wedding cake card

on saturday we went to the most beautiful wedding. the bride and groom were beyond happy and fun was had by all at the gorgeous reception at como house.

for the present we bought a collection of stunning mud porcelain pieces from sassica & salter. instead of buying the newlyweds a card, i made one. a wedding cake card in fact.

i used one sheet of patterned card from paperpoint in south melbourne. i used the reverse side of the paper for the second and fourth layers of the cake.

and who needs to buy envelopes when you have an envelope template! i made the envelope with plain white paper and stuck the bride and groom's initials on the front.

m & a, wishing you a very happy life together!

stationery heaven on rathdowne

coffee and portuguese custard tart at tre bicchieri + stationery shopping at belki = a perfect way to spend a friday afternoon.

my studious friend sarah asked me to travel north with the promise of delicious coffee and stationery heaven. i wasn't disappointed!

belki is a gorgeous little shop (pram friendly to boot) located on rathdowne street in carlton north. gorgeous window displays, sweet smelling candles, baby gifts galore and stationery, stationery, stationery! i couldn't leave without buying a d.i.y. envelope template.

if you're north of the river and need a stationery fix, pop into belki. and while you are there you might as well sample tre bicchieri's caffeinated delights.

notemaker sharing the snail mail love

the fabulous people at notemaker are offering free shipping this weekend. if you need a new notepad, pens or an ipad sleeve, i suggest you buy it this weekend. what are you waiting for?

viaggio sicuro

my husband and i travelled around italy a couple of years ago. one of the highlights of our trip was walking around rome, getting lost and enjoying the occasional aperol spritzer. my in-laws are heading to france and italy at the end of april and we wanted to share the delights of a good stroll around rome so we bought them rome: 50 adventures on foot.

i wrapped the cards with some paper featuring a vintage map of italy. i bought the paper from zetta florence a couple of years back. up until recently it was hanging on the wall in our spare bedroom. i tied the present up with brown string. i also used some of the map to make a gift tag.

viaggio sicuro!

LetterboxCo.

one of the perks of having a blog about stationery is that all these lovely people are sending me links to fabulous sites. the latest find is LetterboxCo.

a design house based in sydney, LetterboxCo produces all sorts of wonderful stationery products - pens, envelopes, notepads and gift tags. they even sell gorgeous little vases.

do yourself a favour and check out this great little online shop.

i think i need to set up 'a little bird told me' tag for all these wonderful links being sent to me. thank you for sharing the stationery love. keep it up!

baby boom

babies, babies, babies...they are everywhere. i've recently bought presents for my dear friend who just had a beautiful baby girl and for my husband's goddaughter.

the great thing about this blog is that it is forcing me to consider new ways to wrap presents. i could happily wrap everything in brown paper but that wouldn't make for an interesting blog would it?

anyway this is how i wrapped the latest pressies. granted, this first bunch of presents were wrapped with brown paper...but brown paper with red spots! the ribbon i saved from a gift i was given. the card and envelope were decorated with illustrations from write to me.

this second present was wrapped with paper from kikki k and brown string. the card features the cavallini & co 'with love' stamp.