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.

1. Leona Lewis “A Moment Like This”
2. Florence & The Machine “U Got The Love”
3. Nat King Cole “Let There Be Love”
4. Michael Buble “Save The Last Dance For Me”
5. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars”
6. DJ Sammy “Heaven”
7. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together”
8. Ben E King “ Stand By Me”
9. Dean Martin “That’s Amore”
10. Nat King Cole “L-O-V-E”

 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

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.

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

Have a look here for info on the Smilers

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

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.

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.

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.

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