coming soon..........

We get a lot of requests over here at the O&R studio. 

Some of which are for styling weddings, some for planning weddings and some for prop hire. 

(wish there were more requests for people to take me on overseas holidays but hey, you take what you can get.)

Anyway, at long last we have put together a small inventory of bits and pieces that will help inspire and create beauty at your wedding or event. Or photoshoot. Or where ever you see fit!

Will be up on the website by next year.

Which is only 2 weeks away so I don't feel too bad saying that.

Thanks to Nadean and Marissa for setting up the camera so I could pretend to be one of them for the day. Tough gig being a photographer! I have a whole new respect for all of you out there. 

Some images of our work.....

All the way back in July we had the pleasure of setting up a wedding for a fab couple who were getting hitched at The commons in Sydney. 

Len from I love Wednesdays came along and took some great detail shots of the space before guests arrived. 

The couple wanted to keep things nice and relaxed, so there was no official photographer on the day.

They did however, have a photobooth and stacks of mates with their iphones, so I'm sure they've plenty of excellent snaps to preserve the memories of their day.

I hope they do, as the bride looked absolutely stunning, and the Commons was the perfect backdrop for their style of wedding. 

Relaxed mixed with a little crazy.

Emerald and Ella Pop up SALE!

If you follow Emerald and Ella on facebook, you may have noticed they are having a fab pop up sale in Woollahra this weekend. 

A great opportunity if there ever was one to bag some super cute vintage goodies.

 Sourced by super stylist Jane Collings.

I'm hoping to pop over myself on Friday. So I might see you there!

Special thanks to my mate Jaclyn for reminding me about the sale xx

pics from the party

Last week we celebrated the launch of new wedding gift registry From the owl with a little Spring Soiree at our studio. We kept things nice and simple with a few cases of beer (that ran out ... oops!) couple bottles of bubbles and some delish pizza from the local. 

Love this pic of my two studio buddies Nadean and Marissa and I hamming it up on the stairs.

Me thinks a few glasses of bubbles were consumed prior to these posing shenanigans!

Nadean, yours truly and the From the owl team Alex and Marissa

Dylan played for the duration of the event (quite the long haul!). His amazing voice created such a great atmosphere. Thanks Dylan xx

 My handsome hubby sampling the Liana Raine icy poles.

And me doing the same below.

Yummo!

Seems it's not just us girls who were hamming it up for the camera.....

Love you boys xx

A huge thankyou to all our friends, family, wedding industry folk (well you count as friends, but you know...) that came to help us celebrate (and clean us out of beer!).

Also super duper thanks to Luisa Brimble and Milton Gan for the pics, Aja and Bianca for the icy poles and Patricia for the cakes xx

spring soiree

Did you know we are having a little spring soiree at our new work space next week?

Please shoot me an email if you'd like to come!!

Dropped past to see Libby at Polka Dot Cookies in Newtown today.

And picked up some super gorgeous cookies for a shoot AND for our lucky guests next week.

(fresh ones of course!!)

Candy bars are so popular at the moment, the addition of some super cute mini cookies is a great way to add substance to the table!!

Free printable place mats

A little while ago we headed up to Bells at Killcare to help out on a bridal photo shoot. The results were gorgeous, you can check it out over at Ms Polkadot's site here.

For the bridal table, we used these frenchie style placemats that added a little bit of glam and depth to our design. Plus they were fun to scribble little notes on under the plate!

Very excited to have found that you can download and print similar mats for free........

Right here at The Pretty Blog.

new lights

So excited to have just added these little sparklers to our propery!

Bring on the summer wedding fiestas!!

It's a gift

Gift buying is, a gift. Really. 

Not many people are gifted with the gift of excellent, appropriate gift buying.

(I'm having a Dr Suess moment right there....)

I'm guessing this is why the wishing well is so popular at weddings these days.

Begrudgingly guests pretend that they're ok about handing over cash.

But really, they're not.

Guests would be so much happier to send the newly wedded couple off into a life of happiness with a gift that will be treasured and forever remembered.

Case in point: 

My mother in law has a plastic pink sugar bowl. It is ugly. And at least 35 years old, but EVERY time we sit down for a cup of tea and said sugar bowl is bought out, we are told the story of how they received it as a gift at their wedding. (Treasured & remembered right there)

Soon to launch new kid on the block, From the Owl is breaking down the idea of a traditional gift registry. 

And throwing into the mix worthwhile and un-dust collecting wares such as Pony Rider goodies, Creme bicycles, and i pads.

Pop up shop

Working on an exciting wedding that's coming up on the 1st October. We're running with a palette of yellow and white with shades of grey thrown in for good measure.

So, as always my radar is tuned to anything and everything that fits the brief.

( you know when you buy a new car, and all of a sudden you see that same car EVERYWHERE!?)

Danni over at Oh Hello Friend is also having a yellow moment.

You can find these great decals at 5 bucks each over in her pop up shop.

Oh and I'll keep you posted on the wedding. It'll be shot by Trish at Tealily. 

With Aleksandra providing some floral wonder. Hooray!!

Hunter and the hunted

It's always great to see things from a different perspective don't you think?

In this shoot we have the talented photographer Nadean becoming the photographed!

Nadean and Ed  were recently married in a gorgeous castle in Ireland

 (watch out for those pics by Sugarlove).

Before they left,  Jenny Sun shot these light and laughter filled images of the two of them loving it up in Centennial Park, Sydney.

Enjoy xx

Cute right! 

Would love to hear from anyone that has had an e-shoot or love shoot done. 

I think they are a great, natural record of such a fun time in your life.

Props and styling by oscar and ruby


p.s don't worry Nadean didn't fully take off her photographers hat. 
Had to get the ok on which images to post before I hit publish. 
Thanks for giving me the green light on these Nadean!!