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Tammi & Bec

Mini Dessert Table

Today we styled a mini dessert table for a gorgeous little girls 4th birthday.  We used a pink and chocolate colour palette.  Included on the table were cake pops, apple biscuits, wrapped chocolate bars, cup cakes, coconut ice, popcorn and mini chocolate milks.

We made our own cake stand using THIS tutorial which matched the fabric used in our bunting.  The clear glass plates and candle holders were purchased from Ikea.  It is such a good tutorial and well worth trying!

We didn't really have time to get too many photos but we can share a few with you.  

 

Hope that you enjoyed!

Love

Bec & Tammi

 

Beautiful Home Offices

There are so many women {and men} who work from home these days, us included.  A beautiful clutter free environment definitely helps with the creative flow.  Take a look at these gorgeous home office spaces...we're sure we'd work harder if we had spaces like these!

 

 
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This is the perfect combination of vintage meets modern.

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Loving the red in this oriental inspired office.

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This work space has a slightly industrial feel about it while still being feminine.

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Turing your cupboard into an office is a great idea if you don't have much space, then you can close the doors and hide the mess when your done!  Although, if you had a desk this pretty we're sure you would want to leave the doors open for all to see!

 

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Gorgeous and Rustic.

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Loving the relaxing beach vibe of this home office.

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This mood board is so simple yet so effective!

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Tammi & Bec

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Tea Fundraiser

 We were so excited to be asked to design and style a candy buffet for a special High Tea being held at the picturesque House of Gabriel on the River at Tumbulgum, NSW in May.

The High Tea was being held to raise funds for the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and their fight against cancer.  They have challenged fundraisers with The Ride to Conquer Cancer an epic two day cycle through the Queensland countryside.  Our friend, and hopeful participant, Carolyn Baker, needed $2,500 just to enter the 200km bike ride!  She has put in so much hard work – apart from the physical training needed to prepare for the cycle - she has two kids to look after and has been busy trying to rally up raffle prizes, donations and this High Tea Fundraiser, which we were only too happy to be a part of.  If you would like to donate to Carolyn and her “Ride to Conquer Cancer” you can make a donation here.

Since the Fundraiser was to be held in the gardens that surround the stunning 100 year old building of The House of Gabriel, and would be for 80 women, we decided to make our candy buffet girly and vintage.  We chose a gorgeous color palette of pinks, greens and whites, and added of girly touches such as pearls, flowers, and ribbons along with vintage inspired cake plates and antique books and lace.

As the natural backdrop was so divine, we decided against using a backboard.  An antique lace tablecloth to cover our trestle table was all that was needed.  We used a gorgeous pink hobnail cake stand, which sat upon a pretty vintage inspired box as our centrepiece.  Then filled the cake stand with pale pink Cake pops with pink ribbons, which we thought emulated the breast cancer ribbon, and finished it off with an elegant glass dome.  Either side we used vintage books as our raisers and on top sat glass candy jars filled with mini musk sticks and pink musk balls.  Simple green milk cake plates sat beside this filled with pink iced biscuits and Pistachio macarons rose from the centre on a small white milk cake stand.

The ends were finished off with antique and vintage inspired teacups, pearls and handmade paper flowers.  Throughout the front of the table we scattered pink sixlets, milk bottles, and macarons among glass saucers, used white mini mints and Green Tea flavoured Jelly Belly’s in the smaller candy jars and covered mini Hershey bars in RubyJu labels to sit nicely on a ruffle white cake stand.

The day was a great success and together with Carolyn, Jenni & Cheryl McPherson of the House of Gabriel, we managed to raise over $2,100.

 

Love

Tammi & Bec

Back In Stock!

Yeah!  A new shipment of the ever popular Truly Scrumptious range has arrived back in the Party Boutique!  Gorgeous vintage inspired doilies, garland, cupcake wrappers, paper plates, napkins, canape flags and cake stands.  Be quick!  This range is our best seller and never lasts long!  Also don't forget about our sale on until the end of June.  Enter party at the checkout to receive 10% off!

 

 

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Bec & Tammi

 
 

 

We Heart Ribbon...

Ribbon backdrops on dessert tables are becoming so popular lately, and yes, you guessed it!  We are loving this trend!  It's just so pretty, so girly, so vintage.  Ribbon just adds that special touch to anything.  Tied around jars, wrapped around beautiful presents, as backdrops to wedding ceremonies, hanging from the ceiling over a stunning table setting.  The list goes on and on...take a look at these beautiful images for some inspiration.

 

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The ribbon backdrop ties in perfectly with this gorgeous vintage dessert table. 

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This canopy of ribbon is amazing...

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Rustic ribbon...

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Love, love, love!

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Speechless...

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Tammi & Bec

 

 

 

Need some inspiration?

I do! I am in desperate need of some inspiration at the moment. The last few weeks have been busy plus I have had the entire family sick with head colds, asthma etc {me included}. Hence I am tired and run down, so trying to brainstorm for my daughters birthday this weekend is proving to be a little difficult. But I did find some pretty photos on Pinterest and thought that I would share.

photos via Pinterest source Ruffled Blog

How sweet are the colours, flowers and table setting? These photos are from a Gelato themed Bridal shower and are just stunning. Do yourself a favour and head on over to the Ruffled Blog, it has loads of gorgeous ideas and is a great source of inspiration.

If you are a Pinterest lover, you can have a look at our boards here!

Hope that I have bought you a little inspiration tonight.

Love

Bec

Cute tutorials

It is always fun to find super cute ideas on the internet. But it is even better when some generous person has taken the time to do up a DIY tutorial for us to use. We love these fun DIY tutorials from Elizabeth from Swanky Press.

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Head on over to Swanky Press and also check out Elizabeth's gorgeous range of invitations.

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Bec & Tammi

Milk & Cookies {Real Party Feature}

Ever since we saw a sneak peek of this Vintage Milk & Cookie's dessert table on facebook a while back we couldn't wait to see the whole table.  Kate Brown and Yolanda Cerra of Kiss Me Kate have done an amazing job. There are some many cute elements and ideas on this table and the biscuits are to die for.  We especially love the biscuits with the outline of the little girl, they are amazing.  The stunning printables were designed by Anders Ruff. Yum....how good does this table look?

Thanks Kate & Yolanda for letting us share your table!

Love

Tammi & Bec

Prop searching # 3

This prop searching post is very different from the last two.  No more browns, beige's and navy but gorgeous pinks and turquoises!  Pink cherry blossoms, turquoise glass bottles and a cute vintage green wooden tray!  Oh, we can't wait to till we see this dessert table all finished!  Here is a sneak peek...

We are thinking lots of flowers, yummy old fashioned treats, decorated mason jars, vintage fabrics and doilies!

Love

Bec & Tammi