A special day in the park for Ariel's Baby Shower

As you can tell from one of my latest post we welcomed a new member to the Gray family, the first grandchild for my parents, my gorgeous Niece Alice. Before she arrived I organised a very special baby shower for my sister in law Ariel and brother Adrian. The theme was a garden party as I was hosting it at a local park, I wanted it to be a fun day for family and friends to see Adrian and Ariel before the baby arrived. The best tip I can give anyone organising anything is to delegate. I assigned everyone in the family a job and the biggest part was getting my girlfriend Elise from Melipone Cakes to organise all the desserts for me and so lucky I did as they were absolutely amazing. I also thought I would do something a bit quirky and baby themed and made a watermelon baby fruit salad, see the photos below. It was a really great day for my family, Adrian and Ariel and their friends. Here are a few photos from the day (mostly the food and Styling) and I even got in a few photos too. 

Adorable Alice

Today I got to hang out with my adorable niece Alice, she is the first grandchild in the family at 12 weeks old and the most precious little one ever. Being her aunty I think I am pretty biased but she is so gorgeous and such a beautiful baby, I couldn't stop taking photos of her. I can see this being her first of many features on my blog! 

It's all about the Suit

Let me introduce Charlie one of my most stylish friends!

Jaz & Boggy's Wedding Invite

I've know Jaz and Boggy for a very long time now and I like to think I can take a bit of credit for them getting together back in high school. So to be able to design their wedding invitations was a really special opportunity for me. Jaz and Boggy's wedding theme was black and white so I went with that when designing the invite, I decided to add a hint of red to represent their love for each other. Here is a little preview of the design and layout. The wedding invitation was a square folded card with an insert that had information about wedding gifts. It was printed on a rag style textured paper.  

Jaz & Boggy's Save the Date Wedding Invite

So last year my good friends Jaz and Boggy finally tied the knot! After being engaged for two years or so and being together for over 10 years (since we were in high school) they finally decided the set a date and place - Bondi Icebergs on the 15th December 2012. They asked me to take the photos and design their Save the Date Wedding Invites. So we came up with something cute and quirky! It was a fun arvo taking photos with them down at North Bondi. The Save the Date Wedding invite was a double sided postcard. 

The Kids

Jess's Moroccan Themed Hens 2011

The beautiful bride to be

Thanks to Steph and Mel who orgainsed a great Moroccan themed Hen do for Jess at the Clovelly Beach Huts in January. It was a great day with everyone dressed up to the max, from colourful kaftans, big dangling earrings, lots of bangles on everyone's arms and rings on every finger. The hut was decorated in bright colour fabric and cushions, rugs, balloons and flower petals were scattered all over the floor. Everyone enjoyed the day, eating, drinking and even getting massages.