I do so love being able to announce competition winners! This afternoon I get to share with you the winner of the Choco Mallow Coco wedding cake competition, which involve creating a moodboard for your dream wedding cake. The winner has the chance to pick from either £100 off their dream wedding cake made by Choco Mallow Coco, or they can choose to go on one of their fab cake courses.
So, without further ado…
Chloe from Choco Mallow Coco loved Lydia’s ideas for her dream wedding cake, and I must say I do rather love the woodsy, twinkling feel.
Green & Gorgeous are running a competition for one lucky bride to win her bridal bouquet and buttonholes when you book their ‘buckets and bouquets’ service. The ‘buckets and bouquet’ service enables you to have all the fun of arranging your wedding flowers with family and friends, whilst still having gorgeous, seasonal blooms to work with. I did exactly this for my own wedding, so the chance to win your bridal bouquet and buttonholes on top of this is fabulous!
This afternoon I have the pleasure of announcing another lucky winner, this time from the A Alicia Handmade competition. To enter, Anna of A Alicia Handmade wanted to know which was your favourite item from her wedding collection – there were lots of lovely entries for this competition, but there can only be one winner.
A huge congratulations to Holly – I’ll be in touch with details of your gift voucher and maybe you might share with us what you decide to buy? How you will ever choose from all those beautiful items I don’t know!
Hooe’s Yurts is one of the latest additions to The Natural Wedding Company directory, so I was delighted to find out that they are holding a tea party open day next weekend to showcase their beautiful yurts to potential clients. In particular, they will be showcasing their newest addition – a stunning 44ft cathedral size yurt seating up to 120 people!
Now, I have been in a yurt that could seat up to 80 people and that was pretty impressive, so one for 120 must be incredible. What is so wonderful about yurts, even at this size, is that they are incredibly intimate and magical – I haven’t experienced many things so lovely as the meal I had in the 80 person yurt, it even inspired our wedding.
Bet you thought that my lovely birthday celebrations were over, but they’re not! I had such a wonderful response from the businesses listed on the directory, that I have a few final offers and competitions to share this week – so keep your eyes peeled.
The lovely Sabina from Sabina Motasem Bride would like to offer our readers an exclusive 20% off any wedding dress bought from their main collection before the end of April.
Sabina Motasem Bride is a beautiful collection of understated and elegant wedding dresses, each dress inspired by past eras with a modern twist and ethically made in the UK.
I am so excited to be sharing this competition today – I’ve been working with the lovely Rachel from Catkin Flowers to put together a bespoke cut flower growing and arranging workshop just for my readers. Whether you’re getting married, recently married or just would love to spend a day learning how to start your own cutting garden and putting together your own arrangements (that you get to take home!) then maybe you’d like to join us.
This fabulous workshop is exclusively for The Natural Wedding Company readers, you’ll learn how to create a hand-tied bouquet and buttonholes, as well as getting some top tips on growing cut flowers. In a couple of weeks I’m going to have 8 tickets for sale at a special price, but today I have 1 place to be won! I can’t wait, because I get to go too, so I really hope that I’ll see you there.
The workshop is taking place on Wednesday 4th July from 10am – 4pm at Cakin’s HQ at Doddington Hall in Lincolnshire. It’s about 7 miles from Lincoln Station, so perfect if you’re travelling by train – I can probably pick some people up as I’ll be driving.
It’s the last day of the month, and almost the end of all the wonderful competitions that I’ve had to share with you lovely readers. This evening you could win 50 sunflower or sweetpea seedling wedding favours from the wonderful Jay Archer Floral Design.
Jay is offering all of our readers who apply for a quote and subsequently book her to do their wedding flowers entry into a prize draw to win 50 free flower seedling favours. You will be able to choose from sunflower or sweetpea seedlings that will be grown by Jay, and a choice of tiny zinc or terracotta pots.
Another day, another winner – I do love running competitions! Would you like to see more on the blog throughout the year? Leave me a comment to let me know, and I’ll see what I can do.
Today’s prize, from Ganesha, I wish was winging its way to me – its this beautiful string of bunting made from vintage sari silk by the Calcutta Rescue, a clinic providing free medical care to anybody in need. Like yesterday’s comeptition, there were too many entries to be writing them out by hand and pulling out of a hat, so I’ve used the random number generator to select our winner…
A huge congratulations to Sara Willoughby, I will be in touch with you directly to ensure your beautiful string of bunting reaches you safely.
The Vintage Wedding Dress Company are helping our brides-to-be celebrate our 5th birthday in style with an exclusive 10% discount on all wedding dresses and accessories bought before the end of the April 2012. You lucky girls!
Their collection includes original antique wedding dresses from the delicate Victorian 1900s all the way up to the floaty boho chic of the 1970s. These are all one-off vintage dresses that have been carefully cleaned and reconditioned ready to be worn on your wedding day.
Foxgloves and Roses are offering readers of The Natural Wedding Company five free buttonholes for all weddings booked in 2012. Nicola, who runs Foxgloves and Roses, uses seasonal flowers from English growers, her own homegrown flowers from her old-fashioned cutting garden, and wild things from nearby fields and hedgerows.
Nicola has had a passion for flowers since she was a little girl, picking wild flowers on the way home from school. Now she is inspired by the natural countryside around her home in Oxfordshire, creating flower arrangements that reflect the seasons.
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