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Wedding of Kelly and Jason

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 Wedding of Kelly and Jason

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.

Posted by Kelly, 18.08 16th August, 2010

Wedding of Amanda and Merrill

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.

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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

Posted by Kelly, 11.05 17th May, 2010

Be Brave and Be Bold

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

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

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

Wedding design - charger plates

Thanks to White Gold Weddings, Lloyd Dobbie and Well Dressed Tables for the images.

Posted by Kelly, 10.04 20th April, 2010

Wedding of Amanda and Merrill

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.

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The bridesmaids eagerly await their bride at the Orangery @ Blenheim Palace

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Amanda arrives in the snow on her single white lipizzaner horse with carriage supplied by Fabulous Occasions

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The Kingdom Choir were a huge hit as they sung Amanda in to ‘Songbird’, and hailed the happy couple to ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’ naturally!

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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.

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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.

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Thanks to White Gold Weddings for the use of these images.

Posted by Kelly, 14.03 26th March, 2010

Wedding of Amanda and Merrill

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

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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.

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Posted by Kelly, 11.03 15th March, 2010

Your day your way

We were thrilled recently to learn that one of our 2008 weddings was featured in the December/January 2010 issue of the glossy flower mag, Wedding Flowers.  The nuptials of Noor and Alan feature under ‘Autumnal Elegance’ within the issue.  Here’s the cover to look out for!

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Posted by Kelly, 09.12 15th December, 2009

Wedding of Sonia and Will

As the Christmas music is belting out and the waft of our White Company Winter candle sets us in the toasty festive spirit in the Bespoke office, it feels strange to be reviewing photos of a glorious late summers day wedding for our blog.

But we have wanted to share some images of the wedding of Sonia and Will we were privileged to be involved with, so here goes:

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This was very much a quintessential “Oxford” occasion with the marriage ceremony taking place at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin.

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 And the reception was a very elegant and stylish affair taking place in one of  Oxfordshire’s most welcoming, homely but grand Stately Homes.  One of our favourite images is of Sonia and Will framed in the grand doorway leading to the terrace looking over their grounds for the day!

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 The colour scheme for the wedding was a fresh yet delicate blend which worked beautifully within the classic setting. We loved the choice of long banqueting style tables for the wedding breakfast which are proving very popular at the moment.

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Thanks to Brown and Co for the use of the images from the wedding day.  Thanks also to Eden Flowers for the stunning blooms.  And the seating plan was all the work of Sonia and Will themselves!

Posted by Kelly, 13.12 10th December, 2009

Wedding of Rachel and Mark – Part 2

We promised more on the recent-ish nuptials of Rachel and Mark at Great Fosters.  Today we show you some of the lovely design details which featured in their classic and elegant reception.

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And for a more detailed look:

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Luscious flowers were important to Rachel and the table centres made use of the venues own charming candelabra.

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Each place setting was thoughtfully prepared with gold charger plate, pocket-folded damask ivory napkin, gold foil-blocked menu and place card combo and individual box of Godiva pralines.

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And after a sumptious wedding meal, there was the symbolic cake cutting. The multi flavoured cake featured an intricate rose design to match the key wedding flowers, dusted lightly in gold.

 

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Suppliers for the room/table design:

Chaircovers and napkins: Host with Style

Menu place card: Chartula Studio

Gold charger plates: Wedding day hire

Cake: Zoe Clark Cakes

Favours: Godiva

Flowers: Euphoric

And thanks to Lloyd Dobbie for the use of photography.

Posted by Kelly, 14.10 22nd October, 2009

Wedding of Julie and Dan

We were really chuffed recently to have one of our summer 2008 weddings featured in Wedding Flowers magazine. Below is a scan of the page featured . More information on this wedding can be found on our Gallery pages.

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Posted by Kelly, 13.09 22nd September, 2009

We love ribbon

Here at Bespoke, we are always armed with reels of ribbon at our weddings.

It comes in handy for all sorts of little last minute touches which make a big difference. We therefore find ourselves a little addicted to ribbons and love some of the offerings on one of our favourite sites Cox and Cox. Their spools of ‘Luxembourg Ribbon’ in delicate shades of pink, sage green, ivory and chocolate are lovely to wrap around napkins, or decorate glasses with pretty little bows. We also really like the ‘To Have and To Hold Ribbon’ made in soft ivory and old rose pink; it’s great for tying around flowers or special gifts.

And if you’re ribbon addicts like us (and are based in London) you might like to drop by Barnett Lawson. It’s a little gem of a place and a real treasure trove full to the brim with ribbons and trimmings galore.

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Posted by Kelly, 12.09 18th September, 2009

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