Pantone® announce the Color of the Year 2016
The Pantone® Color of the Year 2016 is Rose Quartz AND Serenity. Yes, we get two colours for the price of one next year. It's the first time Pantone® have ever announced two colours and a long time since a pastel colour has hit the top spot. They are a nice calm...
1910s wedding versus 2010s wedding
Imagine planning your wedding without the internet, without your smart phone, or without Pinterest! Goodness, imagine if you didn’t even have a ball point pen to quickly jot down ideas in a notebook! Rewind a hundred years and you'd be planning a wedding without...
To love and to cherish
We don't have a television at the moment. After some building work before the summer we moved it and have never reinstated it. We haven't missed it at all and what it has meant is that we only watch something that we really want to watch now (rather than flicking...
With pretty (brides)maids all in a row…
There was a time when I thought I'd always be the bridesmaid and never the bride. I thought the film 27 Dresses was written about me! But despite being a bridesmaid more than three times, I've luckily now been a bride too. Before being married, I was a flower girl as...
Pantone® announce colour report for Spring 2016
At this time of year Spring seems a long way off - we've just entered the Autumn Equinox, the leaves are changing colour, nights are drawing in and the mornings are bitterly cold (thankfully we've had some lovely sunny days though!). However those lovely folks at...
What if? Do you really need wedding insurance?
My phone broke the other week and I lost all my photos. I was gutted I'd not backed it up recently. It made me realise how important pictures are to me - a lasting memory of a moment in time never to be replayed. Luckily technology nowadays allows us to have a back...
5 essential tips for booking your wedding band
Booking your band is often one of the more enjoyable tasks when it comes to planning your wedding, however to prevent any hiccups on your special day (apart from those caused by the Champagne) have a read of the 5 essential tips below...
Happy Wedding Anniversary!
The summer is a really special time of the year for me. Not only is it the height of the wedding season but it is also when I celebrate my own wedding anniversary with my lovely husband. We had such a beautiful wedding day spent with all...
All change – checklist when changing your name
If you're thinking about changing your name when you get married there's a few important documents that you'll need to update (including your passport if you're travelling in your married name on honeymoon!) Here's our list of documents and organisations that you...
(Honey)mooning over the summer
Friday 31st July, 2015 saw the rare occurrence of a blue moon. So named due to the frequency of the event rather than the colour of the moon. It happens every few years when there are two full moons in the same calendar month. The next one won't be until 2018, so it...
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