A Beach Wedding

July 25th, 2010

Sand between the toes, the sound of the waves rolling in and the smell of salt in the air – what a beautiful setting to be married in. Our latest wedding stationery range ‘Shelly Beach‘ is perfect for a stylish beach wedding, a simple yet classy design. We are thinking a wedding reception incorporating gorgeous tones of blue set against old weathered whitewash. Have fun gathering old bottles, sea shells, beads and twine, then get creative and use them for table settings, bombonieres or even at the ceremony location.

Bridal Expo

June 25th, 2010

The Penrith Bridal was a great success, thank you to all who stopped by for a look. It was a fun weekend and we met some wonderful people.

We were also introduced to a few fantastic wedding services you might be interested in if you are in the Sydney region;

Angelica Peady Photography, stunning wedding and couture bridal photography and a gorgeous creative blog,

Rebecca Green Civil Marriage Celebrant, a young, friendly and easy-going celebrant,

Emma Lamont Bridal & Evening Couture, beautiful wedding gowns perfectly fitted,

Flowers by the Vase, beautiful wedding flowers designed by Jodie Plummer.

Bridal Expo

June 15th, 2010

We will be exhibiting at the ‘For Eternity’ Bridal Expo, this weekend 19th & 20th June 2010 at the Panthers Exhibition Centre, Mulgoa Road, Penrith. There will be fashion parades, live entertainment, over 150 exhibitors and prizes to be won, including a wedding at Lauriston House all expenses paid! Come along and stop by for a visit, we would love to see you there!

Vintage Lace

June 8th, 2010

This inspiration board was created around our ‘Vintage Lace‘ wedding invitation, which I thought suited a vintage inspired summer afternoon wedding glowing in a palette of sage green, tangerine orange, peach and cream. Imagine a warm summer afternoon filled with wide brimmed hats, the clinking of glasses and a game of croquet. I love the idea of a lavish dinning table and chairs setup in a country style garden where an afternoon gathering could turn into a romantic night with the addition of some lanterns and fairy lights hanging in trees.

Clockwise from left:  Kiss the Groom, wedding photographed by Rachel Thurston via Once Wed, Cute table setting found on Forever, Wedding Flowers found on Wedding Cabaret, old croquet set,  Hat by If heHatFitsByJackie, Lace shoes found on retrovintageshoes.com, Vintage jewellery box, Vintage Lace Stationery by Poppiseed Designs.

Victoria’s Christening

May 26th, 2010

Recently, a lovely client of mine, Effie, had a beautiful idea of having a bird theme for her daughter, Victoria’s Christening.  Effie thought our ‘Little Wren‘ wedding invitation would fit perfectly into her theme, with a few minor adjustments to make it into a Christening invitation.

A beautiful lunch celebration at the Haldon Function Centre followed the Christening.

The pink bird theme was carried throughout the lunch with stunning bird centrepieces created by Helen’s Florist at Earlwood.

Poppiseed Designs created some cute little tags to go on the bombonieres, which were little bird cookies!

The Jellybean boxes were sweet and fun!

And a stunning cake was created by Ava Cakes featuring little birds and finished with Victora’s name.

Thank you very much Effie for sharing your daughter’s beautiful Christening, it was simply stunning!

French Romance

May 4th, 2010

One of my favourite wedding themes at the moment is the beautiful and romantic french provincial wedding. Our latest stationery designs ‘Isabella‘ has been inspired by vintage birdcages and decorative details that adorn a french wedding. Think vintage lace, chandeliers, vintage brooches, birdcages, fancy script fonts, draping material, ornate frames…with all these gorgeous items you will leave your guests drooling!

Isabella wedding stationery

Something Blue

April 15th, 2010

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

Why not add a touch of stylish sophistication to your wedding with a beautiful pale blue wedding dress…

Clockwise from left: Found on Kere Wedding DressSamuelle Couture, MagnolijaDRESS, Atelier Aimée dress found on Wedding Inspirasi.

Colour Inspirations – Purple & Bright Green

April 11th, 2010

It is not the first colour combination that springs to mind, but there is something very alluring about the delicious deep purple tones with a splash of fresh, bright green. The key to making this combination work is using a blend of purple tones rather than one flat purple colour with just a touch of bright green to make the final result really pop!

Real Wedding – Camille & Barry

March 15th, 2010

The lovely Camille and Barry celebrated their stunning garden wedding in November 2009 and I have some of their beautiful photos to share with you. They had a small intimate wedding at a heritage listed homestead – Faversham Homestead, in Mundaring Perth.

Camille and Barry came to us last year searching for their perfect wedding invitation and could not quite find the right thing on our website, so they approached us to create a custom design. They decided on midnight blue for the bridesmaids dresses and wanted to carry that colour through to their wedding stationery, which was to have a formal, garden wedding theme.

Camille and Barry had us use their design to create a seating chart which they had beautifully framed and positioned on a stand for guests to see where they were to be seated.

They also wanted to have a three sided menu / table number which was to sit on each table – one side had the table names, which were all creatively named after flowers, another side had the menu selection and the other had the guests names seated on that table.

Individually named bomboniere boxes were presented on the tables for each guest.

Camille and Barry told us “We loved every single moment of the day and spent the whole day laughing.”

Wedding photography by Gareth David Photography.

Congratulations Camille and Barry on a stunning wedding day, thank you so much for sharing it with us!