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Dan and Ali’s rustic seasonal and handcrafted November wedding
It is lovely to be able to share such a beautiful seasonal wedding full of handmade details, and one that took place in November. Photographed by Laura Babb, Dan and Ali’s November wedding was held at Folly Farm, a stunning green wedding venue set amongst 250 acres of woodland and nature reserve. On hearing more about this handcrafted wedding I knew it was just the kind of wedding you would love to see. “When we found Folly Farm we knew it was the right spot. We completely lucked out with the weather on the day, it was hard to believe …
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Cake love: a cheerful fete inspired wedding cake with mini bunting
The last few wedding cakes featured on my Cake Love blog posts have been quite elegant, so I thought it was time for something a bit more light-hearted and fun. This cheerfully decorated wedding cake is all about the tiny bunting that is wrapped around it – I can already imagine a couple of ways to create it at home – my first thoughts being punched paper circles folded over sewing thread and stuck in place. Washi tape would be fun and gets rid of the need to glue paper together, but I’m not sure you’d be able to make …
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Dinner party style wedding reception tables for a relaxed and welcoming meal
I haven’t written much on wedding reception tables and layouts, but these two pictures made me want to share some of my thoughts. What I really love about these reception tables is that they are laid out for small numbers and in a way that makes each table feel like it is expecting a dinner party. Most of the weddings I have been to have had large round tables of 10 of more people, and whilst round tables allow you to see everyone you’re sat with, I don’t feel they allow you to talk easily to anyone other than the …
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Celebrating The Natural Wedding Company’s 5th Birthday – coming up a month of competitions and exclusive offers
In March I will be celebrating The Natural Wedding Company’s 5th Birthday! I can’t quite believe that it’s been five years since I first launched the website, although it was a few years in the dreaming and planning before that – I am thrilled to have got to this point and am so excited to share this special time with you and have got lovely things in store for March. To celebrate this wonderful achievement, I have been in touch with all the businesses listed on the directory asking them if they’d like to get involved – the response has …
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Alternative centrepieces with dainty paper butterflies for a nature inspired wedding
A totally beautiful alternative to floral or living centerpieces and with a ‘how to’ guide to help you recreate this beautiful idea yourself at home – and possibly multiple times over if you plan to use it as your wedding table centrepieces. All you need is an old saucer, a twiggy branch, paper butterflies printed at home and cut out, and a glue gun. Follow Sweet Paul’s simple instructions and cover your creation with a glass dome. I almost want to recreate this for my home – it is on my ‘to try’ list. Would you like to see more …
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Photobooth and brown luggage tag wedding invitations and how you can make your own
If you don’t want to do anything too complicated for your wedding invitations then this idea might be perfect for you, whilst still being fun and personal to you as a couple. A photobooth style strip of pictures (with details on the back) and a brown luggage tag fastened together with string. Making the photobooth style pictures Both these items could be printed at home – there are lots of photo programmes that allow you to make collages like these (I like Photoscape which is free to download), so you could take some pictures and put them into a collage …
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Diary date and giveaway: Vintage Chic Wedding Fair 22nd April 2012
*All the tickets have now been taken* If you are keen on having vintage inspired elements on your wedding day then I have a date for your diary – on Sunday 22nd April 2012 the Vintage Chic Wedding Fair is being held in Birmingham. Opening its doors from 11.30am til 4pm, the fair will have over 40 vintage inspired wedding suppliers and entertainment from a jazz swing singer. A full list of exhibitors is coming shortly, but you can view past exhibitors on their website for an idea of what you can expect. The Vintage Chic Wedding Fair is being …
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