Charlie
Charlie
Yes, this really is a photo from our wedding! Bet some of you can’t believe it (some of my friends are ready to start a mutiny if I don’t share the photos soon!).
Really soon there will be loads of photos from our wedding here, and on Love My Dress (so excited we’re going to be featured on Annabel’s lovely blog!). She’s posted a few sneak peek photos so do have a look.
Charlie
Charlie
This Friday, Cake Love has been usurped by this gorgeous find…
If I had been a bit more of a daring country bride, I would have gone adorned my hair with something like this. My seven year-old self would have thought it fit for the flower fairies that lived at the bottom of my granny’s garden.
Handcrafted by Rosie Weisencrantz, this is an original Victoria wax floral spray, that she wove onto a natural looking headband. I was devastated to discover that it has already been sold (not that I’m planning on getting married again anytime soon!), but there are lots of other gorgeous hair adornments crafted from vintage pieces available on the website.
Charlie
Charlie
Here goes with the first of my ‘do it yourself’ guides from our wedding – lots of detail, I know, but this is for anyone wishing to recreate elements themselves.
*Please note that my ‘how to’ guide is for individual, private use, and not to be used for distribution or resale. Many thanks.*
Would love to know what you think and if there’s anything else you want details of.
Our ‘save the dates’ were envelope-less and quite tiny. I saw this fantastic idea and thought it was brilliant (some people are so talented!) – so I set about making my own version.
We used 100% recycled brown card from a wonderful website called eco-craft (we bought almost all our paper and card for wedding projects from here) – I love that this brown card is called ‘Hairy Manilla’ – very un-weddingy!
I created the design on Microsoft Word – fitting three ‘save the dates’ to one piece of landscape A4 (I’ll include full details of fonts used at the bottom of the post for anyone interested).
I wanted something simple and quite rustic looking, so we just went for text and a tiny image, similar to the cow parsley that lines the hedges in May at the time of our wedding.
It took a bit of fiddling about and printing off copies to get the text in the right place for where we wanted the folds. The card is scored in two places, making three parts, and then sealed at the back (hence no need for an envelope).
After printing the ‘save the dates’, I used my trusty guillotine (couldn’t have got through many a moment without it – essential kit for anyone planning on making paper items for their wedding) to slice them into three. Next I faintly drew on pencil lines for where the folds would be, then used the blade on my scissors to gently score a fold.
Charlie
Charlie
Deep breath… I have been really nervous about sharing our wedding details, but I’m finally ready to take the plunge. Up first are our handmade ‘save the dates’. They are quite tiny, printed onto 100% recycled brown card and don’t need an envelope.
These shots were taken by our wonderful photographer Mark Tattersall and show the ‘save the dates’ open and sealed up.
Charlie
Charlie
1. Crafty DIY paper items
2. Collecting cow parsley
3. Sign painting
4. Jam jar lantern making
So I’m completely overwhelmed by the magnitude of trying to share photos and details of our wedding. I just don’t know where to start and decided the best option would be to ask where you think I should start.
Today we have finally seen the ‘official’ photographs taken by Mark Tattersall, which will obviously follow shortly (and are incredible!), but there were so many DIY projects, handmade elements, collecting of gorgeous treasures in the lead up to our wedding that I want to share those too.
I’ve included a selection of images here as examples (saving all my favourite bits for later).
5. Building an ice cream cone holder
6. Collecting old bits and pieces
7. Tiny flag making
8. Freshly washed vintage crockery
Charlie
Charlie
I’m so excited to share these beautiful, elegant and understated vintage pieces from Pretty Vintage. As well as a gorgeous selection of earlier vintage crockery (think 1900’s – 1940’s) Lucy also hires out picnic blankets, deck chairs, lawn games and tin baths. I’m in heaven!
Pretty Vintage has just joined the directory and I am so eager to share with you some of the pretty items you can hire. I got rather carried away looking through the gallery – but just feast your eyes on these…
Dainty teacups and saucers.
Tin baths and glass vases.
Embroidered tablecloths.
Vintage croquet set.
Earthenware pots and vases.
Deck chairs, bunting and picnic blankets.
Pretty Vintage is based in Norwich and can deliver within a 60 mile radius. Lucy is happy to deliver anywhere in mainland UK just email her at contact@prettyvintage.co.uk to discuss what you’re after.
Charlie
Charlie
There are some lovely companies out there producing natural petal confetti and some like the lovely Rosie at Bespoke Confetti even grow the flowers to produce the petals.
I have been inspired by some of the creative and alternative ideas they have for using natural petal confetti, and knew I had to share them with you.
Natural petal confetti scattered around your table centrepieces – perfect for a vintage wedding
Natural petal confetti in paper cones at the entrance to the church – perfect for a country wedding
Dried flower heads to adorn your flowergirls or bridesmaids hair – perfect for a rustic wedding
Charlie
Charlie
Last weekend was full of the joys of planning a wedding – my wedding, to be exact, which is less than 9 weeks away! On Friday I met with Pati and Vanessa from The Garden & Plant Company, enjoying the sunshine and their little shop filled with the fragrance of hyacinths and the colours of spring.
Here’s an example of one of their spring buttonholes…
I spent the evening with my little sister going through lots of old baby photos in an attempt to select some to be displayed at our wedding. It was lovely to reminisce and find cute photos like this…yes, that’s me…
Saturday morning my mom, sister and I headed off to Cheltenham for one of my final dress fittings. You’ll have to stay tuned to find out details of where I’m getting my gorgeous wedding dress from, but it is such a treat to go to there and soak up the atmosphere of this very special place.
Charlie
Charlie
Big Tree Stationery, one of the eco-conscious wedding stationery companies listed on the directory, is having a fantastic sale on ‘Save the Date’ cards and wedding invitations.
For a limited time only you can get 10% off these products, so why not check out some of their fab designs like these country fete bunting inspired invites…
Or these letterpress designs that come in a range of funky colours…
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!