Charlie
Charlie
I have received such lovely support from people on Twitter who are full of great advice for brides-to-be. I thought it would be nice to share some of their advice with any other brides out there.
A huge thank you to Greg at Gants Mill & Garden – one of our listed businesses who are a romantic wedding venue with a secluded 50 acre river valley.
Charlie
Charlie
What an incredible day yesterday was! Exhausting, but great fun and really worthwhile. Mr Rigg and I were up at 7am packing the car and heading off to Harrogate for The Vintage Wedding Fair.
There was a great buzz when we arrived with lots of gorgeous women in pretty vintage outfits with stunning hair styles. Everyone was busy bringing in boxes and fussing over their stands. We set up our stall – I was delighted with how it looked…but our camera almost died and continues to die, so the photos are all a bit fuzzy which is a shame.
Charlie Ryrie, who I met recently, who runs The Real Cut Flower Garden sent me a stunning vintage style bouquet of her flowers and some sweet buttonholes to display on my table. They arrived on Saturday morning carefully packaged in a tall box and cushioned with tissue paper and dried hops.
Charlie
Charlie
I am so excited to find out that I will be having a stall at the fabulous Vintage Wedding Fair that is being held in Harrogate on Sunday 19th September.
There will 50 specialist exhibitors and vintage dealers, including over 600 vintage wedding dresses, headdresses, hats, a vintage themed caterer and a vintage hair and make-up expert.
The Vintage Wedding Fair is taking place at the St George Hotel in Harrogate on Sunday 19th September from 11.30am – 5pm. Entry costs just £2.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Charlie
Charlie
An email from Greg Valerio over at CRED Jewellery popped into my inbox today with the subject line ‘Our gifts of love should not fund hate’. Here’s what Greg’s email alerted me to:
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe is selling blood diamonds on the world market. His army has seized diamond mines, 200 civilians have been murdered, and profits are used to finance political militias.
I’ve just signed an urgent petition urging international regulators meeting in Namibia this week to ban Zimbabwe diamonds, sending a clear message that we do not want the rough diamond trade financing war and violence as we have seen in the recent past in Angola & Sierra Leone.
We have just 24 hours to persuade regulators to act. Join me by signing the Avaaz petition below and let’s get a massive petition together that will be delivered directly to the meeting in Namibia.
I too have headed over to the website to sign the petition, so please take a moment to add your name to the list and support this petition.
If you are looking for ethical wedding rings you should take a look at CRED’s website as they use ethically-sourced diamonds to create their beautiful jewellery.
Image: CRED Jewellery
Charlie
Charlie
Now, although I love all things wedding related, I don’t go in for overly romantic gestures of love. My poor boyfriend Mr Rigg (fiancé is still too weird a word to be using at this stage!) always has a lot of pressure with what I do and don’t like – you could probably call me fussy, or particular, or plain difficult – but I’d rather be honest and everyone be happy ultimately.
With all this in mind, the lovely man in my life managed to commission a ring especially for me, that was designed and made by the lovely Etsy seller Kate Szabone, in Canada, with a conflict-free diamond, and get it all the way to Italy to ask me to marry him without my knowing. Impressive, eh?
Charlie
Charlie
We are back from our week in Italy having eaten our way around Naples and the Amalfi Coast.
Perhaps most excitingly of all…the lovely man in my life got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! After five and half years together, the answer was “Of course, yes!”
Our families are so thrilled and it is exciting and daunting all at once. More to come, including “the ring.”
Charlie
Charlie
As some of you will know The Natural Wedding Company headed over to Liverpool last weekend to The Great Big Green Wedding Fayre. Last week was a bit manic – there was so much to get ready, and on Friday evening I wasn’t sure I felt prepared.
Luckily my lovely assistant Maria turned up on Friday evening and helped me to stuff my 200 goody bags with the lovely leaflets from some of our directory businesses. Those businesses included Blossom, Diva Stores, Green Paper Wishes, Oria Jewellery, the Pines Calyx, The Real Cut Flower Garden, and Vintage Memories. The bags also include a free gift from Falling Star – a May Chang scented room fragrancer which had a wonderful citrus scent. We have an exclusive offer for all bride- and grooms-to be from Falling Star that I’ll tell you about soon!
Charlie
Charlie
So it’s the last weekend before the Great Big Green Wedding Fayre. We are spending the bank holiday weekend with my family in the Cotswolds. Last week I was madly rushing around trying to get together the items I need for my stand.
Charlie
Charlie
We are delighted to be a part of the 2009/10 ‘Book of Green’. This fantastic little book contains a whole host of eco-friendly businesses offering products and services, and it’s free! It’s been created through a collaboration of two leading online eco directories – One Green Earth and All Things Eco – who we are delighted to already be listed with.
There are 100’s of great businesses listed in the book, which can be picked up in hardcopy from various outlets around the country or viewed online. So find yourself a copy and get flicking!
Charlie
Charlie
Yesterday The Natural Wedding Company had its first official outing at the UK’s first Eco Chic Wedding and Home Show. It was held at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and featured around 30 businesses. It was a fantastic day and was lovely to meet the other exhibitors and to chat to people who were planning their weddings.
One of my best friend’s – Maria – came along to help me, and when we finally arrived (we spent twenty minutes and four junctions too many on one motorway as we were chatting too much) we had a great time setting up our table. The flowers on our table were from Blossom florist in Manchester, they were all English grown – a mixture of narcissi, fresia, tulips, greenery and twiggy bits. The lovely snowflakes (very similar to snowdrops) were also from Blossom.