Morgan & Kim got Married

So today is our one year wedding anniversary so we thought we would share some of our favourite photos and moments from the big day as we have never done that on here.

We had such an amazing day. We tried to be very minimalistic with our approach to the wedding. We didn't want getting married to be all about the wedding day, rather treat it as a giant celebration of all things "us". We wanted as much as possible to do it handmade/secondhand or at least recyclable after the event, like last christmas. We hired a little woodern hall just out of town that had a nice big yard. The ceremony was inside the hall, the after all the guests head outside to play games, eat great food and celebrate.

Our rings were handmade by a local jeweler using new and recycled gold. Kim bought an 'off the rack dress' from a business that closed down (60% off RRP) and made her own veil from an handmade headband and some netting off etsy. Each of the bridesmaids chose their own dresses, so it would be one they would wear again. Morgan bought his and the groomsmen's clothes from a formal wear shop secondhand. Also a close group of Morgan's friends all got married within a year of each other, so we re-used the same black suits in 3 of the different wedding parties. The Bouquet and Boutonnière were designed by a friend of ours, with the grooms men's made out of herbs and the bridesmaids with a wrist corsage. Since the wedding Kim has been able to pass on her dress to a friend who will be wearing it when she gets married later this month, which is so exciting.

In the lead up to the big day, we sewed 3 kilometres of bunting flags from recycled vintage fabric (this was the most time consuming thing about our wedding). This was an awesome bonding experience for sure. We used local flowers as decorations in old bottles around the place, and had heart shaped balloons (not really handmade or recyclable woops). We hung a quilt that Kim's parents bought us as a backdrop during the ceremony and hung paintings from our home everywhere around the hall. We also brought old picture frames from op shops and painted them with chalk paint to make signs for around the venue.

Spoonfed, a local caterer did all our food, using from local products and also alot of free range/organic goods. We gave out teacups as wedding favours, which we collected from opshops for our guests, which they used on the day to drink all our homemade iced teas and lemonade (Morgan is still kicking himself he didn't write down the recipe, it was the best lemonade he has ever tasted/made).

Morgan's dad made an amazing giant frame for people to stand in and take photos, and we also went off his French heritage and played petanque and horse shoes. Morgans godmother also played classic parisian style accordion all through the day which was a definite highlight. We were also honored to have our friends work together as the photographers. This husband and wife duo did an amazing job capturing the day, we appreciate them so so much.

And now for the photos. Enjoy....

















LINKS YOU MAY ENJOY.
Brides Head Band - handmade from yellowyellowdesigns
Brides Veil - homemade from squirlgirl Millinery supplies
Bridal Party flowers - by Sarah
Wedding Cake topper - handmade by VintagebyCrystal

april challenge pt2.

So, this weekend just gone, I actually finished another dress, and fortunately this time i also actually took a before photo (don't mind the crazy face)... I got this dress from a clothes swap about a year ago and loved the print but thought the dress looked like it was from a polish concentration camp. It took me a while to work out what I wanted to do with it, but I am happy with the result. All I have done is brought up the waist with a new waist band, given it new sleeve cuffs and a collar. This probably took me about 6 hours all up, but I had a few complications which dragged it out. This was my first Peter Pan collar which I messed up a little, but I rekon next time I'll get it perfect. Enjoy.
-Kim






finally the handsome photographer...

Mawwiage

On May 1st Kim and I have been married ONE YEAR!!!! So stay tuned for a special post on May 1st.

Picnic Loaf

A while back I saw this in a magazine and decided it might be a nice dinner to make. To make the picnic loaf is easy enough, for a recipe go here.

You pretty much hollow out a cob loaf, fill it with your favourite food (I chose capsicum, pumpkin, salami, smoked ham, danish feta, mushrooms and eggplant), put the lid back on, cover it in al-foil and bake for 30mins. It makes heaps of food and was great for lunch the next day. Next time I make it, I might just have to take kim on a picnic.
-morgan-

happy easter

From both of us, we hope that this lovely long weekend is more than a holiday for you. We hope you contemplate the meaning behind this day. Kim and I are both so very grateful for what easter symbolizes, Jesus' death and resurrection for us all.
-morgan and kim-

april challenge pt1.

So, as a result of my April Challenge to work through all the clothes waiting to be sowed in my art room, I am finally making progress and taking photos. Unfortunately in all the excitement of sowing this dress, I forgot to take a before photo [woops], so you just have to imagine what it looked like.


I brought this dress for $2 at an op shop because I was instantly in love with the fabric print. If you can't tell in the pictures, there are parrots all over this dress and they make me smile. When I brought it, this dress was really wide and frumpy with a drop waist, not really my style or suits my body shape, so I took to it with some scissors and a sowing machine and this is what i achieved.




I am so happy with how it turned out, and have been wearing this dress so much since I finished it. It was so easy, you can do it too. Hope this inspires you to take to the sowing machine and make old clothes great again this weekend. With all the public holidays here because of Easter i'm going to be sowing even more, so I should have more things to share next week. Enjoy...
-kim

ps. what im wearing: pack brixton hat [gift from derek], opshop dress, belt and bag, found sunnies, and whittner shoes from dfo.

Indians vs Cowboys

This past friday night Kim's sister had a cowboys and indians party for her birthday. I took care of the food and music.




Claire made some amazing 'scenery' and really set the scene using nothing but cardboard and sharpies


I made a blue cheese dressing and served licorice bullets (get it, bullets)


I made buffalo wings


I served corn chips in a hat with guacamole, we had steamed corn on the cob and served samosas (get it, indian)

kim suggested I make mini hamburgers, she also made sheriff star cookies.
With alot of Johnny Cash, Nickel Creek, R.L Burnside, She and Him and Avett Brothers the night was amazing. Good food, good music, good company.





-morgan-

bloglovin..

[This is the view out the window above our bed. Its so lovely to wake up to this sight each day.]

I have to admit, I have been a google reader girl for a number of years now, but with the changes to our blog, I thought I would head over to bloglovin and give it try. A number of other blogs I read have been giving good reviews here and here, so i though why not eh...

If you want to you can follow .Petit Pas with bloglovin here.

Ohh and we also made a little button so you can share the love if you like too. But please if you do chuck our button on your page please tell us as we would love to check out your blog too.

Have a lovely weekend.
-kim

op shop finds.. APRIL

Ohh my. So i just realised we hadn't posted any op shop finds in ages. Its funny, now morgan works at an op shop we don't tend to go out op shopping much any more. Anyway, here are some of our finds in the last couple of months.


morgan and i have been looking for a sweet chess set for about a year and a half. He came across this one at his store a few weeks ago. It's lovely and wooden and very fun to play.


So the main couch we used to have was a futon, and was a major hand me down that passed through about five hands before me. It was kinda left at the share house I used to live at and some how became mine when others moved out. It was super uncomfortable and kinda engulfed you as you sat on it. One day we had a incredible idea! Why don't we get a new couch... it was so revolutionary. Morgan picked up this 5 piece 1950's couch from the op shop he works out for only $40. They even delivered it for us and took our old one to the tip. Major score!!


Morgan also found this uranium glass platter and tea pot. I've seen so many uranium glass things at vintage stores recently so I was keen to get some as my own, and now I do.

Thats about it at the moment. Most other things we have found have been given to others or are clothes sitting in my art room waiting to be sown. I hope to show some of these revamps soon.

We hope your well and have a lovely weekend ahead of you. We have my sisters birthday tonight which is cowboys and indians themed and we are doing all the food. It's gonna be epic! Might share some pics if we get some.

-kim

new look...

Thanks to the lovely Katrina and her awesome blog Powered by Pastries we have a shiny new blog layout. It's been so fun to play with and get our nerd on playing with HTML code and learning lots in Katrina's awesome tutorials. Ohh and how awesome is the 'petit pas' embroidery morgan whipped up... classic.

There will be a few more additions to come so bear with us as we learn the in's and out's, but we hope it makes it easier to read and enjoy our blog.

Have a great day.

- morgan & kim

visit the middle east

For the last four years I have been fascinated by the band 'The Middle East'. A great bunch of guys and girls with such a passionate heart for music and Jesus.

Their new full length album 'I Want That You Are Always Happy' which was released today, is stripped back and raw, getting into their Neil Young/Country roots, and is lyrically beautiful. I can't wait to see them play agin.

We used to go see them for $5 when they were all poor and about to break up as a band, but then they released 'Recordings of the Middle East' and have since toured the world, performing with many great acts.

If you don't already love them, please check out this great act from kim's hometown... Townsville.

this weekend...

So this weekend is my first weekend that I have the days alone from morgan as it's the first weekend he will be working saturday and sunday at his new job at a local cafe. I am fully taking advantage of all this free time we have no plans.. and i'm planning a very crafty weekend. Morgan has challenged me to start and finish off a bunch of projects I have been planning to do for ages but never got around to, so thats what I'm going to do. April is my intentional craft month...

I have a bunch of stuff I did last week, but the weather has been real weird and rainy again, so I haven't had a chance to take any pictures I can share. So I thought I would share some projects I have been saving in Pinterest that i'm gonna try do over this coming month...

[Ohh and if you haven't seen Pinterest you need to. Its an amazing site which helps you to visually track websites and pretty things. Just write a comment below and I will send you an invite if your keen to join. And if you are already on pinterest you can find me here.]


I love these mini bows from How About Orange.


so keen to make this detachable collar from the owls are not what they seem. I just gotta find some white fabric... might need to hit the shops.


I have been so keen to make these scalloped shorts that mandi from here's looking at me kid made. Haven't found any at an op shop to cut up yet though.


this sidewalk chalk tutorial from oh my! handmade sounds like a great pressie for my nephews.. or for me.


ohh and im keen to try make these fabric flowers. I always see them around but now i found a tutorial from cherry street cottage.

its gonna be fun, i hope you have a lovely weekend too...
-kim