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Archive for January, 2010

What to include in your wedding invitations

We’re very busy here at Bespoke sorting out the design and print of many wedding invitations for this summer’s celebrations.

We thought it might be useful to share a few tips on what info to include within the invitation pack; it’s a lot easier to contact your guests just the once than have to send out again or follow everyone up by phone. So best to get it right from the start ….

  1. Directions to the venue or map
  2. A reminder to guests to let you know about any special dietary needs
  3. Details of dress code, if any; we like the wording ‘posh frocks and sharp suits’ at the moment
  4. An indication of the schedule for the day, it doesn’t have to be detailed but an idea that there will be dinner and dancing is good plus a finish time so that people can book transport home
  5. Details of local taxi companies
  6. Details of on-site or local accommodation
  7. If children are invited and what is planned for them
  8. Gift list – not everyone wants to put this in the invitation but it’s become fairly customary now
  9. If it’s not giving away too much, it can be nice to include what the colour theme is; many ladies worry that they will by mistake wear the same colour as the bridesmaids
  10. And finally, remember to give people a phone number or email for any queries!

And remember, you aren’t expected to know it all so do ask your stationery designer for their top tips on etiquette etc.  Chartula Studio, who designed the stationery below are excellent at advising their customers.

Chartula_Damask_Invite_Violet on Amethyst opt

Posted by Kelly, 13.01 19th January, 2010

Do the maths!

If you’ve just got engaged over the festive period, you will probably be starting to look at where you will host your wedding and reception, so here is our quick tried and trusted tip which we hope might be useful at this time where everything is new and it’s hard to know how to budget set.

It’s the 50% rule.

Time and time again no matter what the overall budget we find that around 50% of the overall wedding day budget is spent on the venue hire and food and drink elements of the wedding combined. So to illustrate the point:

120 Guests

Venue hire         £4,500

Menu of 3 courses          £60 x 120 = £7,200

Drinks package  £25 x 120= £3,000 

Evening snacks = £10 x 120 = £1,200

Total = £15,900

This £15,900 will make up roughly half (50% of your budget) so I would suggest working on a budget (excluding honeymoon and perhaps excluding super expensive bridal gowns) of £31,800 approximately.

If this sounds too much then we’d strongly suggest altering your venue to something less costly as it can be difficult to cut back once this large chunk of money is committed to.

Happy planning!

Castles do cost

Castles do cost

Posted by Kelly, 19.01 13th January, 2010

New year, new location and lots of snow!

It’s been action stations here at The Bespoke Wedding Company over the Christmas break as we’ve moved location and have a new office.We’re now fully set up in the beautiful rural setting of East Horsley which is located between Cobham and Guildford in the leafy lanes of Surrey.

We love our new home which is very handy for access to our many country weddings, but don’t fear, we will still regularly be seen “in town”. I’m a Londoner who absolutely loves the city so I won’t be kept away for long periods!

For today however we will definitely be staying office-bound with 5 inches of snow to be admired from our office window.

snowy scene

Revised contact details will be appearing on our website soon but old address and phone are still operational.

Posted by Kelly, 10.01 6th January, 2010

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