Bill and I both love lollies so we wanted to incorporate some American and Australian fun with our favours. So here we go – Chinese takeout boxes (totally NY!) From Australia – Minties Freddo Frogs Fantales Chocolate Eclairs From America – Mary Janes Tootsie Rolls Bit-O-Honey Root Beer Barrels Smarties (these are different to Australian…
The cake
I LOVE WEDDING CAKE! When I say this I mean, rich rich fruit cake with a thick almond icing after all, this is what wedding cake is right? Um no. Not in America. When we started talking about the cake I was very much “Well we can just get it from anywhere – no-one hardly…
Good Luck!
One big discussion point of the wedding was the good luck favours that mum passed on to me after the ceremony. I knew no different so I didn’t think anything of it but everyone else the wedding was baffled. It was only afterwards that we realized that the tokens for good luck are an Irish/English…
Wedding hair and makeup
I really lucked out with the hair and makeup aspect to the wedding. I needed someone who would travel to where we were and was able to do their thing in the comfort of the Van Schaak house. Not living closely meant I relied on the internet. I chose Amy Elizabeth for our makeup and…
The Van Schaack House
For the wedding, the ‘Cleary House’ ended up being a beautiful mansion in Kinderhook, a little village in Upstate New York. The Van Schaack House was absolutely perfect for us all to stay in. I cannot speak highly enough of our time there and how beautiful the experience was. It was also perfect because we…
The Rings
Our rings were simple – Bill wanted something not gold. I wanted something gold and traditional and I fell in love with the Milgrain design when I first saw it. I had my heart set on one from Tiffany but then I found the exact same ring at an online store and seeing as I…
‘Our’ veil
It seems in the flurry of posts about iPads and travel plans I somehow lost my way with the ‘wedding posts’. So I’ll do some catch up posts now. When I ordered the dress, I ordered a veil through a girl in Texas who makes them and was a lot cheaper than buying from a…
ABC at the BPL
Tonight, I had my weekly volunteer shift on the desk at the Brooklyn Public Library. A lady came in at the end of the shift to ask where the photocopiers were. Nothing strange about that but her accent stood out. She was Australian! It ends up she is a Producer with the ABC who had…
Running on Diesel
On the train this morning I had my iPod on shuffle. Then a song started. It was Diesel. I turned it up loud. I actually wanted everyone in the carriage to hear it. I was automatically transported to my 14 year old self and could remember the exactly moment when Hep Fidelity was released. Mum…
Got my scarf… got my old coat…
Sleep deprivation season is back. Waking up at 4am on a Friday morning, staying up until 3am on Saturday morning, streaming radio, trying to find a streaming tv feed, text message craziness and screaming at the laptop in the dark… footy is back! Being an all-Collingwood household is awesome and Bill has developed a great…