tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39687365468017960772024-03-13T14:41:15.962+10:00Kitty Boo BooSewing ~ Craft ~ Family Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-41497922486703803472014-04-02T13:48:00.000+10:002014-04-02T13:48:51.457+10:00Upstyle Project: Give a top new lifeSome easy upstyling will take a plain old tank top to a new level. By simply adding some yo yo's (suffolk puffs) to the shoulders of the tank you can add some class to a simple top.<br />
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<li> a tank top</li>
<li>some fabric that either coordinates or contrasts</li>
<li>scissors</li>
<li>thread</li>
<li>buttons (with a shank work best)</li>
<li>a Clover Yo Yo maker (if you don't have one of these don't fret. I have added some instructions on how to make these without one at the end)</li>
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Step 1: Make 10 yo yo's</div>
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Step 2: Sew buttons in the centre of 4 of the yo yo's</div>
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Step 3: Work out your placement on the shoulders for three of the yo yo's in a strip and stitch into place from the back through the tank top and making sure you stitch a button into the centre.</div>
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Step 4: Make sure you stitch each yo yo together at the edge where they meet.</div>
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Step 5: Next attach the remaining 2 yo yo's at two points where they touch the other yo yo's and to each other.</div>
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Now you're done. Wear with pride!</div>
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How to make yo yo's (suffolk puffs) without a Clover Yo Yo Maker:</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-36855151255032358872013-04-10T19:59:00.001+10:002013-04-10T20:00:20.571+10:00The Hottie Challenge<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Today I signed myself up to participate in this creative challenge!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The aim of the challenge is to make a hottie (hotwater bottle) cover, which will be exhibited in the gallery space at </span><a href="http://www.opendrawer.com.au/" style="background-color: white; color: #6131bd; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Open Drawer Art Textiles and Learning Centre</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> from Friday July 5th, with a grand opening on Sunday July 7th from 2-4PM. </span><br />
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Making a dress from overall's.<br />
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So the leggy Miss is growing and growing. I can't keep up and neither can her pant legs. The overalls were too short in the leg but still roomy around her torso so we decided to make a dress out of them.<br />
As for the pant leg leftover's we have some future ideas for those too. Here's a quick tutorial to show you how. You don't need a pattern, just some basic sewing skills.<br />
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* Overall's / Coverall's<br />
* Fabric 110cm wide (about 110cm long)<br />
* Quick unpick<br />
* Scissors<br />
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* Thread (I used dark blue and cream)<br />
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* Buttons to replace denim studs OR<br />
* Covered button kit to replace denim studs<br />
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This tutorial is a guide to make a pair of overall's into a dress. If you need some extra help or some more info if I didn't explain it very well, then please contact me and I'll do my best to help you out.<br />
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1. First work out where the waist of your overalls sit on the kid. Mark this with the chalk or pen and then cut leaving a seam allowance. I use 1.5cm seam allowance.<br />
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2. Unpick the belt carriers and if you care to unpick the bottom seam at the front to reduce bulk when sewing your skirt on. This isn't necessary but it will make it easier to sew and give you a cleaner finish.</div>
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3. Measure the length you want your skirt to be (mine is 50cm) and cut two lengths. </div>
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4. Sew a gather stitch across the top of both pieces. A gather stitch is a wide length stitch which allows you to pull the thread on the ends and gather or ruffle the fabric. Make sure the gather stitch is closer to the raw edge than your seam allowance. I usually make mine about 1cm.</div>
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5. Pull one of the threads on one side of the fabric to gather the fabric. Attach one piece to the front of your overall's bib. Adjust the gathers to fit evenly.</div>
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6. I'm stitching on top with dark blue thread so I can make sure I stitch in the channels left from the old thread. The back doesn't really matter (here is the back with the cream thread)</div>
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7. Double check your seam allowance for the back of the overall's. I have left a 1.5cm seam allowance and have made sure my button holes matched up so the skirt would too.</div>
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8. Gather the skirt panel and attach it to the back of the overalls. Then finish this edge with an overlocker/serger or a zig zag stitch.</div>
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9. Line up your skirt panels, when you're happy they match up then stitch them together leaving a gap of about 5cm at the top nearest the overall's bib. This will allow extra room when putting the dress on. I didn't worry about finishing the edges of the skirt itself as it is the selvedge edge and wont fray. </div>
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10. Starting from the front just beneath the overall's bib at the side of the skirt, stitch the side seam down and across the seam join and up to the back of the skirt panel. Keep stitching a top stitch across the back of the skirt (this will keep the denim from sticking up and making the skirt look unruly!) and then repeat the other side finishing just below the bib of the overall's.</div>
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11. Hem the dress. I just did a double fold narrow hem.</div>
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12. Now your dress can be considered finished! I removed all the old denim studs and zig zag stitched the holes so I could add my own buttons.</div>
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14. Wear!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-76540469281248791412013-01-14T12:02:00.001+10:002013-01-14T12:02:38.988+10:00Making Memories during the School HolidaysThis quick post is a roundup of 6 cool things you can make with your kids during the school holidays.<br />
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From activities to keep them occupied or activities for making memories, these days (although sometimes painfully slow, full of overtired hot little ones screaming for food or teens moping around spouting the I'm bored routine) do pass quickly when you look back and it's awesome to have these things together.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-71566651014304590212012-12-06T11:23:00.001+10:002012-12-06T11:23:48.879+10:00Continuous Bias Binding Tape TutorialWell of course I ran out of red bias binding two days before a Christmas Market for which I am trying to finish of some cute sweet little girl's Christmas dresses.<br />
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After wasting 3 hrs trying to find some ready made I decided it will be faster if I give it a go myself. But I wanted a SUPER QUICK - SUPER EASY method!<br />
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After looking for a tutorial I found this amazing, simple, fast, fabulous, <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/tutorials-tips-tricks/continuous-bias-tape-tutorial">easy to follow tutorial</a> at <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/">Coletterie</a>. This tutorial is written by <a href="http://rachelredlips.blogspot.com.au/">Rachel</a> and has great photos to follow too!<br />
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So ... have a go!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-32244654248141274172012-10-12T10:26:00.000+10:002012-10-12T10:26:25.534+10:00MASSIVE SALE - Brisbane Qld<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-643242212202523022012-08-31T15:40:00.001+10:002012-08-31T15:40:44.006+10:00Scalloped Bunting Tutorial<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Today I was visiting the <a href="http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/#.UEBNlEJRrJw">Sew, </a><a href="http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/#.UEBNlEJRrJw">Mama, </a><a href="http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/#.UEBNlEJRrJw">Sew!</a> blog and I found a gorgeous tutorial on making scalloped fabric bunting by Jessie from the Blog Sweet Jessie.<br />
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Bunting is so fun and fabric bunting is great because it lasts for years and is easily washed and can be reversible and made from scraps leftover from other sewing projects.<br />
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To have a look at loads more photos or grab the free PDF template and instructions please go to the <a href="http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2009/10/scalloped-fabric-garland-tutorial/#.UEBNJEJRrJy">Sew,Mama,Sew! blog here</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-20874295063028659912012-08-30T09:16:00.000+10:002012-08-30T09:16:40.572+10:00Shabby Chic Cupcake WrappersFree Printables! One of my favourite sentences ever.<br />
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I adore the colours used in these cupcake wrappers and although they were originally intended for Easter celebrations, any time you have cupcakes is a good time.<br />
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Fill them with lollies, or maybe flower heads for a table centrepiece.<br />
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These were designed and created by the gorgeous ladies over at <a href="http://shabbyblogsblog.blogspot.com.au/">Shabby Blogs - The Blog</a><br />
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If you use them, let me know what you decided to do!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-27842283966209474612012-08-29T19:52:00.000+10:002012-08-29T19:52:22.796+10:00Repurposed Book Sewing Kit DIY Project Today I found this amazing repurposed book project on Jessica Jone's Blog - <a href="http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com.au/">How About Orange</a><br />
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This amazing project has been created by <a href="http://www.locchipinti.com/">Lisa Occhipinti</a> and is featured and shared from Jessica's blog.<br />
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To have a peak at more pics and get the PDF download with the instructions on how you can make it please visit <a href="http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/how-to-make-sewing-box-from-book.html">Jessica's Blog Here</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-17838977169181801732012-06-01T15:39:00.001+10:002012-06-01T15:39:51.025+10:00Photo A Day in JuneThis month using Instagram I'll be participating in <a href="http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/">Fatmumslim</a>'s instagram follow~along <a href="http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/2012/06/photoa-day-june-its-time.html">photo a day</a>. Do you have instagram? Why not join in too! You can also use your blog, facebook, twitter or flikr to join in!<br />
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Here is the list but for a complete breakdown of ideas and how to's please visit <a href="http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/2012/06/photoa-day-june-its-time.html#">Chantelle's blog - Fat Mum Slim</a> for all the details!<br />
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What we couldn't make we had made for us by our crafty friends or other handmade small businesses.<br />
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Our rings we bought from jewellers as we couldn't afford bespoke pieces. After looking for nearly 12 months for a second hand vintage band I finally found a replica, very affordable and just down the road at the local shops! Pete found his ring online.<br />
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I made the ring dish from air drying clay. You can't see the detail but I used a doily to 'etch' a pattern into it. <b>I will add a tutorial if there is any interest!</b><br />
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All the girls wore a necklace. Our accessory colour was silver so we all had silver swallows with a string of 5 pearls (to represent Love, Patience, Grace, Kindness, Respect). each one was handmade by me.<br />
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Peter bought me a bracelet made by a local artisan from <a href="http://www.theswichcontemporaryartspace.com.au/">The Swich Contemporary Art Space</a> in Ipswich. It is made from some vintage spoons and a pearl. Absolutely gorgeous. I'm fairly sure the spoons themselves are over a hundred years old.<br />
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We sourced the swallows used as boutonnières from the UK. They are Victorian replicas made from pewter signed by the maker AR Brown. I also made these into mini fascinators in all the girls hair. Every member of the bridal party had a swallow as did each one of our parents. Very easy for people not familiar with our parents to locate them on sight!<br />
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I embroidered the swallows for the clutches onto silver satin and my friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sybella7">Belinda from Sybella</a> turned them into beautiful clutches!<br />
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Kim and I bought flowers two days before the wedding. We bought them from <a href="http://www.flowermarket.com.au/">Northside Flower Market </a>We picked bunches of seasonal that matched our colour scheme and I made the bouquets on Friday night. I had originally wanted to use snap dragons but they are so fragile there is no way they would have lasted and made the trip to Tamborine. We used dusky pink roses, wax flowers, silver suede, and I can't remember the name of the yellow number! I made 5 bouquets and the flowers cost less than $80. Win. We tied the bunches together and wrapped wide lace around the stems. Then I used a ribbon in the colour of the bridesmaid around the centre of the lace so each lady could find her bouquet.<br />
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We had a minor crisis with the centrepieces. The ones we selected from the venue became unavailable so Pete and I decided to make our own as the others seemed too tropical. I used my collection of doilies and stitched them together to create the table toppers. We hired some lanterns, I bought some faux aloe vine from a small local business and we cut, moulded and assembled the flowers for the tables.<br />
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I used some decorative scrapbooking tags and some sheets of sticky back gems and made the table numbers. We used tiny little silver birds to hold the cards.<br />
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We decided to give everybody plants as bonbonierres. We served desert with the meal and we had cupcakes for our guests (we kept the cake to ourselves YUMMO) so we used Rosemary and Lavender (virtue, love, loyalty, fidelity) and I was quite surprised how well people too to them!<br />
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I painted a tree on a canvas and we used leaf shaped stamps for our guests to use as a guest book.<br />
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We dressed up some bird cages for our wishing well.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-66812162114873533952012-03-27T17:00:00.000+10:002012-03-27T17:00:07.727+10:00Kitty Boo Boo Handmade Wedding - The Boys!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well the boys were super handsome! Dressed in hire suits from <a href="http://www.spurling.com.au/">Spurling</a> they rocked it! We bought my son Sam's suit for a wedding we went to a few years ago, lucky we bought that bigger size!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">All the boys wore swallow pins instead of <em style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">boutonnières. The swallows were a link in the chain of our mish-mash theme. I sourced these from a jewellery maker in the UK. I'll post about all the swallows later!</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; line-height: 16px;">Pete's brother Mark was one of the grooms men, the other two have been friends for many years. Steve was at school with us both and Brad has been a friend for going on 11 years.</em></span><br />
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It was a tight stretch as I waited until a few weeks out to measure the girls and then Therese was away for nearly a week in FiJi at another wedding, Ange was in Scotland for a trip and Kim lives in the UK. None of the dresses were finished more than 6 days out from the wedding and I didn't finish Kim's dress until the day before the wedding! Talk about pressure! Not to mention the fact that we had a chiffon emergency ... I was hand washing out the chalk marks when the chiffon pulled out from the seam and frayed! Some added lace and ribbon did the trick but it was horrifying there for a while.<br />
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Our colour scheme was vintage pastels so I chose a soft gold, dusky rose, silver blue and mint green.<br />
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My bridesmaids have been close friends for so much of my life. Therese in Pink - 20 years, Ange in mint - 17 years, Kim in blue - 14 years. I also had the pleasure of living with both Kim and Ange. Such awesome girls!<br />
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I drafted the patterns myself and made each dress a different style.<br />
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My dress was a Wendy Makin, I fell in love with it when I saw it, though after a few dramas in regards to sizing and alteration I must admit I was a little over it but it is quite pretty and I wanted something simple and flattering.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-74916317761996194612012-02-22T10:12:00.000+10:002012-02-22T10:12:08.509+10:00Sk8er Petition - Grovely Skate Bowl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In my area a new small business has pretty recently opened - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sk8er/173736376029189">SK8ER</a> - a pretty cool shop for skaters and alternative people. Chock full of clothing, boards, skate equipment and much more!<br />
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They are currently running a petition to have a mostly unused park transformed into a skate park.<br />
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Please help by signing the petition or reposting this on your social media sites!<br />
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We are wanting to try and upgrade the area next to the Grovely Train station into an area where families can go and enjoy the park with a skate bowl, sitting area, bike track and swings.<br />
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Let's make a dull area into a park that the whole family can enjoy.</div>
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<a href="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/skate-park-grovely.html">Skate Park and Recreational AREA GROVELY Petition | GoPetition</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-26572308138086041142012-02-03T12:00:00.000+10:002012-03-27T11:24:09.801+10:00Kitty Boo Boo Handmade Wedding - The Venue<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I stated earlier, we chose <a href="http://www.cedarcreeklodges.com.au/">Cedar Creek Lodges at Thuderbird Park, Mt Tamborine</a> for our wedding. We had been to a wedding there and loved the venue. Pete and his family use to camp there when he was younger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are quite a few areas in the park to have your ceremony and/or reception at but we chose the Rainforest Amphitheatre for our ceremony and the Island Glade for our reception. These are outdoors but covered and were truly beautiful! All that luscious greenery and cedar creek running behind us ... serene and beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Island Glade has a roof but is right next to the amphitheatre (which became the dance floor later). There was an open fire and low lighting after the speeches. These areas are separated by the ssupport beams which were entwined with Jasmine. It smelt divine too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The bridal party walk down from the gorgeous cabins through the rainforest over the cutest little bridge and follow the winding path to the wishing well and amphitheatre. As the guests are sitting (on cushions) on the stairs they get to see the bride enter from the side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was very romantic and had a great ambience!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The food was all cooked at the Island Glade (there is a kitchen down there too!) and a bar at the back of the area. The food was absolutely DIVINE and just about all of our guests mentioned it to us! It was an important factor, I really wanted a great meal. Nothing worse than a crap 3 course meal to sit through! It was piping hot and cooked beautifully! The dessert was amazing. We were so impressed by the quality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We look forward to going back on our anniversary and even if we choose the very affordable camping option there's so much other cool stuff to do at <a href="http://www.thunderbirdpark.com/">Thunderbird Park</a> we are all looking forward to it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These photos are from the first trip down to check out the venue and sign the paperwork!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-73342224965902316562012-01-31T15:00:00.000+10:002012-02-03T17:28:56.432+10:00Kitty Boo Boo Handmade Wedding - Save The Date<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi again, welcome to the 4th post in this series about our handmade wedding. (Read <a href="http://kittybooboodesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/kitty-boo-boo-handmade-wedding.html">1</a>, <a href="http://www.kittybooboodesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/kitty-boo-boo-handmade-wedding-shoes.html">2</a> & <a href="http://www.kittybooboodesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/kitty-boo-boo-handmade-wedding-colour.html">3</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After setting the date Pete and I talked about where to have the wedding and how we'd let people know. We chose a gorgeous venue we had been to before, actually Pete and his family use to camp there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We loved the tranquility and beauty of the natural surroundings at Thunderbird Park, Mt Tamborine and were eager to get married there. We knew that with so many friends and family interstate we'd need to let people know with plenty of notice so they could arrange travel and accommodation. We sent out our Save The Date's in January (9 mths ahead of the wedding) so people could get organised, unfortunately for us, the Brisbane floods of 2011 intervened and we needed to send out a second set to many people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Both Pete and I love to draw and we had a 'dialogue' about who would illustrate it. We agreed to a theme and then decided that I would draw the Save the Date's and he would draw the invitations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We wanted to incorporate a little bit of flash tattoo as we are both fans, also we wanted swallows as they have been quite symbolic to us (and our little nest). I still wanted to keep the vintage, nouveau style in there and we wanted to keep the <a href="http://kittybooboodesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/kitty-boo-boo-handmade-wedding.html">colours from my shoes</a> as well. It was sounding like a hodge podge of mess but after a few simple layouts I decided on a swallow style (the same swallow that Pete and I have tattooed on us actually) and then the swallow colours came from the shoes.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-66321970589352667662012-01-30T14:06:00.000+10:002012-02-03T17:29:04.210+10:00Kitty Boo Boo Handmade Wedding - Colour Scheme<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have arrived at post #3. Hi again, and thanks for joining me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This post is all about the colour scheme! Such an important part of any wedding, as it is usually what dictates everything from shoes to bridesmaids dresses, flowers and linen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I stated in <a href="http://www.kittybooboodesign.blogspot.com/2012/01/kitty-boo-boo-handmade-wedding-shoes.html">my last post</a>, my shoes are the foundation for the colour scheme. They are comprised of vintage hues of Silver Blue, Dusky Rose, Mint Green and Soft Yellow Gold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I went and found some paint swatches that matched my shoes and began collecting fabric swatches as I intended to make the bridesmaids dresses and my daughters dress as well as the flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These swatches made my life so easy. I carried them around and they were so good for a quick reference!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-55372115291244328712012-01-28T12:05:00.000+10:002012-03-27T11:23:42.552+10:00Kitty Boo Boo Handmade Wedding - The Shoes<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Welcome to the second post about our handmade wedding!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As soon as we set a date I knew I needed to find some great shoes. I am a sucker for pair of heels and I wanted the wedding shoes to be a bit different. I'm not really a satin and diamonte girl and to tell you the truth, the shoes meant more to me than the dress!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wanted blue shoes but I couldn't seem to find the right colour ... until I found these beautiful babies. They have a vintage floral feel and they became the inspiration for the rest of the wedding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The entire wedding colour scheme stem from these shoes, they are literally the foundation and general vibe!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-55398087207057799922012-01-27T11:27:00.000+10:002012-02-03T17:29:25.042+10:00Kitty Boo Boo Handmade Wedding - The beginning<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">THE BEGINNING</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My beautiful now husband and I have known each other since we were 16. We started dating/going out when we were in Yr 12. We were very serious and crazy in love, we were engaged but we broke up for a little while and eventually got back together a few years later. We moved in together and moved to Melbourne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We returned to Brisbane and about a year later found out we were expecting. In 2002 we welcomed a beautiful little girl and we became engaged (again). 4 years later in 2006 we welcomed a beautiful little man.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our lives together have been rich and full and in 2010 we decided after much discussion with the kids that maybe we would actually get married.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On October 22nd 2011 we finally tied the knot of our 19 year love affair and made our children legitimate in the eyes of the law (and some family members).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been inundated since the date was decided, with the making of wedding stuff and the sad passing of a dear Aunt and then the craziness of Christmas and markets, so I haven't been posting at all about the wedding. Crazy I know, since it was such a huge event in our lives, it passed relatively quickly and quietly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'd like to share with you over a number of posts the things we made for our wedding. Although not strictly a 100% handmade affair, we used as much of our own creative resources as possible. We reached out to our friends and fellow creatives and put together a wonderful wedding.</span><br />
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Tired of going to school/work/the gym with your boring old shoelaces? Mix it up with these 14 awesome ways to do up your laces. Full step by step instructions at the original blog post <a href="http://buburuza.net/2008/09/lacing-in-style/">HERE</a> at Funny Burburuza.<br />
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NB> I did find that the side bar at Funny Burburuza was NSFW. Be careful :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08110080905061637826noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3968736546801796077.post-21218077397419896382012-01-20T14:00:00.001+10:002012-01-20T14:00:56.012+10:00Splendorfalls Notebook Caddy Tutorial - DIY<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today I visited a great blog titled <a href="http://splendorfallsmc.blogspot.com/"><b>Splendorfalls</b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is a tutorial for a gorgeous Notebook caddy with crayon/pencil holder. Maybe you have a little one not ready for school yet but extra keen to draw and write?</span><br />
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