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Bringing the indoors outside with outdoor living rooms at your wedding reception

I must admit to not being a fan of certain ideas that are dreamt up for weddings, and I didn’t think I really liked the idea of bringing your three-piece suite outside and setting it up like a living room at your wedding reception – what’s wrong with wooden benches?  However, on warm and sunny days, like those we are being blessed with at the moment, I can quite easily see the appeal of reclining in a comfy armchair outside. So, driven by my own personal desire to be sitting outside at this moment on a plush old fashioned sofa …

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14
May
2012

Untamed garden flower wedding bouquets as pretty as a painting

Wedding bouquet and flowers are just getting more and more interesting I think – is anyone else feeling this?  The creativity of florists and combinations of blooms and foliage, with grasses, seedheads and all manner of beautiful items is just breathtaking, and going in a really exciting direction. These bouquets reminded me of a painting, one of those old dark paintings you see in country houses where the deep jewel coloured flowers are big and blousy, falling out of a wide jug and almost gleaming from the picture.  But I’m getting carried away – at the very basic, these bouquet …

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10
May
2012

A bridal necklace made from fresh flowers – unbelievably beautiful or unrealistic?

Perhaps this idea is a little unrealistic, but why not swap your bouquet for a necklace of flowers?  If it were possible and the flowers held up and didn’t wilt (any top suggestions from florists out there?) I think this would be a beautiful bridal alternative.  Floral creations like this would also be a great alternative for bridesmaid bouquets – your imagination is the only barrier to what you could create. I’d love some advice from some of the florists out there on whether this would work or if it’s unrealistic – surely it can’t be much different to wearing flowers in …

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3
May
2012

A spring open day and photoshoot to celebrate the new cathedral size wedding yurt from Hooe’s Yurts

The Easter weekend saw a fabulous open day hosted by Hooe’s Yurts in deepest, most beautiful Devon.  They were celebrating the completion of their huge new 44ft yurt – a cathedral sized structure that can seat 120 wedding guests, or even linked to smaller yurts to create an even bigger space. It’s time’s like these when I wish I didn’t live so far north as I would have loved to attend the open day with Amy and Max from Hooe’s Yurts (especially as it was just up the road from my granny’s home!).  Like you, I shall have to be …

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3
May
2012

Put your money where your heart is with the new Etsy wedding gift list

I have long been a fan of Etsy for its incredible choice of beautiful handmade items – both mine and Mr Rigg’s wedding rings (engagement and his wedding band) came from Etsy sellers around the world.  In the past I have featured all kinds of wedding goodies from Etsy sellers, but now Etsy has launched a fabulous new feature for brides- and grooms-to-be. The brand new Etsy Weddings website allows you to find the latest weddings trends, how-to’s, expert advice and inspirational stories from real couples.  They have also launched the Etsy Wedding Registry, so you can put together a …

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2
May
2012

Woodland branch escort cards with cheerful fabric ties

This is such a sweet idea for escort or place cards at your wedding – small wood off-cuts with your guests names written on them.  What I think really makes this idea, it the tiny cotton hangers threaded through a hole drilled into the wood, in all different fabrics.  You could use up lots of fabric scraps to create these. Perhaps if you stamped an image on the other side then your guests would be more inclined to keep them and use them – perhaps as a keyring, Christmas tree ornament or decoration?  I’m all for lovely things to give …

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2
May
2012

‘Capture the moment’ with an alternative wedding guestbook trunk to be opened on your wedding anniversary

There are some fun alternatives to the wedding guestbook, I’ve featured a number such as prayer flags and paintings, but I particularly like this idea that I came across recently.  It’s a box to be filled with messages from your guests that you won’t open until your 1st wedding anniversary. As someone approaching their 1st wedding anniversary, I think this is a lovely way to remember your wedding day.  Just imagine opening up the box filled with all those messages from your family and friends, written on that ever-so happy day.  I’ve got an exciting new business joining the directory …

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1
May
2012
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