We work with so many wonderful suppliers –
creative, talented, passionate, and inspiring. This year we’ve asked some of
our favourites to tell us what is inspiring them in the lead up to Easter this
year.
Samantha - Dunne With Style
Sam is a leader in the crafty styling world, with a fabulous
online store teeming with boutique handmade event décor. The Little Birdie
girls connected with her when she created beautifully pastel vintage pinwheels
for the Wonderland {very merry} Mad Hatter Tea Party in 2012. Since then we have added perfect details to
so many dessert tables using her gorgeous creative talents.
So, what’s inspiring Sam this Easter?
“Easter for me is all about my
family. For as long as I can remember we’ve spent Easter with my ‘family’ (which
evolves each year anywhere from parents, siblings, grandparents, good friends)
at my parents’ beach house. I’m a crazy-about-it summer lover and Easter always
feels like my last hurrah. The last long weekend on the beach of another
summer, as after Easter it’s back to the ‘winter world’ for me, football season
(I’m married to a football coach/player/fanatic). No more long weekends and
less and less beach time.
Easter is about long laid back lunches of endless fresh produce from
the local harmer’s market and the smell of my mum’s famous hot cross buns in
the oven. It’s about sneaking one in, slathered in butter at most meals of the
day. She only makes them for one month in a year so I have to get my yearly fix
in!
This year though on Easter weekend we’ll be far from our usual beach
tradition as my parents move from our family home of 20 years to a new farm. So
I have a feeling that this year my parents will take great pride in hosting
their first farm Easter hunt for my little Eloise and hopefully afterwards we
can find the box containing the hot cross bun ingredients so we can pop a batch
in the oven!”
Sam not only creates wonderful styling details to purchase
from her website, she is also incredibly generous with her styling know-how by
sharing projects online. She has been doing a bit of Easter crafting based on
her Dailylike project blog to give as gifts this year. Sam is planning to create
her own version of the below Easter wreath to fit in perfectly with the new farmhouse.
Check out Dunne With Style
Jen - A Little Slice of Heaven
With an eager eye for detail and a passion for baking and
decorating the most scrumptious biscuits, cupcakes, and cakes, Jen never fails
to amaze us with her interpretation of our colour palette and designs, and her
ability to transform our vision into sweet works of art. We started working
with Jen last year when she baked beautiful creations for an “Oh, the Places
You’ll Go!” dessert table to celebrate the Christening of Gerri’s daughter,
Lulu, and we haven’t looked back!
So, what’s inspiring Jen this Easter?
“As much as I love making all the
fancy cakes and cookies, when it comes to family, I tend to stick with simpler
desserts. The recipe for this chocolate cheesecake was given to me by a
playgroup mum over twelve years ago, when my husband and I moved back to
Australia after years of corporate life in Asia, to raise our family. I feel
blessed to be living in a place where there are plenty of opportunities to grow
and live extraordinary lives. All it takes is faith and hope (plus a fair bit
of hard work!), which to me is what Easter is about.”
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| Jen's Easter Chocolate Cheesecake |
Like the look of this scrumptious stack of chocolate
cheesecake? We do too! Lucky for us (and you!) Jen is sharing this tried and
true recipe with her blog readers, so head on over to her blog to check it out!
Check out A Little Slice of Heaven
Kristy – Flowers in the Field
Kristy is the newest addition to our go-to supplier list.
Last month we asked Kristy to create lush floral arrangements for a darling
rose garden dessert table we styled for sweet little Elena. She was a pleasure
to work with, so obliging, and we were blown away by her ability to interpret
exactly what we had in mind.
So, what’s inspiring Kristy this Easter?
“Easter for us is using autumn
colours; reds, golds, burgundies. Also basked arrangements using dried flower,
wheat and lotus pods. This time of year is my favourite as Dahlias come into
season. I love working with all the different textures to create a natural
look.”
Check out Flowers in the Field
Coby – Taart
Coby is a has a passion and talent for creating elegant and stylish bespoke cakes, cupcakes, and we especially adore her unique, scrumptious, and beautiful range of petite sweets. They have been a feature of our dessert tables since we started working with Coby last year, when she turned her dream of building a bricks-and-mortar cake shop into reality. With a keen eye for presentation, we love Coby's precise work and continued interest in updating her menu with trending petite sweets and flavours.
So what's inspiring Coby this Easter?
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| "We are getting closer to Easter, and featuring in Taart's pretty new window display is a little something to get in the chocolate-infused mood... And yes, that is a nice handful of yummy chocolate eggs sitting comfortable on top!" |
Check out Taart
Marché du Macaron
Trish and her avid team of macaron-lovers create the most
imaginative and delicious macarons around. They are always keen to take on a
new challenge, and love to use their endless creativity – we have been so
delighted with their work, and it’s no secret our favourite flavour is the
famously decadent salted caramel. We'll always remember the soda and milk bar style macarons The Marche Team created for Archie's retro train party in 2012. Marche du Macaron
are our go-to unique macaron maker for dessert tables.
So, what’s on offer with Marche du Macaron this Easter? Read
below – they were lucky enough to be visited by Mr E. Bunny himself!
“So you probably won’t believe
us, but we just went outside after hearing a ‘thumping’ in our front garden to
find this in our grass. Such a busy bunny, he couldn’t even come in for a
macaron!
Well it looks like he has decided the flavours for this year’s
macarons!
This year the Marche Easter macaron flavours will be White Chocolate
Strawberry, White Chocolate Coconut, Milk Chocolate Marshmallow, Milk Chocolate
Caramel, Dark Chocolate Mint, and Dark Chocolate Honeycomb. Six of our
favourite flavours encased in delicious white, milk, and dark chocolate!”
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| The Marche Team were lucky enough to be visited by Mr E. Bunny himself! |
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| Marche du Macaron's fabulous Easter Macaron collection: (clockwise from top right) White Chocolate Strawberry, Milk Chocolate Caramel, Dark Chocolate Mint, Milk Chocolate Marshmallow, Dark Chocolate Honeycomb, and White Chocolate Coconut |
The Marche Team will be taking orders until Thursday 17th
April with delivery and pick-up options available. Hop on over to their website
for details.
Check out Marche du Macaron
Jocelyn’s Provisions
For many years we have loved the honest, wholesome, and
deliciously decadent sweets and savouries offered by Brisbane’s pre-eminent
destination for cakes, patisserie and fine ingredients. We often incorporate their
amazing culinary delights into our dessert tables, and
always place orders for our own special occasions. The beautiful team at
Jocelyn’s Provisions are warm and friendly – we always enjoy working with
them in the lead up to an event.
Easter treats are taken care of at Jocelyn’s Provisions.
Treats on offer this year include
·
Jocelyn’s Provisions Brisbane-famous traditional
fruity and spicey Hot Cross Buns - voted number one by The Urban List’s team of
taste testers this year
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Mazet Gull’s Eggs – imported all the way from
France especially for Easter, they are delightful thin- and
crispy-sugar-shelled eggs with a smooth chocolate hazelnut centre
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White Chocolate, Caramel and Macadamia Fudge –
these soft-centred fudge bites with crunchy macadamia pieces make a lovely and
unique Easter gift
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Simnel Cake – a traditional deliciously light
and moist fruit cake with a marzipan seam through the centre, made especially
for Easter
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Shortbread Bunnies – these cute little bunnies
are made using Jocelyn’s Provisions famously delicious chocolate and plain
shortbread with white chocolate ears and cottontails.
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| Scrumptious offerings at Jocelyn's Provisions this Easter: Hot Cross Buns, Gull Eggs, Shortbread Bunnies, Simnel Cake, and White Chocolate, Caramel and Macadamia Fudge |
Check out Jocelyn's Provisions
Sarah – Style Me
Gorgeous
A renowned graphic designer on the party circuit, Sarah is a
go-to gal for party printables. We first worked with Sarah right back when we
were launching Little Birdie Events – she created our beloved logo! Sarah is
always updating her collection of holiday-themed printables, though some of her
original designs are our favourites.
Check out Sarah’s super cute, colourful and fun range of
Easter printables available this year, but be quick – there’s only one day left
to order!
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| Selection of Easter printables available from the "Some Bunny Loves You" and "Easter Fun" packs by Style Me Gorgeous. Check out SMG's Facebook album for more details. |
Check out Style Me Gorgeous
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stylemegorgeousdesign
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For the Little Birdie girls, Easter is all about family traditions, the smell of hot cross buns fresh from the even, laughter with good friends, and gazing at the Easter moon.
It's family fish and chips by the beach on Good Friday, painted boiled eggs for breakfast, hiding Easter eggs in the garden on Easter Sunday, lazy lunches, chocolatey treats, pastel shades, snuggles with our little ones, and Peter Rabbit stories.
May all our gorgeous clients, blog followers, our Facebook likers, and our wonderful suppliers enjoy a happy, restorative, and yummy Easter 2014.
Carole & Gerri
