A few behind the scenes photos today from my place after I gave my favourite display shelving units a styling update last week.
I purchased these gorgeous shelving units 2 years ago so I could display my beautiful cake stand collection – with so many lovely cake stands in my shop I found that I was constantly pulling out various sizes and colours to show customers who popped into my home to make a purchase.
The collection of course has grown over time and the shelves were starting to look a little messy and cluttered! Showing every colour in every size while trying to remain stylish wasn’t working and every time I pulled out another little prop to use I would dump it back on the shelves!
It was time for a clean up and a refresh – time to style everything up and combine ranges, colours and various other items I love like books and candles.
Here are the before and after results! I am feeling so much calmer every time I walk past now – nothing like a good clean out for the soul!
BEFORE
AFTER
Images :: Leanne Ambrogio for Sweet Style
Cake Stands & Bowls mostly available in the Sweet Style Online store here
Today I am joined by my clever friend Jordan from Polkadot Prints. Jordan has put together for you a beautiful printable gift tag that is filled with lots of meaning.
The recipe for this delicious Rocky Road is also included at the bottom of the post as well as some further information about a beautiful personal project that Jordan is working on that I would love you to read more about.
Here is what Jordan told me about how her ideas came about:-
“I’ve always felt that life is full and wonderful, but there sure are valley’s and hard times eh? The past few months in my personal life have been probably some of the hardest I have faced. My, now healthy, five month old baby girl spent her first week of life in the NICU, giving us the fright of our lives. Then just a few months ago one of my younger sisters passed away in tragic circumstances. It’s through the help and kindness of friends and family that definitely make hard times a whole lot sweeter.
I designed these gift tags with the phrase “let me know if there’s anything I can do” in mind. People often don’t know what to say or do when someone is going through something, and we often don’t know how to help, but I encourage you to mix up a batch of Rocky Road and just turn up. Be there. Choccy in hand. Or leave it on a desk, at a front door, in a locker, in the letter box. It will mean more than you think it will. It’s amazing how something little can mean so much. A little bit of tangible love. Go on…go get that chocolate, download your free tags & brighten someones day today!”
You can download your free printable gift tags here.
Jordan Bariesheff is the owner and creator of Graphic Design & Stationery business Polkadot Prints. Jordan loves crafting up parties and sharing DIY ideas. She lives in sunny Brisbane with her husband and three kids. Read more about Jordan on her blog here.
Jordan has also recently launched a very special Pozible project. Please visit her campaign here to find our more about this really beautiful wall art.
Read on now for this yummy and simple recipe for Rocky Road – I hope you like our new recipe card feature which means you can print out this recipe and pop it in your recipe book.
Photography :: Leanne Ambrogio | Sweet Style
Printables :: Jordan Bariesheff | Polkadot Prints
In June this year – on yet another gorgeous sunny day in the Blue Mountains – we shot the very pretty Boho Wedding story for Issue 3 of Sweet Magazine.
I had a busy month on instagram – I joined back in with the Fat Mum Slim Photo a Day Challenge for the month after downloading Chantelle’s brand new Little Moments App – it is so fantastic for keeping on top of the topic of the day as well as providing a fantastic photo editing package! I also shared loads of projects I have been working on plus you can see our adventures in Bali!
If you would like to follow along you can find me here :: http://instagram.com/sweetstyle
