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!!

Skulls and butterflies

Gorgeous wedding over at Ruffled Blog. 

The couple DIY'd the butterfly plates! What a great idea.

For a similar look try colour me mine in Crows nest where you can design and create ceramic plates.

Or upload any digital image here, and they'll print it up on melamine plates. 

City Hall wedding

Did you catch this gorgeous City Hall wedding over at a cup of jo?