Accidently Pink & Yellow

It was actually an accident that these three photos landed together despite the fact that they are all connected by way of colour. I was searching through my picture files on my laptop today and stumbled across them sitting there together in a row and I thought oh my goodness they all match! So, I had to share them with you considering pink and yellow is a favourite colour combination of mine!!

The first photo is a snapshot of the table setting at my 30th Birthday party. The second image is one I loved from My Notting Hill's blog. And finally, the third image is my brother with my son at a recent family gathering at my Aunty's house, both fast asleep on a cane chair on the verandah!!

St. Patty's Day Partay!

We had a request from one of our favorite commenters, NanaBeth, for our holiday posts to be up a little earlier. That way you can have more time to plan for projects. We completely agree and so although St. Patrick's Day is 2 weeks away, we wanted to share some ideas with you. Thanks NanaBeth!

Aren't the projects above just the cutest? Well they were really simple as well. St. Patrick's Day has always been a quirky holiday to me. I remember during younger school days, piling on as much green clothing as possible, no matter how ridiculous I looked. To celebrate St. Patty's Day as an adult, I didn't want just any boring party hats. They need to have character and personality. Thus the dunce and flat hatty's were born.

The make the dunce hat I printed this template onto the Glitzmas' All is Merry & Bright paper. For the ties, I punched two holes in the hat after I assembled it and pulled some Glitzmas ribbon through. I cut some tissue paper into strips and left a 1/2 inch border in tact to glue to the edge of the hat. Lastly I cut some clovers out and using glue dots, glued them onto some craft wire. I used glue dots again to secure the craft wire to the inside of the hat. I included clovers on the template but found it easier to cut some out free hand instead since they are so small.

For the flat hat, I used this template and printed it on the Morning Meadows Clover paper (fitting, huh?). With the template I just folded over the two ends until it was the size I wanted. I thought it looked cute being a little flat. I added some rick-rack to the edging of the hat along with two holes and some ribbon for tie downs. For the cute little tassle on the top I cut a 9"x4" doubled over piece of green tissue paper. I cut random strips down about 3" inches down the rectangle and left about an 1" at the bottom. Using a pencil I rolled the rectangle up into a tube and secured the end with tape and removed the pencil. I stuck the tassle through the hole in the top of the hat and taped the end to the inside of the hat. With the little clover that came on the template, I cut it out of our Oasis paper and Ta-dah, we're done!

Check out our matchbox tutorial on how to create these sweet little party favor boxes. We used the Tennis Court and Clover papers from our Bridgeport line. The die-cut accents are a great embellishment to finish off your St. Patrick's Day fiasco!

E-mail some pictures of your St. Patrick's Day party, and enter a chance to win a feature on our blog! Look forward to seeing some ideas, let's get to work!
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Week of Inspiration :: Day 1 :: Personal Style

Photo source: Kate Towers
As previously mentioned, this week I'll be posting about a different aspect of the twigs & honey biz and the various creative folks that inspired me along the way. I just spent all day Sunday finishing taxes. I'm mentally done with numbers for this week, so onto pretty things!

In terms of the style of twigs & honey pieces, I have been influenced by so many people, materials, and eras throughout the years. During the beginning though of "twigs & honey" (earlier 2007), I was particularly drawn to local designers Holly Stalder and Kate Towers. Up until the more recent past, they co-owned a lovely shop in Portland: Seaplane. I found out about them after discovering that one of our wedding photographers, Holly Andres (of Paul Rich Studio), had her dress custom made by Kate (which was this utterly gorgeous blue confectionary treat! I hope photos of her dress surface someday!!). Everything about the varying textures they used and their deconstructed styles appealed to me. Though both designers definitely have a different style, I think I love them equally! If I can create adornments that include all the complexity and uniqueness of one of their gowns, I'm happy. Have I ever mentioned that they are both the biggest sweethearts?? Thank you Holly and Kate for being such great inspiration to so many admirers!!

If you read the blog or visit my Etsy shop, I'm sure you recognize this dress that I ALWAYS wear. It's my favorite, favorite Kate Towers dress. Aw~ but a very old photo that recently came out of the woodwork.

Beautiful wedding dress by Kate Towers.
Photo credits: Portland Bride & Groom

One of my all time favorite Holly Stalder ensembles... so much so, that I had to have that shrug!
Photo from here.

Lovely Holly Stalder dress.
Photo from here.