Lucky No. 9

I recently stumbled across Lucky No. 9, a design studio that creates the most gorgeous wedding stationery, branded items and even does event styling. 

I am in love! You have to (HAVE TO) look at the site here. They even have a blog with DIY projects and downloads.

Hope you had a lovely weekend!

Happy New Year

Today marks the start of the Chinese New Year (the Year of the Rabbit to be exact)!

"Most Rabbit years are quiet, positive and inspiring and 2011 looks to be heading in this direction – a refreshing change after the fast-moving and quite dramatic Year of the Tiger. Family, diplomacy and personal development will all be highlighted in 2011. Once again alternative sources of energy and green living will be under the spotlight. The arts and culture sector of society will very busy producing amazing works of art and staging important exhibitions throughout the year. Love, romance and family life are well-starred, with a renewed appreciation of loved ones and friends. Overall, it should be a fun and relatively peaceful year. Even though aggression, violence and war zones will still be in evidence, the Chinese Rabbit year favours peaceful solutions and diplomacy, so there will be a feeling that all is not lost and that hope is still very much alive." (source)

(image source)

To determine your Chinese Zodiac animal click here and to read your predictions for 2011 click here (mine have been strangely accurate... so far).

Happy Year of the Rabbit... may it be a successful and happy year filled with love.

More Loveliness

As promised here are some cute and clever ideas for Valentine's Day goodies. I have one or two surprises of my own planned, but you will have to wait a bit longer to see what those are. In the mean time enjoy these pics and links (look out for the free downloads too). Enjoy!

 

 Why not have breakfast in bed with a side order of 'I love you' (source)

(Thanks for the link V)

Bakerella has done it again! Loving these Valentine's Day Cake Pops.

Sparkly DIY I Love You garland

Cupid's Cupcake Arrows

Cupid Kit. Genius! Available here.

And just for fun- some downloadable templates (for Valentine's Day of course) from around the web:

Cute fruit stickers via Erin Ever After

Sweet treats goody bags

Cake topper tags 

And you have to look at these too-

Extra link love:

Valentine's Cards

DIY Heartstrings

I love you cookies

Bra and panties cookies

Fortunes of love

Woolies treats (my favourite)

Valentine's Day Love

I love any excuse to celebrate the people I love and go a bit crazy with crafts, cookies and gifts, so it is no surprise that I am getting hugely excited for Valentine's Day. I have seen some amazing things all over the internet (what would we do without blogs?) and will post some great Valentine's Day ideas a little later (crafts, cookies and other pretty things).

But in the mean time enjoy swooning over this magnificent creation - a cake with a HEART in the middle- how genius is that??

To see the recipe with instructions click here (via Birthday Girl).

As Cool As Ice

Oh my hat!

I HAVE to go to Iceland!

Why Iceland you ask? Well... look at these pics - aren't they just the most breathtaking 'destination 'shots you have ever seen?

 

What beautiful pictures. See more here.

Have a lovely weekend!

Falling For You

This is definitely one of the cutest (and funniest) videos I have ever seen. Makes me wish I knew the couple (Khali and Potsch).

Khali and Potsch directed and starred in this sweet silent movie which they debuted at their wedding.

Falling For You from Khali & Potsch on Vimeo.

A Few Lovely Things...

Things have been more than chaotic the last couple of weeks and I have neglected this sweet little blog. To make up for it, I have a collection of pretty pictures from all over the internet for you to enjoy (and a promise to post more regularly... and maybe some exciting news - watch this space)!

 What a pretty bunny.

I have recently discovered Fifi Lapin (the "world's most stylish bunny") and I already adore her. See one of my favourite outfits here.

Gorgeous wedding details. 

Left: How clever is this wedding 'noticeboard' filled with marriage advice. 

Centre: Loving the sparkly shoes- is there a girl in the world who doesn't love sparkly shoes?  

Right: How romantic and charming are these roses braided into the horses tail- something straight out of a fairytale - check the full bridal shoot here. 

Love succulents? Love indoor gardens? Love DIY? 

Check out the tutorial for this hanging succulent garden here. I also have to add that skinnylaminx is a fabulous South African designer who creates such beautiful things (is my SA pride showing yet?... no not yet? Well then check this out too).

I heart crochet.

And because I am obsessed with crochet (not that I even know the difference between cs, sc and st) and because Valentine's Day is around the corner- another cute DIY project... check it out here.

And last, but most definitely not least, I have a new favourite person on the internet. She is sweet, has fantastic taste and (of course) she has a gorgeous blog. Check it out here.