray paint glossy red.)



The other photos I put up are a collection of my favourites in a multi frame from Briscoes. Although this family looks like they are having a rollicking good time at the beach, it was nice that my photos arrived so quickly from Snapfish.



I altered the frame a little, cutting out the divider between the two square holes at the top of the frame, so I could fit in the wedding car ute.



A nice wee tribute to our special day. And a not so wee tribute in an upcoming post......

Two Pieces of Painted Furniture

I've painted two pieces of furniture for the spare bedroom. I just need to hang a couple of pictures and find a mirror, then I can give you the 'tour'.

One is a wee bedside cabinet I bought for $65, and the chest of drawers was a hand me down from our early flatting days.

I used the colour 'Fort Dorset' from the Dulux colours of NZ range. It's more blue en masse that the wee swatch looked- I was hoping for a rather pale industrial grey, but this actually suits the room and the direction I've taken the decorating in better. (Or maybe it's leading the direction the decorating is going in....)

I left the original hardware on the bedside cabinet, but took the handles off the drawers. Unfortunately the handles I removed were not a current standard size, being mere millimitres wider than the handles you can buy today so my plans to put a nice cup handle on it were thwarted. Being too lazy and impatient eager to finish the project I opted for two knobs on the drawers instead of filling, sanding and repainting 8 little holes- this came out to roughly the same price as the cup handles would have been, and I think it looks cute. Plus you can hang stuff off them.

Next up on my list? This beauty.

I'm swinging between a really dark charcoal grey and a dark grey purple. Any thoughts? Have you painted any furniture lately?

Tea Towels as Art :: 2

A while back I posted about choosing a tea towel to put on the wall in our kitchen as art. In the end I chose the 'Great British Biscuit' one.

When I went to buy a canvas to stretch it around, I couldn't find one the right size, so I took myself off to Mitre 10 to buy some wood and screws and built a simple frame to stretch the tea towel over. In the wood section I met a woman who was looking for wood to anchor the roman blinds she was sewing to her window frames. Eventually a nice young man came and helped us, we both looked pretty bewildered! (Though not as confused as the screws section made me. Why are there so many different types?!)

I used little tacks to secure the tea towel to the back of the frame, and neatly mitred the corners. I had to undo the side hems to make it fit, but I can easily sew them back up if I decide to use it for it's original purpose.

After putting several nails into the wall to try and get it to hang straight (note: spirit level is your friend) I wasn't really feeling the love. But I really do like it hanging up there on my wall!

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The wallpaper

I had a couple of comments on the stunning wallpaper in the dining room. I think it's really cool, but unfortunately its quite faded. Alot of similar things are coming back into the wallpaper books these days, without the 70's colours of course!

Here's a better picture



Thanks for all the house love! We are really enjoying being in our own place, making decisions without consulting a landlord!