Colorful Creations

morning!  i spotted this amazing party idea on One Charming Party and couldn't resist sharing it.  the stunning floral arrangement (which you can create all on your own using these step-by-step instructions) is complete with pink gerbera daisies, dark pink roses, red pixie carnations, orange tulips, yellow ranunculus, yellow mums, kermit poms, bear grass, blue hydrangeas, purple liatris--whew!  what an unbelievably gorgeous collection of flowers.  don't be afraid to use color, ladies, the result can be magical!  check out One Charming Party for all of their colorful creations and creative party ideas.

{images: Nicole Hill Gerulat via  one charming party}

HAPPY LONG WEEKEND

After our Marrakech wedding we ventured over to the Chianti region of Italy to cover another extraordinary wedding for clients Sarah & Allan. We cannot wait to share some images with you on the blog over the next few months. So back from Tuscany now and in mad editing mode with a very big long weekend ahead with weddings here in Sydney.

We hope you find some time to feel the sand between your toes this weekend (like our bride Mariah at Pearl Beach last year). M'a ssalama and Caio to all of our recent travelling friends x

Party Time

it's going to be a good night...

{Christian Louboutin via Santa Barbara Chic Blog}

The Life Aquatic

We're so excited to see this inspiration board come to life next weekend at The Birch Aquarium for Sarah & Kenan's wedding! Even though we have made some tweaks, you can be sure to expect hues of deep purple, hints of toile, gorgeous flowers, and a jellyfish or two!

Loving...

these letterpress bridesmaid invitations from Allie Ruth are so adorable!  i hope all of you brides are going to ask your maids to be a part of your wedding in a sweet way.  remind you best girls how much you love and appreciate them through all your good and tough times, and invite them to join you in your new life as a married woman.  they will cherish it forever.

Weddings Fresh Sponsor Spotlight: Wedding Paper Divas

good morning, ladies!  i am pleased to announce a new Weddings Fresh sponsor: Wedding Paper Divas!  there have been so many times i have sent brides to Wedding Paper Divas' website for fresh, fun and creative invitation suites and party invites.  you just cannot beat how quick and easy their site is.  and i love how they offer free proofs and returns--such a wonderful sense of security knowing Wedding Paper Divas desire to bring their customers the highest level of quality and customer service. check them out online and thank you to Wedding Paper Divas for becoming a Fresh Sponsor!

here are some of my favorite designs.  first some vintage inspiration:

for all you modern brides:

and for all of my simple elegance ladies, the Autumn Afternoon and Cherry Shower designs:

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check out these fun bridal shower invites--love, love, love the pretty peacock!!

Gown Friday: Luisa Beccaria RTW

i have fallen completely in love with Luisa Beccaria's spring 2011 RTW--i honestly could design an entire wedding from these beautifully soft, sun drenched colors and her understated bohemian glamour!  wouldn't your maids just look fabulous in an simple white eyelet dress? or a sassy, strapless floral mini dress?  and i adore all of the colorful chunky espadrilles adorned with over-sized flowers...it's making me long for summer again...


hope you have a wonderful friday (i forgot it was friday this morning...it's been a long week!!) and i'll see you on monday!

{images:  style.com}

Real Wedding: brittany + ryan

good morning! ooh, get ready for this delightfully endearing wedding from Jesse Leake Photography.  i just fell in love all of the seemingly effortless touches this couple brought into their celebration--framed number cards printed on simple typed poems, flowers held vintage silver water pitchers, family portraits on the front porch and two little lovebirds perched on the cake.  wonderfully beautiful!  congrats to you, brittany + ryan!!

{images:  jesse leake photography}

MARRAKECH MOMENTS

Imagine getting married under the Atlas Mountains in Morocco in a place like this!! What colour dress would you wear, what music would you dance to, would you swim in the pool after the big "i-do". Our Marrakech wedding on Sat was incredible. We will be sharing more sneak peeks with you shortly. In the meantime here are some behind the scenes moments.

Tigmi was the chosen location - one of THE most surprising venues we have ever seen. Hidden photo opportunities around every corner.

The big guy (aka Bradley) capturing some stills at our pre wedding recce.

And some locals have come to greet us with a warm smile!!

A Beautiful Wedding at the Hacienda de San Rafael

We posted our testimonial from Claire yesterday, but today we were able to go onto the link to see the photos of this beautifully designed wedding we had created for Claire. 

I think what is slightly unusual, but does happen to use quite a lot, is that we did not meet Claire prior to this wedding, we did everything via email to envisage the style, the look, etc, although we did make a mad dash to the venue shortly before the wedding as I hate decorating a venue without seeing it beforehand.

The wedding was held in the stunning Hacienda de San Rafael, just outside of Seville, with a church ceremony at a very impressive church in the centre of Cabezas de San Juan.

 It would be difficult here to ignore the fabulous vibrant pinks of the bouganvilla at the Hacienda so Claire had decided to use this to compliment the wedding design. 

Claire's bridal flowers were a beautiful shade of pink, and we used dolce vita roses which were huge, the bridal bouquet was really quite heavy!

We then added in all the details from the decorated cava bottles at the church for the guests to enjoy on the coaches back to the venue, to the fans at the church which were very useful given it was 48 degrees and some fun confetti cones for the guests to throw when the bridal party came back to the Hacienda.

Once back at this amazing venue for the dinner, we had decorated it with lots of fairy lights and our famous lantern and candles to add that romantic feel to the evening.

We loved Claire's photos which she had sent me before the day and we hung them along a washing line between some lemon trees by the bar.

I think from these fabulous photos by Jeremy Enness you can see the style and creativity we managed to create via email for a very beautifully designed and hot day!

We created another wedding here one week later for Imogen, and are dying to see the photos, as this was a very different style wedding with the ceremony at the venue, navy bridesmaids with a very vintage style to the flowers and decorations using sahara roses and golds.