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DIY polka red tags…

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Hi girls,

Thanks God it’s Friday! Relax finally after a week I spent mostly in Venice to meet with lovey brides and grooms to be!
Here I am with part II of my Troussepinette polka dot red theme christening! Remember I used a both funny and elegant scrapbooking paper from Karen Marie Klip Design to realize my paper origami windmills?

Since there was a lot of paper left after I used it for my windmills baptism invitations, and red polka dots baptism party decoration you’ll see pretty soon, well I used it as well to make the tags I would have used on the sweet and candy bar I was preparing…

Madeleines, Macarons, Maya, Merci,… So many “M” in here! Here you are with my baptism polka dots tags…. What do you reckon?

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DIY polka dots christening invitations

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Hi girls,

Maya’s christening is now over! I can’t even say how much I’ve worked over the past weeks! Feel some kind of exausted really, and guesss I need a rest…

But well, I spent such a good time preparing and organizing every little detail of the red and white theme christening decorations I wanted to give her!

Everything started when I came across WOP photographies website last year! I’m a regular visitor of their blog, and I was simply fascinated when I read through the few posts written by Stephanie regarding her daughter’s christening…

Here I am today with my red and white invitations liberally inspired from WOP… Enjoy!

I love the windmills! I guess it recalls somehow the shape of a modern cross! It’s some kind of less official, but doesn’t loose any meaning to the real sense of the christening really…

Keep tuned, as the second part is about to come…

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Vintage tins for diy centrepiece ideas

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Hi girls,
The week end is almost over and I have to say that it was a creative one for me!
I’m trying to come up with some nice ideas for a wedding theme in the colours of turquoise and pink…not an easy one! So I decided to use a wonderful tea tin I found in a Christmas hamper last year, which is dedicated to the Queen’s Jubilee and has got a lot of turquoise…
So I went to a florist shop with my little tin and I asked her for some suggestions on which flowers I should use and here we go…some lovely pink and white carnations…I love it! It would be perfect as a centrepiece on small tables with some other turquoise and pink touches (in the napckins as well as in the glasses)…What do you think?

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DIY Christmas at home

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Hello lovely ladies!

I’ve just come back from Italy where I spent some amazing Christmas holiday! I’m a bit sad but happy to go back to my little house too!
On Christmas day I organised a big fat Italian dinner at mine (there were 13 of us!) and had fun with my sister and MrB to arrange the decorations for our table – my mum wanted to remain the queen of the kitchen, so no way she let us cook something!

We went for a traditional red themed table, using a long red runner on a white table cloth, paper tissues in white and red colours, red glasses and white plates from my mum’s wedding!
The flowers part was the most difficult one. I got some inspiration from the Christmas design to order photos by Interflora and tried to personalised them with something simpler…so we went for pine brunches (from my garden), two white roses, a few cinamon sticks and coloured ribbons using a jam jar. We used the same type of vase, but smaller, for the candles, which we decorated with some pine brunches again.

My sister was the creative behind the menus, the best thing! I managed to make two heart shaped holders out of some old wire…

Ribbons from The wedding of my dreams

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Under the Christmas tree…

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Hi girls,

Have just made it! A couple of weeks right before Christmas! I was thinking the other week I would never complete my DIY Christmas gifts on time! Thank you Maya for sleeping so well last saturday afternoon!

Here I am with my almost-ready-to-bake chocolate muffins glass jars!

A cure idea I have to admit I got inspired by after surfing on the internet a while ago! I am so proud of them that I will certainly propose this idea as favours to one of our 2012 bride-to-be in Venice! Shhh… more to come then!

Here you are with what you need for the jar:
> Hermetic glass jar
> Lace ( great for a Venice theme wedding! This would recall the Burano island lace tradition!)
> Packthread
> Beverage Glass Napkin vintage style
> Your creativity!

I put in there all ingredients needed to bake chocolate muffins ( with the exception of milk, butter, and eggs, for obvious reasons…), but be creative, and fill these jars with whatever comes on your mind!!!

Enjoy!

Photographer: Sylvie Wedding Planner in Venice

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One year ago…Maya!

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Maya,

29th November, one year ago. You decided time had come to jump into the real world… A real world that is so far an easy world for you… lots of happy things around you!

Lots of hugs from maman and papà!

Lots of hugs from your cross-border families!

Lots of hugs from your super-nannies at the nursery!

Want to say “HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY” today with all your happy friends that can’t wait for playing with you at home!!!

Love you little Maya!!!

Photographers: Maman Sylvie & Papà Gianluca

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Maya’s little lilac rabbits coffee break…

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Hi there!

While starting to prepare the glass lanterns with the lilac candles for our upcoming wedding in Tuscany in september ( remember?!), I suddenly thought that Maya is turning 8 months old today! And shame on me, since my return to work in June I haven’t been good at preparing any yummy yummy thing anylonger for her…mmm… for me and her dad actually…

I looked around the messy house for some lilac theme stuff I would use in my pics set, and then I saw Maya’s wooden rabbits staring at me with their nice smiles!!!

Pick me up! Pick me up!

And hop, hop, hop, here I am with a new idea: an after lunch Italian coffee break with my French touch lilac lanterns Bonne Maman and my French touch honey madeleines…

My Honey Madeleines ( for 16 of them):
2 eggs
100grs flavour
100grs salty butter
100grs sugar
2 spoons of Italian quality sweet honey
1 coffee spoon of cake powder yeast
1/2 lemon twist ( I love lemon!)
And here we are! Bon Appétit!

Pictures: Sylvie, Wedding Planner in Venice

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Pink & red breakfast

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

What best than a surprise to start a Sunday morning?
I like to spoil MrB with special treats some now and then, so this morning I have prepared for him a warm cup of strong Italian coffee (he loves it!) served in my new set of pottery, then I made a delicious and light fruit cake (which is a quite typical Italian cake for weddings, expecially during summer). Last touch, I have added a small vase (a jam vase!) with some pink and red dalia flowers and few other decorations I had in the house…

ITALIAN COFFEE. I bought a nice set of coffe cups by Pip Studio, a Dutch company which has created this new collection of colourful pottery…have a look at them they’ve got really cool stuff! I also used a pocker card with a little message for MrB (Buon giorno!)

WEDDING CAKE. Then I made a fruit cake which is a typical Italian cake – I leart how to do it when I was 8 years old and I’m still making it because I think it’s delicious and quick, so a good way to impress your guests!

Last but not least the TABLE CETREPIECE. I never thought of dalia flowers, but yesterday morning I went to the town market and they were on offer, plus I was impressed by their vibrant red colour, so I thought to give it a go and see if I could get a nice centerpiece for MrB breakfast table. The ones I bought had very long empty stalcks, so I thought to cut them and put them in a small vase. I wanted a very simple, not pretencious centerpiece and that why I decided to use a jam jar…The result is this small and cute centerpiece, which fits quite well with the rest of the decorations…

By the way, MrB enjoyed the cake very much…just half left!

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Tea time at a wedding planner’s home in Venice

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Flower, sugar, vanilla flavour.
Some other ingredients…
and my gentle hands mixing all together…
This afternoon at home it was like a feast of warm dancing biscuits and tea for little Maya and me!

Photos: Sylvie – Wedding planners in Venice

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Ladybird, Ladybird…have a nice cake with me!

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Happy sunny monday everyone!

While baking something nice for my little Troussepinette Maya who turned 6 months yesterday, I found in my stuff a pretty funny picture or message holder ladybird shape that would be an excellent idea as a creative table place card holder for your wedding!

This is one of Lara Marchetti’s creations made of felt and boiled wool material.

Lara works in Rimini, and creates place card holders as well as table seating plan and tens of other favors creative items!

They do exist in different shape and set a funny tone to your wedding dinner. And then, being initially a picture holder, your guests will love finding a favor waiting for them!