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• Sarah’s Thoughts – An Evening of Macarons

  Thursday, September 29th, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective

  I don’t profess to be the woman with everything, just the woman with too much of some things, and for that reason, when my mum asked what I wanted for my birthday I couldn’t think of anything I needed that fitted into a space that remained in my house. So rather than give me a beautifully gift wrapped box for my birthday, she presented me with an evening course to learn to make macarons with the winner of last year’s BBC Great British Bake Off, Edd Kimber .

  

  Whilst on the programme last year Edd’s macarons caused something of a stir with their perfection, and recipes for a variety of macarons feature in his new book, The Boy Who Bakes . (more…)

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• Sarah’s Thoughts – Doing It Online

  Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective

  Have you ever thought what it would have been like to get married in a pre-internet age? You would have only had a small stack of magazines for inspiration; no blogs to look at for ideas or feel inadequate when reading. No way of sourcing matching doilies, straws and paper napkins (green and white gingham since you ask!), or locating small green clothes pegs, boxing gloves, green sugar mice or old kitchen scales (yes, I did find all of the above for my Summer Fete reception!)

  

  However, the reality is that we do have access to a world (literally) of wedding inspiration, and the savvy bride can use this to their advantage. Many of us have dabbled with Ebay either as a buyer or seller, but many haven’t heard of Etsy , the site where sellers of hand made and vintage items ply their wares which has been likened to a crafty cross between Amazon and Ebay. In addition, there is the wonderful UK based Not on the High Street which showcases the quirky and characterful offerings of over 1800 independent retailers. (more…)

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• Sarah’s Thoughts – Alternative Wedding Cakes

  Thursday, September 15th, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective , Cakes

  Having more than one event makes it possible (a requirement (!)) to have more than one cake. In an earlier post I commented how, despite our tiny guest list for our ceremony, we wanted a cake with presence so that it didn’t get lost in the photos. This led us to adding a third, fake tier so that we could get the look without the calories.

  

  Odd that he is, but my husband doesn’t care much for cake – particularly fruit cake or anything with marzipan or icing. Also, as we had already done the traditional fruit cake for the ceremony, our thoughts turned to alternatives for the Summer Fete reception in June. (more…)

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• Sarah’s Thoughts – Spreading The Love

  Thursday, September 8th, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective

  With a lot of DIY going on for our summer fete wedding reception, it seemed logical to extend this to the favours being offered to guests. As we were having picnic food and no table plan, we had decided not to lay the trestle tables with cutlery and crockery, rather allowing people to sit as and where they chose, bringing their drinks and cutlery with them. This was important to us, so that friends could sit together and could choose to eat at a time that suited them, their children and fitted in with all the activities we had planned. Instead we just set the table with white cloths, a hessian runner and decorated it with flowers in mismatched containers and photos of our ceremony some four months earlier.

  

  This did cause an issue where favors were concerned though, as with no place settings, there was no obvious location to leave them for the guests to pick up. Therefore, any favors we chose would have to be displayed separately for guests to take as they left. So they were obvious they needed to be something of a reasonable size that could make a display with impact and weren’t overlooked by departing guests.

  

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• Sarah’s Thoughts – Gifts With A Difference

  Thursday, September 1st, 2011

  Posted in A Bride's Perspective

  I have perused a number of gift lists in my life. My first experience was a receipt book which you borrowed from the bride’s mother that listed one item on each page and you tore out the pages corresponding to what you were going to buy leaving behind the carbon copy. I remember being chuffed at being early enough to bag (excuse the pun!) a suitcase rather than having to tear out multiple pages relating to each bowl or plate from the dinner service.

  Another highlight was having to claim the price of the gift chosen for a friend back from our credit card company after their list provider went bust, taking all their gifts with it, and sending a cheque off to her once the refund had been received.

  

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