Charlie
Charlie
Utterly gorgeous handmade winter wreaths from The Real Cut Flower Garden. I am certainly considering forgoing the traditional Christmas wreath in place of one of these.
Would also make a divine decoration at a winter wedding – perhaps on the entrance to the church or hall where you’re getting married, or just to decorate part of your venue.
Charlie
Charlie
Having discovered that Charlie Ryrie has posted some great images of the vintage inspired bouquet and buttonholes she made for me on her blog, I thought I should share them with you. A new camera is on my Christmas wish list!
This is the beautiful bouquet – a gorgeous mixture of pinks, peaches and purples in a wide variety of flowers. At The Vintage Wedding Fair so many people commented on how they loved the natural look of this bouquet, how it was like you’d scooped up a bunch of flowers from a meadow.
Charlie has an incredible way of bringing together a wide variety of flowers in one bouquet that looks so natural.
This is just one of the buttonholes Charlie made for my stand at the fair – and possibly my favourite. I love the colours and the use of the seed heads.
Every buttonhole was unique, a different collection of a flowers, foliage and seed heads – people really loved the individuality of the buttonholes, rather than the traditional single rose worn by everyone.
Charlie
Charlie
One of our newest editions to The Natural Wedding Company directory is a photographer from the North West of England called Mark Tattersall.
Just a glance at his website and you can tell he takes exquisite pictures, so I had to share this beautiful handmade vintage winter wedding he shot.
Marie and Karl were married in the Forest of Bowland and chose a personal, DIY approach to reflect their eco-conscious principles – delightfully combined with elegant, vintage and natural touches.
Their reception was held at an organic farm in a gorgeous 17th century barn with wood burning stove. Guests were treated to mulled wine, hot vimto and spiced biscuits made by Marie. Everything was served in a beautiful array of mis-matched vintage tea cups and saucers.
Charlie
Charlie
I am and back from a delivering a week long conference and ready to start my year afresh. The last couple of months have been riddled with illness and long working days. With the anticipated arrival of spring I want to start my year again, so hopefully I can draw a line under the past months and look forward to a good year and towards my own wedding.
Speaking of which, in the spirit of new beginnings I had to post the lovely picture above as inspiration for my own wedding – just looking at all that frothy cow parsley! I am planning for a May wedding in 2011 to make the most of the cow parsley filled lanes and hedgerows of my family home in the Cotswolds. Here’s to dreaming of a beautiful May wedding!
Charlie
Charlie
These pretty little miniature daffodils are making an appearance in local florists at the moment, so I couldn’t resist but make them the centre of attention in this month’s creative project.
There is just something so uplifting about a pot of jolly yellow daffodils after a long, cold, bleak winter. Simply wrapped up with brown paper and tied with pale raffia they make ideal decorations or centrepieces – or just to make your home look nice.
You should be able to pick up these small pots of daffodil bulbs from most florists or garden centres. You will find that some of the pots available have only just sprouted so will take longer before they flower – if you keep them well watered and in a warm room it should encourage them to flower.
Charlie
Charlie
Wishing everyone a very happy New Year! This creative project might be short but hopefully sweet as I’m getting ready for a lovely New Year’s eve with my family.
I wanted to do something festive and jolly that would be lovely for anyone having a New Year’s eve wedding (there was one in our village today!).
This bunting is easy to make and uses up any leftover scraps of paper from Christmas – I found some brown paper (my favourite wrapping paper of choice) and some blue crepe paper.
Charlie
Charlie
With Christmas fast approaching I have been busy crafting gifts for friends and family. These tiny bundles of sugary biscuits are perfect for work colleagues, friends or neighbours – a pretty token of Christmassy giving.
I made these quite simply, using small cardboard cake boxes, brown paper, twine, and red bells. The biscuits are designed for dunking – so quite hard and perfect for dunking into tea and other hot drinks because they don’t dissolve or go all mushy. You can find the recipe over here on my other blog. I used a cute bunny rabbit shaped biscuit cutter but you could use any shape you like.
Charlie
Charlie
A wedding gift list is a lovely opportunity for family and friends to give a present that will last a lifetime. But all that mass-produced shiny paper and glittery tags can pose a dilemma for couples planning an eco-friendly wedding.
Don’t despair! Encourage your guests to wrap your wedding gifts in reusable or recyclable materials using some of my top tips and advice on greener ways to wrap presents.
Wrapping with fabric
Charlie
Charlie
Recently I have seen so many beautiful ideas for buttonholes that I have been inspired to design my own for this month’s *creative project*. Sometime soon I will pull all the images together and showcase them on the blog as they are well worth sharing.
I have created my buttonholes for a cosy Christmas wedding, choosing some of the vibrant red berries that there are in the hedgerows at the moment combined with dark glossy greens.
On Sunday I could be found stuck in hedgerows on the country lanes of Surrey searching for a selection of berries that I could use in this month’s project – with Mr Rigg sat in the car reading the newspaper wondering what on earth I was up to.
Charlie
Charlie
I had wanted to make this month’s creative project with those cute miniature pumpkins that start to appear in the shops in the lead up to Halloween, but I was unable to find any. Instead, I have used a pomegranate, which works equally well as a place name holder.
At the bottom of this post you’ll find some other lovely place name holders using fruit. If you’re looking for a low cost creative option for your wedding, this creative project couldn’t be any simpler.
