Wrapping Christmas Presents

My favorite thing about Christmas is wrapping and giving gifts!

So today i wrapped some more gifts ready to give out next week - and they looked to good not to share! (if i do say so myself )

Our tree all dressed and ready to go :)

It's Christmas Time!!!

Well today Bec & I finally finished decorating our tree, wrapping gifts and 

hanging our new Memory Wreath .

The year my dad passed away my mum started making this memory wreath

Mums Memory Wreath

The idea is you add something each Xmas that reminds you of the year that's been. After 18 years Mums wreath is very full, but it all started with this little piece of wood.

Dads signature on a piece of the garage wall in the house i grew up in.

This year Bec and I got married- so we decided we would start our own memory wreath :)

Our Memory Wreath 

 It's very sparse right now- but over the years we hope to fill it with many wonderful memories.

 We decided we would put the marriage key Bec's sister bought us for our wedding gift, and a small piece of the fabric from the arch we got married under .

Marriage Key

Gold, pink,purple fabric from our arch

                                                           

   We hope that we inspire you to start something so special for your family this year too.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from Sapphire Designs.

xxxx

11th November 2011 Wedding

The Lovely Jo -became a Mrs on Friday. A day that will go down in history - and not just because it was her wedding day. The date 11.11.11 will only come around again in 100 years time!

I had a ball making this wedding. I enjoy any wedding that's not the standard round rose bouquet and this was exactly one of those type I LOVE.

The result of my enjoyment was 3 beautiful asymmetrical bouquets.

The brides bouquet contained White Lillies,chinchilla, Stock, Hydrangea ,mixed broad leaves,asparagus fern and Dodda Vine.

The Brides Maids Bouquets had Orange Vanda Orchids, Chinchilla, Green Billy Buttons & mixed broad leaves including Xanadu leaves.

The Cake was finished off with some white lilies from the brides bouquet.

I think the girls looked stunning don't you agree?

Rach 

xx

Tesselaars flowers

I was really excited to get an email tonight letting me Sapphire Designs web page is on the Tesselaars web page.

To have a peek -click on the link below  .

Sapphire Designs

 

Vanda Orchids with Privot berries & Dodda Vine

Wedding Flower Ideas: Feathers

I found this article today that i wrote for Service Seeking  a while ago, and it reminded me i still long to make a feathered Bouquet

 

Wedding Flower Ideas: Feathers

Rachel Bell from Sapphire Designs explores the idea of feathers in wedding flowers and decides if they're a fancy or a fail?

I consider myself to be a retro, vintage type of a girl with a lot of modern influences and I love getting the opportunity to take on these styles in the wedding flower ideas I create. So naturally when I stumbled across the idea of feathers in wedding bouquets from a fellow feather shop blogger - I thought fabulous! To me this encompasses all things vintage and modern, the possibilities seemed endless.
In my early work while I was still at TAFE in the mid 1990’s we used feathers in a theatrical way in big display pieces, using the feathers to symbolise American Indian themes, but never in our wedding work. Thankfully now the times have changed and these delicate details shine as added beauty to an already beautiful palette of flowers.
After discovering this new wedding flower idea I did some solid research to learn a little more about types of feathers. I was so amazed by the shear amount of feather varieties produced in an array of colours for our use. A thank you must be given to the wonderful birds in this world for giving up their coats for fashion and beauty.
My all time favourite feather species has to be marabou for the softness and delicate texture – these are the feathers most commonly used on the marabou slipper which is also a very popular wedding shoe, or at least wedding night shoe!
But did you know there are actually more than 5 varieties of just the marabou feather?
A lovely memory I have of the marabou feather is my Aunt's wedding dress, she was married in the late 1970’s and her dress had a hood on it which was covered in white marabou. It looked stunning!
A feather wedding moment that also sticks in my mind is the effervescent Carrie Bradshaw who wore the most amazing feather headdress for her wedding in the first Sex & The City movie. The vibrant blue feathers were a stand out, and mirrored by the huge cream roses in her natural stem wedding bouquet.
The end result of flowers and feathers is soft, delicate, intriguing (have your guests wondering “what's that in her bouquet?”) unique and timeless.
In addition to a great wedding flower idea, feathers are also being used to decorate reception venues in vases on tables, as part of larger arrangements, and even in the church flowers and on pew ends.
So whether you’ve just started looking for wedding flower ideas - or you’ve already made your floral choices -stop and consider the beauty that feathers can add to your big day.

Mexican Fiesta

I had the pleasure of creating a outdoor dining table for Bec's Mexican Fiesta in June for her 30th Birthday.

as Promised... some photos.

I lay Hessian on the table for that raw effect

              The Walls had a Scene setter of a bar.

            The birthday girl devouring the taco cake i made! 

       

 All the guests took home a little bunch of flowers that i made to make up the table decor.

Bec hand wrote a thank you note on each bunch :)

The Thank you tags i made had pictures of Mexican Pin up girls. Bec's Love :)

The thank you bunches were tied with string to add to the raw theme.

  These little fuzzy green flowers- where a huge hit!

 Candles in jars looks amazing once the night fell. Perfect for the cold winters night that ensured.

 

I had an absolute ball creating a magical table- everyone who attended love it! 

Polkadotbride.com

We are so delighted to be featured as the florist for the Morgans wedding on www.Polkadotbride.com

First of many I hope :)

Big thanks to Kellee Walsh for her stunning photography.

Morgans Wedding

Photographer - www.kelleewalsh.com

inspiration.....

Peonies.... so beautiful.

 

Such a beautiful Autumn wedding flower.

Candy & Trents Wedding -November 2011

A few lovely photos from a beautiful wedding late last year.
I loved making this bouquet it was so different <3

  
 

Fiesta Bathroom Flowers

Bec's Fabulous Fiesta 30th birthday party last weekend ....

 

I love bathroom flowers :)

30th Fiesta!

I made an amazing cake for Bec's 30th Birthday this past weekend. It was a mammoth effort, but totally worth it :) looks fantastic don't you think??

Rosemont Australian Fashion Week

I loved being apart of Australian fashion week today.We worked so hard for 2 days to produce an amazing "flower mountain" for Sara Phillips .


Big thanks to Amy @ Henry Hudson for allowing
Me to be apart of her big day (s)