Hot off the press today are these garden inspired place cards for Simon and Lucy’s upcoming wedding. Featuring the growing love tree used on the couples wedding invitation printed in yellow, green and mocha on our 100% recycled card. . .

We have been super busy over the last few weeks, but I had to take a little time out to share a *sneak peek* of this totally gorgeous invitation we created for a lovely couple in Queensland. . . I will be sure to share some more images and details of this swoon-worthy invite soon . . .x

Today we are sharing some elements from the gorgeous wedding of Renée and Ben. Renée came to us for her wedding stationery and was such a delight to work with.

I always love to know how the proposal happened for Renée and Ben, It was on their 10 year anniversary at sunset on the beach in Fiji – soooo romantic!! 

When putting together their wedding Renée says: ”I wanted a simple elegant theme so opted for vintage colours; champagne and ivory tones with a little dusty pink thrown in. The bridesmaids dresses inspired the entire wedding. They were the first thing I bought for the wedding.”

“We live in a small mining town so knew we would be travelling elsewhere for our wedding! We decided on Margaret River as we love the gorgeous wineries and loved that our family and friends could also have a mini holiday down there. The ceremony and reception were at one venue, Brookland Valley Estate and Flutes Restaurant. We had a bus pick up the guests from their hotels in Margaret River and they were driven to the winery which was about 20 minutes away. We wanted a very small intimate wedding so only immediate family, grandparents and a couple of close friends were invited.”

“We wanted the guests to feel a part of our ceremony so we included a ring warming where our wedding bands were passed around the guests during the ceremony and they were able to make wishes or blessings for us.”

Following Renée and Ben’s wedding ceremony the bridal party went for their official photos while the guests played games on the lawn including croquet, bocce and giant scrabble!! I love this idea for a garden ceremony, not only does it gives your guests something to fill in the time between the ceremony and reception but it’s a great way to get guests talking and in the party spirit.

“The reception was awesome. We had one long table for all guests. The food was amazing (Flutes Restaurant are award winning). We had a guest book which my mum made and the polaroid camera for guests to take self portraits then stick their photo in the book with their message – it was a great hit. We also had wedding photos from our parents and relatives as far back as we could go.”

Table decorations were white vintage birdcages with candles along with small delicate handmade wooden flowers made by a village in the Philippines.

After all the formalities, Renée and Ben danced the night away before the midnight bus arrived to take all the guests home.

We asked Renée if there were any specially funny or crazy moments -
“hmmmm one of the groomsmen’s tie went missing so they decided not to wear ties. When the bus arrived, they noticed one of the guests was wearing a tie almost the exact colour of the one they were missing so they stole it off the guest and were able to wear their ties!”

A HUGE Congratulations to Renée and Ben and thank you for sharing your day with us. Sending love and best wishes to you both as you continue to share your future together xx 

If you follow Little Flamingo on Facebook then you will know that we recently took part in an Easter photo shoot for Peekaboo Magazine with some very talented local suppliers. This creative shoot was put together and styled by the super lovely Tara from Sweet Little Birdy and photographed by Michelle and Leighsa from Michelle-Leigh Photography

Here are a few of the images from the shoot -
Little Flamingo Easter Invitation on seeded paper….

Our Hippity-Hop Easter sign…

and here is the magazine article with one of our Chocolate Eggs Easter signs and invitation on the table

Have a look through the entire gorgeous online magazine below. When flicking through, keep an eye out on Page 46 to read the ‘Easter in the Bush’ article and see some of our handiwork . . . enjoy x

Candles and soft lighting always makes a room more romantic and a place more whimsical. Here are a few gorgeous image inspirations to bring lanterns and lovely lighting to your wedding day. Ahhhhh…. enjoy x

I adore the use of coloured lanterns used at Amanda and Michael’s wedding. Images captured by Tanya Lippert Photography

and this is one of my FAVOURITE images of wedding reception lanterns. I love the colour of the main centrepiece and how the fairy lights flow across the rest of the reception area. (Image credits same as previous)

What’s not to love about this image? Not only does the light dance off the water but I love the use of height with the lighting above the tables and the paper luminaries along the wharf. Image captured by Meg Perotti found via JL Designs

Gorgeously tall ceremony Aisle Lanterns via Style me Pretty captured by Yvette Roman. Shows you don’t need to use lanterns just at night!

You don’t need a big budget or a lot of lanterns to create that special feeling. If you are running low on your budget dollars, use a few simple and inexpensive white paper lanterns. via Style Me Pretty captured by Green Autumn Photography

Lanterns inside a marquee – love! Image via Atlantic Coastal Entertainment

On the beach captured by Meg Baisden Photography creates a gorgeous place for dancing!

Light up the evening with lovely soft lighting! Found via Style Me Pretty (remember you need a wet weather plan with an outdoor celebration!)

Lovely repurposed mason jars hang from the ceiling. Found via: Southern Weddings and captured by Amy Rae Photography

I love how a wedding cake topper can really show off your personalities. They can be simple, cute, funny and just plain gorgeous! I have put together a few of my current fav’s for you – which one do you like best??

Gorgeous Custom cake topper by Lollipop Workshop

Found at: Nixon Photography

found at Rustic Wedding Chic

How about a superhero Cake topper?! found at Creative Butterfly XOX

Initials in a Heart Topper created by: Better off Wed

Silhouette Cake Topper by Silhouette Weddings

Image found via: Style Me Pretty

Custom Bride and Groom Cake topper with banner by Ready Go

Cute customisable cake topper by One View Finder

Vintage style Cake topper found via: Delightfully Engaged

Sweet Love Topper created by: Better off Wed

Today I am going to show you Jodie and Scott’s Little Bird invitation. Their invitation ensemble is an extension of their Save the Date card below…

We created their wedding invitations in the same colours (Fuchsia and Mocha) and the same font as their save the date card to keep their invitation suite consistent. The Little Bird in a birdcage now hangs from a branch featuring Jodie and Scott’s initials carved in it. The Wishing well card also carries the theme with a smaller version of the invitation branch and this time “Wishing Well” was carved into the branch.

Jodie and Scott wanted to give their guests some extra information with Accommodation suggestions and Transport details. We custom designed this card and used a smaller version of the birdcage decal to split the wording between the accommodation and transport information.

All cards were printed on our 100% recycled card which has a lovely flecked look to it. If you look closely you can see it in the image below..

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!

Sarah came to us with a vision for Save the Date postcards for her and Richard’s wedding. We worked with Sarah’s design and colour palette to create a simplistic design with a lot of sentiment. Sarah and Richard selected a variety of places that are special to them to feature on the front of the postcard, places where they have lived, visited together or hold a special meaning. With a black and white colour palette this is a simplistic yet very personalised design.

We printed lines on the back for their guest addresses and left space so they can personalise each postcard for their individual guests, add a stamp and it’s their own destination postcard! Happy Planning Sarah and Richard!