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30/08/2014

The Wedding Flowers....Part Two - The Aftermath

This summer my beautiful cousin got married and I have the pleasure of making her decorations for the wedding as well as all her bridal flowers and the bridesmaids flowers! :)
A vintage wedding

Bunting & pom-poms galore!

But what do you do with hand made flowers after the wedding?

Well for a month or two they sat in a box, an unwieldy keepsake from a beautiful day. The whole idea of them was that they could be kept instead of freezing a bit of wedding cake...

So I took them back. It was horrible to be honest, they where my pride and joy on the day but sat in my cold craft room with the kitten meowing outside the door (she's not allowed in) with them all in an ASDA bag they had lost all their charm. I also did not want to see them again as they had taken so long to do! ;)
Heart shaped pin-board
But after an hour of carefully removing the millions of pins out of them, a heart shaped pin board and some hot glue later we had this...



TA-DA!!

The brides flowers on the top right...
 Now they are just as charming as before and are going to look wonderful hanging on the wall of their happy home as a beautiful bright reminder of that gorgeous day! :)

Bridesmaids flowers over the rest...
Special thanks to the new Mrs Dillion for the photographs after I forgot to take them & for also making my bunting pics the front cover of their wedding book. Honoured.

My wedding flowers are available through direct email, girlonpurlaction@live.com, as they take a lot of planning or through Bella Nuvia Bridal shop; 44 Christchurch Road, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 5SF



What keepsakes do you have from your wedding?

26/08/2014

Happy 50th Birthday Mum! - Go independent businesses!

Sunday was my Mum's 50th birthday :) Yesterday everyone was very hungover. We had a wonderful day!

Me & Mum many Christmases ago!
In Liverpool there is a big rise in the popularity of independent businesses and Sunday saw us visit a lot of them and we had a ball!

At Coast they give you blankets to sit outside if you are chilly!
Starting off with brunch as Coast in Woolton Village. This charming cafe, with its hidden walled garden has such a relaxing atmosphere using mainly local produce and the staff are fantastic. We moved from inside to outside for tea and coffee and blankets where provided for us as although sunny we where in the shade. There was also a rendition of 'Happy Birthday' for my Mum and a cupcake with a candle! 5 stars guys!

Birthday cake!
We then went into the city centre, starting at Home, the old Quiggin's building, for drinks. I love the selection process here, you pick your own bottle and then its served to you. This allows for a much bigger selection than in fridges and so many local ales to choose from!

We finished with dinner in The Clove Hitch (after a few more stops around the city mind!) on Hope Street which was just fantastic! The service was wonderful and the food was perfect as always!

Not allowed any more drinks! ;)

So why is there such a big rise in independent businesses of late? Is it due to the Recession hit that we route more for the little guy now? Is there more independent businesses? Or are we just more aware of them due to projects like Independent Liverpool?

Personally I just think its wonderful! You don't have to look far to find independent businesses so there's no excuse to not support local! :p



Judging faces - ha ha! 


11/08/2014

Commissions...a picture display!

Picture time!

I'm forever talking about commissions so I though I'd give you a look-see at some previous ones that I am rather fond of :)

Afternoon Tea

Vintage cardigan

Over slouchy beanie

The Dude Cardigan

The Dude Cardigan (never again!)

Cakes :)

Rose Ring

Ninja Pig

Mr. T

Mother's Day Flowers

Vintage Turban & Comic dolls

Fabric wedding bunting

Personalised wedding bunting

Birthday Bear aka Jim Bear! I loved him...

Jessie with Garth Ennis ;) 

Baby Socks

Birthday cake

THE BIKE :D



Baby boy set

Baby boy booties

Daffodils

Bridal flowers
CERN equation mug cosy including the mistake!
Fox purse
Bobble blanket - giant
Norman the Narwhal
Renard doorstop/draught excluder

Purple Minion Hat


Can you tell the old photo's to when I got my new camera?! :P

Get in touch if you would like something personal made too!