Wedding Ideas

Many brides especially those on a budget, want to save money by making stationary and other things for their wedding themselves. If you have time and a bit of creativity it is a brilliant idea , but not always making D.I.Y( do it yourself ) project is a cheaper way. As you have to count the cost of fabrics, paper, lace and endless other things, sometimes it is cheaper to order things from professional wedding websites. However  I do believe that by adding your personal touch to things you make yourself you also add a unique feeling to your big day.

 

 

It's going to take a lot of time to finish my personally designed wedding invitations, but I' m very proud and do enjoy myself in making them.

 

 

 

Make your own bunting :)
Think vintage floral and soft fabrics delicately hung from beams or marquee poles.When it is made with love, bunting is just perfect to lift a room or a garden.

 

 

 

 

Dried flowers are now the most popular choice for throwing at weddings. Many venues (including our venue too) now ban paper and non biodegradable confetti.

Dried flower confetti can be made from dried lavender, rose petals, hydrangea petals, cornflower and pretty much any flowers you can find in your garden. I started early in the summer when my garden was full of beautiful roses and now I'm picking the last flowers of hydrangea.

 

 

What's the best way to make sure your wedding favours don't end up just collecting dust on someones shelves? Make them edible!
You can make cookies, tiny picnic baskets filled with candy, sweets or chocolate. Or  even make your own jam! Jason's mum makes  the most delicious jams, conserves and relish. We used strawberry's when they where in season, picked some blackberries later in the summer and made some chili relish for our guests to take away :)

 

And my Mum is very talented at hand crochet. So she will be making some hand crochet doilies to decorate our tables :)

 

Depending on your time and skills, you could pretty much do everything for your wedding from making decorations to cakes and you can ask talented friends and family to help. So enjoy!

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This Giveaway is dedicated to all my loyal blog readers as the number reached more than 1000 visitors!
Hope this blog will expand with new stories and continue to attract the readers from all over the world.
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A bit of Everything

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1.Best Buddies.

2.Beautiful sweet peas

3.Jamie's Oliver restaurant in Norwich

4.Lunch at ''Jamies Italian'' with Jason's Mum & Dad.

5.Pasta making process at ''Jamie's''

6.Remains of Bromholm Abbey at Bacton.

7.Blackberry picking.

8.Pancakes with freshly mashed strawberries.

9.Local farm shop.

10.Fresh lemonade.

11.Dragonfly.

12.My ''Monsoon''wedges.

13.One of my favourite cooking books by Tessa Kiros.

14.Carrot Cake...yum-yum...

15.Time for cuddle.

16.The bee who lives in our plant pot,gets ready for her nest.

17.Echinacea.

18. Chopping the carrots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here comes the Cake...

I have been searching the net for some time, to find a perfect wedding cake. And as you might know by now I have a real passion for cakes, bakes and anything that's sweet and straight from the oven:)Wedding Cakes! From simple to simply outrageous, from cupcake towers to towering cakes, there really is no end to the amount of creativity you can put into your wedding cake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cake is a significant element of wedding.You might know that eating cake together as husband and wife signifies how you will provide for each other, but did you also know that the larger the piece of cake you feed each other, the more children you are supposed to have :)

To choose you wedding cake is very straightforward these days, from the pages of gorgeous Martha Stewart cakes to Couture Wedding cakes and finally the ones made by your mum or auntie. Making your own cake is so much fun than buying one. And I think it also adds that special personal touch to the big day. More and more brides are making decision to make their own wedding cake. So I will let the small secret slip out of the bag, I will be making my wedding cake too :) Well maybe with a little bit of help. And in addition I asked Jason's aunties to bake a cake or dessert each. So the Sweet Table is going to look rather very yummy :) xxxx