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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
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Wedding News
Well my lovelies, did you watch it? THE wedding of the century?! I was completely glued to the TV from 7 in the morning (apart from a very quick toilet break during the signing of the register!). I just couldn’t get enough of it! And yes, I swooned over the dress. And I cried a bit…ok a lot!
This was without doubt a grand wedding that took place on the world stage, but despite the significance and grandeur of the occasion I found it to be a beautiful and moving day, filled with lots of little personal touches and meaningful moments. I really felt like I was peering in on a family wedding – it was so touching to see the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge look genuinely happy and so in love, and for two families who were once a world apart to seem so at ease with each other.
Now that all the excitement and celebrations have died down, I thought I’d give a quick round-up of my take on the day’s proceedings.
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011
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Design Concepts
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Wedding News
So we’re now less than 24 hours away from Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding, and I am ridiculously excited! I don’t really know what’s come over me, but I appear to have got caught up in the atmosphere of intense anticipation that seems to be sweeping across the whole country. People are pitching their tents along the mall, there are union jacks popping up in gardens along my road, and the social media network is absolutely buzzing with royal wedding chatter.
There’s been a huge amount of talk about the style of the day, so for my last post in this week’s special royal wedding series I wanted to share my thoughts on the design. A few snippets of information have leaked out over the past few days, not least the fact that potted trees are being installed inside Westminster Abbey, so with this in mind I’ve opted for a classic and elegant spring design with a muted natural colour palette of sage green and peach.
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The Royal Wedding – Royal Wedding Fashion
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
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Fashion Focus
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Wedding News
The most talked about aspect of Friday’s royal wedding has to be what Kate has chosen for her wedding dress. Who’s designed it? What will the fabric be? Will it be a simple design or a grand creation? The wedding gown is, without a doubt, at the centre of the world’s media attention, but what did royal brides wear in years gone by?
Back in 1923, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (aka the Queen Mother) wore what was considered to be a simple royal wedding gown. The flapper-style creation was designed by Madame Handley Seymour, and was very much in keeping with the fashion at that time.
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
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Wedding News
With just 3 days to go until Prince William’s and Kate Middleton’s big day, today I thought I’d share a few quirky little facts from Royal Wedding history.
Did You Know…
1.
Queen Victoria introduced the tradition of wearing a white wedding dress when she married Prince Albert on 10
th
February 1840. Before this brides wore coloured dresses, as a white dress that could only be worn once was considered too much of an extravagance
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The Royal Wedding – Personal Thoughts
Monday, April 25th, 2011
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Wedding News
In the run up to what has to be one of the most eagerly awaited weddings of modern history, I’ve decided to dedicate this week’s blog posts to the Royal Wedding. Up until now I’ve deliberately tried to avoid the hype surrounding the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It’s not that I’m not interested, far from it, but especially working in the wedding industry I didn’t want to get caught up in all the speculation and become bored with it by the time the day arrives.
However, over the last couple of weeks I’ve watched the 2-part BBC documentary “Britain’s Royal Weddings”. This was a great insight into the history of our country’s royal weddings, and it got me thinking quite a bit about Kate and William’s impending nuptials – not just about the day itself, but about how different the planning process will have been from any other ‘normal’ couple.
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The Wedding Sanctuary – Part 2 (The Inspiration Zone)
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
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Wedding News
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Wedding Styling
Earlier this week I posted some photos from
The Wedding Sanctuary
held at Somerset House in March, and today I want to share the designs from the Inspiration Zone in more detail. Without a doubt this was one of my favourite aspects of the Sanctuary – ok, so I’m a bit biased because I was involved in this area (!), but on a more serious note no other wedding show I’ve been to has showcased so many different table settings in this way. It was great to see brides taking in all the ideas and chatting with their fiancés and friends over a glass of champagne about how they might be able to incorporate them into their own wedding designs.
Five UKAWP members devised their own themes for a table setting, and worked hard to find the perfect linens, tableware, stationery and flowers to bring their designs to life. In the centre of the room was an ‘Elegant Glamour’ themed table with a stunning teal and silver colour scheme – I loved the attention to detail and the laser cut skyline menus from
Cutture
were just inspired:
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The Wedding Sanctuary – Part 1 (The Overview)
Monday, April 18th, 2011
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Planning Advice
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Wedding News
It’s been a busy start to the year here at HCW headquarters and I can’t believe we’re already a quarter of the way through the year! March was a particular highlight for me, with two great weddings (which I’ll be blogging soon), and the Wedding Sanctuary – a unique twist on the traditional wedding fair organised by the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners (
UKAWP
).
As a UKAWP member I was delighted to be involved in this event, and I was really proud to see how over 20 wedding planners, headed up by one of our lovely directors Kelly with assistance from members Andri and Isabel, came together and used their individual expertise to make it such a success. I’ll be reporting more on my involvement in the Sanctuary over the next week or so, but for now I want to give you a tour of what happened and share some photos from the day.
On arrival at Somerset House guests were greeted with champagne and given their own goody bag, custom-made by the team at
The Original Wedding Tea Towel
, which included some tasty treats from well-known caterers
Table Talk,
who also served up some yummy canapes, and delicious cookies from
Zoe Clark
.
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
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HCW News
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Wedding News
I’m truly delighted to be involved in a very special bridal event taking place in London this weekend. After weeks of dedicated planning and organisation by members of the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners (
UKAWP
),
The Wedding Sanctuary
is being held this Sunday, 20
th
March, at Somerset House.
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The Wedding Sanctuary – A Unique Bridal Event
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
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Planning Advice
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Wedding News
I think I speak for most wedding planners when I say that one of the best things about our job is having the opportunity to share our advice, experience and ideas with engaged couples. So today I’m really excited to share a very special and inspirational bridal event that’s being organised by the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners (
UKAWP
), and as a member I’m delighted to be involved.
The Wedding Sanctuary
is a unique wedding show being held at the beautiful
Somerset House
on
Sunday 20
th
March 2011
. “Not another wedding fair” I hear you say? Absolutely not! This event has been conceived by wedding planners with the aim of being anything but a wedding fair, and is designed to provide a wealth of inspiration and the best one-on-one planning support that’s available. There will be the opportunity to chat with some of the industry’s top wedding suppliers, get styling ideas for your big day from the inspiration zone, and pick up some insider tips on wedding planning from members of the UKAWP.
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
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Wedding News
Saturday (May 16th) is the day of Britain’s biggest wedding party, “
The Big I Do Redo
”, which aims to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer UK and Macmillan Cancer Support. The idea was conceived by wedding photographer
Julia Boggio
, who gained fame as the
(if you haven’t already seen their routine it’s definitely worth watching!) and danced with Patrick Swayze on the Oprah Winfrey show.
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