Two New Mums: November 2014

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Louise's Birthday - Nathan Outlaw

Happy Birthday Louise!

Louise's bd falls on the day when it's Nathan Outlaw's turn at the dinner event organised by 4*Four hence we went! More about Nathan Outlaw, he owns a 2 star michelin restaurant call Restaurant Nathan Outlaw which specialises in fish and seafood.

Karen & the birthday girl

Complimentary drink

A glass of complimentary cocktail to start the dinner

I think I had 5 that night.

Lamps decorated with used tea bags

How creative

More artistic displays

We are what we eat

The pop up restaurant

I made the reservation hence my name =) but they spelled my surname wrongly. =(

Cider & Seaweed Salmon

Cured Brill

Their oyster

Mine because I requested for no garnishing. I must say, even without any garnishing, I could taste the freshness and sweetness and I wish we could have more.

Their sea bass, mine came plain & I would actually discribe it as naked. Because I wanted no garnishing, my sea bass really came to me lying naked on the plate. I had to request for some sauce and ask them to return the asparagus to me.

St Clements Posset, Pistachios & Yogurt Sorbet

A tradition english dessert- rasberry mess

Photo taken from Iphone 6. Amazing

Should I crop MaggieKok inside the picture?

Round 2 at Robertson Quay

Louise's complimentary ORANGE KILLER.

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Pre Wedding Photo Shoot and Bridesmaids Dress

Pre -Wedding Photo Shoot and Bridesmaids Dress

Doing the backlog on my wedding post, hopefully it will provide some tips on your own wedding preparation. My wedding was held on September this year. I would like to announce officially, there is no more MS on this blog :p

Props for wedding shoot...I'm sure all couples would love to have their own set of lovely photos for the rest of our lovely marriage and so... after surfing pinterest for many hours...getting many inspirations...I decided to have some interesting props for my pre-wedding shoot!!!

Looking for props was definitely not easy! Nothing on Ebay & Local props rental company seems to fit my budget and therefore, I turned to Taobao for my props. Taobao had become my best friend during the wedding preparation! Awesome "one-stop-site"!

The shoes and the props for the pre-wedding photos shoot. I am selling the "Big Bling Gorgeous Heels" and the props! Click---------> pre-loved

Instead of visiting a manicurist....to save some bucks, I got these fake nails from Taobao for the photo shoot...

Paper-Windmills that I made for the shoot..

Instead of using a VW Kombi (Which is cute), We HAVE to use A Muscular, Handsome, Well-Groomed, Rare & Cool Land Rover DEFENDER of my Hubby for this photo-shoot of a lifetime!!!!!!

Wanna have one for yours too? Feel Free to email me at msandmrslove2travel@gmail.com for more details!!!! ( It will bring soooo much fun and effects for your shoot!)

Erm, the horse will have to be rented elsewhere yea?

Our photographer Henry and our dear friend, Angie and WT who helped us...

Items I would suggest you to bring for the wedding shoot:

1) Friends who don't mind the heat and trouble!

2) Mini Fan

3) Cold drinks and booze!!!.....having beer and friends on the set make the shooting process very fun...

Next... Bridesmaid dresses.

This is a big headache as I have 9 bridesmaids..... which means 9 bridesmaid dress!! Getting from local shop is going to cost me about $80 per dress... multiply and $720 would be a sum spent for my girls to the dresses once in their lives??!?!?!....not worth it!! So.. I turned to Taobao again! It only cost me around $20 incl of shipment. With all the wrong sizes and re-ordering, the prices I've paid is still pretty reasonable.

Oh well, I could only say that the quality of the dresses definitely fit the money spent(cheap!)...and furthermore, We couldn't ask more for a dress we would only fit once!

Here is some of the bridesmaid dresses that I shortlisted from Taobao....