Something Blue

Do people still like to have 'something blue' on their wedding day?  I know I did... a sapphire necklace... which were actually borrowed from my mother... and was very old (was my Grandmother's).  So I guess I managed to tick all off the 'old, borrowed, blue' thing with one necklace!

Either way, I'm just loving these soft blues below... especially the cute shoes! x

Cake, Dresses, Chair, Shoes, Cocoa Berry Stationery

Botanical - Anita and Campbell

Hello everyone! Happy Friday.

It's another one of our lovely lovely clients Wedding this weekend! SO a big congrats and good luck to Anita and Campbell who are tying the knot this Saturday.

Here's a look at the stationery suite we created for them in our 'Botanical' design. By changing the colours to this dusky pink and silver changes the whole look and feel of the design. I really like it in this colour way - it gives it a very soft and romantic feel.

Have a fabulous weekend. Go have a cider. xox

New Design ' You -&- Me'

I'm not really sure if I'm allowed to say this or not but... I actually really like this design. It's bold, and striking, pure typography, clean lines and lots of white space - all the things I love.

This new design uses the beautiful shape of the ampersand and its surrounding spaces - created from various cropping sections.

The giant striking ampersand (&) signifies the two people in the marriage and the coming together of the two families. The '&' links together the two people in this wedding.

Modern and effortless - 'You & me' will make for a fab new design. Shown here in a deep navy, but would work in any colour combo. I can imagine this looking stunning foiled in silver or gold.

'You & Me' will be coming to our off the rack section in the coming months but is ready and waiting to be ordered!

Until next time. Bye!

New Design 'Mosaic'

Hello Interweb, our friends and loyal Facebook followers! Today we are showing YOU a new design we have been working on. Before we get to that, I just want to apologise in advance for the kind of blerk photos. I tried my best.... but hey, its winter, there is NO light/sun and waiting for the sun to peep out behind a cloud so you can get a half average shot is hard work. So thats pretty much why each photo looks like it was taken on a different day.

Anyway, enough about that.

This design based on the pattern of a greek tile, has been named 'Mosaic' (see what we did there) It's a pretty wee design with lots of pattern and texture. Shown here in a Persian Blue and Ash Grey. You can see this design working well in the table stationery (menus, table numbers, place settings etc) - with similar matching china or even incorporating tiles into the actual table arrangements.

Mosaic will soon be on our off the rack section on the website. So watch this space.

C h a r l o t t e

Stationery Showcase - Heavenly Henna

Hello Interweb. Today we wanted to showcase a design based on the beautiful and intricate patterns of Henna.

Shown here in a brick red and cream, make for a warm and inviting combo. Based on a traditional pattern but with a modern twist makes this design a celebration of culture.

This design is an adaption of our off the rack design 'Indian Ink'

Imagine these designs piped onto your wedding cake... that would be a show stopper for sure.

All photos by the amazing Yvonne Liew

A little bird told me...

There are so many themes you can choose for your wedding and one that is certainly still popular at the moment is to incorporate birds into your big day.

Birds can be such a beautiful part of accessorising your wedding and especially birdcages for the tables. They give a beautiful antique/vintage look. And of course stationery.... there are so many wonderful ways to incorporate this them into your wedding stationery!

We often refer to loved up couples as 'love birds'. Did you know that Lovebirds are a type of parrot (very colourful) and they like to sit closely together in pairs. It's commonly believed that they can't live without their mate - they got their name because they're such sociable and affectionate birds! So go and give your lovebird a kiss... !

Stationery, Birdcage (unknown), We do , Cake , Bird favours (unknown), Nest , Eggshell dress

Under the old Oak tree

Some times we like to take one of our invite designs and build an inspiration board around that set. And today it's lucky design... Oak. We have taken the colours - Aqua and Red - and the style - outdoor summer wedding- and created this lovely wee board.

An intimate outdoor wedding under the Oak tree would link to the invite design and these colours are a striking combo and easy to theme. Red balloons, aqua streamers and lollypops, not to mention the HOT shoes. Sounds pretty good to me!

Lollypop lovers Cocoa Berry Stationery Hot shoes streamers and flowers Under the old oak tree

New Design 'Sweet Tweets'

A new design! This guy will be winging it's way to our 'off the rack' section shortly. very aptly named 'Sweet Tweets' with its cute wee birds hanging about, and teamed with a bold zig zag pattern makes for a fresh modern design. Shown in midnight black and robin egg blue. Tweet!

Text Only Set

This design, text only, is a very popular one. Elegant and modern - not too 'girly' either so its popular with the grooms as well! Still it's one of my faves especially in this colour combo of chocolate/caramel browns and a touch of blush pink.

You can see the whole set here

The golden colours of Autumn

With the change of season upon us and a slight bite in the air - we thought we would showcase one of our designs in these beautiful autumn colours. Let the season you choose to marry in influence your colour palette and help to set the scene.

This design 'Grapevine' is from our 'Off the Rack' section and just goes to show that with a simple colour palette change the whole look of this design can change instantly.

New Design 'Botanical'

Hello! We wanted to showcase a new design - 'Botanical '- that will be one of the many newbies heading over to our off the rack section. I say this with great anticipation that this will happen VERY soon, but a lot of work is involved in just getting the thing up online let alone the design process!!

Taking inspiration from the beautiful hydrangea flowers and leaves, this set has a slightly rustic and country feel while still holding a modern and fresh approach.

Colour combo shown is Sapphire and Chartreuse.

Enjoy!

Photography: Yvonne Liew

Claire and Stuart - Beautiful Bronze

Here are a few pics of a recent job for the lovely Claire and Stuart. They went for an 'Off the rack' design 'Text Only' and added their personal touch with a customized map, extra insert, RSVP postcard and address labels. A fabulous colour palette of beautiful bronze, cream and black was chosen and resulted in a stunning combo. Simple and elegant with a bit of edge. Love!

A cute wee customized map

Decorative Decadence

Hello Interweb. Feeling more and more like a bad blogger at the moment - I notice my last post was in MAY whoops!!!

So here goes the first post for June. Another example of taking one of our off the rack designs, adding your own touch and making it extra special.

Kirstin and Friedrich chose the Decorative Frame design and changed the colors to fit their theme of Jade green and crisp white. To make their invites extra special they chose two types of speciality paper stock. A textured paper for the outside and a delicate translucent paper for the inside. Add in the custom designed motif of their initials, and you've got yourself something rather special.

Here are a few pics of invite and the construction of the final product. Thank you Kirstin and Friedrich you were an absolute pleasure to work with!

Hot off the press and ready to be assembled (over 300 pieces!)

Close up detail of the textured paper

The delicate insert 

Looking down on the inside, with insert. 

Front and back of the final product