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Autumn theme Wedding Table number

 Photo Courtesy: Kevin

Sharing with you a craft project from June 2012. Better late than never right?! It was for my dear friend J, who was a beautiful June bride! We went for a simple table number based on her "Autumn theme" wedding decor and I added a zest of her other homeland, which you can guess from the Maple leaf...J went with a mini bouquet to hold the table number..

...Inspiration for her whole wedding decor originally stemmed from this picture that we fished online last year...

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.:Materials& Instructions:.

• Cardboard paper, sturdy enough to hold its shape
• Gold spray paint, to pretty up the base (skewer+pin)
• Mini-pins, to hold the leafs to the base
• Super glue & paper glue, you want to be careful with the super glue when making up the base
• Scissors, to cut out the stenciled leafs
• Pencil, to trace out the leafs on the cardboard
• Sanding paper, to smooth out any rough edges on the skewers
• Bamboo skewers, which you can chop to the desired length
• Stickers (0-9) in gold
• Customised labels for names, made up of fancy beige paper and designed using Excel, cut with an exacto knife

 Voila!

Sneaking in a peek at her understated but very elegant wedding cake table...

All Photos by LiveYourStyle Atelier

Embellished shoulder

 Another embellished shoulder top I did back in 2011...

Christmas Decor

My upgraded tree. I've switched the gifts with a nativity scene, the same as last year's. (Taking photos at night, is NOT a good idea. But, I just wanted the lights on to show you).

Customized labels

.:Gift Labels:.

There are a LOT of great gift ideas out there at the moment. And tons of free ready-to-print gift labels too. Of course, you can always go ahead and buy some. But nothing beats some personal crafty ones, right? I made these with a re-purposed burlap (which was part of a gift wrap), simply cut into rectangles and frayed. I then stenciled the nicknames of the people to whom I'll be gifting, well the gifts (I can't really say what it is am gifting, I know for sure one of them might be reading right now lol), using fevicryl, my favorite brand of acrylic color, each in what I hope are their favorite colors. There! Done.

...Christmas 2010...

I've been saying how I wanted white & gold and may be silver or burlap for decorating the Christmas tree this year (...saying and not doing hem hem). Well, I tried to resist buying more commercial decor stuffs, and instead, went through my stash of ribbons (I don't hoard, I... collect some hehe). I found these perfect vintage white cotton trims (they are left-overs from my mom's sewing projects back when she was actually sewing clothes for herself!). And several pieces of white/off-white satin/organza ribbons. I was planning on making new ornaments with white felt,using this tutorial. But look at how 'charged' the tree is already. The 'skirt' is actually a white cloth and a gold voile superposed and just draped.

Budget Party Decor: Decorating with paper

Paper can be fun, festive and ...cheap. Anyhow, paper is better than rubber(did you hear helium balloons' days are counted?) and low maintenance compared to fresh flowers. I love how people are using it more and more. Only google 'Decorating with paper' or 'DIY wedding' to see lots of amazing decor. I've rounded up a few ideas of how you can use paper for a party decor.

...Lighted Paper lanterns...

Via All you

...Crafty Paper lanterns...

Via Living on the crafty side of life

...Paper Garlands...

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Via Swiss Miss

...Paper Daisies...

Via Design Sponge

... Paper Bunting...

Via Oh Happy Day!

...Paper Pom-poms...

Via Brides of North Texas

Make pom-poms using Martha's tutorial.

...Paper Snow Flakes...

Via Intimate Weddings

Wiki How has a good tutorial on how to make a 3D snow flake (It's easier than you think!).

I can also think of paper flowers, butterflies, papier mache, pinatas... a whole lot of other possibilities. Heck, paper cutting is an ART. So is paper folding.

Previous posts on using paper as decor here, here and here.

Flour + Water

I wanted to show you some food sculptures by the chefs& their teams from some of our best resorts, which were in competition for the "Fete du Pain" circa 2010.

All images are by Jason Chan.

Eggs are beautiful

Via Casa Bella

Casa Bella featured a fabulous post on easter eggs. It's funny that I used to find them ugly. In fact, I never liked painting them(even back in kindergarden, when you were "forced" to do easter eggs), however, I've had a change of heart seeing these...

Chain Necklace

Luxirare

"Killer clothes and Fine Cuisine".

The Chain Jacket by Luxirare

And what follows on this amazing blog is exactly that. You can't help but beg for an online Luxirare shop, after you've seen what this talented person can do.

All pictures are from Luxirare, found via Cafe Mode

...Christmas...

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Branch Decor for Christmas

Why buy expensive artificial bouquets? Nature provides...branches, twigs than can be arranged/painted into unique creations. Chandelier! Wreaths! Floral arrangements!

Snowflake and Paper Flower

Tutorials for making paper snowflakes and paper flowers right here and here.

Buttons turned into Art

I also came across these& couldn't help but be impressed by how cool buttons can turn out to be. After all, I have tons of mismatched ones stashed up in a box... or two.

The Extra Touch for Christmas Decor this year

Via marthastewart.com

What could be better than to go DIY-way for little trinkets that can be used to add a special touch to Christmas decor? After a visit to Martha Stewart's, I have only one word in mind, doily papers! They really can be turned into beautiful things...

Getting in the Christmas Spirit (I)

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Via digsdigs.com

I vowed to start the shopping early this year& I've been researching Christmas decor ideas. So, thought I'd share with you. In fact, I'll be doing a series of posts on the festive season. Kicking things off with inspiration for centrepieces...