Australia Day Wedding

Hope everyone had a great Australia Day.

On Saturday morning we all got up and started getting ready as we had to go into the city. I had gone to the hairdressers on Thursday afternoon to have my hair straightened as I knew I wouldn't have had time to have it done on Saturday morning.

I curled Jasmines hair into ringlets and put half of it up. With Anabell I left her hair down and did funky curls into her hair. It took a few hours to do this, and lots of hairspray, especially for Anabell's hair as her hair is normally dead straight.

We at about 12:30 left to head of to the city. We decided to go a little earlier, so we could check into the hotel and then get dressed for the wedding. Well long story but we didn't make it to the actually wedding, but we went to the reception. We got almost to the hotel and we had to turn around and come home again.

The reception was at the Langham Hotel on the 25th Floor (Alto Tower). These 2 photos were taken from the hotel we stayed at across the road. It was the Travelodge Hotel Southbank Melbourne on the 8th Floor.

These a a few photos of us dressed and waiting to head over the road for the reception. I love the one of Anabell trying to do Rick's tie for him.

The next set of photos are of the Alto Room (where the reception was held)

And some more photos of the girls, on the balcony, and sitting at the table.

The view from the balcony was stunning.

The next lot of photos are some of the other people at the wedding. There was over 150 people there. The photo of the little boy, Christian 4, is such a cute little thing. He absolutely loves Anabell and wanted to take her home. He didn't believe us when we we said he wasn't allowed to, he is very persistent. HEHE

Tom and Suzie's entrance was spectacular. Suzie being Lebanese and Tom being a Kiwi made it for a great start. They came in and did the fantastic Lebanese dance with swords and other dancers. When they finished the dance, 5 Maori's came out and the women sang a song and did a poi dance, but the best part was when the men came to the front and did the haka.

Next on the agenda was the cutting of the cake and then the waltz. Suzie's dress was beautiful, it was beaded on the bodice and also was parts of the bottom of the dress.

There was fire works on the roof. I got a few photos.

The night was great, we all had heaps of fun. Congrats again to Tom and Suzie, hope you have many happy years together.

When we arrived back at the hotel rick made a coffee for us. Jasmine and Anabell wanted a cup of tea. But before we knew it Anabell had the kettle and was pouring the water into her cup and missed. She burned her fingers really bad. We had her fingers in cold water for ages and Rick went down to reception to see if they had something we could put onto the burn. He gave Rick a bandage and told him to put toothpaste onto it as it will help until the next day. Well what do you know, the pain went and she ended up getting some sleep. The poor little thing ended up with huge blisters on her fingers. They are getting better slowly now.

On the scrapping front, I have another 3 layouts to share.

Anabells hair after we took all those little plaits out.

Products Used: Sassafras Lass pp's and Journal Box, Flowers, Basic Grey Rub-on, Thickers, Grungeboard that I inked then ran through my cuttlebug and then re-inked the embossed part.

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This LO is for the album I am doing in memory of Mark. These flowers were given to me by a friend.

Products Used: B.G.pp's, C.S., B.G Rub-ons, Hambly Screenprints Transparency, B.G. Alpha Stickers, H.S. Bird, Lace, Ribbon, Cuttlebug, MM Diecuts, Clear buttons that I stuck down with stickles.

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This last LO is of my dad and I. This photo was done in one of those photo booths and it is the only baby baby photo that there is of me.

Products Used: C.S., B.G pp, Hambly Rub-on and Transparency, Brown Sugar Paper Clip, Cork, Prima Lace Flower, Kaiser Pearl, Ribbon, Button, Ink, Sassafras Lass pp, Heidi Swapp Chipboard Alpha, Delish Rub-on moments, Collection Elements Hearts and Paint.

The girls go back to school tomorrow. Jasmine and Anabell can't wait to start there new school. We have there books and uniform all ready.

Until Next Time
Take Care
Vesna
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