Hen's Night part 1: Tea Party - mood board

My cousin asked myself and a friend to be bridesmaids at her upcoming wedding. None of us (including the bride) were particularly certain of what our exact roles entailed, but one thing we knew for sure: the Hen's Party was ours!

We began scheming about all sorts of naughty and nice surprises to fill a day, or whole weekend, for the party.

We came up with a day and night broken into 4 parts - mini-events if you will.
Part 1 will be... A tea-party, with cupcakes.

 I made this mood board for it today:

The task of making all the cupcakes has been delegated to me - I've spotted those cupcake wrappers at Stevens and hope to grab some on sale.

The chocolate chiffon cake with rosewater frosting is by Sweetapolita and I found the contrast of dark cake and fluffy icing so inspiring!

We're sticking to a basic colourscheme of pale pink, black and white as that matches the invites and is a little sophisticated and feminine. (Trust me - the rest of the afternoon and activites we have planned, will be far from sophisticated!)

I also made some cupcakes today as practice, which are in this post.


    - Amyshka

A Josh Goot inspired mood board

Josh Goot has always been one of my favourite designers. He is Australian and I have huge respect for his bold use of colour and confident structuring. His designs look sporty and sleek while still being beautiful.

This mood board is inspired by one of his older collections - Spring 2010 RTW.

The moroccan pouff is a colour I would call "Acid" which is just rebellious enough against the black and white New Zealand Toi Toi cushion and tangerine IKEA lamp.

Josh Goot has mastered the use of harmonious-clash in this collection.

    - Amyshka