Donna and Dave's relaxed beachy wedding

Bride and Groom names: Donna and Dave

Did you have a theme? If so what was it?: No theme really - we went for relaxed and beachy, very "us". 

Colours that you used: Blues and neutrals. 

What Venue(s) did you use for the ceremony and reception?: The Pavilion McCrae Beach - we had both the ceremony and the reception at the same venue - very relaxing for guests and meant we could spend more time enjoying ourselves instead of travelling between venues!  
 
Who was your photographer?: Mel (and Jacqui) at Milk Photography. They did such a wonderful job, made us feel very relaxed and comfortable. The photos are incredible!     
 
What invitation design did you have?: Fi from Fi Fy Fo Fum Designs created an custom design for us. They were very simple and beautiful. 

What was your favourite bit of the ceremony?: Dave: Seeing Donna get out of the mustang and walk down the aisle toward me; everyone having a laugh about how we met and what we love about each other. Donna: Seeing Dave waiting for me and sharing our first kiss as husband and wife. 
 
What was your favourite bit of the reception?: The atmosphere of the evening. It was so great to have everyone close to us enjoy the night celebrating. The band, Chris and Sacha from Duo 101, were fantastic and set the tone for the night.   

Who made your cake? Melina from Regnier Cakes - We had butterscotch, marble and mars bar flavours and each were a big hit! 

Top tip for soon to be brides and grooms:  Don't sweat the small stuff. Remember what is important and have fun! 

Suppliers we used: 
Venue - Pavilion McCrae Beach - http://www.pavilionmb.com.au/  
Photographer - Milk Photography - http://www.milkphotography.com.au/ 
Band - Duo 101 - http://duo101.com/
Cake - Regnier Cakes - http://www.regniercakes.com.au/
Dress - Lisa Gowing 
Suit - Roger David
Flowers - Peninsula Flower Studio - http://www.peninsulaflowerdesign.com.au/
Car - Mustang Brides - http://www.mustangbrides.com.au/
Hair and make-up - Meesha at UK Style - http://www.ukstyle.com.au/home.html

DIY Party Backgrounds

For this month's DIY we decided to try a few different party backgrounds for weddings, parties anything! The projects use materials that you'll probably already have at home and don't take much time to put together. We really enjoyed putting these DIYs together and home you do to.

DIY doily and photo bunting

This bunting was super easy to make and requires no sewing.


Materials:
-kitchen string or ribbon
-mini wooden craft pegs
-paper doilies
-old doilies (a family member will have a drawfull they've never used or they can be bought for $1-3 each at charity shops)
-blue tack
-texta



And it's as easy as blue tacking the three equal lengths of string on the wall. I used the grout between the bricks as a guide to keeping it all even and straight.

And then pegging on the doilies and photos.

On the paper doilies I wrote LOVE with a texta. You could write anything... Happy Birthday... Congratulations...




The beautiful black and white photos on the bunting were taken by Karen from Petite Bebe Photography. Check out her amazing maternity, baby and family photography at www.petitebebephotography.com.au  or on Facebook.

 Circle Bunting 

Here is another bunting idea that was also really easy to do. Simple machine sewing is required.

Materials:
-Circle hole punch (I used a 1 1/4 inch punch)
-scrap paper, cardboard, vellum  etc
-sewing machine
-blue tack

 All you have to do is cut out a bunch of circles from your favourite paper scraps and then run them through a sewing machine on a normal straight stitch. I then knotted the cotton and trimmed the edges. Strands of circles can be hung horizontally for a photo background or vertically on a door frame or wall.

You could use any shape, size, colours the options are endless. I can't wait to try other colours and shapes. I'd love to see a triangular/ geometric one!

 Crepe Paper Chandelier

Materials:
-two embroidery hoops (one large and another that fits inside)
-crepe paper
-bobbley wool
-double sided tape
-ribbon (for hanging)

Hang the larger hoop with four equal lengths of ribbon from a central point. Attach the crepe paper strips and wool with double sided tape to the inside of the hoop and wind around the hoop. Hang the smaller hoop from the larger hoop and attach strips to it as well. Trim the edges as desired.



We'd love to see your projects if you try one of our DIYs so please email a photo to us at sarah@fifyfofum.com or leave a comment below and let us know how you went.

x Sarah 

Emily's First Birthday Party Part 2

What a day it was!  We were all exhausted by the end but it was a lot of fun.

Here is what I was able to do from my wish list (see the last blog post).

The ribbon chandelier was great and so easy to do!  I used crepe paper instead of ribbon which made it so much cheaper and I think was a great effect.  I now have it hanging up in Em's room for decoration.  We will have a DIY post on this in a few weeks on the blog.

I got the balloons but didn't have time to do the coloured tails!  I have learnt that there is limited decorating time on the actual day…

The cake looked great.  James did a fabulous job and it tasted good too!

 I also made some little tags the same style as the invitations to label the food so people knew what it was they where eating.  It was also nice as we used James’ grandmas recipe for the scones so it's nice to be able to acknowledge her on the day, even though she is no longer with us.

Instead of lolly bags I gave each of the kids a book.  I thought this may be an issue but it seemed to be fine.  I think the kids had enough sugary treats at the party that they did not mind!