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Get your skin naturally beautiful for your wedding day – the countdown to the big day

This afternoon it’s the final part to our natural beauty skincare series, helping to get your skin as lovely as possible before your wedding day.  Helping us do that we have Laura The Organic Make-Up Artist, who’s been guiding us through her advice on how to give our skin the best chance of looking beautiful in a natural way.  You can catch up on the importance of a good skincare regime and skincare products and how to use them before reading on. In this final part, I’ll hand you over to Laura to take your through the skincare countdown to …

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9
May
2012

A rustic and friendly wedding venue surrounded by rolling countryside – a visit to Huntstile Organic Farm in Somerset

A few weeks ago Mr Rigg and I were lucky enough to be invited to spend a night at Huntstile Organic Farm in Somerset.  Hunstile is one of the beautiful wedding venues listed on The Natural Wedding Company directory – it’s a gorgeous organic farm run by some of the loveliest people I’ve ever met. We were warmly welcomed to Huntstile by Lizzie and John (the farm has been in John’s family since 1951 but dates back to the 15th century!) after making our way down lush green winding lanes.  The farmhouse is breathtaking, a mixture of warm stone, mullioned …

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9
May
2012

Get your skin naturally beautiful for your wedding day – skincare products and how to use them

Yesterday we were joined on the blog by The Organic Make-up Artist on the start of a 3-part feature on how to get your skin naturally beautiful in preparation for your wedding day.  Today, Laura is back with the second part, looking at different products and how to use them.  Over to Laura… Hi everyone!  Yesterday we looked at the importance of starting a good skincare regime, today we are moving on to looking at different products and how to use them.  If you have any questions for me, please leave them in the comments box at the bottom and …

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8
May
2012

Get your skin naturally beautiful for your wedding day – the importance of a good skincare regime

I have been working with some of the lovely businesses listed on The Natural Wedding Company directory to bring you some exclusive and tailored blog posts, like the recent two part feature on growing cut flowers (part 1 and part 2) from BareBlooms. Well this week it’s all about beauty, and natural beauty to be specific.  I asked Laura The Organic Make-Up Artist if she would put together a special feature for my brides-to-be on how to get your skin wedding day ready in a more natural and gentle way.  Even if you’re not getting married, Laura’s tips and advice …

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7
May
2012

Inspiration for a spring wedding menu featuring foraged wild leaves and edible flowers

Sometimes emails land in your inbox that totally inspire you, I had one such email last week from Sarah at Eat My Flowers with her ideas for floral inspired menu.  Immediately I was dreaming up a spring wedding picnic based on her menu ideas and thought that you all might like to be inspired as well. Why not serve your wedding guests a slightly different take on the English afternoon tea, starting with dainty sandwiches filled with organic free range egg and wild hedgerow leaves.  Almost too pretty to eat! Sarah suggests “Swap one layer of the free range egg mayonnaise …

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7
May
2012

New Wives Club #6: how to grow your own cut flowers – equipment and how to grow

Last week on the New Wives Club we started this two part feature on how to grow cut flowers by looking at what to grow.  If you missed the part one, make sure you catch up by reading ‘how to grow your own cut flowers – what to grow’ first. Today I have the concluding part of this lovely feature by Chloe from BareBlooms, looking at the equipment you need and a step-by-step guide on how to grow your chosen flowers.  You’ll also find some top tips from Chloe at the bottom of the post, along with a glossary like …

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6
May
2012

Book a place on the Blooming Green wedding flowers course in Kent

For all of us who want to get ‘stuck in’ with our wedding days, we really are spoilt with fantastic opportunities to learn how to do a multitude of things, from making vintage inspired bridal headpieces to learning how to put together a bouquet.  And even if we decide in the end not to use the skills, they are wonderful fun. Blooming Green, one of the florists from TNWC directory, is running a course especially for brides wanting to learn how to do some of their wedding flowers.  The course is taking place on Sunday 13th May 2012 at their …

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5
May
2012
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