Geo Meets Vintage

Autumn is one of my favourite times of the year and this season all I have been thinking about is bold hues and geometric patterns (diamonds in particular). In the past 18 months we have seen an explosion of geometric patterns such as chevron, triangles and the trend is slowly moving towards diamonds. One of my favourite elements when styling a shoot is deciding on the colour palette. My main focus was to create something simple yet dramatic so I chose four bold hues – grey, mustard, royal blue and emerald green. The concept modern meets vintage was born when I decided to use the bold colours, diamond pattern and mix it with vintage props.

The bold colours allow the geometric pattern and lines to shine through for a simple and decadent look and feel.One thing I love about styling is how versatile it can be and for the past 6 months I have enjoyed doing food styling. For this shoot my focus was on the presentation of the food, instead of passing hours creating a dessert table as such. Based on the outcome from my shoot you can see that modern and vintage can be also elegant and inviting. And the best bit about it, you can eat it all after the shoot! (laughs).

One of the most exciting parts of my work is collaborating with other wedding industry creatves for styling the front cover shoot and once again I was blessed to be able to work with Dewi of Sweet Bloom Cakes and Katerina of KatCvet Photography.

Vendors:

Styling: One Lovely Day www.onelovelyday.com.au 

Cake and sweets: Sweet Bloom Cakes www.sweetbloomcakes.com.au 

Photography: Kat Cvet Photography www.facebook.com/KatCvetPhotography

Paper Flowers: Dunne with Style http://www.dunnewithstyle.com 

Charming Mother's Day by Ruby Ju

Bec said: Mothers Day is a day that I love to share with my family, especially with my mother, grandmother and sister. It is really special to have the three generations of mother’s altogether. Our Mothers day celebrations are often spent relaxing, and eating good food and pausing to take a moment and appreciate the beauty of motherhood itself.

The inspiration for my Mothers day dessert table evolved from a yellow and gold teacup that my grandmother gave me years ago.  Yellow isn’t a colour I choose often but I think that it lends itself to a dessert table beautifully. 

The desserts chosen for the table were all hand made from recipes that we all love and grew up with plus a few new favorites such as lemon & poppy seed cake pops and lemon meringue macarons.  The old time favorites included my mother’s citrus bundt cakes, nanna’s vanilla bean biscuits and my sister’s lemon cupcakes.

The table was finished with handmade decorations that were relaxed and easy, made to flow with the feel of the day. The tags were hand crafted using different patterned papers and just a few simple embellishments. The daisy chain, also created with different pretty papers, was a reflection of those days spent crafting with my mother and sister as a child. Flowers were added into little cream pourers to brighten up the table and, in celebration of some pretty amazing women, a splash of glamour was added with touches of gold glitter and some gold tassel bunting.

Styling: www.rubyju.com.au

Photography: www.rubyju.com.au

Autumn Edition of My Little Jedi Online Magazine

Welcome to the autumn edition of My Little Jedi online magazine. With the success of the last two issues, I could have not asked for a better outcome and it’s all because of your amazing support and encouragement. I have certainly reached my goal, since the launch in September 2011, we have reached over 90000 readers and almost 3 million page views and amazingly it continues to grow every day.

What I wanted to do, more than anything is to create a magazine that reflects my own unique style and also offer great content for our readers to enjoy! I am so blessed to be surrounded with so many passionate and talented people and I believe this really reflects on this current issue.

I would like to thank each and every contributor for giving all their love and dedication to their beautiful work. When we step back and consider the ultimate purpose of entertaining is to bring people together especially the ones that are very close to our hearts. This edition is all about celebrating some of the most important and precious events in our lives, such as Easter and Mother’s Day. Grab yourself a cup of tea and I hope you feel inspired.

Thank you for reading and have a fabulous Easter! xx

Welcome to the Sparkling Issue of MLJ Online Magazine

My Little Jedi Christmas Cover 

The wait is finally over! 

Welcome to the {Sparkling} Issue of My Little Jedi Online Magazine. 

Firstly, i would like to say that i have not been able to stop smiling since the launch of our first issue. We have received an amazing response and i wish i could reach right through the computer and give each and every one of you a huge hug.

I absolutely love receiving your daily emails about how much you enjoy reading our magazine, i truly appreciate the feedback. It has been lovely to see how much support we have received from our family, friends, facebook fans and blog followers; you have truly embraced our labour of love. Also, i would like to thank my lovely magazine contributors, for your loyalty and hard work. I feel so blessed to be able to work with so many talented and lovely women and MLJ magazine couldn’t exist without the passion and generosity of your gorgeous contributions.

I also had the pleasure of working with Dewi of Sweet Bloom Cakes and Nicole of Centre of Attention Photography as they helped me bring to life the vision that I had of styling the perfect dessert table for the My Little Jedi' Christmas cover.  

If you are in possession of a sweet tooth you are going to love the Christmas issue. Not only we have included some of the most exquisite dessert tables but we also have an amazing diy projects and delicious recipes. So sit back, grab a cuppa and enjoy reading. I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas, may this holiday season bring lots of joy and happiness to you and your loved ones.


Click here to view the magazine! Enjoy xx

I dream of Pastel Christmas

There are many ways to get creative during the holiday season and you don’t always have to use the traditional colours when decorating. December is the month in which we start unpacking the boxes labelled ‘Christmas ‘and unwrap each ornament that has been carefully swaddled in tissue paper. This Christmas I have decided to update the colour palette and go for a feminine and glamorous look.

If you are in possession of a sweet tooth you are going to love this table set up. This Christmas I dream of candy coated pastels, in any shape and form. The dreamy palette of mint, peach, lemon and rose pink, it almost reads like an ice-cream parlour menu.

The inspiration behind this dessert table came from my latest printable paper collection which I have incorporated in this shoot. I have combined the two of my favourite things of the holiday season, lovely wrapping and delicious sweets. I adore a pretty package anytime of the year, but especially when I package gifts for my little boy. If you’re anything like me, half of the fun of the holiday season revolves around picking up little gifts you know your loved ones will adore and wrapping them up in the prettiest wrapping paper.

The dessert table was covered with a pale pink smocked table cloth and I used a vintage shabby chic box to create height to the table. One of the favourite treats on this dessert table is the delicious mix of fruit jelly slices, piled on top of each other on the sweet pink mini cake stand. Don’t forget to add a touch of sparkle to your gift wrapping this Christmas.

Styling & Photography  - www.mylittlejedi.com.au

Printable Wrapping Paper - www.mylittlejedi.com.au