(Ahh its Gaynor, our guest blogger and bride to be any day now, back with her news and showing us her beautiful hand made invites and sharing tips and fantastic stationery suppliers with us, so that you can make your own invites too – it sounds like a lot of work but definitely worth it!) Hi everyone, Since my last update at the beginning of January, where I listed our massive To Do list, we have been really busy ticking off as many of those items as we can off the list! Of course we also managed to add more…
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The first DIY task that I tackled was our Save the Date cards. Since we are getting married on Easter Saturday, many people we know often go away for an Easter break, as we ourselves did this year, so we wanted to make sure they all knew to keep the weekend free. As soon as we got engaged I knew I would want to make all of our stationery myself. I started thinking about ideas almost straight away but as I was in the middle of my professional exams to become an Architect, I didn’t start making them until my…
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I saw these amazing creations by Paperbird Design at the Designer Wedding Show and just fell in love with this beautiful wedding stationery. They are just beautiful and So stylish! There are 4 signature designs – heart, butterfly, lily and lotus flower and they are all hand crafted from crisp cotton. Each piece of origami is unique and made to order – they even come with their own certificate of authenticity and individual registration number, so they make a great keepsake for your guests. The butterfly and heart design come with their own heavy woven finish envelope and sticker to…
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Another beautiful wedding.. normally we focus on weddings and brides based in the UK and look to show UK wedding ideas, but saying that there are so many great tips and wedding ideas to be had from celebrations abroad that I had to include this one (and I adore the pics). Just because these shots might be from sunny California it doesn’t mean that you can’t create the same atmosphere and feeling in Cornwall or Devon! I had six weeks to plan my wedding. My British fiancé was in London while I, an American, was doing 60-hour work weeks in…
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There is a free competition going on over at Myriad Genii (they are a luxury wedding planning company) and I thought that I had better spread the word as its not everyday you get wedding freebies handed out. If you are planning an engagement party and want to get the invites designed for free then look no further. The competition is for a lucky couple to win 50 personalised engagement invites and also a session with Myriad Genii to ‘kickstart your wedding plans’ a prize worth over £350. With weddings being so expensive its well worth an entry. The engagement…
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