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Artistic Inspiration
Last night our Founding Editor Kirsten MacKelden attended Art with Heart, the annual fundraising event created by Dave Ansett at Storm Design/Brand DNA. Guests bid on artwork in a silent auction, with this year’s event raising money for the Melbourne City Mission‘s Breakfast series. In the six years since Dave created Art with Heart, he’s raised over $100,000 for charity – wow!
Our Founding Editor, Kirsten MacKelden (middle) with friends; creator of Art with Heart, Dave Ansett (L) and founder of stationery empire, kikki-K, Kristina Karlsson (R).
Kirsten with friend Carolyn Cresswell, founder of Carmen’s Fine Foods.
Seeing Kirsten’s photos of the event this morning reminded us of how beautifully art lights up a room – and how much fun you can have with this at weddings! We’ve seen two weddings that featured art to beautiful effect; in Issue 4, our Real Couple Kristi and Andrew Batty gave guests paint, brushes, plastic gloves and disposable plates as palettes, and invited them to paint their interpretation of the day. Kristi said: “People went crazy! Now we have a fabulous reminder of the best day of our lives.”
And in Issue 11, our Real Couple Anne-Louise and Fred Siasat used paintings by their six-year-old daughter Bronte as the basis for their stationery, which was designed and styled by Form Over Function. The reception also featured a miniature exhibition of Bronte’s designs, which added a burst of colour to the room.
Photography by Milk and Honey Photography
We loved both these ideas, and have thought of another! Inspired by these Ralph Lauren “Paint your Polo” kits Kirsten spotted in London (below), we think it would be great fun to design t-shirts for the bride and groom; perhaps something they can wear on their honeymoon! All you’d need is some fabric paint, brushes, and maybe some smocks for your guests. Wouldn’t this make for great photos?!
