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Slate hanging heart

5 Bestsellers from Le Trousseau

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I love this slate hanging heart which I came across on my internet ventures – it is perfect for signs or decoration at your wedding. I asked Elizabeth, from Le Trousseau to send me a couple of her other bestsellers too….   Slate hanging heartTrousseau Products
Slate Hanging Heart £15, With Love ribbon £1.75 per metre, Ceramic Love Tokens x 2 £8.50, Octobre Mr & Mrs Correspondence Cards x 15 £25, Just Married Monogramme Sticker £20.
All these gorgeous products are available at Le Trousseau, the luxury wedding accessories boutique online. What a wonderful site.

Cream metal bucket

The Wedding of my Dreams – just gorgeous

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I love it when a supplier sends me really good professional photos like these as the photos say it all. This is a selection of decorations, favours and goodies from online wedding shop, The Wedding of My Dreams. I asked Gemma, their creative director, to talk me through their top 10 best sellers.
Cream metal bucket Cream metal bucket – Another country inspired centre piece, churns and buckets are becoming really popular to display flowers in on wedding tables, most of our brides stick to cream for the more traditional wedding but if you’re looking for a splash of colour they also come in hot pink!Hanging glass candle holder Hanging glass candle holder with pearls and crystals – One of those little extras that are just so hard to resist, they really do add that extra wow factor to your wedding venue. Ideal for inside or out, hanging from trees in the garden they will look beautiful as the light falls and the evening begins.Mr & Mrs SignMr & Mrs – Ideal for a wedding gift or can be used on the wedding day to decorate the church, venue or cake table.Paper lanterns Paper lanterns – Such a simple yet brilliant idea I’m not surprised these are our number 3 best seller, lanterns made from fire proof paper look simply gorgeous with a tea light placed in them. Use them to light up for the path for the bride and groom’s send off as they leave the wedding.Pretty in pink candle holder Pretty in pink flower candle – What can I say, it’s just so pretty, not just perfect for a wedding but also for your home after the big day.Silver and pearl broochSilver and pearl brooch – All our of brooches are top sellers with this gorgeous pearl piece leading the way, it adds a perfect finishing touch to a wedding outfit or more recently brides have been using them as bouquet brooches, tying them to ribbons on their bouquets giving their flowers that extra wow factor.Soft pink flower headsSoft pink flower heads – These flower heads are ideal for vintage weddings with their soft pink tones, display them in the stems of tall vases or scatter them in a low bowl for a simple yet elegant centre piece.Table crystals Table Crystals – Table crystals are increasingly popular adding a bit of sparkle to wedding tables. Our stunning table crystals are professionally cut to catch the light as they shimmer across the room.Vintage Country BottlesVintage country bottles with hearts – Perfect for adding a country twist to weddings, you can display singles stem flowers in them or fill them with your favourite sweets.Vintage heart name place holderVintage heart name place holder – These vintage style wire heart name place holders look stunning on wedding tables and can be given to guests as wedding favours to use as a photo/memo holders.

For all these products and many more visit The Wedding of My Dreams site. For those of you wanting a bit of video action then click on the video…

What a wonderful selection. What do you think guys? I love the vintage bottles and I think the metal bucket (and the idea of urns) would be the perfect addition to an outdoors country wedding

hanging willow heart

Real Life ‘Country’ Wedding * Ellie & Bebbs, Hampshire

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This wedding really struck a chord with me when I saw the first photo on Jay Rowden’s blog. The pub benches decorated with garden flowers, the homemade bunting and garlands in the garden, the bright colours on a summer’s day – it looked so fun, local and personal. A real ‘country’ wedding.wedding pub bencheshanging willow heart straws and strawberrieswedding flowers and decorhomemade wedding garlandsseasonal wedding flowerswedding garlandswedding reception and bunting
Aren’t these photos gorgeous, just love the laid-back style of this wedding. If am not sure it needs many words from me as the photos say it all. Before I show you the rest, a quick word about Jay Rowden, the photographer – he is brilliant isn’t he?? been featured in Vogue and many high fashion mags, but LMW is his first foray in to the world of wedding blogs – thanks Jay for sharing these with us. I’m not sure how you found me but I’m glad you did!flower and wedding dressbride getting ready“This was one of the prettiest weddings. The whole wedding centred around this adorable picture postcard village deep in Hampshire. Hartley Wintney is the kind of village that might feature in a Richard Curtis film. It even had a village green and was surrounded by charming Victorian cottages.
Once the service was over and the confetti thrown, all the guests ambled across the road to the reception which was only a three minute stroll away in the village pub. I particularly loved the venue decor and table decorations which all had a quaint Cath Kidston nostalgic feel to them, to tie in with the quintessentially Englishness of the setting.
All the flowers used on the day had been grown from seeds in the Bride’s father’s garden.
The sun shone, the wine flowed, the fragrant smell of jasmine wafted through the breeze and everyone had the most fabulous day.”bride and father of the brideWedding Collage JayAhhh see that lovely blue dress – well I’ve got it in green – its from London designer, Ducie – I was only saying the other day its the perfect dress for a bridesmaid bride and groom in fieldbride and groom kissing in fieldbride and groom walking in fieldbride and groom kissing
“I LOVE wedding photography and I really care about how I capture the images from the day. I am obsessive about it. Wedding photography is the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing that I think about as I go to bed. For me, being a wedding photographer is the ultimate dream ticket. I am surrounded by love all day, I photograph love all day. I defy anyone to find a more beautiful way to spend a day at work!
I would say that my style is a blend of fashion, fine art and photojournalism. I’ve been lucky enough to photograph stars from the world of TV, Music and Film as well as Premiership Footballers. Clients book me for their wedding because they like my style and are guaranteed complete discretion.”
Really really love this wedding – thanks Jay for wanting to be featured on LMW. Many congrats to the lovely couple Ellie and Terrie and for the finer details read on…

Photography: Jay Rowden
Church: St. John’s, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire
Reception: L’Auberge at The Cricketers, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire
Brides dress: Benjamin Roberts at Brides Visited, Ashtead, Surrey
Brides earrings: Porters, Hartley Wintney
Grooms suit: Moss Bros
Cakes: Catherine Wright, Hartley Wintney

There are lots more real life weddings on LMW – be sure to check them out.

Romantic Wedding Theme

Wedding Favours, Decorations & Goodies – Velvet Wedding

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Velvet Wedding sells a fab selection of wedding favours, decorations and goodies online. They’ve got something for every wedding, whether you are going for a romantic, vintage, country theme. I could spend hours looking through their site… have a look at some of the suggestions that they sent me.
Romantic Wedding Theme
* Its all about the LOVE – the feminine romantic theme. Think roses, butterflies, hearts and more hearts, fairy lights and birdcages.
Heart bunting £12, Wooden ‘ Love’ Heart Garland £5.50, Faux pink hydrangea, £6, Glass cake donme on stand £38, Metal Heart decoration £3.50, Dotty Wooden Hearts £1.50 each, Heart tealight holder on stand £9.75, French glass bonbon jars £3.50 each.

Monochrome Theme for Wedding
* Monochrome Theme – minimalist, sophisticated and chic – for a silver, white or black wedding. Ideal look for a black tie evening reception.
Black Love Birds Cake Stand £16.50, Silver Amazon Butterfly £1.50, White Wooden Letters £6 each, Ornate Metal Heart Daisy Decoration £3.75, Ivory Trellis Heart decoration £4.95, LOVE Wooden Blocks £19.50, Double Sided Wedding Arrow Sign £5, Mirrored Place Card Holder £2.50.

Velvet Wedding have got so many wonderful products on their site, that whatever look you want to create at your wedding I am sure you’ll find some inspiration (royal britannia bunting, bird cages, stationery, wedding lanterns, cake stands etc). Their website is really well done – it is easy to find what you are looking for and has clear photos and descriptions of all products, visit online at Velvet Wedding. Oh and if you live near Brighton then its definitely worth popping in to one of their two shabby chic lifestyle stores, where they stock everything from wedding favours to furniture and clothes.

I asked Velvet Wedding what was popular with their brides and for any themes that they saw becoming popular….
“The Vintage wedding theme has always been popular for us with our Hanging Heart Tealight Holders and Wicker Hearts being the best sellers for a shabby chic reception. Couples are definitely becoming more creative in their approach to venue décor, we’ve noticed an increased interest in Union Jack and Colourful Ethnic wedding requests from our local demographic”

Do you know of a good place to buy favours and decorations? Do you like these ideas from Velvet Wedding? and what look are you going to create on your wedding day?

Large Willow Heart

Its all about the LOVE

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I’m a hopeless romantic – you only have to say the word ‘LOVE’ and I start melting into a happy haze. I also ‘love’ supporting british designers and suppliers on LMW so I thought that I would post this little melange of loveliness that I found on Vintage Amethsyt – an online shop selling lots of vintage arts and crafts. These are perfect little touches to include on your wedding day, use them to decorate the reception, on the tables, or to help style your table plan.

Love Collage

These are incredibly good value at start at only £4.50 for the lovely willow heart and go up to £30 for the silver LOVE letters. Oh I love this site, Vintage Amethyst I am so glad that I just stumbled upon it (via Twitter) – I’ve just had a quick look at her blog which is equally lovely.

What do you think? Are these the sort of accessories that you would use for decorating your venue? Or would you just like to hang one of those lovely willow hearts above your bed? (I’m getting carried away now…)