Angelune & Ian are married!

I enjoy this quiet time of year when we are settling back into our daily routine after the holiday madness is over. I am eager to get back to it!

I am really excited to show you Angelune & Ian’s wedding because it is one of my favourites of 2011. Angelune & Ian are such a stylish couple and their wedding at The Gladstone Hotel turned out exactly that way. And without a wedding party in tow, Gabe and I were able to give a lot of focus on just the two of them.

Their wedding turned out to be a perfect day. A sweet and simple affair surrounded by their family and closest friends with the most beautiful weather one could ask for in October. Congratulations Angelune & Ian!

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The Venue and Catering: The Gladstone Hotel/ Angelune's Dress : JCrew/ Ian's suit: Kin Collection at Sydney's/ Angelune & Ian's shoes: Toms/ Hair Fascinator: Elizabeth Victoria/ Makeup: Dino Dilio/ Flowers: Coriander Girl/ Cupcakes: Bunner's Bake Shop/ Engagement Ring: Sarah Wan at The Devil's Workshop/ Wedding Bands: made by Angelune & Ian at The Devil's Workshop/ Officiant: Rinette Emerson of Enduring Promises/ DJ: Scott Cudmore

these little moments

2011 was such a good year, full of adventures, growth, goals accomplished and gifts of life. It was also my busiest year ever, personally and professionally. I have so much good to look back upon and so much to be thankful for.

Those big moments are ones we will always remember, but I want to remember the more ordinary moments too. I look back on them most fondly for I have a feeling that our every day moments of 2012 will look quite different (in the best of ways).

I welcome 2012 with open arms, there is already so much to look forward to!

Happy New Year friends.

A Christmas Surprise

All I want for Christmas is a Mojo bouffant for me and a salt and pepper Mea beard for Jinny!

A little while ago, Jin and I commissioned Melinda & Chris to do collaborative cat portraits of Mea and Mojo with no rush of a timeline. We were surprised when they handed us two lovely packages in time for Christmas and were even more surprised when we opened them to find that they snuck Jin and I in the portraits too!!

Just imagine howls of laughter when the paintings were revealed to us! Jin and I were completely blown away! And for the cherry on top, Chris handmade the frames for the paintings! What an amazing Christmas surprise!

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas from Jinny, Mea, Mojo and I (and char siu bao is hiding in there!), courtesy of Melinda & Chris!! This year has been an amazing and eventful one for our growing little family and I am very much looking forward to spending time with our family and a few quiet days at home with Jinny and Mea and Mojo this week.

Now I must head back to our Christmas festivities (which translates to "eating all day")! Bye everyone!

(I replaced the images of the paintings with scans Melinda provided me. They are much more accurate to the real paintings!)

(Thank you Henry for taking the photo of Jinny and I!)