Inspiration Board - Lilac Love

Here's an inspiration board for all you Lilic Lovers out there....

An easy theme to incorporate in to your wedding theme - flowers and dresses and shoes! oh my!

And don't forget all the stationery options....our 'chandelier' set is full of hues of Lilac check it out here.

Or Kirsty and Gary's Save the dates..seen here... is a perfect example.

Happy Friday!

Cocoa Berry - Postcards by Design

Along with all our off the rack  and Tailor made designs we have a range of ready to go postcards. 

These are a great idea for gifts and are also a quick and easy way of sorting all those thank you notes for after the Wedding!!

Here are a few pics of some designs... contact us here for further info.

Have a great day - and we'll continue to get ready for the B&G show 

Bride and Groom Show

Another Wedding Show has crept up on us! This Sunday we will be at the Bride and Groom Wedding show at Ellerslie Racecourse, Greenlane Auckland. From 9am-5pm.

Lots of inspiration and ideas, prizes and giveaways but most importantly....COCOA BERRY!!

Come and say Hi, check out some new designs and grab some info. We'd love to see you!

Stand number 152. One fifty two. 1 to the 5 to the 2.

See here for more info on the show.

Sample Snapshot

A little snapshot of a few designs from recent times.

Full sets of all can be seen here

We will remember them...

Thought it would be fitting to have a quick post about ANZAC day.

One of our designs speaks for itself.

Inspiration- Cherry Blossom

Inspiration from the beautiful Cherry Blossom. Feminine and delicate and can be a very effective theme for your wedding. Our 'Blossom' designs will go perfectly with this theme. See the whole set here

Coffee Time

Ever got to the afternoon and felt like something is missing......sweet sweet coffee I love you.

Entirely unrelated to weddings or stationery...but completely related to me right now.

And I know these biscuits are completely unnecessary! (two even!!) 

Love them Lillys

I LOVE everything about Lilly's. Their smell, their beauty, their name. Its a natural association with Weddings so it came easy to design a full set for our stationery 'off the rack' section.

Check out the full set here.

Love xx

Kirsty and Gary - Scottish and NZ wedding

We've had the pleasure of working with Kirsty and Gary on their Save the Date cards for their up and coming nuptials.

Kirsty came to us with a very clear idea (and some creative license!) and we worked together to come up with the following design. With Gary being Scottish and Kirsty being a Kiwi (and the marriage taking place in NZ) it was important to them both to include Gary's heritage - hence the Scottish Thistle being the core element to the design. It also has extra special meaning - being the the symbol of the country they first met in. Bliss! 

Kirsty chose a slightly textured paper for her Save the Dates - adding to the rustic elegance in the overall look.

We are looking forward to working on further stationery with Kirsty and Gary later down the track.

Contact us here to enquire about your own Save the Dates.

Olive Grove Deliciousness

Olive Groves are a popular venue for weddings so why why not let your venue influence the design of your stationery.

Here is a new design that has just been put up on our website. You can see the full set here

Lots of greens in the palette contrasted with a crisp white background makes this a earthy yet elegant design.

Have a great weekend!!!

Love Charlotte and Lucy.

Loving the Stripes

Hello! Here's a pic of one of our designs from our off the rack section 'Stripes of Love'. 

Shown in a black and white colour scheme. Effective and striking and would tie in nicely with a black and white themed wedding.

It is also a design that is simple whilst still being elegant. Another bonus is that it is not too feminine - so all those groomies out there will enjoy the design too!

You can see the whole set here.

Cocoa Berry Cards

Thought I would show ya'll a few pics of some new card designs - NOT wedding related!  

We like to have stock pile of cards ready to use for all our Cocoa Berry needs. Being a stationery company we think its pretty important to be sending out our own designs!

Enjoy!

I did just want to say hello.

Happy birthday to you.

Grey and Coral, love these colours together.

And....

Happy Birthday to us!

Well, Cocoa Berry Design is One year old today! This year has gone in a blink of an eye. It seems like just the other day Lucy and I were just chatting about this idea we had while living abroad, walking around the park in Ascot, England - and now we have been going for a FULL on year.

We had a little celebration we this delicious cake YUM-O it was amazing - thanks City Cake Company!

It also gave us the opportunity to reflect on the year and everything that has happened. (thanks to the most amazing powerpoint presentation - you love those graphs Lucy!) We are really excited about the future with lots of new projects on the horizon! So watch this space!

A big thanks to everyone who has helped us along the way. Especially to our Man Friends - without you none of this would be possible. xoxo

Wedding show preview

Hi All,
We are just about to head out the door to the Grand Wedding show for a full on day of chatting to all you new brides to be!

Here are a few sneak pics of our stand we set up last night.

Hope to see you down there! stand 46

Sneak Peak!

We're both frantically hurrying round here at CB - getting stuff ready for the Wedding Show as well as trying to get last minute proofs out and designs to the printers! 

Anyway thought we would give you a little peak at one of our new designs we will be showing at the show. Hot off the press and unnamed currently...but I'm thinking something like 'feather & Ink'.

Come see us at the show.....stand #46. Fourty Six. 4 to-the 6.

Enjoy!

The Grand Wedding Show

In just FOUR days we will be exhibiting our stationery at 'The Grand Wedding Show'. Its at a brand new venue this year- The Sky City Convention Center - and will be pack full of heaps of great exhibitors, inspiration and LOADS of prizes to be won. 

Its kind of a special show for us as its the first show Cocoa Berry ever did (a whole year ago!) and it means that CB is coming up to our First Anniversary. Very Exciting!

So come on down and have a chat and see our new designs and grab a sample pack.

Hope to see you there!

Charlotte & Lucy

One of our settings at a previous show

Easter Holiday -Down on the Farm, yeee ha

Hello All, I hope you all had a great Easter break! Thought I would take a little diversion from a 'Wedding Stationery' Post and just show a few pics of how I spent my Easter. 

A few days with Ma + Pa Cocoa Berry in the sunny (usually) Wairarapa (Nth of Wellington) was just what the Dr. ordered. Refreshed and ready to get back in to it - The wedding Show season is sooner then I think.

View from Ma +Pa's house. Not bad I'd say! Love the Toi Toi's blowing in the wind.

Mum's new pup - 'Echo' in mid excited I-found-the-ball pose. So cute I want to bite his little face.

One of the many healthy delights found in the veggie garden and consumed over the weekend....

...and one of the not so healthy. Not found on garden but found in Moore Wilsons fresh market. To DIE for choc and silky marshmallow - hand made in Napier 'The Silky Oak Choc Company' seriously good.

Took a few pics of Mums beautiful Jewellery she makes. Watch this space for more to come of her awesome sterling silver and gold beauties! 

A whole lot-a info

When inviting guests to your wedding, sometimes it's not as straight forward as just stating the date and time. Especially with more and more 'weekend weddings' occurring, lasting more then one day, and lots of details needed! 

A good way of giving your guests all the info they need and not overbearing your actual invite with lots of writing - is to have an extra insert or information card. This way the information stays separate from the invite and is particularly useful for the purpose of directions. (better for guests to take the info card with them then the whole invite) 

Information commonly given in an extra insert is: Directions, Accommodation options, registry details, transport options and next day activities e.g. BBQ or brunch.

Here are a few examples of some info cards we have done. See here for design options.