Christmas wrapping

As a big fan of stationery, gift wrapping and bows, I really appreciate it when someone gives their gifts a handmade touch to gift wrap their present. emerald + ella an online store that sells beautiful paper decorations, twine and gifts tags, a really easy way to creatively wrap your gifts for the festive season. Don't forget to check out the home ware items that they sell.

As a special Christmas offer, mention Silk Truffle at the checkout and receive a free pack of gift tags with your purchase from emerald + ella.

Christmas pudding

Christmas pudding from Donna Hay

Jez Smith and Alex Perry

Ok so to break up all the Christmas posts, a photo by Jez Smith featuring Alex Perry dress for Wish Magazine.

Red

I've never been a big fan of the colour red, or maybe I just can't pull it off. But this dress by Carla Zampatti is amazing.. the textures and breezy yet stiff fabric screams glamour and style. Red is getting me in the Christmas spirit, quite close now!

Letterpress Christmas Cards

It's that time of the year to send out Christmas cards. I'll be posting quite a few Christmas related blog posts during the month of December. I found these simple elegant letterpress cards by Etsy seller rubyvictoria.

Pom Poms

Great little props to be used to decorate the place when having a party, or even just for fun. From Donna Hay general store.

Simple floral

Photograph by Anna Rose

Alex Perry & Waterford Collection

I may say this a lot, but I really LOVE this photoshoot. The colours, lighting, models (Sophie Faulkner & Catriona Rowntree), dramatic dresses by Alex Perry and the amazing colours are just blowing my mind away and I'm in heaven right now!

The shoot is to celebrate the collaboration of Waterford Crystal with Alex Perry. Demonstrating the creative possibility of using Waterford Crystal in fashion, Perry created three gowns, each beautifully embellished with the illuminating shimmer only found in Waterford's crystal. Feminine and unashamedly romantic, the three Waterford Crystal gowns, in their pretty colour palette of lilac and nude, bear trademarks only known to Perry's work - refined elegance, prestige and luxury. The dramatic silhouettes feature hundreds of metres of lilac and nude tulle cascading over underwired corseted bodices. The tulle has then been swathed and wrapped, then embellished with sparkling Waterford Crystal.

{Images and description via Wedding Style Guide}