Of course this month we had our very first blog giveaway! The winner will be announced soon, but you still have a few days left to enter so head on over the to giveaway post and leave your comment. Thanks to RTISAN who provided the gorgeous pearl necklace as the main prize. Don't forget to check out her lovely online shop full of beautiful handmade wedding jewellery and fascinators, like the lovely organza rosette choker with freshwater and glass pearls and the soft feather fascinator hairband with vintage buckle and crystal button, shown above.
This month we also loved this cute cream crochet choker by Rachel Azulie. Embellished with freshwater pearls, garnets and tiny sterling silver beads. So pretty!
Next month, we're heading back to the Aussie bush for a magically romantic winter wedding...
A little something to add, we ended this months nautical wedding theme with a lovely mention on the etsy storque (blog) and newsletter with our tie the knot save the date. Thanks guys!
Here's a little something I stumbled onto today, beautiful Paris and London maps based on an original paper cut design. For sale through Famillie Summerbelle. I might have to pick up one of these, gorgeous!
If you're inviting children to your wedding then it's a great idea to have some child friendly activites for them. And this is never more important than in the winter months when the weather will probably put a stop to any ideas of sending them outside to run around. So here is a fun DIY project for you to put together to keep the kids busy indoors. DIY colouring books using your own pictures - engagement photos are perfect.
Step 1: Start by selecting a few digital photos of yourself, and open them in Photoshop making the size roughly an A4, about 20x28cm will do (make sure your dpi is 300 too).
Step 2: Go to Filter > Sketch > Photocopy and set the detail to about 10 and the darkness to about 7, just so you can see the main lines.
Step 3: Use Levels to tidy the image up a little. Ctrl L or Apple L, and bring the two outside arrows in towards the middle. This should get rid of some of the finer detail while strengthening the lines you want to keep.
Step 4: Repeat these steps on all your images and print out. You can then photocopy onto A3 sized paper, two images per page to make your book.
Step 5: Fold your A3 pages in half and punch two holes down the side, finish off by tying the pages together with a little ribbon. You can add a little text to the first page if you like, like your names, and don't forget to supply crayons on the day!
I love a real wedding, especially one where you can see how much thought and love has gone into the planning and the details. This gorgeous Maine wedding really does sum up nautical nuptials, with its beautiful boat setting and smart navy and white colour scheme. Captured perfectly by NYC based photographer Erica Lyn.
Another favourite from the Wynne prize this year, Min Woo Bang and his beautiful misty acrylic landscape paintings. 
... and I don't appreciate your insinuation that I am some how involved in its disappearance. Happy weekend everyone!
