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Ten years of blogging
ten years of blogging This year marks 10 years since Hanami Dream was founded. Each month in the build up to the 10th birthday of Hanami Dream in July 2024, I'm taking a look at how the business has changed and different aspects that have shaped the business to where...
Back to school – the ABCs of the leap day
happy leap day There’s an extra day to play with this year as 2024 is a leap year. So we will have the pleasure of the 29th February for the first time again in four years. (Not sure I was that pleased to have an extra day in the last leap year of 2020 though!)...
Top Autumn 2024 colours from Pantone®
Crazy weather I'm beginning to think that the warmer weather of last week was 'false spring' and led me in to a false sense of warmer months being imminent. Because this week, we are back to the erratic weather including rain, floods, high winds and even more frosty...
wedding venue reviews
Wedding venue review: The Upton Firehouse
The Upton Firehouse wedding reception venue I had the pleasure of visiting the Upton Firehouse socially in the build up to Christmas last year and was blown away by the quality of the food. As someone with (sometimes tricky) dietary requirements I'm often nervous...
Wedding venue review: Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean Museum wedding venue review You'd be forgiven if you didn't realise that you could get married at the magnificent Ashmolean Museum in Oxford - there are some wonderful unknown venue options on offer right on our doorsteps. Licensed wedding venues In 1995,...
Wedding venue review: Caswell House
Caswell House wedding venue Caswell House is a wedding venue that almost needs no introduction due to its overwhelming popularity. A beautiful one stop wedding shop, where you are taken in hand and don’t need to worry about anything. The day I looked round started as...
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Hanami Dream creates and collates wedding inspiration in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside of the Cotswolds.
Showcasing my own beautiful and inspirational, trend-led styled wedding shoots, collaborating with local venues and innovative wedding suppliers to provide captivating (yet attainable) wedding inspiration for couples in the midst of wedding planning.
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advertise on Hanami Dream’s growing wedding blog and help couples planning their wedding in the beautiful Oxfordshire Cotswolds
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submit your top tips for a guest post or your own wedding inspiration – something fresh, creative and unique that tells a story that a couple would aspire to have for their special day
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collaborate on a styled shoot to show case inspirational trend-led wedding inspiration for couples in and around Oxfordshire and the surrounding Cotswolds
latest news from Hanami Dream
Pantone® announce the Color of the Year 2026
Pantone® Colour of the Year 2026 For the first time in years, I'm disappointed with the Pantone® colour of the year! Cloud Dancer 11-4201 It's white! And not even a nice white! To me, it feels like the 'experts' ran out of time and panicked to pick a colour. Has...
“Nicola Jackson—what a force she is. A marketing marvel and a visionary. She took our dream and gave it shape and colour. She designed not just a room, but a feeling.”
"Nicola Jackson—what a force she is. A marketing marvel and a visionary. She took our dream and gave it shape and colour. She designed not just a room, but a feeling. ." Headteacher, Sutton Courtenay CofE Primary School, October 2025
“A huge thank you for the incredible ideas you came up with! We were beyond excited about them. Thank you again for such inspirational projects.”
"A huge thank you for the incredible ideas you came up with! We were beyond excited about them. Thank you again for such inspirational projects." Headteacher, Sutton Courtenay CofE Primary School, March 2025
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