February 29 2012

Are you getting married in the morning?

— Julie Tooby

What with today being Leap Year, what better excuse do you have to pop to the question to your loved you, & then head along to our Wedding Inspiration Day this weekend!  

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August 29 2011

Planning your Wedding Breakfast

— Julie Tooby

So the time has come to start planning your wedding breakfast, (this is what the meal is called on your wedding day, no matter what the time). Bearing in mind this is one of the most important meals of your lives and certainly the most expensive overall it must be right. Your menu should say something about you as a couple but remember, you are also catering for a large group, so although things such as foie-gras sound lovely, will they appeal to everyone? Traditionally you would have had something along the lines of soup, roast, tart.  These days are long gone and wedding menus are becoming more ‘restaurant’ in creation, with a real flare and elegance on the plate. Sit down and look at your options – Are you serving canapés, if so do you need a starter? What time of year is the wedding? A summer menu should be...

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July 18 2011

One Venue, Two Looks

— Julie Tooby

A wedding design with a more traditional look will tend to have very ‘soft’ look – there’s nothing that stands out and screams for attention but rather everything goes together perfectly and all items compliment each other.  Flowers should be lush and rambling so think of taller centrepieces with blooms and greenery tumbling downwards or low arrangements that spill across the table – glass containers look best covered by leaves of fabric for a traditional makeover as you want to make everything natural, as if the outside has come inside!  Ribbon always features highly when we’re designing traditional weddings and we use metres to wrap around napkins, tie place cards to chair backs and to decorate gorgeous favour boxes (www.vvrouleaux.com is a great supplier).  Bows and wraps always make things seem special and by using matching ribbons on items, you can give everything a co-ordinated look and bring all those...

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