We always love a new product here at Bespoke and we were pleased to come across Pop Bakery via our friends at Daily Candy earlier in the year.
Just in time for wedding season, we’ve been going a bit Pop mad this summer. If you like chocolate and you like lollipops and most importantly you like cake, then you will probably like everything about Pop Bakery.
Here are photos of some of their lovely products, bespoke of course! We wish you well Clare and the team.
Are you still unsure on the choice of your first dance? Here is a quick top ten of 2010 favourites so far from one of our preferred DJs’, the talented Beach Mercer of Sliding Vinyl
And if you’re still uninspired, just go for something which means something to you and will stand the test of time!
Photo Credit: Lloyd Dobbie
Well, it’s been quite a summer and we’re just about coming up for air! We have been working away on lots of wonderful and unique weddings and I’m excited that we’ll be able to show you some of our work over the coming weeks and months.
Here is a sneak preview of one of our lovely July weddings which took place down in Wiltshire at the stunning Whatley Manor.
The couple, Kelly and Jason, chose a very clean and naturally elegant style to their wedding with a champagne and wine theme running throughout; we paid lots of attention to detail particularly with their highly unusual vine trellis seating plan and we loved the stylish chill out marquee we designed especially for the evening revelry. Here is a link to the blog of talented photographer, Helen Maybanks which shows some more of the day and the guests enjoying themselves. Thank you Helen. We look forward to showing more of the little details in a future post.
It seems bizarre to be looking at wintry images now that the summer season is underway but here is one last post on this lovely winter wedding and some of the finer details.
Suppliers:
Linen : Just 4 Linen
Flowers: Hybrid Flowers
Venue: Orangery at Blenheim Palace
Laser cut stationery: Chartula Studio
Photos: White Gold Weddings
Cup cakes: supplied by friend of bride
Canvases for family photo corner: Photobloc
Wooden easels: Eventful Hire
If you’re looking for an inexpensive but cute little personal touch to your wedding invites, then we think we’ve got just the thing. We love these personalised stamps called ‘Smilers’ available from Royal Mail. For little more than the cost of a regular first class stamp, you get an image of your choice on your stamp which can be used for your wedding invitations and any other wedding correspondance you might be doing. The ‘love’ stamp below naturally lends itself to weddings but perhaps an engagement photo of the two of you is really fun?
Have a look here for info on the Smilers
I came across a lovely company recently who got in touch because we live closeby to introduce their wonderful laser cut stationery. As a fan of laser cut products anyway (it always makes a huge impact which it plips on the doormat of your guests), I was delighted to see their range.
Cutture specialise in bespoke designs and they are forever coming up with new concepts and working with clients on unique products that involve using their laser cutting machine.
Here are just a few examples that they have produced recently. I particularly like the perspex menu card for a stylish and contemporary table setting in say a trendy City venue. I’ve seen a few perspex cut products in the past and always been a bit unconvinced but with the right design and expert cutting, they really are show-stoppers!
Bird themed wedding invite
Butterfly themed wedding invite
Perspex menu
We see a lot of brides who come to us clutching images that really appeal to them from beautifully styled bold and bright weddings, but when it comes to it, they chicken out of the things which might make their wedding go in that direction. They worry that it might be “too much”. Sure, we certainly don’t advise going for everything and overcrowding the tables; we definitely subscribe to the “less is more” mantra but that doesn’t mean it has to be white, plain or clear all around. Here are our favourite three things for injecting some statement colour into your special day and in particular your dining tables.
Coloured linen– just because white table cloths are what you always see, doesn’t mean that’s all you can have. Sure, it works well and looks timeless and elegant (and it’s what most hotels and banqueting venues use) but if you want to have a bit of fun and inject a statement colour splash into your tables, it’s a cost effective and an immediately stunning way of doing it. A cloth might be around £10 to hire and a napkin only 50p so it’s not an enormous cost. If you don’t want to go the whole hog, perhaps consider a coloured runner to go across the middle of the table and rest on top of the white cloth.
Wedding design - coloured linens
Coloured water glasses – for a subtle dash of colour, we really like to use “accent of colour” glasses for water. It can get pricey to replace all the glasses at a venue but adding a touch of colour can add that extra special something to tone with flowers for example.
Wedding design - coloured glasses
Charger plates – to set a grand and formal atmosphere, consider perhaps a beautiful charger platter which sits on the table during the entire meal and the plates that the meal is served on are positioned on top at each course. Before guests are seated, the charger is a lovely backdrop for a menu card to rest on or pocket-folded napkin to be positioned upon.
Wedding design - charger plates
Thanks to White Gold Weddings, Lloyd Dobbie and Well Dressed Tables for the images.
I’m delighted to be posting further on the wedding of Amanda and Merrill which took place on a snowy day in December. The couple were a joy to work with and their vision never faltered from start to finish as they set out (with our help) to plan an unforgettably elegant and grand occasion.
It was important to Amanda and Merrill to design a really special marriage ceremony and lots of attention was paid to each aspect of the ceremony to thrill and warm the hearts of their guests in everyway from sight to smell to sound.
There was a stunning and luscious central arch built painstakingly by the talented team at Hybrid Flowers accompanied by other freestanding and ledge-top arrangements elegantly lined up along the aisle.
The bridesmaids eagerly await their bride at the Orangery @ Blenheim Palace
Amanda arrives in the snow on her single white lipizzaner horse with carriage supplied by Fabulous Occasions
The Kingdom Choir were a huge hit as they sung Amanda in to ‘Songbird’, and hailed the happy couple to ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’ naturally!
A symbolic unity candle was lit by the couple from individual candles lit by both the bride and groom’s mothers to signify the coming together of two familes into one.
Flowers and elegant detailing were a huge part of this warm winter wedding and we’ll show much more on that in a future post.
Thanks to White Gold Weddings for the use of these images.
I’m delighted to give the tiniest of sneak previews here of one of our recent winter weddings. And winter it was, we had more than a flurry of snow to herald the bride’s arrival on horse and carriage at the grandiose Blenheim Palace
But more about that and the beautiful theme to this wedding in future posts. For now I’ll leave you with an image of the lovely couple. Thanks to PR Photography for the use of these images.
I have very excitedly returned from a fantastically refreshing short break and the location of our stay, I felt was deserving of sharing here. If you’re on the look-out for a super romantic little proposal spot or mini-moon escape, we think that Belle Grove Farm is just the ticket.
Situated around 10 miles from Suffolk seaside stunner that is Southwold, the Farm is located in a very green spot; we took advantage of many local walks and hearty pub lunches naturally.
But the property itself is the real gem, literally. We stayed in The Stable, or the Mughal Jewel Box as it is affectionately known. The owners have converted this plus the other areas of the farm into a charming East Meets West blend. The setting is beautifully designed, using the very best materials with lots of intriguing farm machinery for authenticity, we had a lovely bijou private garden, perfect for an alfresco breakfast even on a sunny but cold morning .
They have restored the old Stables keeping all the wonderful beams, door, floors and general character and each room is decorated in a different rich jewel colour with wonderful Eastern furniture, light fittings, original granite and cupboard doors shipped over from Jodhphur! The attention to detail extended to the wonderful book collection, rich spiced chocolate we were given plus the fragrant, Duck Island, Mandarin and Bergamot, bathroom goodies. Full of more lovely touches than I can mention, the previous occupants of the Stables had clearly been inspired with romance as they had gotten engaged!
For more information, go to the website. www.belle-grove.com
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