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Today’s beautiful client wedding is of Rachael and Drew. Rachael and Drew were married in Sts Peter & Paul Church in South Melbourne, followed by a reception in the Grand Ballroom at The Royce Hotel, St Kilda Road Melbourne. Rachael and Drew have two gorgeous boys which they involved in the wedding celebrations, take a look at little Jonty on is trike – awww!

Rachael and Drew chose our Latte Lace wedding invitations which fitted well with the art deco style of Rachael’s Gown and the Reception venue.

Above: Rachael’s stunning gown was created by Mariana Hardwick; Hair & Make-up by Lady Belle Rouge “absolutely fantastic girls” says Rachael; Flowers by Function Accessories Brunswick

“My favourite part of the day was the ceremony.” says Rachael “We live together with our two boys, so we had our 4 year old ride his trike down the aisle first with the ring cushion in the back tray, (definitely an awww moment for our friends, and a teary one for our parents!) then Drew walked down, and I followed holding Benjamin’s (17 months old) hand. It was beautiful.”

“Fr Bob did a great service and had most people laughing and feeling at ease. It was a real family ceremony in that the boys did what they had to do on the official side then they were free to walk around during the service. It was very relaxed and made the guests feel relaxed too. We arrived early and had to wait on the road outside the Church to allow everyone to go in. Even when we got out and were assembling at the entrance, guests were still arriving behind us. The weather was a perfect 20 degrees.” says Rachael

“We put aside the old tradition on not seeing each other before the ceremony and stayed the night before in our suite at the hotel. We had a lovely quiet dinner together in a little restaurant down the road, got to bed early and had a good night sleep. We got dressed together and had fun with it. It really relaxed us. We loved that we got that extra time (in the morning and before the ceremony) by ourselves together, it was our day and we got to enjoy a lot of time to ourselves to soak that up. We also got to have our photos together before the wedding instead of after the ceremony, to allow us extra time to sit in our suite before the reception to gather & refresh ourselves.”

The wedding photos were taken by Boxer Wedding Photography, locations included the suite at the Royce, the Victoria Barracks on St Kilda Road and at the Church.

Above: Cake by House of Elegant Cakes, Bomboniere – Donation to the Cancer Council of Victoria, Entertainment (MC & DJ – Black Tie Events), Table settings – Function Accessories Armadale.

Congratulations Rachael and Drew on a beautiful wedding day, it was a pleasure working with you and thanks so much for sharing your day with us!
Suzi
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Following up on our colour of the week, here is our inspiration board based on our Love Birds wedding invitation design. Combine this colour with earthy hues and warm grey for a perfect Autumn/Winter palette.

Clockwise from top left: gown by Ava Madison; Judith Leiber beaded cluch Neiman Marcus; cake via brides.com; floral arrangement Kei’s Flower, Alannah Rose Love Birds Wedding Invitation in custom Mushroom Pink; earrings Anthropologie.

Today I’m excited to launch a new regular feature I’ll be running on the blog – Colour me Happy.

Each week I’ll be running a colour of the week from our Colour Chart and showcasing an inspiration board and some of the invitations as to how they would work in that colour, so if there’s a colour you’ve got in mind or an invitation design from our range that you’d like to see in a certain colour – this is your opportunity to do so!

This weeks colour is Mushroom Pink. Mushroom is warm, soft and romantic. Stay tuned over the next few days to see what I come up with, and don’t forget to email me or post a comment here if you’d like to see one of the designs in this colour.

Suzi
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I had a lot of fun with the colours in our new butterfly flutterby wedding invitations – I love this combination, perfect for spring! Here’s a little inspiration board to show you how you could tie these colours into your day.

Clockwise from top: Sweet Pea flower arrangement by Sweet Art; bag by Vintage Rose; dress by Vintage Rose; Cake by Faye Cahill; Butterfly Bouquet via Martha Stewart; Alannah Rose Butterfly Flutterby Wedding Invitations

Today’s beautiful wedding is that of Danielle & David – I love these pictures, the day is full of so much happiness and love, the essence of what weddings are all about.

Danielle and David were married on March 14 at Quaff in Toorak Village.
Their wedding theme was black & white with a touch of pink. Our Butterfly Garden wedding invitations and stationery suited this perfectly and tied in well with Danielle’s butterfly brooch – a gift from her late grandmother – which became a special symbol of the day.

“My Grandmother was so excited her eldest grandchild was getting married, however she was sick with cancer and when I gave her the invite, she asked me to describe my dress. When I mentioned about the brooch, she said that would be my gift for the wedding from her. Unfortunately she passed away a couple of weeks later. So, the celebrant made special mention of that also being a symbol of my wedding, the butterfly and the brooch. And so I had my bonbonierre which was a bottle stopper in the shape of a butterfly and my bubbles had a butterfly on them also.” says Danielle

Danielle’s dress by L’Amour Bridal Boutique had an elegant black sash which her butterfly brooch sat on, and the black halter neck bridesmaids gowns were by Black Rose. The touch of pink was added to the stunning floral bouquets by Say it with Flowers.

The cake – a delicious array of white chocolate cupcakes iced in black and white by Cherrytree were a hit with guests and further complimented the black and white wedding theme.

Photography: Ido Weddings

“I loved the whole day. From getting ready with my bridesmaids at mums, going to the ceremony with Dad in the lovely Bentley, arriving at Quaff, and the anticipation of entering the room to see it filled with people we love and care about and of course seeing my husband to be. And all the speeches were lovely and my MC was a girlfriend’s husband who was absolutely fantastic and had everyone laughing and joining in. And the rest of the evening was just a lovely party with people chatting and dancing all through the night. I almost had to be dragged out to leave but our gift from one of the bridesmaids, a night at The Westin, was definitely worth leaving for and we had a lovely time there.” says Danielle

Congratulations Danielle and David on a truly gorgeous wedding day, thanks so much for sharing with us. xx

I love chandeliers. My nan had them in her home and I remember being mesmerized by their beauty when I was a child. I’ve got a lovely Laura Ashley one in my entrance hall now, and of course our love light chandelier wedding invitation collection is one of my favourites.

So you can imagine my excitement when my gorgeous client Renee emailed through these pics of her wedding using the chandelier stationery we created for her. The venue! The chandeliers! The romance!
What a beautiful day. Details below xx

Renee and Nick were married at the stunning Verandahs, Terrara House Estate in NSW. They chose our stunning Love Light wedding invitations and stationery, which tied in beautifully with the setting of the venue and the theme of the day.

The weather for the day proved perfect for the outdoor ceremony, and the setting of Terrara Estate was breathtaking.

Renee chose two dresses, the first – a stunning gown by Mira Mandic (above) was worn for the ceremony.

The love light stationery by Alannah Rose carried through the theme at the reception and included place cards, seating chart and wine bottle labels. The wine was given to guests as a bonboniere gift.
“I loved my stationery as it really tied in with my theme for the wedding and brought everything together on the day”.says Renee
The beautiful reception was one of Renee’s favourite parts of the day; “…the pressure is off, it’s time to relax and enjoy what is happening around you and share your special day with your closest friends and family.”

Renee’s second gown for the reception was by Pallas(above)
“Use recommended , well known, trusted suppliers so you can relax on your day
and not have to worry whether things will go wrong. Have a theme and stick to
it and don’t try on too many wedding dresses as it becomes confusing and you
might end up choosing two like i did which wasn’t a cost efficient option!” says Renee of her tips for brides.

All photography by Ross Pulsford.

Congratulations Renee and Nick on a truly beautiful wedding day and thanks so much for sharing it with us. xx

We’ve got a beautiful new wedding invitation design just uploaded to the Boutique – Autumn Soiree, as featured in the current issue of wedding style guide. I just love the style palette they’ve put to go with it.

Also featured in Wedding Style Guide issue 13 is our Butterfly garden wedding invitation design in Tiffany blue. Thanks so much to the team at style guide for featuring our work. xx

We’ve been very busy in the studio of late working on some gorgeous new wedding invitation designs.
Here’s a sneak peak at our new nautical invitation design – love me knot – available now and landing in the website very soon!

Navy and white is a simple and elegant wedding theme and this nautical look works well with stripes and green and white for a fresh summer look.

Last week I shared with you the gorgeous images from Fiona & Marks Love Light themed wedding.
The day after the main wedding celebrations Fiona & Mark celebrated with an intimate Chinese Tea Ceremony. Again Fiona co-ordinated the details beautifully. The guests were informed of the ceremony via one of our small registry cards with the event information which was included inside the main wedding invitation.

The Chinese Tea Ceremony was held at the Chinese Gardens of Friendship in Darling Harbour. Each guest received a fan with cherry blossom on it to help with the warm summer day. The ceremony followed with an oriental themed cocktail party for their guests.
For more gorgeous images please visit Fiona’s website at Couture Wedding Planning.

Photography by Blumenthal Photography

It was a gorgeous day in Melbourne today, just perfect for a stroll down High Street in Armadale.
I was thrilled to see my new ‘baby’ down there today – Function Accessories has a gorgeous window display of our new children’s invitation range.

I just love the way they’ve styled it – the classic white chairs, the tulips, pretty boxes with ribbon and the vase wrapped in fabric – all simple and gorgeous ideas for styling your own party.

My vision when designing the children’s invitation range was that the elements of a party don’t need to be all matchy matchy, the colours and patterns can theme in with any number of ready available items – the invitations are a starting point for your creativity! Function Accessories have captured just that in their window display.

If you’re in Melbourne, make sure you head down to Function Accessories and see Paul and Jill to discuss your children’s party styling requirements.
Function Accessories – Armadale
1014 High Street Armadale ph 03 9509 4844
Function Accessories – Brunswick
576 Sydney Road, Brunswick ph 03 9381 2222.

Function Accessories also stock our wedding invitation collection.

Today’s mini inspiration board is based on a gorgeous colour variation for our Butterfly Garden Wedding Invitation. The lovely Claire and Alexander chose the gorgeous Ocean blue shade from our colour palette and the result was stunning.

Above: Alannah Rose Butterfly Garden Wedding Invitation in Ocean Blue, Blue Parasol from Pink Frosting, Monique Lhuillier gown from Helen Rodrigues, floral arrangement via Brides.com

Here’s a sneak peak at some more wedding invitations that will be in store soon.
above: two little birds wedding invitation in blue, chocolate and white. this will also be available in pink.

above: butterfly garden wedding invitation in turquoise. This will also be available in chocolate/pink and black/white/lime

If you are interested in ordering these before they are loaded on to the main Alannah Rose site, please contact me for details.