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Colour blocking is so hot in the fashion world right now, but why not incorporate some of these clashing colours into your house or next party? It's a great way to update a room or make a party summery, modern and fun!
Colour Blocking With Pink & Orange
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Bec & Tammi
If Kara from Kara's Party Ideas hosts a party for you, then you know it's going to be good! Kara's sister must have been over the moon when Kara decided to throw her a baby shower themed with elephants - her favourite animal. We don't think this party could have possibly been any cuter! Just dying over so many details. The peanut backdrop, the cheesecake bites on spoons, the ruffle cake with elephant bunting, the vintage plates stacked on a cake stand and the make your own soda station! Just gorgeous! And this party would be just as cute in blue.
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Tammi & Bec
Turquoise, aqua, blue - whatever you want to call it, this blue-green hue has to be one of the prettiest and most calming colours of all. It can look vintage, retro, beachy, girly and shabby. Which ever way you choose to use it, we don't think you can go wrong with this gorgeous colour.
This cake looks so pretty on this aqua antique dresser
Beach chic...
Divine aqua dessert table.
Shabby shop.
You can't get more relaxing than this!
So cool...vintage Pyrex...in aqua.
Loving these old bottles.
The prettiest colour combination, pink and aqua.
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Bec & Tammi
My love of photography and cameras is no secret. I have loved everything to do with photography since I was little. So you can imagine my excitement when I found this CUTE old Polaroid camera recently on one of my antique shopping trips. The memories of watching polaroid photos develop in my hand came flooding back and I had a smile on my face all day.
Two other vintage cameras that I have in my little collection is one that belonged to my grandmother and an old camera of my husbands. Love them both for so many different reasons.
Here are some lovely cameras that I have found whilst wasting time getting inspired on Pinterest! They are all definitely on my 'wish list'.
And finding these camera cookies and camera cupcake toppers is a little like 'having your cake and eating it too!'. Love.
Love Bec
We were recently had the pleasure of styling a dessert table and candy buffet for the launch of the third edition of Inspire Magazine. Inspire Magazine targets teens and young women by teaching them to respect themselves & providing them with the knowledge & strength to make good decisions. It's all about liking yourself, appreciating your body and valuing the unique person that you are! When Di from the Gold Coast Centre Against Sexual Violence contacted us to see if we could design a candy buffet in hot pink and black to keep with the magazine colours, we were excited.
Due to the large number of young girls that would be attending the launch, we decided to split the candy buffet and dessert table. On the candy buffet table the hot pink Inspire logo popped against the black backboard and black skirt, then the whole look was softened with some draped pink satin material and a mixture of hot pink, light pink and white pom poms. For the lolly selection we went with old fashioned pink & black lollipops, heart beats, black & white rock candy, milk bottles, mini musks, mini mints, black cats, licorice and hot pink wrapped chocolates. The takeaway boxes were decorated with the Inspire logo and black ribbon.
For the dessert table, we arranged a mixture of cake stands on a table that stood in the middle of the balcony. To keep with the black and hot pink colour palette, we made chocolate and vanilla cake pops, mini cupcakes, chocolate brownies, chocolate biscuits, snowball biscuits and coconut ice. A big thank you to Eve from the The LIttle Cupcake and Cookie Shop for making such gorgeous mini cupcakes that had the most perfect coloured pink icing for our table.
A big thank you must also go out to our wonderful friend Zina who helped us with so many elements of this table!
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Tammi & Bec
We had lots and lots of ideas for Father's Day that ranged from crafting to cooking. But alas, time was not our friend and we didn't get any of them done. Lucky we have a very crafty friend who managed to do some very cute mini projects and is happy for us to share them on our blog.
All of Zina's projects can be made last minute and most of them are just using nice patterned papers, tags, envelopes and twine. Zina will be sharing tutorials for most of her projects on her messyart blog. Her are some of her ideas....
For breakfast, cook dad some French toast with bacon, banana and maple syrup and add a little 'BEST DAD EVER' banner to the top.
For all those dad's that have to work on Father's Day, why not put together a super cute lunch box with lots of reminders that he his the BEST dad!
Instead of just wrapping his favourite sandwich in glad wrap, tie a serviette and twine around it. Cut out a paper heart or '# 1 DAD' and glue them onto a plain tag.
Put some chips in a glad bag and add a funny label. We love Zina's idea of using corn chips with the label saying 'Love from you corny kids'!
Get the kids to write some little notes of love to their dad and put them into an envelope. Zina used some tags for her kids to write the notes on and helped them by starting a sentence for them eg: 'I love you dad because......'. We are sure every dad would love to recieve these very special notes.
Add another tag to just let dad know that he really is number 1!
Music CD's or movie DVD's are always a great present for dad. Instead of wrapping it, pop it into a decorate brown paper bag.
Dad can never have enough little love notes, get the kids to draw a picture and write why the love their dad. Put them in a decorated an envelope and we are sure that he will keep them forever.
Tags are always a quick and easy and can be a great alternate to cards which can get quite expensive.
Make dad his favourite cake and present it on a cake stand with some handmade bunting.
Bunting is really easy to make and Zina is going to put a tutorial on how she made hers on her blog.
Set a nice table for dad on Father's Day by simply adding some cool moustache cups, which you can find the tutorial for here, coloured serviettes, a few flowers and all of dad's favourite food.
Enjoy a Father's Day brunch with just your family or invite some friends around to enjoy this special day together!
FRENCH TOAST RECIPE
There are lots of french toast recipes out there but this is a yummy rustic one from Bec's sister Julia.
Add equl parts of milk and cream to a bowl {we used 1 cup of each}, 3 eggs, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. Lightly whisk. Dip a thick piece of bread into the mixture and then place into a fry pan. Lightly brown each side. Serve with crispy bacon, banana and maple syrup. Enjoy!
Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Father's out there!
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Bec & Tammi
We love our Dad's and watching our husband's be Father's to our children. They fix things when they're broken, teach the kids to play footy, tell us really bad "Dad" jokes and comfort us when we're hurt. They are strong, hardworking and our hero's! Let Dad put his feet up this Father's Day and spoil him with some these great idea's.
How delicious do these French Toast Kebabs look? Find the recipe here on Martha Stewart.
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Create this fun "bait" box filled with gummy worms and "bait" lollies in recycled baby food jars.
How cute is this for a photo idea?
Loving these free Father's Day Printable's!
We all know the way to Dad's heart is through his stomach! No Father's Day is complete without bacon and eggs for breakfast.
Don't forget to always wrap Dad's present with love...
Wishing all the Dad's, husband's and Grandad's out there a very Happy Father's Day!
Love
Tammi & Bec
