Fresh pasta.

After our long car trip we had a day to recover and relax. We did a little gardening and tidying and then decided to do some cooking. We have an abundance of herbs in our garden, so my talented husband made some fresh pasta and then we pressed basil and oregano into it. We put the pasta through the pasta machine until we got to the last, and thinest setting. Then we laid the sheet on the bench, found halfway and placed herbs on one half of it. We then folded the plain end onto the herbed end and put it back through the pasta maker, pressing both halves together. It took a while, but it was totally worth it. Not only did it look pretty, it tasted amazing as well.

A long trip.

We went to Bendigo on the weekend to celebrate our Grandfather's 80th birthday. We set off early on Thursday with a car packed full of goodies for the trip. It took us 12 hours to get there – a long trip – but we enjoyed the adventure.

Bendigo is a lovely country town with plenty of history and beautiful architecture. I loved the grand buildings and monuments. It has funky little lane ways filled with great shops and places to eat. The sun shone, we saw a crochet covered bike, ate mexican food and I even found a shop that sold awesome clothes for boys, Milt & Joe.

Apart from the family get-together, the highlight was going to the Grace Kelly exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery. It was amazing to see the collection of Grace's clothes and accessories. What a beautiful woman.

What a wonderful weekend.

And then they were married.

Well, it's been a week since the wedding. It feels a little like it does after Christmas – all that build up and excitement and then it's over, gone, done – and you're left wondering what to do with yourself. The day was wonderful. The weather was perfect and everything looked beautiful. We did pretty much everything ourselves, so it has taken me the whole week to recover. I Think if I help organise a wedding again, I'll book a 'honeymoon' for myself after. These photos are of the 'aftermath'. I can't wait to share more once we get them.

Counting down.

There's only a week until my sister's wedding! I can't believe how quickly the time has gone. We are busy making bits and pieces for the big day, and slowly ticking things off our 'To do' list. I'm a little stressed, but mostly excited.

I have just finished the little flags to go in the desserts – I used lovely cotton tape and toothpicks.

Etsy love: Mr & Mrs cushions.

With only a couple of weeks to go until my sister's wedding, I'm all about love at the moment. Love and marriage. So I love these 'Mr & Mrs' cushions by Funkyshique. They would look lovely on the newly wed's bed!

String.

"it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame. And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communion will be snapped; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly."

Mr Rochester to Jane. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

Artwork by Claire Falkenberg, via Abundance.

The girl with seven horses.

Once upon a time there was a girl who had 7 invisible horses. People thought she was crazy and that she in fact had 7 imaginary horses, but this was not the case. When autumn came the girl spent a whole day washing all her clothes. She hung them on a string in her garden to let the gentle autumn sun dry them. Out of nowhere, a terrible storm came and its fiercefull winds grabbed a hold of all her clothes and all seven horses (authors note: since they are invisible they obviously didn't weigh much). The girl was devestated and spent all autumn looking for each horse spread around the country, wrapped in her clothes.

I was reading Abundance and came across this photo project by Ulrika Kestere. I love it. I'm also in love with her blog. Ahhh, the whimsy.

Twenty something days to go.

My sister is getting married in twenty something days! I'm excited and filled with anticipation. We are in a frenzy collecting glassware and making decorations.

Excitement hit a new high when we were lucky enough to see a test run of the lace (I designed) being made. It made it all so real.

I'm a little nervous about all the things we need to do, and the fact that it hasn't stopped raining for two weeks. Hopefully the sun will come out in time for the big day!