#163 Engagement Ring Fun

A fortune cookie proposal? Brilliant!
If you didn't want to use a real cookie you could use a silver fortune cookie hinged keepsake box such as the one pictured & have the ring inside...

 

or even a card holder with a ' will you marry me' fortune (or obviously a more personalised option) & be ready with ring in hand OR even one of those ridiculously gorgeous porcelain fortune cookies I featured a little while ago here...

 

That would be so incredibly cute!

These rings are nice to look at?

 

So are these ring boxes from stout woodworks & eskae jeweller?
That hickory box especially...
 

And just for fun...



Hope your week has begun wonderfully!

Cx

#153 Wedding Details

I haven't spent much time looking at martha stewart weddings, although now & then when I am searching for something via google images, I will find it there.
That happened the other day & finally I was sidetracked enough to look at a couple of weddings...

These photographs are actually from the wedding of Martha Stewarts nephew Chris & his husband Tim.
I love this first photo of them, wedded joy.
Both Chris & Tim have careers in music, their sheet music guest book is a perfect example of making the details of the day personal & how delicious does the food look? There are lots more scrumptious food shots on martha stewart, be warned though, they may make you consider licking the computer screen...

  
  
  
  
Chris + Tim's wedding via martha stewart weddings

Picnicking, lounges & a marquee in a field (a shade of green that Australians can but dream of) , all styled to delight? Yes please. Also I do so love a spot of wedding croquet.
Tea & Cookie favours, see what they've done there? Cute.
Kite flying? Check! I've never heard that quote before, it's a bit lovely?
Last but absolutely by no means least, regardless of this judgment being based on looks alone i have no hesitation in proclaiming, that this is clearly THE best wedding band in the world.
That photo makes my mind explode a little. In the best possible way.

Cx

#149 Cocktail Snacks

There are so many options for wedding cocktail snacks. They are such an effective touch that can be so easy & budget friendly to put together, not to mention fun!
I absolutely love the idea of having bags of fresh cherries, although it is worth remembering when making your decision that if you want fruit you need to think about what is in season.
We missed out on the end of cherry season by only a couple of weeks, I hoped we would squeeze in but after a lot of rain meant LOTS of damaged fruit & an early end to the season I ended up trying to find a backup plan quite belatedly. I couldn't source our second preference of fruit chips as apparently they stopped making them (extreme sadness!), & third preference of vegie chips was proving too costly for an inferior product. Thankfully it all came together well in the end but oh... look at those cherries!

  
via martha stewart weddings + martha stewart weddings

Super cute bags are a must....

 
via she said + grooms advice

Mmm macarons.....

  
via alibaba + my life

I've never tried dried lotus root before but they look very beautiful don't you think?

 
via martha stewart weddings + brilliant bash

Those sweet potato fries are in bamboo cones, brilliant!


via chic n cheap living

*Ahem* where would we be without a doily wrapped snack? 

C x

#139 Sublime Sunday Suppers

I have just discovered Sunday Suppers & boy, have I fallen hard.
This blog seriously blows my mind & I so wish I was in New York so I could go along!
Sunday Suppers are classes taught by local chefs in Brooklyn, where you cook & then dine together. The food is market fresh (look at the pictures, you can certainly tell!), local & organic.
Fortunately the sublimely delicious styling & photography by Karen Mordechai really does make this blog an absolute treat, even if you're still wishing you could climb through the screen & be there...

A bar for your signature wedding cocktail?

 
A yummy buffet?

A scrumptious after dinner cheese table? Mmm cheese....



Homemade roasted beetroot chip snacks?



Please please please, someone in Brooklyn go & then describe it all to me in even more minute detail?
Please???

Cx

#120 Yummy Wedding Cakes

How deliciously romantic & elegant are these wedding cakes from Patricia at Yummy Cupcakes in Sydney?
Masterpieces. Some of those sugar flowers are unbelievable!

I made our cake the night before our wedding, but some of these cakes have me wishing for a time machine...

  

  

 

  


The centre cake above is actually incomplete I think, but I just couldn't resist that colour & I had someone in mind for the stencil.
The third cake in the row above & the one below are have me swooning. Notice the cake below is bedazzled - quite out of character for me to like something that glitters, but when it's breathtaking it's breathtaking & that, boys & girls is gasp inducing baked goods.
So fresh & understated. That little pop of green is nothing short of delightful. It was actually created for a diamond anniversary so I guess there's still a chance? Not long really...

  

C x