How to sew a paper valentine

Here is a little tutorial on how to sew a cute valentine for your loved one (s)

I have been making these as placecards and it occurred to me that they would make a pretty cute and quick valentine.

Step one: Trace your shape onto some thick card stock

Step two: use a pin to make holes in your design.

* matching the colour of your pin to your embroidery thread is not necessary

It helps to use a piece of foam behind your card stock. 

Prevents stabbing yourself or making bends in the card.

Step three: Thread your needle with some embroidery thread

Step four: Sew your design

Step five: Repeat!!

Have fun and happy valentines lovers!!

xx

P.s excuse the white paint on my perfectly shellaced nails. 

Got a few projects on the go.......

Props and pieces

We are slowly slowly adding some props and pieces for hire to our facebook page.

Apologies if you are a follower of our page as you most likely have been bombarded with images today!!

All items are pick up and drop off in Alexandria.

xx

The Obliteration Room

How fabulous and creative is this interactive exhibition at the Gallery of modern art Queensland.

You can even play a little at being Yayoi Kusama the artist right here at your desk 

Images sourced from the GOMA website 

Final wedding for 2011

Just scraping in as the last wedding of 2011 was the Sydney reception dinner for our New York based couple Amy and Josh. 

This event was an absolute joy to work on.

 Not only did we have full reign over the private dining room at Flying Fish, but Amy and Josh asked us to style a bridal shoot for them at Nielsen Park.

Having never met Amy in person, and only ever having 2 phone conversations (and many, many emails)

I was quite anxious to be sure that her vision was bought to life.

Thankfully, it was. (phew!!)

Here is a little behind the scenes video of Aleksandra and I setting up at Flying Fish.

Aleks, as always created the most amazing floral installations for the table, and this time out did herself with a spectacular rain forest like display high above the main dining table.

Hope you all had a fab New Years. 

Here's to a great 2012 

xx

Watch the movie here  Be warned it is quite the amateur production! Anyone interested in doing some behind the scenes footage of our next event, let me know! 

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