Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Vintage Style Wedding Shoes
I love these gorgeous vintage style shoes and clutch by Harriet Wilde. Yum, yum!
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Monday, 22 June 2009
Entrance Music: Gabriel’s Oboe by Ennio Morricone
When it comes to choosing music, couples are often bewildered with the sheer volume of choice. For a unique but still traditional entrance song, we love Gabriel’s Oboe by Ennio Morricone. Oiginally composed as the score to the film The Mission, the piece manages to be light yet emotional all at the same time.
We can just see the bridal party gliding down the aisle to this satiny song. Meanwhile, its smooth notes set the perfect stage for the big moment…the bride’s entrance!
Photo credit: Jonitz and Horn via Project Wedding image link, credit photogs
music link, credit youtube:
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Friday, 12 June 2009
Gorgeous Corsages: A Alicia
I was lucky enough to contacted by another amazing accessory maker this week. Anna Johnson of A Alicia Handmade Accessories makes these unbelievably gorgeous corsages. Each piece is handmade, down to each petal being cut by hand, and offers a fresh, contemporary take on the idea of floral accessories. A testimony to how fabulous these things are, Anna’s work is currently stocked at the London Fashion and Textile Museum’s shop and was featured by them on their stand at Clothes Show London.
Perfect for bridesmaids, glamorous mums or even grans me thinks!
Now…which one to buy….
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009
I Heart: Glamour Junkie
Louise Broad of Glamour Junkie was kind enough to contact me recently and let me know about her beautiful creations. Louise uses a method of fusing fabric with wool, silk and other fibres called Nuno Felting which results in a unique, ultra-light yet strong finish. Gorgeous! And what’s even better? Glamour Junkie has been accepted by Green Union as an ethical and eco friendly wedding supplier so you can have gorgeous accesories and a clear conscience too.
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Monday, 8 June 2009
Catching Up
Things are a little bit slow today; we’re just back from an amazing time in beautiful Norway.
Lots of time was spent staring at this:
Feeding these little guys:
Climbing mountains and playing tennis in the snow! Norway is a stunning, quiet and calm place and would make a perfect honeymoon destination.
Tags: Honeymoons
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Friday, 5 June 2009
Reading: Sonnet 116, William Shakespeare
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Photo credit:
April Smith Photography via Project Wedding
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Wednesday, 3 June 2009
I Heart: Whimsy and Spice
As strange as it may sound, I have a slight obsession with marshmallows; and bizarrely it’s actually more to do with how these sweet treats look rather than how they taste. So you can imagine my delight when I stumbled across Whimsy and Spice and their satisfyingly square creations. With exciting flavours like cardamom, chocolate and lemongrass these little lovelies would be a perfect additon to any Welcome Bag or Candy Bar.
Unfortunately the company only ship to the US at the moment, however I’m hoping that with enough blog love they might find their way over to Borough Market, even if it is just for the day!
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Monday, 1 June 2009
Design Concept: Light, Bright and Breezy
We’re kicking this week off with this light, bright and breezy design board. The inspiration for this board came from these beautiful invitations by Hello!Lucky which are appropriately called Meadow and which we’re using for a wedding later this year. I love, love, love the Meadow design because it’s manages to be modern and chic yet still perfect for a classical country wedding. In the same way, the colour palette for this board focuses on crisp whites, grass greens and a splash of delphinium blue; a fresh and simple approach to the English marquee wedding.
Photo credits:
Dress: Pronovias
Tent: Midcoast
Bunting: Cox and Cox
Delphinums: Me
Bonfire: Flickr
Floating veil and driveway: Project Wedding
Streamers: Lillian and Leonard
Invitation: Hello!Lucky
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Friday, 29 May 2009
I Heart: Shavata Brow Studio
A few weeks ago I headed to see eyebrow guru Shavata at Urban Retreat, Harrods to have my somewhat uncontrollable eyebrows dealt with. Having never had a professional near my eyebrows (I know, I know, heinous isn’t it) I was slightly apprehensive about the results but oh my goodness, I was completely blown away! It took me a few days to get used to the uber preened look but once I’d started recognising myself in the mirror again I was able to see what a great job Shavata had done and what a difference the threading, waxing and trimming has made.
Here’s a little bit of blurb bout Shavata and her team of dedicated brow threaders:
“Shavata has worked in the beauty industry for over 19 years and runs a Brow Studio at the Urban Retreat at Harrods.
She is a leader in her field and has forged a reputation as THE authority on eyebrows. No one shapes and grooms brows in quite the same way. Shavata makes it possible for women - and men - to walk away with a perfect pair of eyebrows in just minutes.
Shavata truly believes in the difference professionally manicured eyebrow can make and all her clients can verify this instantly! A Shavata brow shape is equivalent to a mini face lift in 15 minutes.
Shavata and her team are all highly experienced brow experts and are committed to creating eyebrows to perfectly frame and enhance your features.”
So I am 100% converted, if not slightly obsessed with my new eyebrows. My only regret being that I went so long carrying around my bushy little friends and didn’t bow to the wonders of threading earlier. So don’t make the same mistake, especially if you’re a bride to be; I guarantee you won’t regret it!
Shavata brow threading at Harrods £34.
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009
I Heart: Yulia Brodskaya
The amazing work of Yulia Brodskaya has been doing the rounds for a little while now, especially since it has been heavily featured in The Guardian. I love Yulia’s incredible use of colour and it would be great to commission a piece which was then photographed and featured throughout a stationery set and then used as a focal point at the wedding reception. What an amazing keepsake for after the wedding too.
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