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Our wedding stationery inspired this reader to create her own handmade invitations
One of my lovely readers, Eulyn, got in touch to share her wedding invitations with me after being inspired by the wedding stationery we made for our wedding. I can’t tell you how lovely it is to get emails and pictures like this, knowing that something you did inspired someone else – and a photo of another couples hard work. If you’ve been inspired by the ‘save the dates’ or stationery that we created for our wedding, do send me an email – I’d love to hear from you and attach a couple of pictures so I can see (and …
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Cake love: a rustic wintery woodland wedding cake of chocolate
This might be one of my favourite winter wedding cakes – I’m not sure I’ve seen that many really wintery sweet wedding cakes, with fruit pies and pork pies (remember last weeks!) seem to be a good wintery alternative to wedding cake. But this one, with it’s three layers from dark to white chocolate, sat a top of pies of branches, and decorated with ivy, red berries, lichen covered twigs and pines cones, just captures the whole spirit of winter. If you’re looking for wedding cake inspiration, and what something a bit different or more natural looking, don’t forget out …
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An autumn inspired wedding shoot on a Welsh farm with a beautiful gyspy caravan
A wedding on a stunning organic farm complete with a beautifully restored red and yellow gypsy wagon…if only such a place existed. It does, and to showcase this beautiful wedding venue deep in the heart of Wales, a group of local suppliers got together to produce a beautiful autumn inspired wedding shoot. The shoot was held at Welsh Green Weddings and was brought together by Sue Fyfe-Williams of Aunties Vintage China, and Venetia Norrington of Firetop Photography, taking seasonal inspiration from the autumnal hedgerows. Sue told me, “The venue has huge versatility and we wanted to portray the breadth of …
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Vintage bottle shaped candles for your wedding table centrepieces
There are some truly wonderful and, in my opinion, sheer genius, ideas out there – these candles that have been shaped to look like a variety of old bottles and jars are one of those genius ideas. Made from beeswax to give that golden yellow honey colour (and an equally beautiful smell when lit), I think they would be a beautiful alternative to floral table centrepieces, especially on long tables where you could arrange them with their varying heights. The downside? They don’t seem to be available to buy anymore! They are created by Anthropologie (creators of many a beautiful, …
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Great wedding offers, discounts and a competition – a round-up for January 2012
I thought I would give you all a quick all-in-on-place round-up of the great wedding offers and discounts currently available (or about to expire!) from businesses listed on The Natural Wedding Company. Loveducks Photography WIN a wedding photography package worth £2,500! To enter the competition click here and tell Loveducks Photography your engagement story – the sweetest engagement story will be announced as the winner on Valentine’s Day 2012. Get your entry in by 12th February 2012. Wedding in a Teacup 15% off all orders up until 31st January 2012, simply enter the code SPARKLE15 at checkout. Visit www.weddinginateacup.co.uk to …
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Wild and natural looking wedding flowers with grasses and country garden blooms
Following up from my post about using grasses in wedding arrangements and bouquets, I wanted to share some pictures of from Susanne at The Blue Carrot in Cornwall, one of the businesses listed in the flower section of the directory. She got in touch with me after the original blog post to say that she loves using grasses in her arrangements and to share a couple of pictures. Thought you’d all like to see some on a dreary January afternoon! Any favourites? I love these deep wine colours with the silvery green grasses and foliage, and the spray of blackberries …
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Mariette and Benjamin’s natural French countryside wedding ~ part two
If you missed part one of Mariette and Benjamin’s natural French countryside wedding yesterday, get over there now and immerse yourself in an utterly gorgeous wedding. Today it’s the second part with some gorgeous photos in woodland and around the stone villa, and their fun reception and rustic decorations. What a happy looking couple – and those gorgeous lace sleeves and floral headband. Everything is just so fitting about this wedding, nothing seems out of place or contrived – just simple, natural and beautiful. It always helps to have a beautiful rustic backdrop to create romantic wedding photographs, like an …
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