Needing a little bit of colour

Here in Central East Queensland we're experience some pretty terrible weather so I am in much need of a bit of brightness right now. I hope you enjoy the below as much as I did.

Baby Shower Prep

So with T minus 10 days & counting until my sister's baby shower I thought I would share a few pics of the preparations with you.

Here we have a few off the little fellows that will be making an appearance at the party & cute animal print tissue paper pom poms.

Personalised noodle boxes for the lolly buffet

 What's not to love about receiving brown paper packages tied up with string???

I was very excited to unwrap my order from Mon Tresor

Look, look I finally have some retro paper straw & super cute cupcake wrappers. I'm very happy girl now.

Stay tuned for more party preparations & then the big shabang!

 

3 Years & 3 Times The Love

Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary so I thought I would share a few photos, well more than a few but who can't help but show off their wedding snaps. Photography by Leigh Warner Photography

Lolly Buffet Inspiration

So with a little more than a week until I host my sister's baby shower I'm in need of some natural coloured lolly buffet inspiration. I hope you enjoy these beauties as much as I so.

As featured on Big Wedding Tiny Budget

As featured on Green Bride Guide

As featured on Candy by Brandi

As featured on Wedding Wire

Look out for my post about my sister's baby shower later this month.

Sahara's 1st Birthday ~ Pretty Bugs Party

Our beautiful butterfly princess, just the picture of innocence here.

 

Delicious yummy but healthy food for the kiddies, although the adults couldn't resist either.

Please ignore the ugly tarp backdrop, we totally underestimated the wind on the day. Due to the wind many handmade decorations didn't even get a look in. The beautiful tissue paper pom poms, birthday banner & laminated photos of Sahara (one for each month up until she turned 1) remained in the boxes during the party.

How incredible is my older sister, I gave her a Planet Cake book for Christmas & this what she made for her first attempt at cake/cupcake decorating. Now is that a natural talent or what????

  

CAKE SMASH!!!

Thankfully mummy thought to bring a few outfits for the little diva, there was three all up during the party.

Please excuse my first attempt at creating storyboards on PSE, I totally have not done justice to Caroline's, from Mihaja Photography, photos which are truly stunning memories we'll cherish forever.

Photography - Mihaja Photography

Clothing - Bee and Me

Cakes - Lisa (my sister)

Styling, stationery & food - Myself

Coffee with my Sweet

Today Sahara & I had a "Mummy Daughter Date" at our local The Coffee Club. In all of Australia our little coffee shop is in the top 3 The Coffee Club franchises in the country, not bad hey. To show our support Sahara & I helped out by buying a couple of muffins, to be the top store they need to sell as many muffin as possible today. We grabbed one to take home for daddy too.

Doesn't see look so cute in her pretty strawberry dress????

Sahara's babycino, guess where the marshmallow was 2 seconds after this shot???

Our delicious Orange & Poppyseed muffin, we were good girls & didn't use the butter.

Guess who was playing with her camera setting???

Latest Creation

Good morning (just). So 3 months ago a friend of mine asked if I could make personalised bunting for her son's bedroom. Now I have only been sewing for about 4 or so months so I felt quite excited that she would ask me to try this knowing I had little experience. After a little fabric searching we came to pick the Riley Blake All Stars set (1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th in pic below). Isn't it just fantastic!!!!

After I received the fabric this little project stalled due to moving house, my daughter having various infections & also really just a very big lack of creative motivation which has been affecting all areas of my creative self. But slowly but surely I'm gaining my motivation back so soon there will be no stopping me & I'll be sewing like a pro lol.

Alright so my next step was to decided on which plain colour I would use for the personalised lettering on the bunting, for this I went with Fire Engine RED! I also decided to use red for the ribbon (well actually it's Hem Binding).

I have never before attempted appliqueing anything so I found it extremely fiddly but got it in the end & although there is no way that my work could be sold in a store I reckon I did a pretty decent job.

Most probably wouldn't be as wrapped in the finished piece as I am but I'm over the moon with it & am now going to work on a girly themed one for my own daughter's bedroom.