Celebrations by KK

05/08/2025

Love

We all love our furbabies and I must admit doing a wedding with dogs is on top of my wish list.

My new, very favourite, page to follow is "pawfectlove" for customised pet items. I have always loved those wedding cakes with the personalised dogs...but now...pets can even be added as part of buttonholes and neck clips... gorgeous!!!

Check out their Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/pawfectlove.au?igsh=ZG1sYjk0M2wydXM0

26/07/2025

Love

Many people are trying to reduce costs, or personalise their wedding, or want to involve their guests in a ritual to bless the ceremony.

An idea for flowers:
A wedding tradition involving guests creating the bridal bouquet is a unique and symbolic way to involve loved ones in the ceremony. It can involve guests selecting flowers as they arrive or as the bride processes, with the final bouquet being assembled by the groom or a designated person. This practice can be a beautiful and personal alternative to a traditional bouquet toss.

Here's how it works:

Guest Participation:
Guests are invited to bring a flower (or are provided with one) and place it into a central basket or directly into the bouquet as the bride walks down the aisle.

Symbolic Meaning:
Each flower can represent a guest's well wishes, intentions, or connection to the couple, making the bouquet a collaborative and meaningful symbol of their support.

Ceremonial Assembly:
The bride can either carry the partially assembled bouquet or have a designated person (like the groom or a bridesmaid) complete it as she reaches the altar.

Alternative to Toss:
This approach offers a meaningful alternative to the bouquet toss, focusing on the collaborative creation of the bouquet rather than a competitive catch.

Personalization:
Couples can personalize the tradition by selecting specific flowers, choosing which guests participate, or adding a special touch like a ribbon or charm.
This guest-created bouquet can be a beautiful and sentimental addition to a wedding, fostering a sense of community and shared celebration.

This video clip is a simple yet beautiful way to do a matching man's pocket instead of struggling with buttonhole flowers. Can do the same for any "pocket" for any family member with any leftover flowers for guests to take home :)

11/07/2025

Love

Some people are so clever at making sweet masterpieces.

Not everyone likes tiered cakes...I've seen many people try to find alternatives for their event...something unique.

These would be stunning at engagements, hen's, weddings, baby namings, memorials as they are a beautiful centrepiece and I can see so many possibilities of personalising a tower to suit any celebration.

They have choc, strawberries, roses, biscuits, fruit...so many varieties of towers. Check them out:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CMQkttXkW/

23/06/2025

Loss, Love

Some things just seem that little bit more formal and important when it's written or spoken in Latin.

It can be nice to choose one phrase to go into service booklets, programmes, speeches :)

18/06/2025

Love

Beautiful first dance version for weddings :)

Even better for vow renewals ❤️

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13/06/2025

Love

I mention many times that I like home made DIY wedding decorations.

A lady posted that she made this flower (she is making many!!!) as the bride has an antique/travel themed wedding. They are making bouquets, cake decorations, table decorations with this flower made from old map pages... absolutely gorgeous!

We did this for my sister's wedding but did crepe paper roses. It was a fun activity for family and bridal party leading up to the wedding and great to keep. My bouquet (my sister threw a mini bouquet that I caught and kept her large bouquet) is still perfect 20+ years later and all the guests could take a flower/s home as a keepsake.

*I have copied this photo from another site instead of sharing the post as I'm unsure how safe their link

11/06/2025

Love

I like rustic table decorations at weddings... especially when it's DIY.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FnWYTaJyv/

10/06/2025

Loss

World Pet Memorial Day (Tuesday 10 June)

I've missed a special "world day" again as it falls on a second Tuesday of the month and so is a different date each year.

So this is a belated post for those that have had amazing pets that they loved.

I have my favourites in the comments but I have many more animals in my past that have left footprints on my heart 💕🐾💕🐾💕

They saw you watching over them
As they finally closed their eyes
They smelt your scent as they breathed
In and out for the last time

They heard the way your voice broke
As you told them they were loved
They felt you as you held them
With your gentle, farewell touch

And now they watch each morning
As you pass their empty bed
They watch you lose composure
And they see the tears you shed

They hear you bear the silence
Of the footsteps that are gone
That walk across your heart each day
Like echoes of a song

They feel the pang of emptiness
You get when you’re alone
In moments when you realise
That they’re never coming home

But in their darkest moment
You were there to hold them tight
And they just want the same for you
So you can feel alright

So they’re sewing you a rainbow,
Weaving ribbons through the sky
So they can let you know
That life is good beyond goodbye

So next time it is raining
And the sun appears as well
Just feel and look and listen
To what they are trying to tell

They’re telling you it’s spring there
With its showers and its sun
Where there are endless fields for them
To play and stretch and run

They’re telling you they sleep upon
The biggest, softest beds
That they have stitched from all the clouds
That float above your head

They’re telling you they’re not alone
For there are many others
And they’ve been reunited
With their parents, sisters, brothers

They’re showing you their rainbow
So you know they won’t forget you
And to tell you they will always be
So happy that they met you

And they’re telling you they love you
And though they’ll be dearly missed,
Not to worry, ‘cause it’s beautiful
Beyond the rainbow bridge

******

Becky Hemsley 2022
Lovely artwork by Scott Bateman Art

It's World Pet Memorial Day today.
It's a day that is observed on the second Tuesday of June every year.
Sending huge amounts of love and compassion to anyone who is missing a beloved pet today - and every day. The love of our animals is an incredibly pure and beautiful thing.

This poem is in my first grief and loss collection and is also on my Etsy store:
https://amzn.eu/d/cTbydMN

10/06/2025

We always think we have tomorrow, but really all we know to be real and guaranteed is now. I’ve not always been the best at communicating, or being in touch, life gets busy we get overwhelmed or feel silly saying I love you too much, but in my mind you can never say it enough.

If you’ve been putting off calling a loved one, or friend, I hope this can be a sign to let them know how much you love them. One day, it will be our greatest wish to say I love you one more time x

31/05/2025

Love

Hello to Winter...bit of a cold morning but a stunning Melbourne day
🍁🍂❄️🍂🍁

My fav artist:
https://www.facebook.com/share/16Ktmjq8My/

10/05/2025

Love

Wishing everyone a wonderful Mother's Day tomorrow.

Heather always posts the most beautiful sentiments and images for special times and I really liked this one that she did for Mother's Day ❤️

This is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/15LNkLKzkX/

*I have been following this Rose Hill Design page since 2011. She does the most beautiful illustrations and these are available from her shop - great quality and pricing.

A Friday in May…if you’re writing your own story and creating your next chapter why not make it beautiful? Why not fill it with joy, things you are passionate about and people and places that make you feel good…it’s your story…it’s your path…make it a beautiful one.

It’s Mother’s Day weekend and this can be a difficult day for many of you so I hope you are gentle with yourself and your feelings. I hope you take care of you and your energy and I hope you know that you are loved beyond measure 💞❤️😘. -xx

08/05/2025

Love

I love Valentine's Day and Mother's Day as this is when prospective brides can pick up ideas and lots of craft items for their wedding...similar themes - hearts, love, pink 🩷

I especially love these grazing platters for the bridal party morning or for the bridal couple late night snack (that I saw advertised on a local site...so I have saved their contact details to my business file) :)