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Can you believe that it's less than nine weeks away until Christmas? We are bursting with Christmas cheer already here at OIP HQ! And being Melbourne based, it is only fair dinkum that we celebrate Christmas the Aussie Summer way - Long days and warm nights, lying by the poolside sipping a pina colada while the kids run around high on eggnog. This year we had the absolute pleasure of collaborating with Chelsea Thomas from I Heart Bargains (who was beautified by Makeup by Natalie Ioannou) and her gorgeous family; Craig, her hubby, Jude, her cute little man and Clementine,...

The spooky season is upon us! A time for celebrating gore, horror and general scariness. However, for those of you who don’t like to be scared, it can be a stressful time and leave you with serious FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). But, never fear (HA!), you can join in the Halloween fun without being terrified! With our cute-as ghost meringues. These sweets will never scare you because they’re too busy being scared themselves! Cute Ghost Meringues Ingredients Makes about 45 meringues. 3 egg whites ¾ caster sugar 1 tsp white vinegar Black food colouring Bamboo skewers Method Preheat oven...

Michelle from Michelle Rogers Styling hosted a Halloween party last weekend for her 13 year old daughter and her 8 friends. She was inspired by the Television show FRIENDS!!! The orange couch, the "smelly cat" cake, the "how you doin" donuts, and the purple wall with gold mirror (to resemble the purple wall with gold framed peephole!) She also wanted to add a boho touch with macramé, pampas grass, and vintage rattan. Michelle mixed it all up with handmade fabric garlands, balloon installation with spiders and weeds, and a skeleton guest with matching balloon headpiece! The girls ate dinner on...

Stylish Mum Tina came to Armene Akopyan from @liveloveplayla with this party theme...a soft and pastel Minnie party for her sweet princess Olivia turning 2! 'We can do that!' she said! Let’s do pastel balloons and keep the cake and sweets simple with a shabby chic feel. In the end, this beautiful cake table set-up came to life! The pastel organic balloon arch gave the set/up some flair! Beautiful florals and a buttercream cake with fresh roses cascading down were oh so pretty! Custom touches on the backdrop and sweets added the perfect little touches. How divine! Design/Set-up/Venue: @liveloveplayla Photography:...