Whether you’re thinking of throwing an autumn wedding, or just love a colour scheme which is heavy on tangerine, russet and natural tones – Halloween is the perfect day to kick start your imagination. After all March, and with it the start of autumn, is just around the corner in wedding planning terms. And we noticed Halloween and fall weddings share a lot in common when it comes to a love of nature and all things orange!
Wedding arches (arched at the top) and arbors (rectangular in shape) add a true sense of beauty and sophistication to any wedding ceremony. They are often the main focus of the wedding ceremony décor and frames the couple beautifully – they also create a great backdrop for photography. With so many ideas out there, we’ve narrowed down four of our favourite styles.
If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, diamanté is a decorators’ dream. Every so often, a product comes round that is so versatile and makes such an impact, you find yourself using it in ways that you’d never thought of before.
Christmas Day is an indulgence for the senses: the taste of rich, rare foods, the sound of carols, the sight of beautiful Christmas decorations and the feeling of gratitude in being able to spend time with friends and family. It’s even better when it’s all accompanied by the familiar scent of home, and the flavours of your favourite foods wafting through it.
Perhaps you have felt the joy of a white Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere but for Australians, Christmas arrives towards the start of the summer holidays. This can make our Christmas home décor quite distinctive from the rest of the world. The warmer weather allows us to incorporate summer trends into our decorative themes when preparing for Santa’s arrival.
It takes more than 300,000 stems and flowers to create the David Jones Flower Show. It’s a labour of love that transforms the store floor and all 16 windows with large-scale floral displays interspersed with designer eye candy. The 2013 show is titled The Enchanted Florence and celebrates the work of artist Florence Broadhurst.
Decorative candles create an ambience of natural light that invites a peaceful calm into any event. They are also one of the most cost-effective ways to decorate an event space. But with a huge selection of candle holders to choose from, how do you select the right ones? This helpful guide will explain the different selections of candles holders, and give you some simple styling tips to help inspire you.
Organising flowers can be quite an emotional process. With fresh and fake flower arrangements central to so many important occasions it leaves little room for error on the florists’ part. It’s essential to create an arrangement that is not only visually stunning, but is reliably put together. Using the right tools is the first step in ensuring the blooms are in top shape for the day. Whether it’s a wreath, a pomander ball, a cross or any other floral foam based arrangement being created, mossing pins are preferred by professionals over other pins.
Wow! The entries we received for our table decoration competition were so wonderful it was pretty tough going for the judges. The winning entries made it on to everyone’s shortlist for some creative ideas we can’t wait to try, from the striking use of bold colour and candle-lit branches, to a rustic table setting. So, drum roll please… Congratulations to Cora for winning first place of a $100 voucher. Second place of $50 goes to Carla and third place of a $25 voucher goes to Rebecca.
You’re a busy person, we get that. You want party table centrepieces that look great, don’t require constant upkeep, and won’t take more than 10 minutes to make.