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• Sarah’s Thoughts – The Wedding Ring Workshop

  Thursday, August 25th, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective

  I am a lover of picking up leaflets and stashing them on my “good ideas” pile and I often try, unsuccessfully, to convince my husband that they are indeed good ideas. This exercise is usually unfruitful but on rare, lucky occasions ends with a “if you really want to, love”.

  I was, therefore, surprised that the wafting of a leaflet from The Wedding Ring Workshop under his nose elicited a near enthusiastic response (I must have picked my time well and avoided Match of the Day) and I was despatched to research their Wedding Ring Workshop Experience in more detail.

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• A Visit To See “The Dress”

  Monday, August 22nd, 2011

  Posted in Fashion Focus , Wedding News

  Thirty years ago to the month, a nine-year-old me stood in a queue for five hours with my parents to view the wedding gifts given to the Prince and Princess of Wales at St James’ Palace. Beyond the highlights of the platinum plated replica of the Royal Yacht Britannia with portholes of rubies, the tiaras and candelabra and the his and hers bathrobes and toothbrushes, there was a glass case containing Diana’s wedding dress and shoes. Already less than impressed with what she’d seen on the day on the TV, my mother was further disappointed with the reality, damning it out of hand with the verdict that the creases still hadn’t dropped out and it was far too yellow!

  

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• Sarah’s Thoughts – The Wonder of a Wedding Planner

  Thursday, August 18th, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective , Real Weddings

  Well, the wedding’s over and the ground has well and truly been hit with the proverbial bump. My list of thank yous is sitting ominously on the coffee table and I know the place I want to start is the most important one. But how do you summarise everything that the amazing Helen has done in something that fits in a card or goes on her website as a sound bite?

  

  My husband joked during the wedding speeches that the chance to get a word in edgeways was a noteworthy occasion in his life, so you’ll see I’m not usually one to scrimp on words. Therefore, I thought that rather than trying to be pithy and succinct I could convey my thanks in a blog post that truly sets out the wonders of having wedding planner like Helen on your side. (more…)

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• Sarah’s Thoughts – A Hen Do For All Tastes

  Thursday, August 11th, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective

  You know the saying “Whatever the problem, chocolate is the answer”? Well it could have been written for me (and probably 95% of the female population)! And so it was true again at the beginning of the year when I was planning my hen day and trying to solve this little conundrum:

  

  Happy to do a two stage extravaganza, I was looking for an afternoon activity to please all from my seven year old daughter and her school friend to my mum and aunt who were pushing the upper age range, before those up for it could head out for a meal and drinks. (more…)

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• The Original Wedding Tea Towel Company – What’s New

  Monday, August 8th, 2011

  Posted in Spotlight On... , Stationery

  Last week , Sarah outlined how she had used the fabulous Wedding Tea Towels as invitations for her Summer wedding celebration. HCW first spoke  to Karen Brown of TOWTT in December 2010 (you can read the post here ), and now eight months later we chat to Karen again to see what is happening in the world of Wedding Tea Towels and what goodies she may have in store for us in the future.

  So Karen, we see a lot more designs on your website now. How did these come about?

  From two angles actually. We have launched a beautiful Boutique range with six new towels produced by other designers which has really expanded the choice available. The designs are exclusive to us and have been very popular with brides and grooms.

  

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• Sarah’s Thoughts – An Alternative Invitation

  Thursday, August 4th, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective , Stationery

  Well we’d done things a little unusually by not inviting any of our friends (and hardly any of our families) to our wedding ,so we wanted to carry on doing things a little differently for the big summer celebration party as well.

  The first hint our guests would have of what we were planning would be the invitation. I was mindful that there was likely to be quite a lot of information to include (details of what was going to happen at our “wedding without the wedding”, information about our alternative wedding list, and sign up details for the children’s creche), and so looked at pocket-fold type invitations to house the multitude pieces of paper. In addition, I wanted to bring in the Summer fete picnic theme we had decided on and so set about trawling wedding shows and the web for inspiration.

  Although I found some fantastic designs featuring carousels, fairground entry tickets or billboard fonts, nothing quite clicked and I was slightly put off by the £5 plus per invitation price tags I was seeing. Then browsing through one of the many wedding magazines that had started piling up to precarious levels at the side of the bed, I came across The Original Wedding Tea Towel Company and I immediately fell in love with the concept.

  

  The idea of a tea towel linked in beautifully with the afternoon tea picnic we were planning and with the bespoke design option we could aim for something which hinted at the other elements we were planning for our day. An added bonus was, that even with the bespoke design fee, the towels came in at a lot less than paper invitations, as well as being a lovely keepsake for all the guests.

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• Photo Shoot in You & Your Wedding

  Monday, August 1st, 2011

  Posted in Wedding Press , Wedding Styling

  Earlier this year I met with the lovely Chanelle from Segerius-Bruce to discuss an idea I had for a photo shoot. This was my first styled shoot, and I was being fairly ambitious with what I wanted to achieve – it had to be heavily detail-oriented, incorporate two different styles within the main vintage theme, include an outdoors element and provide brides with inspiration that was realistically achievable for their own wedding design. No pressure there then!

  It was clear from my meeting with Chanelle that she was on board with my ideas from the word go, and in back in May, after several weeks of careful planning, I headed off to the George in Rye with a fabulous team of suppliers to bring my design to life. And here are the results, spread over 8 pages in the latest issue of You & Your Wedding magazine!

  

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