Summer Loving

This seasons fashion trends are peppered with florals of all patterns and designs, and just make you feel warm and sunny looking at them. These bright colours are being reflected in more and more summer wedding themes, as you’ll find from these moodboards from around the web.

 

These colours are so bold and vibrant and could really make a summer garden wedding fantastic. Make an impact by using these colours as highlights in table settings, decor, grooms attire, or even your bridal dress and accessories!

Carry on the tropical colours through to your drinks selection – design a cocktail with your wedding colours in mind and serve them before the reception dinner.

Try to match warm tropical colours with natural pale colours to balance it out, so that your reception colours dont look to ‘gaudy’ or messy. Always try to stick to a palette of either warm or cool colours – warm colours being bright pinks and reds, oranges and yellows, and cool colours being bright blues, greens and purples.

Moodboards thanks to Flickr and Fashion Era.

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Feature: Phill Anstice Photography

 

A few weeks ago, by a stroke of absolute luck, I discovered a wedding photography company belonging to a lovely man in Wales called Phill Anstice. He specialises in informal reportage photography – which I personally feel can produce some of the most amazing and touching wedding photos.

Take a look at just a sample of his work…

Even though Phill is based in Wales, he will travel to wherever your venue may be, as long as his travel and accomodation is accounted for. One of the best things about Phill’s photography is how reasonable the packages are in price. There are four price plans – ranging from £695 to £1150 – and with every single one of them you get to keep ALL of the images on disk (it is your wedding after all) and this is inclusive of the package, unlike many London photographers who will charge for this. Check out the website for more details on the prices – www.phillanstice.com

I highly recommend. x

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Pimp Your Dessert Buffet: Nostalgic Wedding Snacks

A friend of mine found this site last year and took on the giant party ring for another friend of ours as a surprise – needless to say it went down a treat – no pun intended (seriously that was so accidental).

For the sweet-toothed, nostalgic (and brave) bride and groom, this might be the perfect idea to get guests talking at your wedding reception. Imagine serving up a buffet of giant snacks like the party ring or the battenburg cake.

Only thing is, I wouldn’t recommend trying to make them yourself – give the recipe to a professional or a friend you know can bake, so they can test it first!

If you did want to ‘pimp’ your dessert buffet, have a look at a lot of the tried and tested recipes on the website, Pimp That Snack! I’m desperate to attempt the giant creme egg…but I can’t see how I’d get it into a wedding buffet without over-ordering on napkins…

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Mood board: Beautiful Plumage

While on a recent trip to Kew Gardens last weekend, I was quite taken with a random, lone peacock roaming the area. It’s a stunning sight to see, and if a bride was looking for that wow factor this is definitely a contender – and quite simple to achieve!

 

 

Be bold with navy and turquoise accents, or even peacock earrings. A navy bouquet is eye-catching and easy to find. When it comes to the bride’s dress, ruching and feathering, and other couture looks, are becoming more and more popular. For a hair piece, take a leaf out of Manhattan Queen Carrie’s book from the Sex and the City movie with a coloured accent feather piece, or even a fascinator (see previous posts). Navy, teal and beige go beautifully together and can create a very powerful and rich looking aesthetic. And don’t forget the peacocks on the invitations!

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