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Alannah Rose {wedding} – Deonne & Jefri

Today I’m excited to share with you the gorgeous wedding of Deonne & Jefri, photographed by the fabulous team at SugarLove Weddings.

Deonne and Jefri were married on the 14th March 2009 at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, followed by a sit down reception in The Langham’s Alto Room.

Their colour scheme of black and white was based around their wedding invitations and stationery – our gorgeous Le Boutique collection.

“I chose the theme because the invites we chose were black and white and reminded me of a classic French perfume bottle” says Deonne

Deonne’s gown by Annette of Melbourne Couture was made of silk chiffon and encrusted with Swarovski crystals, offset by an elegant silver cuff by Stephanie Brown. Deonne’s posy by Whitemoss florists consisted of gorgeous David Austen roses, green rose buds and black ivy berries.

The bridal party arrrived in convertible black mustangs from MIB – Mustangs in Black, with the bridesmaids dressed in elegant black dresses by Nicolangela.

“I chose black bridesmaid dresses as the colour went with my theme and was really flattering on both girls” says Deonne.

The bridesmaids posy’s also by Whitemoss were made up of bright green molluca balm, a striking contrast to the black dresses.

The stunning decor of Melbourne’s Langham hotel set the backdrop, whilst classic black and white touches, including our Le Boutique place cards were offset by green molluca balm in black pots, styled by Deonne and her sister to finish off the theme.

The bridal party headed to the city and to the gorgeous block arcade for more photography with Sugarlove Weddings.

The men’s attire, inspired by the Beatles, one of the couples favourite bands, from Jack London.

More details on Deonne & Jefri’s wedding can be found in the current issue of Bride to Be magazine.

All photography by SugarLove Weddings.

Congratulations Deonne & Jefri xx

13/08/2009/by scofield

Boo! Made You {jump}

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The lovely girls at The Party Parlour emailed me these fabulous spooky party images based on a celebration using our Spooky Spider invitations. Whether you’re planning a spooky spider party for Halloween or later in the year, now is a good time to stock up on spooky goodies as stores tend to carry more scary themed goodies in October.

For all the items you’ll need for this spooky spider celebration, visit The Party Parlour Spooky Shop

For more spooky ideas, you can see our previous post on spooky parties here.

10/08/2009/by scofield

Free Wedding {style} Guide Magazine

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The lovely ladies at Wedding Style Guide have emailed me this week with a free offer to download one of their digital editions. Perfect for those without access to this gorgeous magazine!

With the digital edition you can flip through the pages as if you were reading a printed version, check the list of contents to find the exact page you’re looking for or zoom in to read the articles. Best of all you can select any one of the gorgeous images – or even entire pages – and email them to friends. You can even print out the pages to cut up for your mood boards.

I’ve had play with it tonight and I’ve found our gorgeous Raspberry Spider wedding invitation in the Pretty in Pink colour pages.

The offer is only until the 15th June, so hurry if you’d like to take a look and see how it works.

To access your free edition, click here

06/08/2009/by scofield

Alannah Rose {party}- Quack Quack – Little Duck Birthday Theme

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Well, I’m just recovering from the big weekend we had! My little girl turned 3 on the weekend and we had a little duck theme party to celebrate. She had chosen the Little Duck invitations back in November (yes a long time to wait – we’ve been talking Duck party for months!) so we went for red and white with a touch of yellow, and some duck type decorations as the basis of the party.

Here are some images of how I themed it all in.

Above Clockwise from top left: Little Duck Party Invitations available through our stockists; the birthday girl wearing Polka Dot Duck T-Shirt – Bellflower textiles on Etsy, pettiskirt Kaiya Eve, liberty hair tie Miss Beba; Lasercut Duck cupcake wrappers Pink Frosting, Cupcake Toppers Details Details; Home made duck gingerbread; the room set up; Party food, Duck cake by Designer Cakes, Donvale.

Above Clockwise from top left: Mini Hotdogs from the 4 Ingredients book – super easy and a hit with the kids; Happy Birthday banner by the very talented Mel at Paperklip; Lanterns, find similar in our online party stockists ; blowing out the candles; home made cupcakes, duck icing decorations Sweet Dreams cakes; lolly bags Details Details, Little Duck lolly bag/gift tag coming soon!; Honey Joys, polka dot cupcake wrappers Pink Frosting; Centre: chocolate balls, recipe 4 ingredients, cake topper Details Details;

Above clockwise from top left: The party table; flowers in white pots from Ikea; Drink bottles – wrapped in fabric from spotlight; the Duck cake by Designer Cakes, Donvale; homemade gingerbread ducks in cello bags; Pin the Beak on the Duck – a themed variation on the party classic! – homemade usiing felt from spotlight; the birthday girl loving the duck pinata.

Happy Birthday! xx

21/07/2009/by scofield

We’re {back} And On The List At 94

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So sorry I haven’t blogged for a while. We were in Sydney for Magnolia Square, which was fabulous. Thanks so much to everyone that visited us, it was lovely to meet you all face to face.

It’s been a little crazy since our return, so I promise I’ll blog more soon, we’ve got a Little Duck Party on this weekend for my three year old, so I’ll have plenty of pictures to share.

We did have some exciting news this week. We’ve entered the top 100 list of Australian Women Bloggers – at 94, but hey, it’s a start and we’re there sharing space with some of our favourite blogs: Polkadot Bride, MamaMia, Kidstylefile, Babyology, Australia Entertains, Bondville, and LaToriana, – so I’m really thrilled. Thanks so much to everyone that reads our little blog, I really appreciate it.

Suzi

xx

15/07/2009/by scofield

Sweet {mercy}

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When I was in Sydney recently I caught up with the team at Sweet Art in Paddington. Not only are they amazingly talented, but a fabulous bunch of people too.

Chris sent me some delightful images for morning tea today – I love these ones, not only do they make me want to eat them, but they have me in the mood for some weekend shopping.

above: cookie shoes and dresses by sweet art

Happy Weekend everyone!

xx

08/07/2009/by scofield

Haute {couture} Headwear

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These gorgeous images from Estelle Michaelides caught my eye this week.

They made me forget for a moment that we’ve still got to get through winter before the spring racing carnival is upon us.

Estelle Michaelides will be the milliner to watch at this years carnival, with her limited edition head pieces.

Having just returned from Paris and previously London where she spent time with Milliner Katherine Franklin Adams, Estelle is ready to make her mark.

With materials sourced from around the globe, including silk flowers and vintage trims, the pieces are not only perfect for spring racing, but would also make a stand out piece for brides wishing give the traditional veil a miss.

To view Estelle’s gorgeous millenery designs, head into The Estelle Store, 382 Smith Street, Collingwood or visit www.estellemichaelides.com.au

05/07/2009/by scofield

Party In The {window}!

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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.

27/06/2009/by scofield

Alannah Rose Party – Elle’s One Lala {bird} Party

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I love it when clients share their celebration photos with me, so I was thrilled when clever mum Marissa emailed through these gorgeous shots of her daughter Elle’s 1st Birthday last Sunday.

Using a our One Little Lala Bird invitations as a base, she put together a pretty pink and red theme.

Marissa made all the little details including the party hats. The cake was made by Nikos Quality Cakes in Oakleigh. I particularly love how she’s used an invitation on the top of the cake stand to further theme in the little lala bird and our one lala party tags are the perfect finishing touch.

Thanks so much for sharing Marissa, and happy birthday Elle!

xx

27/06/2009/by scofield

Alannah Rose {wedding} – Tony & Katelyn

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I’ve got another gorgeous wedding to share with you today – the wedding of Tony & Katelyn.

Tony and Katelyn were married in Wollongong in NSW on Sunday 3 May 2009. They chose our Embellish Wedding Invitations and Stationery suite – which was a perfect fit with their elegant and classic theme.

Katelyn’s dress made by Maria Gonzales in Melbourne, was ivory duchess satin with a cathedral length veil made of English tuille with French bordered lace. Sequins and beading were hand stitched into the shoulders of the dress.

The wedding ceremony was held at Saint Dimitrija Solunski Macedonian Orthodox Church in Wollongong. The signing of the Marriage Certificate took place to the tune of ‘Ave Maria’ (Schubert) sung by wedding ceremony vocalist Serafina Minns.

The wedding incorporated a beautiful mix of both Australian and Macedonian celebration and tradition.

Katelyn (who is Australian) spoke a section of her wedding speech dedicated to her mother in law and father in law in Macedonian – a tribute to them and their heritage;

The Wedding Reception incorporated traditional Macedonian dancing by a live Macedonian band. The Bride led her dance with a crocheted embroidered tasselled handkerchief (a Macedonian tradition). The Bride’s handkerchief belonged to her late maternal grandmother;

Red was used as a highlight colour throughout the wedding to contrast against the traditional black & white elements: The Bride’s teardrop bouquet of blood red magnum roses matched her Chanel red lipstick; the Bridesmaids bouquets by Flower Bud were made up of green singapore orchids, purple lissianthers, xanadu leaves, green succulents and dotted vine, and were designed to provide a bold contrast to the Bridesmaid’s red dresses by Hannii Chan and the accompanying red ties of the Groomsmen. Red rose petals were thrown at the Bride and Groom as they left the church; fresh blood red magnum roses adorned the 3 tier dark mud and white chocolate wedding cake by Delaney’s cakes.

A highlight of the wedding reception was the entrance by the bride and groom.

Tony and Katelyn entered the wedding reception venue with their bridal dance – ‘Come Fly With Me’ by Frank Sinatra (Tony is a pilot).

Says Katelyn “We did 4 months of private dance classes as we wanted to do something different with our bridal dance rather than the traditional waltz, we wanted to wow our wedding guests – and we did – we received a standing ovation from our guests at our wedding reception!”

“The dance was a tricky, up tempo choreographed routine incorporating swing, the jive, promenade runs, a bit of jazz and the groom at one stage picking up the bride and spinning her around, ending with a finale of the bride dropping horizontally to the floor with one hand holding onto the groom’s hand as he stood up straight and then pulling the bride back up!!”

The gorgeous wedding photography was taken by local photographer Ben Marden, you can view more of Ben’s gorgeous work on his website.

Congratulations Tony and Katelyn – it looks like you had an amazing day, it was a pleasure working with you. xx

25/06/2009/by scofield