creative monsoon party: February 2014

colourful wedding centerpieces

On - Tuesday, February 25

Deciding on a colour scheme for your wedding can be hard. So how about taking some inspiration from Jessica and Matt's wedding and go with all the colours you want?! We came across these stunning table settings this month. Colourful collections of vases, bottles and flowers with simples white tableand chair - beautiful.

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Plants from scraps

On - Saturday, February 22

The next step in the great garden conversion - plants. Kitting out such a big space with herbs and vegetables will be pretty pricey so I've been looking into growing plants from scraps. Above is my mutant capsicum grown in just a week from a few seeds saved from a store bought capsicum. And below the spring onions and leek have started to grow. Testing out some lemon basil too.

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treats

high heel cupcakes

On - Tuesday, February 18

OMG how adorable are these high heel cupcakes. These would be just perfect for a bridal shower or even a fashionista's birthday bash. At first glance they seem pretty complicated but lets take a closer look. The soles are cracker biscuits and for the heels you could use cookie sticks or chocolate fingers.

How Does She has an excellent photo step by step here or step on over to Cook Dazzle (pic) for a full recipe.

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Vegi garden

On - Tuesday, February 18

It's time for a new diy project around the house. Last year we had two big designs - the kitchen and nursery, well three if you count the baby too! So now we need a big new project to get stuck into and I've decided to create a vegi garden.

We're going to use the big space down the side of the house. It gets enough sun, but not too much and is close enough to the fence to run some sort of netting to keep pesky possums out.

A few problems. What to do with big ugly open drain? How to make sure it won't be in the way when it comes to building in underneath at a later date? And we need a water tank.

First job is to clear it out and remove the mini jungle. We've made a start and ID'd a few plants like this blue ginger which is apparently quite rare.

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happy valentines day

On - Friday, February 14

Pic by Bellagala

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DIY projects

diy love banner

On - Monday, February 10

A very pretty diy project, perfect for Valentine’s Day, a glitter LOVE garland. And don't stop at just 'love' - to help you out we have a FREE alphabet outline to download!

What you need
• a printer
• scissors
• baker’s twine, embroidery thread or satin ribbon
• cardstock
• red glitter
• PVA glue

Step 1. Just print out the letter L O V E from our alphabet outline free download and cut them out.
Step 2. Apply a generous amount of glue to the front of each letter and then the fun party - sprinkle with plenty of glitter. Easy!

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treats

valentine ideas : pink popcorn

On - Thursday, February 6

Party popcorn by She Wears Many Hats

Here's an idea to make your Valentine's Day pop - why not plan a movie night complete with your own pretty pink popcorn. Great as a last minute surprise. We've even designed a printable popcorn pack with a ticket and party circles to make it that bit more special. Check out these great popcorn recips to try here and here. Yum, don't limit this to just Valentine's though, how about pretty pink popcorn at the wedding or even a kids party?