A corporate client contacted us to create some place cards for an upcoming event. The focus of their conference is on renovating with a hint of the TV series ‘The Block’. With this in mind I immediately knew what I wanted to create for them.

Let’s bring in some fun and colourful lego blocks, perfect for the renovating theme!.. (I think the sky blue blocks are my favourite lego block colour)

and then we need names right? so everyone knows where to sit. . . 

We wanted to make sure the names were clear on each card and that the design was simple yet unique. So let’s join them together! After conducting a couple of stability, strength and name visibility tests, we had the perfect combination.

Aren’t they fun? I can just see the conference guests sitting at their tables creating little architectural masterpieces from their place card lego.

When having a party or celebration, it’s always the little personal touches that really help pull together the overall theme and add that little unique spark. For something easy and inexpensive, stamp your cutlery! Yes you heard me correctly, personalise your cutlery with stamps! Aren’t they cute!

This works perfectly with wooden forks, knives and spoons, you can stamp them with anything you like or even personalise for each guest and they are perfect for kids parties too!

Let’s get started!! First to the shopping list:

You will need: 
Wooden cutlery (we found ours at Emerald & Ella)
Alphabet stamps
Stamper (to attach your wording to)
Ink Pad

What Next?
Make up your stamp, remembering that you need to make it backwards. You will want to test it out first before stamping your cutlery, because if you are like me then you have put at least one letter back to front!Testing the stamp will also give you an idea of where you need to press heavier or if you have places where the stamp gets too much ink and gives you marks. See the black across the top of the letters in the image above? For me this was coming off onto the test sheets so after I inked the stamp I then needed to clean part of the stamp with a tissue before applying it to my wooden forks, like this…

and then STAMP! and you have this…YAY! So cheap to create and fun to stamp and best of all you have your own personalised cutlery for your special occasion which needs no washing up! (hooray!) Happy Stamping!

If you haven’t heard of Ribbonesia then you are in for a real treat today. Ribbonesia is the brainchild behind artist Baku Maeda and is so unique and just so damn cute! He has created a series of animal sculptures from ribbon with each piece unique and created by hand. Use them as gifts, on your wall, in frames, as boutonnieres, place settings even part of a dessert table, the options are gorgeous and endless. For more Ribbonesia go to the official website Ribbonesia

The creative guys behind Ribbonesia

With the new year here, how did you spend the last day of 2011?

We created these personalised party bags for our New Years celebration. First we started with simple brown paper bags which we printed guest details along with the evenings party menu. As they are bags we  stuffed them with party horns, beads, party poppers, funny glasses and some chocolate of course! All sealed with a shaped paperclip – cute huh! (My favourite is the pink engagement ring clip)

These are simple for you to DIY at home, and not just for new years eve! These are great for kids parties as take home goody bags or use them as place settings.

Set up your wording in Word or your favourite program and print! When you feed the bag through your printer, make sure that you feed it bottom first to stop it from becoming jammed or eating your paper bag. Not all printers will take the thickness of the bag so if yours doesn’t just print onto another piece of paper and stick it on for a similar look! – Enjoy x

With the new year here already! (seriously, where did 2011 go!) and the Summer weather looks like it has finally arrived we decided to create a fresh summery wedding inspiration board.

Aquas, greens, sea glass, and whites together with just a hint of grey look amazing together and give a really light and fresh feel to a wedding celebration. Here are some ideas for your fresh coloured celebration…enjoy x

our inspiration source list:

All Seasons Invitation – Little Flamingo Stationery
Hyacinth Bouquet – Butterfly Philosophy
Crystal & Pearl Bracelet – Bespoke by Renee
Sea glass coloured Poms – Party Poms
Halo Ring – Simone & Son
3-tier wedding cake – Martha Stewart
Wedding Dress – Karen Willis Holmes
DIY Drink Flags – Martha Stewart

After having a nice relaxing break in Palm Cove and attending the most gorgeous wedding of 2 very close friends I am having a hard time trying to get out of relaxation mode and into Christmas mode!! I can’t believe how quickly Christmas and the holiday season has crept up on me! Even with the stores having their Christmas displays since September! {does anyone else think that September is way to early!?}

So with a cup of hot chocolate and some holiday spirit I thought I would share with you a FREE gift tag printable of the tags I have designed to use on my presents this year..what do you think?!…

To create these pretties, you will need the following…

Shopping List:
* Gorgeous card to print your tags on (I used Kraft card for these)
* Printer (to print out you new gift tags)
* Scissors
* Hole punch
* Ribbons, twine, raffia or whatever you would like to use to attach your tags to your goodies.
* FREE printable gift tag template

1. After downloading the gift tag template, print them out on your favourite card – I used Kraft card for these.
2. Cut out each tag following the line provided
3. Next use the circle guide to punch your threading hole with your hole punch.
4. Thread your favourite ribbon through the hole and there you have it, your own set of gorgeous tags! – So easy! Which is your favourite?

Happy Holidays! and enjoy your new gift tags!

These beach inspired candles are so cute and a cinch to make! Use them for kids birthday parties or add little signs to the top of the candles to create gorgeous little accents for weddings, christenings or even on your dinner table!

You will Need: 
Candles
Small Urchin shells

When selecting the right combo make sure the hole will be the right size to fit your candles snugly. The hole of the shell should be a little smaller than the thickness of your candles. Oh, and if you are going to use them on top of your cake make sure you sterilise your shells first.

What Next? 
Carefully twist the candle into the hole in the sea urchin shell, making sure you twist in one direction only. As the candle goes into the shell you should get a small thread on the candle just like a screw has, this will help to secure it in place. If you are worried or want to add a little more stability, dab some hot glue on the inside of the shell. Below if you look carefully, you can see the marks the twist action should make on your candle…

And underneath looks like this…

Wasn’t that easy and aren’t they cute! These candles can be a little fragile and it’s best to secure them especially when the candles are lit. Put them in sand, pop them on the table or set them in your cake! I can even see these at a Mermaid party!
If you would like to send us some pics of your completed project we would love to see them! Happy Creating!

If you follow Little Flamingo on Facebook you would have seen a sneak peek on Sunday of a delicious looking croquembouche from Summer’s birthday. Summer and Josh are getting married in just over a week (yay!) and she has been working so hard on all the details for their big day, that I wanted to create something a little special for her birthday. 

With her love of croquembouche and the work Adriano Zumbo, An Adriano Zumbo croquembouche was the perfect surprise. Not only does this cake look amazing but it tastes divine! (a little tip though, the angel hair wrapped around the croquembouche will melt if it gets moisture to it, so be careful!)

It was an intimate celebration so the croquembouche took centre stage. Around the cake I kept everything very simple so as not to distract from this masterpiece of a cake! I added a few little touches like the Happy Birthday signs in glass bottles and made 2 little string banners to visually connect the drinks sections to the rest of the display.

As pink is one of Summer’s favourite colours, this was used throughout the table along with white and a few mirrors (also on Summer’s list of favourite things).

Gorgeous striped straws in pink and raspberry from Emerald & Ella in little glass bottles sat on their own mirrored coaster defining their own space and adding a little more dimension to the table.

Spotted and striped glassware was used along with striped white birthday candles in little urchin shells. 

To finish off, I hand stamped wooden forks (also emerald & ella) with “summer’s b’day” and laid them on complementing napkins, ready for the guest of honour to arrive!

Happy Birthday Sum! I hope you had a fabulous birthday!! x

Today I am feeling in need of a little yellow and so we decided to put together a lovely yellow and white wedding inspiration board for you. No matter what your style punches of yellow can look fabulous. Which image is your favourite?

Image sources:
Aisle by Pink Rock Events photographed by Triplecord Found at Maharani Weddings
Love Sparklers via Events by Elaine
Mark Joseph 3-tier cake via Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine
Bouquet by Sydney based florist Butterfly Philosophy
Heart Stripe Hanging Mobile created by birdynumnum and found at Down that Little Lane Perfect for the bridal table or wishing well table to add an extra little touch.

The spookiest day of the year is here! and what is spookier than when the neighbours house starts to sing!!
Each year this house does a new light show routine and it’s amazing! check it out -

This is Halloween Light Show

And what’s better than one song from the singing house? that’s right! 2 songs!!! This one will get you jumping!

Party Rock Anthem House

I want to go to a party at their place! Happy Halloween everyone!