The Darling Buds of September

It's coming, you can feel it in the air.  Spring arrived today fresh and clear, but the one element missing was warmth.  And I love warmth.

We had some good friends over for lunch on Thursday and one couple brought these delightful cornflowers, which with their stunning blue have to be my favourite Spring flowers.

  

With the promise of a new season waiting in the wings, August was a very busy month for me, with sales on both my Etsy and MadeIt stores.  Among the orders I had to make up were these heart garlands.  Spring weddings are obviously on the agenda.

I completed an order this morning and we headed to the Post Office to get it on its way.  What a delightful surprise to discover that these trees, which were bare a week ago, are now blossoming.

With a sky like this, it's hard not to smile.

The flower vendor in the mall had a glorious array of brilliant colour to tempt the passer-by.

But now it's back to the machine to make one of these ...

one of these ...

 and one of these.

Then I can start on my new season's range in time for the Christmas rush.  Did I say Christmas???

April

There are some months in the year which have happy connotations.  April for me is one of them.

It's the month of happy weddings; our son and his bride celebrated their tenth anniversary last week, while yesterday our daughter and her husband celebrated their ninth.

We also had two family birthdays; Mr Fudge on 9 April and one of our granddaughters five days later (but in different years).

Then there was Easter with all its celebrations.

And of course the Royal Easter Show.  We hadn't been in years, so there was the extra delight of going with our daughter and her family, experiencing it all through the eyes of our Sydney grandchildren.

Yes, we have so much to be grateful for and sometimes it's good for the soul to stop a while and reflect on it.

These beautiful images are provided by the lovely Sara of Boutique Baby Photography and the dress is available here and here.

Let's go shopping: love is in the air

Yesterday I attended a delightful afternoon tea for a friend who is getting married next weekend.  It's her second marriage and I don't think I have seen anyone so serenely happy in a long time.

The comment was made by someone that hen parties for young brides-to-be these days are evening events and involve a fair amount of night-clubbing.  However, we at our more mature age are quite content to sit around sipping tea or coffee and the wildest activity was the creation of bride's dresses out of rolls of toilet paper.

It was quite obvious that the guest of honour (centre) was kicking herself that she had already chosen her dress for the big day.

So let's go wedding shopping.  Here are a few treasures from some BrisStyle designers.

Marcello Neckwear

The groom will look the picture of elegance wearing this lovely Liberty tie.

Angelene

But all eyes will be on the beautiful bride wearing these stunning earrings.

Retro Bird

The centrepiece for the table sets the mood.

3GIRLSandagoat

The guests will love this place setting.

Wicked Child Designs

And we will all toast the Bride and Groom of the Century (so far), William and Kate.

Why not pop over to BrisStyle and feast your eyes on some other lovely shopping temptations?