Archive for the ‘I Heart’ Category
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Last week at the Designer Wedding Show I got the chance catch up with the super-lovely Charlotte Hewson of Chartula Stationery. Charlotte was there showcasing the latest additions to her gorgeous range of laser cut stationery (I’m head-over heels for the new snowflake design,) in addition to launching her fabulous new Create range. Pictured below, this fantastic new option not only gives you the Chartula magic for a fraction of the cost but also gives all you crafty brides a chance to flex your creative muscles. Create allows you to pick from a range of ready-made covers, inserts, ribbons and envelopes, the whole lot is then posted to you (with instructions) and you get to print out the inserts and put the whole thing together yourself! Pure Genius! The new range is priced from £2.50 an invite and will be available from mid November. I love it!
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Monday, 22 September 2008
I’m super in love with Minted’s range of beautiful stationery. Designs to suit all wedding budgets and styles – hooray!
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Minted
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Monday, 15 September 2008
I am overwhelmed and completely inspired by Amy Atlas’s talent. Wow!
I am in love with Amy’s work. What a talented lady! Oh and I think I might want to move to New York.
(Via Style me Pretty)
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Thursday, 11 September 2008
I am in love with these little beauties:
Gorgeous as cake toppers but also perfect for flowergirl gifts. And the best part…they’re customised to you and your beloved! What more could you wish for. Check them out here (via Brooklyn Bride).
Happy Thursday one and all!
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Monday, 18 August 2008
Over the last few years iced biscuits have become all the rage and these oh-so-beautiful creations are some of the prettiest out there. Available from Biscuiteers these little beauties would be perfect for favours, bridesmaids and flowers girl gifts or even for something girly and high sugar to eat as you get dolled up on the morning of your wedding.
Here’s what the company has to say:
“We love biscuits more than most people. In fact, we’re a tad obsessed, which is why we always send our friends tins full of our delicious iced biccies on their birthdays and anniversaries, for holidays or just to say thanks for a lovely weekend. It’s not that we don’t love flowers, chocs or all the rest, it’s just that it makes a nice change. So we came up with Biscuiteers. The idea’s really very simple: you just choose the biscuit collection you want to send, fill in the message details and then leave the rest to us.”
I think this one would make a fab flowergirl gift or favour.
Also the exciting news is that if you sign up to the company’s newsletter you also receive 25% off their LOVE range. Be sure to to stop by the Biscuiteers site even if it is just to see an example of a beautifully designed website!
Photo credits:
Big Fish
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Monday, 30 June 2008
I’m really excited today to feature a fantastic photographer, Julia Boggio. You might recognise Julia as being the ‘Dirty Dancing’ bride that took the internet by storm but aside from being internet legend Julia is also an incredibly talented wedding and portrait photographer. Julia has an fantastically original style and approach to wedding photography & some of her photos really are stunning! In terms of style, Julia’s work is also an interesting contrast to popular reportage wedding photography, she actually does a lot of very clever ‘posed’ work and post-production, creating some very special, quirky wedding photos.
Julia was kind enough to answer a couple of questions for us:
ZL: Tell us a little bit about your company.
JB: Julia Boggio Photography offers wedding photography that is fun and glamorous. We find that the couples who gravitate towards us are very design-conscious and often they hail from the arts and media industries. I’ve been photographing weddings for 5 years now, having previously worked as an advertising copywriter. I haven’t looked back since!
ZL: What inspires you?
JB:People inspire me! I love helping people who are unsure in front of the camera become confident and secure in front of my lens. I do a pre-wedding shoot with each couple before the wedding day, so that they can experience what it’s like to be shot by me. It’s amazing how many couples are nervous at the beginning of the shoot and, by the end, they don’t want it to stop. I find that this makes them excited about their wedding photography, instead of viewing it with trepidation.
I’m also inspired by movies, books, magazines, and art.
ZL: What makes a great wedding?
JB: The best weddings are ones where the couples’ personality shines through. My husband and I (infamously) had a movie-themed wedding and our guests really enjoyed it (along with 5 million other people). My advice to couples would be to have the wedding that they want to have and don’t be afraid to do something truly different.
Be sure to stop by Julia’s website for some eye candy & if you’re thinking of booking her be quick, quick, quick as she only does a limited number of wedding a year!
Julia is also planning a fantastic charity event for November. Check out www.thebigidoredo.com if you fancy a great night dressed in your wedding gear!
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Today the lovely Maria Cooke of Ritzy Bee Events has been kind enough not only to feature us on her fantastic blog but also to spend some time answering the same questions so that they can be featured here. For me it’s fascinating hearing about both the people behind these fantastic blogs and also the American wedding industry. We’ve also included some photos of one of Maria’s weddings, you can see more here. Here goes:
Q. Tell us a little bit about your company
{rb} Ritzy Bee Events is a boutique style event planning firm specializing in weddings, social and corporate events in the Northern Virginia and Washington DC area. I launched the company two years ago after working as a corporate event planner for seven years prior. I named the company after my love for bees…and the fact the word {bee} also means “a social gathering in order to perform some task”…how perfect for event planning! We launched the {ritzy bee blog} www.ritzybee.com in late February of 2008 to have a forum to highlight ideas, trends and tips for all of the little details surrounding weddings.
Q. Can you tell us a little bit about the American wedding industry?
{rb} The American wedding industry is enormous…with 2.4 million weddings taking place each year in the United States with an average of $30,000 {U.S. Dollars} spent on each wedding it only continues to grow. Many American couples are marrying later, have less time, and more disposable income with established careers, so they can afford to hire a wedding planner to handle the details which is fortunately a very good thing for us!
There are endless resources it seems for just about every aspect of weddings…from dresses…to invitations…to favors…it can be downright overwhelming to know where to start and who the reliable resources truly are. In the past 5-7 years there has been such a surge of wedding resources on the internet…from blogs to message boards at wedding related websites, brides-to-be have such an incredible wealth of information at their finger tip’s!
Q. What locations are popular in DC & Virginia for weddings?
{rb} Couples in my area are so lucky and have so many amazing venues to choose from. With so much rich history…many couples choose to have their weddings in historic locations such as Mount Vernon {George Washington’s home}, other historic manor’s such as Oatlands or in one of the many beautiful old historic buildings in Washington DC that have such amazing architecture and presence. Virginia and Maryland also have beautiful, scenic backdrops from the mountains to the beaches. Wineries & vineyards are becoming increasingly popular locations in my area too!
Q. What are the current trends in the wedding industry you are seeing there?
{rb} I would say the top trends I am seeing now are:
Beautiful, bold and unique color palettes such as navy blue & marigold yellow or fuschia pink & teal blue are being used in all the little details of weddings from invitations to favors
A move from more formal, sit down dinners with a 3-4 course meal…to more of a relaxed, cocktail/lounge type set-up where heavy appetizers and food stations are set-up for guests to enjoy movement and the freedom to mingle with a lot more guests.
A focus on making sure guests have the absolute best time and feel comfortable versus just what the couple wants. With costs for traveling on the rise, couples want to show appreciation to their guests for traveling such great distances to join them on their big day!
Midnight snacks or a send-off food station serving things like donuts & milk, mini-fries and burgers, etc. are very popular right now! Guests love this!
Q. When you aren’t busy planning weddings, what do you enjoy doing for fun in your spare time?
{rb} I feel like I spend my time playing catch-up on my blog when I have spare time…but I enjoy spending time with my wonderful husband…we are addicted to the TV show LOST! We also enjoy visiting vineyards, traveling, fixing up our house and I love spending time with my friends and family!
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Friday, 13 June 2008
So it’s all super busy over here today. Tomorrow we have Rob and Sarah’s beach side wedding so we’re packing up all our bits and bobs and crossing our fingers for good weather. Hopefully, I’ll have some pictures for you on Monday but in the meantime I just stumbled over Linda & Harriet and I am in LOVE!
Sometimes you see something so beautiful it makes you want to get married all over again!
Have a lovely, sunshine filled weekend one and all!
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Today we’re featuring one of my absolute favourite British suppliers, The Real Flower Company. This amazing company grow the most beautiful roses I have ever seen and their big, blousy blooms never fail to make my heart skip a beat!
Based in Hampshire, the company have championed the use of scented flowers, something that sadly, seems to have been forgotten by most commercial growers. The company have also pioneered the use of scented herbs such as lavender, mint and oregano in arrangements. All in all making for the most beautiful, perfumed arrangements I have ever seen.
Scent and aroma is something which is rarely considered at weddings, however having worked with these beautiful blooms, I can really say that they add an extra dimension to celebrations.
If you’re not located in the Southeast don’t fret! The company offer trade sales and will happily work with your florist to create the wedding flowers of your dreams.
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Monday, 19 May 2008
Just last week, I bought the Spring 2008 edition of Martha Stewart Weddings. I love this magazine with all its beautiful weddings and clever ideas. This edition has a lovely feature all about streamers and ribbons and one of the pictures is of the most beautiful flowergirl’s outfit! In fact the outfit is so beautiful I felt it deserved it’s own post. So here you go:
There is so much I love about this outfit but especially the multi-toned cummerbund and the adorable shoes. I LOVE those shoes! MS have been very clever here and rather than finding shoes to match the yellow colour palette (a nightmare I’m sure), they’ve tied ribbon around the arches of the flowergirl’s feet and popped the shoes on afterwards. Despite being ingenious, I’m just not sure how long a flowergirl would stand having ribbons tied around her feet and wonder if it would be better to superglue lengths of ribbon to the inside of each shoe? I also think it would be a good idea to do a trial run of these shoes before the big day, just to see how long the bows stay tied.
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Martha Stewart Weddings
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