NEST DIY - Wedding Bouquets

hand-tied Bridal bouquet with white roses, white dahlias and greenery

Sorry for the blogging absence; we are having a great time in America. My husband has already travelled back to Australia after 3 weeks to go back to work. Emmy and I will be here for another week and a bit. 

We came for my friend's wedding, which happened a week ago. It was beautiful! She had a rustic burlap-and-lace themed wedding and us bridesmaids had Peacock blue dresses. The venue was a gorgeous log-cabin called the Field House. I had the privilege of doing the wedding bouquets and boutonnières. This is the fifth wedding that I've done the bridal flowers for. The brides wish was to have lots of greenery and white flowers in an
a-symmetrical arrangement. The bride's bouquet (above) was "dinner plate sized", and the bridesmaids bouquets (below) were "dessert plate sized". Creature Comforts blog had some great tutorials on DIY wedding bouquets, click here. Click here for my Pinterest Board, 'Jami's Peacock Inspired Wedding'.

Here we are! Emmy was a flower girl in a giant tulle dress.

photos by me

Tips for Travelling with an Infant or Toddler

In a week and a half we'll be flying from Melbourne AUS to Seattle USA with our 16 month old! I'm a little more than nervous for the flight and connections and how she'll cope on the flight. I found this great article over at Science of Mom blog, full of tips for travelling with an infant or toddler! See the article Here.

Some of the tips include packing toys that the child hasn't seen before, bringing low mess packaged foods, clothing for easy diaper/nappy changes, and don't be ashamed to use technology to entertain your child! 

Another thing that someone told me is that you can wrap up the new toys (or activities like colouring books, etc.), that the child can unwrap during the flight. This makes it fun for the child and adds an element of surprise. 

A couple extra tips are to make sure that there are infant beds available on your preferred flight before you make the booking. We called our airline to make sure there were beds available before we made the booking. 

We are lucky enough to have friends and family in Seattle so we asked if they had a carseat and porta-crib that we could borrow. Any items that you don't have to rent and pay for the better. 

I'll let you know how the flight goes!  

photo from British Airways

DIY Photo Booth Backdrops

I have a super good friend getting married next month, and we're flying back to the States for the wedding. We're all super excited about that. It will be Emmy's first overseas flight, and we're all waiting nervously to see how that goes. I'll post a few tips on travelling with babies/kids soon, and I'll report back to see if any of those tips worked. 

But I love this collection of quirky and cute DIY Photo Booth backdrops that Pip put together over at justb. Click here to see the rest of the DIY Photo Booth backdrop round-up! 

photos via justb.