...can you tell I love my ring??
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They're in each other all along. Rumi (1207 - 1273)
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
a little diy flower
I found an awesome DIY material flower tutorial the other day and while bored one afternoon decided to give it a go! I know there are lots of tutorials out there for these little flowers, but I found I understood this one a little better then some. In fact, jennybevlin.com/blog has some great DIY projects and ideas on there! Take a peek :)
I had fun making these little guys and it's good to know I could make some to match any material for possible flower girl/bridesmaid or anything else accessories...but they sure are fiddly! Easy, but fiddly. I think the most pain-in-the-butt bit is cutting the circles - the material is so hard to cut in circles! I'm thinking of attempting to maybe hole punch the material or something, to see if that works and is more efficient. It could prove rather entertaining and I'll be sure to share with you!
But for now, my first pretty flower, turned into a ribbon headband. (Note that this ended up being 2 flowers sewn together - I found that just 6 petals sewed together didn't really give enough of the "boofiness" (yes, technical word!) that I was after! Next time I'll just use more petals)
I had fun making these little guys and it's good to know I could make some to match any material for possible flower girl/bridesmaid or anything else accessories...but they sure are fiddly! Easy, but fiddly. I think the most pain-in-the-butt bit is cutting the circles - the material is so hard to cut in circles! I'm thinking of attempting to maybe hole punch the material or something, to see if that works and is more efficient. It could prove rather entertaining and I'll be sure to share with you!
But for now, my first pretty flower, turned into a ribbon headband. (Note that this ended up being 2 flowers sewn together - I found that just 6 petals sewed together didn't really give enough of the "boofiness" (yes, technical word!) that I was after! Next time I'll just use more petals)
the engagement invites!
Finally I can show you the inside of our invites! Almost everyone has received them now and those who read this blog definitely have :) Blurring really is irritating when you've worked so hard on something, but definitely necessary.
So without any further ado, pictures!
This is what everyone received inside their envelopes:
Close ups of each item:
Unfortunately I don't have a close up of the invite on the backing card, which was a pretty shimmery peachy colour, but I think they turned out well! I've had lots of people asking what company I went through :) Quite proud to say I did them myself!
And this is what our families and closest friends have received as well. We will be sending out a second round of Save The Dates once the guest list is finalised, but given the amount of people getting married around the same time as us, we wanted to give family and our inner circle a heads up!
We decided to make the Save The Date a magnet, so everyone can pop them on their fridges! And yes, I caved and added a mini STD - I couldn't resist that cute little Wedding Chicks one! I loved it and had to use it somehow :)
And close ups:
Whatcha think guys? I was quite happy with them! So far, positive feedback from those who have received them!
So without any further ado, pictures!
This is what everyone received inside their envelopes:
Close ups of each item:
Unfortunately I don't have a close up of the invite on the backing card, which was a pretty shimmery peachy colour, but I think they turned out well! I've had lots of people asking what company I went through :) Quite proud to say I did them myself!
And this is what our families and closest friends have received as well. We will be sending out a second round of Save The Dates once the guest list is finalised, but given the amount of people getting married around the same time as us, we wanted to give family and our inner circle a heads up!
We decided to make the Save The Date a magnet, so everyone can pop them on their fridges! And yes, I caved and added a mini STD - I couldn't resist that cute little Wedding Chicks one! I loved it and had to use it somehow :)
And close ups:
Whatcha think guys? I was quite happy with them! So far, positive feedback from those who have received them!
Friday, June 03, 2011
for my MoH...
...because I think she'll like the stationary in this shoot! Click the picture for the whole shoot :)
layout
Ok I just made a quick layout concept for our party, and thought I'd share! It's very dodgy and in no way accurate in terms of sizing, etc. but it's a general idea. I'm working from memory here - our family used this hall for both my brother's engagement party and my SIL's 21st, so I already know it's a great space and therefore didn't go down and check it out. Only bad thing is that it means I am trying to remember everything from...oh a while ago! I will organise a visit before the day of the party, but for now, memory it is!
The pink dots are the floating candle pieces, and the white ones represent the flower jars...apologies for the dodgy-ness!
I also have purchased these lovelies from various eBay stores to hopefully decorate the room with. I'm thinking about using them in groups along the edge of the stage, the kitchen window bench (the shutter will be closed to not see in the kitchen) and also on the cake/card cage tables. What do you think?
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What do you think?
On a side note, I've spent a very productive afternoon reorganising all of the wedding stuff I have collected so far (my folder is full of pretty things now!) and also organising everything I've collected and bought for the engagement party...and I've discovered the engagement party is going to need a folder all of it's own! Did anyone else find that? Or am I just an overly-organised freak? :)
The pink dots are the floating candle pieces, and the white ones represent the flower jars...apologies for the dodgy-ness!
I also have purchased these lovelies from various eBay stores to hopefully decorate the room with. I'm thinking about using them in groups along the edge of the stage, the kitchen window bench (the shutter will be closed to not see in the kitchen) and also on the cake/card cage tables. What do you think?
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What do you think?
On a side note, I've spent a very productive afternoon reorganising all of the wedding stuff I have collected so far (my folder is full of pretty things now!) and also organising everything I've collected and bought for the engagement party...and I've discovered the engagement party is going to need a folder all of it's own! Did anyone else find that? Or am I just an overly-organised freak? :)
engagement party decorations
I've started pulling together the decorations for our engagement party. There's plenty more to come and plenty more to pick up, but here's what I have so far.
The other day, my order from Fabulous Fete on Wedzu (they also have an Etsy account!) arrived. You might remember me blogging about it in my engagement party post. They are really cute and I can't wait to hang them up around either the ice cream parlour, or the cake table. I have to make a comment on the LOVELY personalised postage that Fabulous Fete do as well - not only does it all come wrapped all pretty in tissue paper, but there is also a fabulous little individual thank you card as well! So cute. Makes you want to buy more :)
I also bought these great tiny pink pegs (which look SUPER pink in this pic...they are really not that bright!) from Office Works, and I'm toying with the idea of hanging little pictures from the beginning of our relationship up in between the flags...I'm debating whether it's Graham and Amanda overkill however!
Next up are the centerpieces. As well as the little jars you saw in the DIY project post, these lovelies will be down the middle of the long rows of tables. Filled with gold stones, water and white floating candles (couldn't get a happy medium peachy colour and didn't want to go with pink!). I have an alternate plan for these lovelies at the wedding but for now, that's a secret :)
Last up, some fun sprinkles for the tables! The white/shimmery sprinkles aren't as full on as they seem in these pictures, they are much more subtle when they are spread out. And the gold hearts tie in with the engagement theme, as well as the gold stones :)
Whatcha think guys???
The other day, my order from Fabulous Fete on Wedzu (they also have an Etsy account!) arrived. You might remember me blogging about it in my engagement party post. They are really cute and I can't wait to hang them up around either the ice cream parlour, or the cake table. I have to make a comment on the LOVELY personalised postage that Fabulous Fete do as well - not only does it all come wrapped all pretty in tissue paper, but there is also a fabulous little individual thank you card as well! So cute. Makes you want to buy more :)
I also bought these great tiny pink pegs (which look SUPER pink in this pic...they are really not that bright!) from Office Works, and I'm toying with the idea of hanging little pictures from the beginning of our relationship up in between the flags...I'm debating whether it's Graham and Amanda overkill however!
Next up are the centerpieces. As well as the little jars you saw in the DIY project post, these lovelies will be down the middle of the long rows of tables. Filled with gold stones, water and white floating candles (couldn't get a happy medium peachy colour and didn't want to go with pink!). I have an alternate plan for these lovelies at the wedding but for now, that's a secret :)
Last up, some fun sprinkles for the tables! The white/shimmery sprinkles aren't as full on as they seem in these pictures, they are much more subtle when they are spread out. And the gold hearts tie in with the engagement theme, as well as the gold stones :)
Whatcha think guys???
Thursday, June 02, 2011
guest book
Ok, remember how I previously blogged about the thumbprint tree? And how much I loved it?
Well today, I found this:
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Now I don't know which one I like better! Thoughts?
Well today, I found this:
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Now I don't know which one I like better! Thoughts?
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
diy projects!
Today I'm going to give a little run down of what was keeping me so busy last week (aside from the invites and the wonderful blogs I was reading!) and prevented me from posting much!
I've been working on some DIY for the engagement party and I have to say, these projects have made me realise how much I love making things, and how much I'm going to miss working on all of this after our wedding! I'll have to find something to keep my hands busy as a newly wed I think!
First up, I made a whole bunch of little flags to decorate the cupcakes I will be making for the dessert table. There's heaps of them, but here I've just included one of each design. (Please excuse the terrible photos, they were all taken on my iPhone in bad lighting!)
Then I started working on decorating the jars for the flowers and/or tealights (we have a bunch of different sizes, the extra small ones are likely to have tealights in them!). I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. All the jars have an individual design and I have to admit that I like the look of the ones I made AFTER taking these photos best, but I couldn't be bothered taking more shots! Will include them in photos from the actual party :)
This was a simple and straight forward DIY, but I think they turned out well! Very easy for everyone to do themselves, little instruction needed. Just to note, the paper in the first few shots is actually a light grey and a peach colour, however the lightening makes them look pretty similar!
And lastly, I jumped on the computer and used Photoshop 5 and our new snazzy printer to make these cake toppers for our engagement cake! Not sure which one/ones we will ended up using, if any, but again a really easy DIY that I think turned out pretty well! What do you guys think??
I've been working on some DIY for the engagement party and I have to say, these projects have made me realise how much I love making things, and how much I'm going to miss working on all of this after our wedding! I'll have to find something to keep my hands busy as a newly wed I think!
First up, I made a whole bunch of little flags to decorate the cupcakes I will be making for the dessert table. There's heaps of them, but here I've just included one of each design. (Please excuse the terrible photos, they were all taken on my iPhone in bad lighting!)
Then I started working on decorating the jars for the flowers and/or tealights (we have a bunch of different sizes, the extra small ones are likely to have tealights in them!). I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. All the jars have an individual design and I have to admit that I like the look of the ones I made AFTER taking these photos best, but I couldn't be bothered taking more shots! Will include them in photos from the actual party :)
This was a simple and straight forward DIY, but I think they turned out well! Very easy for everyone to do themselves, little instruction needed. Just to note, the paper in the first few shots is actually a light grey and a peach colour, however the lightening makes them look pretty similar!
And lastly, I jumped on the computer and used Photoshop 5 and our new snazzy printer to make these cake toppers for our engagement cake! Not sure which one/ones we will ended up using, if any, but again a really easy DIY that I think turned out pretty well! What do you guys think??
our first RSVP!
Within 24 hours of sending out the invites too! We got this yesterday:
See that baby there?? That's our little god-son-to-be!!! Hopefully he comes in time to celebrate our engagement, otherwise both Mummy and Baby may not be playing :)
See that baby there?? That's our little god-son-to-be!!! Hopefully he comes in time to celebrate our engagement, otherwise both Mummy and Baby may not be playing :)
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