Our fab and sunshine filled wedding

It was a joyous day filled with laughter, family and friends. The sun shone after days of heavy rain. The garden was filled with material butterflies. Arstchool Annie arrived early to help me with my nails and last minute tasks.Artschool Annie (who many, many, many years ago introduced David and myself) was a total brick for weeks before the wedding. She helped to craft flower baskets, ran around Sydney buying almonds, became my manicurist and constructed towers of tea-cups with me. We also made my wedding bouquet which had my Nanny's pearls wound around it. My jewellery was a vintage rhinestone daisy necklace from the 1950's (the Vanna White Collection) and clip-on drop rhinestone ear-rings.

The Britstop bus was a huge success and a great ice-breaker for our guests. We played music such as the Kinks and rode the streets of Newtown on our way to the church. At the church, the mood abruptly changed as my father and I entered with Daisy to the sounds of Ave Maria. It was a special moment to walk the aisle with my father who has been battling cancer for several years.

The catering was totally scrummy. Thank you again to Julianne who read on my Blog I needed catering and nudged me in the direction of VSE International. We opted to have two strawberry baked cheesecakes in place of fruitcake I also elected not to have a traditional wedding ring and instead we selected an aquamarine art deco estate ring. Aquamarine is the month we married in and also Daisy's and David's birth month. It also helps keep mental balance and protects sailors at sea. All very useful attributes! I first received the idea for an aquamarine ring from the wonderful Blog Love My Dress. This Blog provides great inspiration for weddings and for all those who love vintage style. The weddings on the Blog are grander affairs than mine but I still got quite a few ideas from Love My Dress.

You may recall, I had bought a floor length Emma Domb peach coloured vintage dress (original fifties) to wear but in the last couple of weeks purchased a third dress from Leluxe (also originally seen on Love My Dress) This was a great bargain dress and although not original has hand sewn beads. I love it and plan to buy a few more in different colours. Although a last minute choice, I decided to go with this dress when I tried it on. Since the cavebride days, I bet brides have been changing their mind at the last minute. I had three dresses to choose from!

The cake toppers and CD's we made for our friends were 70's influenced. I'll post more of these behind the scene shots at a later date. Sadly, our camera was smashed later in the week and we still have to retrieve our wedding photos which has shots of the vintage table linen and cup-displays.

In the back garden we hung vintage cloths and aprons, which earnt a disapproving snort from one guest, "You could have taken the washing down!" Luckily my friend's little boy said straight away, "That's very Kirstie Allsopp and then declared, I was the Australian Kirstie Allsopp" How charming is he! How I wish I had Kirstie's crafty talent.

It was a lovely day. The sun felt yellow, everything glowed, life was sunshine and everybody I loved was together. Except for one and I'll talk about that on Friday. xx .