Infuse your wedding decor with a spirit of adventure, incorporating shades of desert sand in beige, khaki and ochre. 

TIP: Fruitcake travels well – s0 send your guests home with a slice in a pretty box.

Cakes, Dilley’s Cakes and Cupcakes

Silver platter gold cake server to hire, both Check My China; home-made marshmallows, MaMère Confections

Oval platter to hire, Check My China; boutonnière, Fleur le Cordeur

TIP: Play with contrasts to create depth and interest – mix textured linen and raw terracotta, smooth porcelain and wonky ceramics, fleshy succulents and thorny branches.

Linen napkins to hire, Plush Props; cups and bronze-rimmed dinner plates, all Mervyn Gers Ceramics; floral arrangements, Fleur le Cordeur

TIP: Look for fabric swatches with African patterns for inspiration

Wedding invitation, thank-you tag, name tags and venue map, all Seven Swans; desert rocks to hire, Propeller Props

White side plate to hire, Plush Props; rose-gold fork to hire, Check My China; cake, Dilley’s Cakes and Cupcakes

Aqua espresso saucer and white espresso saucer, Mervyn Gers Ceramics; terracotta snack bowls R4 to hire, Check My China; white plates and mini pot-pie pot to hire, all Plush Props

TIP: A wooden tabletop (painted in Plascon Orange You Glad) + water-based paints + potato stamps = endless design possibilities!

Karoo dining chair with matt gold ribbon seat, Pierre Cronje; floral centrepiece, Fleur le Cordeur; dinner plate with bronze edging, Mervyn Gers Ceramics; white side plate and linen napkin to hire, both Plush Props; name tag, Seven Swans; slender cup, Mervyn Gers Ceramics; green glass and copper cutlery from to hire, Check My China; terracotta jug to hire, Propeller Props

Decor: Shannon Daniell
Photography: Andreas Eiselen/hsmimages.co.za

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