Rachel MacDonald

Wow, what a weekend!

Before I start, I want to apologise in advance for In Spaces Between becoming more wedding-focused than usual over next two months and 27 days (aiiiieee!)

As you know, weddings are my reality at the moment and I know lots of you are keen to hear about the various happenings and pretty things I’m pulling together for our 2 June nuptials, so I’ll keep sharing some of them here in the hope that you, or someone you know, will find them useful.

I have to say that I’m really loving the whole planning process now that all the venue drama is waaaay behind us, and it’s as if something has just clicked in me over the past few weeks that says “Right Rach, let’s go! I’m turning you into a wedding planning machine!” No matter what it is in life, I always work best when I can intensely focus in on a big project over a short period of time, so oil up the cogs, baby, this machine has just kicked into overdrive!

SOMEBODY STOP ME.

Before I get too carried away… there’s no doubt I’m also really looking forward to freeing up approximately 56,785 brain cells (the ones that are currently debating which flowers to have in my bouquet) post-June, and redirecting them back to the part of my cortex where my blogging juju resides.

Posts may be a little less consistent than they have been for a little while – because someone raised the bar sky-high with an over-zealous posting schedule – but you can rest assured that once our Big Day is over, I’ll be implementing some shiny, juicy, giga-exciting ideas around here. I may even have a surprise or two up my sleeve. You’ll just have to wait and see!

Why am I telling you all this? Because it’s important to me that you’re kept in the loop…. and also, so if you don’t hear from me on occasion, you can come and check I haven’t suffocated under a pile of burlap you know what’s up. Or wasssssup (with gang signs). I’m still here. I’m just ‘there’ too.

Enough from the business end, let’s get to my weekend, mon cherie!

We had the most productively awesome meeting with our caterer and the owner of our wedding venue on Saturday. Hooray! The day was miserable and rainy, but the mood after our meeting was all sunshine and rainbows.

I actually had serious butterflies on the drive home – there’s so much to do in the next two months, but I can really visualise the whole day now and it’s going to be magnificent.

Ravenous after our meeting (I’m blaming the butterflies) we stopped at The Conscious Cafe for lunch and shared the ‘Tree of Life’ (amazing veggie patties with salads to-die-for) and sipped on the milk of a young coconut. Oh my goodness. You NEED to try one of these!

I made Ramai one of his favourite meals from Jamie Oliver’s 30-Minute Meals cookbook. That meal was – wait for it – spinach and feta pie. I’m serious. Pastry + anything (savoury) is the apex of awesome for my boy.

Speaking of simple pleasures – over the weekend, I was totally excited to see one of our succulents getting in on the neon trend. So Sass & Bide.

Helloooo mighty magenta leaves! How pretty are these? I can’t for the life of me remember the name of this plant, but the owner of our wedding venue has it growing like crazy at her property and she gave me a bunch of clippings to take home.

This is yet another reason why we’re eternally grateful our last venue sold. She’s such a gem and there is NO comparison. On all fronts.

I also got crafty on the weekend, getting my chalkboard paint out and painting the glass on these gold frames I picked up from the op shop recently.

Because I’m clearly insane, I decided planning a wedding in a few months wasn’t enough so I’m also styling a photo shoot/ my hens party next weekend. You know, for kicks.

I’ve been collecting vintage pieces for months now, and these chalkboard frames are going to come in handy for a little sumthin’ sumthin’.

Likewise, these vintage cushions will be utilised – probably on our chairs. Fancy that! Such a steal at $3 each!

Our Saturday nights used to entail drinks and dressing up, and now they entail this: Ramai using his superior Excel skills to “draw” the layout of our wedding venue. Ragers, I tell ya.

PS: can you tell he works in finance? All I can do in Excel is insert or delete a row (haha, kidding… sort of).

Some pretty new shells I picked up. I want a glass bell jar to store them under, but am yet to find the right one. The search continues…

Checking the mail yesterday, I was so surprised and thrilled to find two gorgeous cuff/ bangles from Brooke of The Style Net.

What a gorgeous gift! I can already tell I’m going to get so much wear out of these beauties.

And again… just beautiful.

Wedding moodboards, hire sheets, Inky Co. and kikki.K. Planning, planning, planning. This is what my life has become!

Lunch on Sunday, made by Ramai – Corn Thins with satay sauce, avocado and cheese. Ha! But seriously, not as weird as it sounds. Delicious actually. I was so hungry I would have eaten my pen, however.

We have a chilli! Love that this little loner has sprouted. Yum yum.

My Wang accompanies me pretty much everywhere I go these days. The flames of love are still burning brightly for this piece of studded-leather goodness!

I’ve come to realise that we’ll pretty much go to Bunnings at least once every weekend until our wedding. I’m OK with it. I’m actually kinda digging it, in fact.

Pails, ropes (“GRUNT” – how manly is that?!), extension cords, clamps and nails. Badass construction stuffs.

I am slightly obsessed with guinea fowl feathers – and twine – and so yesterday I combined the two…

And made this!

Another load of jars/ bottles/ bric-a-brac (as Ramai calls it) to take to my “wedding room” at my parents house.

Eek! Would you look a that rack? Messy McMess! I cleaned and sorted this not long after this picture was taken (and as for my wardrobe, well… we won’t go there).

Moodboarding for the florist who we will be working with on the photo shoot. I can’t wait to see how this all turns out!

I spent the whole weekend sniffling madly. Cold from hell, could you please depart my body immediately?

And finally, last night wrapped up with a belated birthday dinner at my parent’s place for my brother Andy.

(that’s him… being strange).

We ate roast beef…

And Ramai had his very own vegetarian roast!

Mum has obviously laid claim to some of my decanters.

And even though it’s definitely not cold enough to light a fire, we did. Just ’cause.

I can’t believe the weekend is over again – another busy two days that flew by in a flash!

+ What did you get up to over the weekend? I’d love to hear what’s going on in your world in the comments! Anything big coming up?

Posted on: 5 March, 2012 | Filed under Inspiration // Empowerment | 19 Comments | ADD YOURS
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