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So on Easter saturday we set up a sweet little first birthday for a client's daughter. In our haste, we forgot to bring our camera to get some proper pictures, but thank goodness for iPhone and Instagram ;) The client wanted a pretty dessert table using the colours pink and purple. She had loved the doilies used on this table here and had requested something similar. The lighting wasn't amazing as it was under a tent, but you get the idea!
Have a lovely day!
xoxo
Bec and Zina
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!
Love
Tammi & Bec
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
Well, we are a little behind with sharing some of our work but as they say 'Better late than never!' In February, we were asked to style a Lolly Buffet for an Engagement Party. Since the party was held on the weekend after Valentines Day, the couple decided that the colour scheme would be red, pink and white with a Valentine's Day theme. We included candy swizzle sticks, white m & m's, truffles, heart chocolates, macarons, jelly beans and lots more. For a little extra fun, we set up a photo booth with cute speech bubbles that had sayings on them like "Will you be mine?" and "He's cute" etc. Also included on the table was a vintage frame that had little note card hearts pegged to strands of twine so the guests could write love letters to their partners. We were told that both of the ideas were lots of fun and their guests had a great time.
Thanks for looking!
Love
Bec & Tammi