Showing posts with label entertaining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entertaining. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Kitchen Tea - Alice-Style!

I suppose I'm officially at that age: people all around me seem to be getting married, having kids, etc etc etc. *yawn* (not really, I'm secretly very envious!)

A friend of mine is planning a bridal shower/kitchen tea for one of her school friends and I thought it might be a fun little project to help her with, given the amount of free time I currently have (and also fuelled by some bitchiness from a fellow bridesmaid towards her - I'm rather protective of my friends!) 

So I drew up some mood boards with images I found on Pinterest and thought these slides were just too cute not to share on my blog... Who knows, maybe one day I might become an event planner! Or better yet, find an excuse to throw elaborate, OTT parties at least once a month;) 























I just hope my friends will be putting this much effort in for my kitchen tea when the time rolls around... *hint hint M & J* :D

Xxx



Monday, 19 September 2011

Glass Jars, Mondays and Motivation

As you may have noticed, I'm a massive fan of glass jars and bottles. We have quite the collection in our house and I'm often looking for new ideas, tips and tricks as to what to do with them.
The dresser in our open-plan kitchen area in the last house, with recipe books and jars containing all sorts of useful things, from rice and sea salt to pasta, dried chillies, almonds and chick peas
I certainly don't think that this is the first time I've mentioned glass jars on my blog - and it probably won't be the last. I hope these pics inspire you as much as they do me.

I found a wonderful post on Iuliana's site, Procraftination Station this morning and it's just totally re-inspired me to get my a into g and get creative with the hundreds of jars we have floating around our house just begging to be re-purposed...
Hanging baby food jars with ribbon and flowers

So organised and efficient! I think I might need to rethink my current jar-strategy! How tidy and cute is this?

Love this centre-piece! Classically elegant, recycled, gorgeous! And the name tags in the jars are a cute touch too.

Uh-dorable! I want goldfish!

Perfect decoration for an office desk. Going to need some on my desk when this season rolls around...

Home-made terrariums in Consol or Mason jars.
How to get your jars ready for hanging. Twisted wire (although I think I'd put it right at the base of the neck), some sand and candles. So easy.

Love this centre-piece for a coffee table! Martha Stewart, of course:) So cute, so fresh! The rest of one's house would have to be so very tidy to pull this off as a centre-piece, so I think I'll skip this idea, as much as I do like it...

Painted jars as vases

Fairy lights in large glass jars. So pretty! And love the antique books as part of the table display, along with the paint brushes.
This actually kind of reminds me of the table decoration for the birthday brunch that I threw for my family.

Centre-piece of mismatched jars used as vases. Made extra-cute by the mismatched flowers - gave the table a bohemian, casual feel.

Left just two on when the food came out - still cute and quite striking though.
And now that I've done my post for today, I've got no excuse to keep procrastinating... I need to sort this apartment out for once and for all! And this week is the week. There is so much still to be donated, put into storage, taken out of storage, sanded, painted, made. And I have a sneaky suspicion that commercials season is just around the corner and this will be the last of my time off... Fingers crossed!

Saturday, 11 June 2011

A Perfect Weekend for my Return...

Apologies to all for my extended leave of absence this past month - I have the kind of profession where it's sometimes virtually impossible to do anything else while on a job (Film Industry. Freelance Production Manager. No, not glamorous at all. Trust me.).
Here's a pic of a very windblown me from a shoot earlier this past season...

Well the shoot is wrapped and I'm back! As I'm having a little dinner party this evening for a few of my girl friends, I figure today's post should centre around the food that I plan to make tonight and my dream table-setting:) Have already made the dough and it's currently rising in the kitchen - I'm quite shocked as to how easy it is to make! I suspected that I may be over-committing myself, but so far so good:) And this is a wholewheat pizza recipe - so much better for the ol' figure and digestion! You can find the recipe here.

Of course I haven't made this actual pizza just yet, but I googled a few pics to show you guys what  had in mind as far as the toppings go: Roasted butternut, caramelised onions, pine nuts and shaved pecorino...  With a bit of luck, it will look a little something like this:
Found this pic on this site...

I love the look of this table: long, draping table cloth; elegant chandeliers; wicker chairs & puffy pillows lending a casual air to the feel of the room... I love this table!
I believe I found this picture on {this is glamorous}

Industrial-Chic Dinner Table, seen on CasaSugar - just love the lights running above the table!
Ok, so this has been a short post - just wanted to say that I'm back:) Happy reading!

Xxx
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