Jodie and David's Harbourside wedding!

Photography:Richard Alaba Stationery: Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs

Wedding: Jodie & David
Theme: Simple Elegant Harbour Wedding
Colours: Black & White with a hint of Green
Venue: Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Mosman – Our Ceremony was on their private beach with drinks following at the beachside bar, Reception was in the private dining room upstairs with views over Middle Harbour.
Photography: Richard Alaba-Richard was great, we had a lot of fun and he kept all the photos relaxed and natural.
Flowers: Organised by Jodie & David’s Mum who used to be a florist! White roses, peonies and freesias. Many trips to the flower markets and practise runs!
Invitations: Fi Fy Fo Fum Custom Design. Fi worked with me and my budget and came up with the perfect design straight away, simple and elegant. We also used the bird place cards which were perfect sat on the edge of everyone’s glass! (the design that we did for Jodie and David is now apart of our range.  It is a Readymade letterpress invitation called Damask)
Celebrant: Jan Littlejohn, a civil celebrant who has married some of our friends and David’s brother. She was fabulous and kept us so relaxed and organised, it was like having another member of the family there.
Cake: My Little Cupcake, Neutral Bay – we had a tier of cupcakes with white icing in black lace cases with a main cake at the top to cut. They are, quite honestly, the most delicious cupcakes we have ever tasted.
Top tip: No matter how hard you try, if your wedding isn’t small, you will wake up the next day and realise you didn’t get photos with someone important, write a list and give it to your photographer. Also, once it is all underway it goes so quickly, RELAX, take a breath, soak it all in and enjoy yourself!!

Brooke and Maciej's simple, yet elegant wedding

Wedding Photos: Elise Kapeller Photography

Wedding: Brooke and Maciej
Theme: No theme
Colours: Black and white
Venue: The International of Brighton
Photography: Elise Kapeller Photography
Flowers: Floral Affairs
Wedding Invitations: Lace design from Fi Fy Fo Fum - We wanted something very simple, yet elegant. We found exactly that with the Lace design.
Celebrant: Lynton Round
Cake: Oakleigh Quality Cakes - We chose two flavours as we couldn't settle on one. We served the cake in cute little cake bags so our guests could take cake home with them.
Top tip: Be organised leading up to the big day. Keep things simple. We found having the ceremony and reception at the same venue to be so much easier for us and our guests on the day. Most importantly, remember that your wedding is about you and your partner. The only people you have to please (with all plans for the day) are yourselves!

Kerryn and Craig's Vineyard Wedding

Photography Gallery One Photography and Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs

Wedding: Kerryn & Craig
Theme: Relaxed elegance.
We wanted a relaxed and casual atmosphere for our guests to enjoy, with all the elegance and fine touches that make a wedding day special.
Colours: Chocolate with a splash of red.
Venue: Stillwater at Crittenden, Dromana
Our ceremony and reception were held at the same venue.  This allowed our guests to relax and enjoy the gorgeous setting while we had photos taken in the winery.  Our ceremony took place by the lake surrounded by a backdrop of vineyards.  I loved the warmth and earthiness of the restaurant and our guests were able to spill out on to the deck to enjoy a lovely balmy evening.  To top it off, the food was delicious.
Photography: Gallery One Photography, Mornington 
Michaela was fantastic and kept the day fun and relaxed.  Our post ceremony photos were taken at the same venue which allowed us to join our guests for pre-dinner drinks.  This was really important as we wanted to spend as much time with our friends and family as possible.
Flowers: Red Lili Flower & Design (0417 013 707)
I absolutely loved my flowers.  Kelly suggested a selection of flowers which tied the whole theme together.  Our bouquets were a combination of Metalina Roses, Spider Orchids, Hipiastrum Lillies and Privet Berries.  Kelly also decorated the restaurant with bowls of Spider Orchids backlit by tea light candles.  Kelly was a delight to deal with and I would highly recommend her services.
Wedding Invitations: Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs- Custom design
My invitations were gorgeous and exactly what I wanted.  My inspiration came from a stem of orchids in a vase and Fi translated this into an amazing and elegant design, which carried through the invitations, RSVP cards, gift registry information, order of service booklets, place cards and menus.  Fi was so easy to deal with and even a last minute change was not a drama.  I would have no hesitation on recommending Fi's fantastic service.
Celebrant: Erica Schamberger 
Erica's service was relaxed and personal.  We were keen for a short service so that we could get on with enjoying the rest of the day.
Cake: Heather's Novelty Cakes
Our cake was served as dessert so we chose two tiers of chocolate and white chocolate mud cake.  Kelly from Red Lili Flower & Design decorated the cake with fresh flowers to complement our bouquets and the table decorations.
Top tip: Don't stress about the small things.  Most people will be too busy having fun to notice them anyway.

Victoria & Andrew's Mexican Beach Wedding

Photography: Del Sol photography and Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs

This is a fabulous Mexican beach wedding.  Victoria said "we basically just told the wedding planner we wanted a wedding on the beach with Mexican food and 80s music and that was about as much thought as we gave it!"
Here are the details:

Wedding: Victoria & Andrew
Theme: Didn't have one!
Colours: Didn't have any!
Venue: Westminster Registry Office, London, and Be Tulum hotel, Tulum, Mexico
Photography: Del Sol photography
Flowers: No idea - organised by our wedding planner (she just showed up on the day with flowers!)
Wedding Invitations: Custom folder set.  The folder had diecut fish on the front that showed a mexican style pattern underneath.  The folder housed all of the cards as there was lots of information for the guests.
Celebrant: No idea! 
Cake: Didn't have one!
Top tip: Delegate everything to someone else to organise - in our case, a wedding planner called Gelena from Weddings Riviera Maya; we turned up a few days before hand and she'd organised the whole thing for us!  Perfect!

Emma and Jordans Wedding

Photos: Paul Sulovski and Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs

Theme: Small and intimate. We only had 35 people at our late afternoon wedding, just immediate family and our closest friends. On our day we wanted to be able to enjoy as much time as possible with the most important people in our lives.
Colours:  Red and Tan. Oh, and of course an ivory wedding dress!
Venue: Riva, St Kilda Marina for both the ceremony and the reception. It was a wonderful venue, with a small beachfront on one side where we had our ceremony, then upstairs to a private dining room for drinks then the reception. As our reception was on the westside of the building we had a wonderful sunset to set the evening off.
Photography: Paul Sulovski really listened to what we wanted from our photos and the style we were after. Like all good photographers, we hardly even noticed he was there and he came up with a wonderful set of natural and relaxed photos.
Flowers: Organised by Em, she went to a flower shop recommended by a friend. They did a fantastic bouquet of red orchids, lapel pin for Jordan and lapel corsage for mothers and grandmothers at a great price.
Invitations: Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs Custom Design. Fi took our random ideas and generated a fanastic design straight off the bat which carried across all the stationery we used for the wedding....Invitations, RSVP cards and place cards.  The design brief was something simple yet elegant.
Celebrant:  Jeannette Burke, a civil celebrant that Em knew through her work. She created a relaxed atmosphere and a wonderful service.
Cake: Organised by Jordan's mum from a person local to her in West Gippsland. We had a chocolate cake with white icing, topped with decorative white and red roses. For all the guests we had small take home cakes, shaped as hearts with an E&J on them.
Top tip: Having the wedding and reception together does make it an easier day to manage for yourselves and your guests. Also, as hard as it may be, try and stay true to what you as the couple want in the wedding and the reception, even in the face of what mothers, mother-in-laws and those distant relatives who want to come might otherwise want.

Victoria & Jason's Wedding

Photos: Em Photography and Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs

Wedding: Victoria & Jason
Theme: Contemporary elegance, East meets West.
We were married in a beautiful old stone church to reflect our time in the UK and the invitations were stylised chrysanthemums to represent our time spent in Japan. 
The red roses were in honour of my mum.
Colours: Red, Black and Silver
Venue: Eve's on the River, Brisbane QLD
Located on the Brisbane River the venue was relaxed and stylish providing a great setting for our cocktail reception at dusk.
Photography: Em Photography
Our friend Emma did a lovely job of our photos creating a mix of candid and natural shots with some lovely portraits too.
Flowers: Wedding Stems

The red roses looked fantastic against the bridesmaid's black satin cocktail dresses. The rose in my hair was suggested by my hairdresser Nadine from Rokstar who did our hair on the day.
Invitations: Fi Fy Fo Fum - Custom design
Fi did a fantastic job with our invitations. The entire process took place over email as we were living in the UK at the time and planning our wedding by distance. Fi understood our ideas and created a beautiful design that we used for our wedding stationery. Despite the distance it was a seamless process.
Celebrant: Father Gary Fagg, All Saints Wickham Tce, Brisbane, QLD
A beautiful old stone church located centrally in Brisbane
Cake: Cakes by Judy C
Judy did a fantastic job with our wedding cupcakes. We had a flourless rich chocolate cake smothered in vanilla butter cream and topped with little red hand-piped flowers to match the design that Fi created for out invitations.
Top tip: During your wedding day make sure you stop and take time out with your new husband/wife to reflect on your special day.

Welcome to our blog...and Fi and James' wedding

Photographs by Who's a Clever Girl Photography and Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs

Welcome to Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs' blog. On this blog we hope to provide you with fabulous inspiration for what ever event it is that you might be having. We will be asking our wonderful customers to provide you with insights into their events...what they did, where and how. We hope you enjoy it...feel free to leave us any comments or ideas.

To get the ball rolling I thought I would start with my wedding...enjoy!

Wedding: Fi & James

Theme: Modern Elegance

Colours: Raspberry and Candy

Venue: The Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne 

Great location right in the heart of the city.  We chose it for the wonderful classic architecture as well as the convenience for our interstate and international guests.

Photography: Who's a Clever Girl Photography

We hardly knew Lisa was there...she just blended into the background.  This meant she was able to capture some beautiful candid moments of us and our guests.

Flowers: Mimosa florist and lifestyle for the bouquets and family members for the reception flowers. We bought the roses from a wholesale nursery and this really helped keep the costs down. I wanted freesias in my bouquet and Lilli at Mimosa created a stunning bouquet combining these and the roses.

Invitations: Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs - Custom Design
We really wanted a design that was creative however it still needed to keep the formal aspect.  The invitation design carried through to the order of service, table numbers, menus, place cards and seating chart.

Celebrant: Jason McCheyne 
Jason created a wonderful service for us that really reflected our personalities.  It was relaxed, free flowing but still maintained the importance that this occasion represented.

Cake: The cake was made by my sister in law and my mum and I made the flowers to decorate it.

Top tip: A friend told us to take some time and stand back and watch everyone enjoying the reception. This was a great piece of advice and it is one of the best memories that we have. Having everything in the one place was also easy as it meant that we did not have to move venues and the celebration could continue without a big break.