Busy Weekend

So its been a busy week at WBZL this week but tomorrow we're super-dooper excited to be going to Mellissa and Scott's marquee wedding. We're crossing our fingers and toes for good weather but know that whatever the weather this wedding is going to be a ball! Will hopefully grab a couple of photographs to show you on Monday (and I just know you're going to want to see these photos!) but for now I leave you with this beautiful cake that was featured on one of my favourite wedding blog The Bride's Cafe. I think this cake's florals are really orignal and Donna from Beautiful Blooms needs to get a gold star!

Beautiful!

Photo credit:
Studio Nine Photography

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Blogosphere

A couple of exciting things happening around the blogosphere yesterday:


1) Wedchicks. We were so excited (and so honored) to be featured over at the super-cool Wedding Chicks. Amy and Jocey are super beautiful and super-talented and it's so cool to be featured on their blog. Check the post out here and if you don't already, add Wedding Chicks to your reader.

2) Secondly Hello!Lucky posted on the highs and lows of being a self employed entrepraneur. This post is good it had me clapping and shouting "Amen sister". I echo all of their points and it was nice to be reminded that other people feel the same in this self-employed-wedding-industry-boat too!

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Blackcurrant Purple and Soft Green

I imagine this type of wedding happening in the winter months, somewhere down to earth (perhaps a farm) and excited guests leaving footprints across frosty lawns. I'd love to see simple, rustic foods balanced by delicate (but quirky) calligraphy and floral arrangements with lots of silvery-grey greenery. In the evening I think some kind of traditional music would be perfect (a ceilidh perhaps), for favours I'd give away Welsh love spoons and for late night snacks I'd serve roasted chestnuts and hot chocolate - delicious!

Inspiration for this concept's colour palette came courtesy of Nordljus, a beautiful food & photography blog I stumbled across. Now a cabbage isn't normally something I'd want at a wedding (except perhaps on the menu) but I was really inspired by this beautiful photo. If you are in need of some food eye candy or just have a few minutes to spare be sure to stop by Keiko's fab blog.

Photo Credits:
Flowers: Rebecca Thuss
Cheese and cookies: Martha
Dress: J Crew
Cabbage: The super dooper talented Nordljus
Trees: Oll Bullough via Flickr
Invitation: Hello Lucky
Dress: Brides
Calligraphy: Minted (please make sure you stop by this amazing site)
Berries: BBC Good Food

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More Wedding Music

Over the weekend we were away at a very muddy Greenbelt festival. On the last day there was a moment where the entire 10,000 strong crowd got together to sing 'Here Comes the Sun' by the Beatles. It was a fantastic moment and I thought that the song would make a great a bridal entrance/exit/first dance or perhaps even in place of a hymn in a civil ceremony.

I also recently discovered Bon Iver and cannot get enough of this amazing music which again would be perfect for somewhere within a wedding. My favourite track is Skinny Love. Go download the album if you haven't already.

Photo credit: The Beatles

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Timelines

So sometimes I think the public perception of wedding planners isn't great (if I had a pound for every time someone jokes about planners stealing grooms - thanks J Lo) and sometimes I think people are generally confused about what planners do. So today I decided to post a screengrab of a timeline that we recently produced for a client. A timeline is a great way of mapping out all the tasks to be completed before the big day but also making deadlines so that the weeks before the wedding don't give you the wedding crazies.

Our Timelines are done in a Gantt Chart style with tasks listed down the left and the months listed across the top. We use different colours to indicate who is to complete each task, a series of different symbols and that pale green line down the center indicates that a wedding date has been confirmed; a linchpin decision that lots of other tasks depend on.

So I hope that gives you a little insight into the work of a planner.

Happy Thursday!

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Rosa Clara

Beautiful things over at Rosa Clara:


Take a couple of minutes to watch the runway show, it's worth it just to hear the music (though I have to confess I didn't have the stamina for the whole thing).

Off to Cheltenham for the bank holiday via Ben and Susan's wedding at the beautiful Syon Park. Be back early next week. Happy bank holiday everyone!

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Proven Wrong: Red and Aqua

One thing I love about the blogging community is that I'm constantly kept up to date with the most original, daring and edgy suppliers/ideas/weddings out there. Today, the super talented Teardrop Weddings featured a stunning wedding shot by photographer extraordinaire Lisa Lefkowitz. The couple's colour scheme was an edgy red and aqua, a palette I've never seen before and which at first thought I'd think would clash but then:

and this:
Along with this:

and this:


What a happy bride! A what a fantastic, unusual colour scheme.

Be sure to stop by Holly's and Lisa's sites for some beautiful (and unique) stationery along with some serious wedding eye candy.

Photo credits: Lisa Lefkowitz

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