If you’re having an autumn or winter wedding, you might like to have a look at these beautiful bouquets. The seasonal colours and tones are lovely, and if you’re stuck for which flowers to go with, your florist will be able to advise.
Beautiful Bouquets with Seasonal Colours
I’m showing you my friend’s bouquet first, which was designed by her local florist. The colours were spectacular against blue and navy – a perfect contrast, and would be great too for an autumn wedding.
The photos are all taken from the links provided, so you can access lots more.
Strong colours look great for winter weddings and it’s easy to adapt for buttonholes. Of course, red roses are always a favourite for winter, but I do like the blues and silvers too.
Budget weddings! We all want to know how to do it well, but on a shoestring. I’ve been neglecting the site it seems. That’s the problem with hobbies – your day job takes you away from other stuff you’d rather be doing. Like writing blog posts for 40+ brides! So to make amends I thought I’d take a look at how to create your great wedding theme on a budget.
Searching for budget info
Just google ‘weddings on a budget’ and you’ll find lots of hits on the first page (which is usually all anyone looks at). So I’ve been delving deeper into the later pages to see what hidden gems there are. Here’s some of the best sites I found:
I completely agree with the point about invitations. If I had to do it again (much as I loved my design for our invitations), I’d go with purchasing some nice cards from a stationer and paying a professional calligrapher to do it. I’ve put some examples on Pinterest for you.
I got this done for a friend recently (table place cards) and they looked amazing, as well as costing surprisingly much less than I would expect for this service.
I’ve seen some that look kinda messy, but if you can find someone who does copper script writing, now that’s something special and a real talent.
This was an interesting find. How about combining your wedding with your honeymoon? Different priced packages available and seems like a great idea for a small wedding.
Hope these links are useful, and I’ll try to be more proactive in future. I think it’s time to look at winter weddings next… Watch this space.
We all love our shoes and bags, and if you’re having a small wedding you might be thinking about splashing out on a treat for yourself. After all – it IS your special day…
Bridal Wedding Shoes
Here’s a wee treat for all you B2Bs looking to indulge for the upcoming nuptuals. Of course, there’s no rule to say the shoes have to be ivory or white – remember Carrie Bradshaw’s wedding shoes in blue?
We’re much more contemporary today and a contrasting colour is absolutely gorgeous with a short dress or suit.
But if Manolos are a bit over the budget, Dune have just taken out their version of these iconic shoes for a fraction of the price.
My absolute favourites have got to be these crystal embellished shoes. Absolutely gorgeous in navy and black.
Nadira Jewelled Pumps
And for a more traditional ivory wedding shoe – how about these peep-toes and embellished shoes for elegance?
Bridal shoeSwan Bridal Shoes
For a summer wedding, a pair of T-strap sandals is always lovely.
T-Strap Sandals
Manolo Wedding Sandal
Jimmy Choo
This bridal collection is fantastic and with a great range of heel sizes too.
Agnes – White Lace Pointy Toe PumpsMatch – White Lace Almond Toe PumpsIsabel – Ivory Silk Satin PumpsLouise – Ivory Satin Strappy SandalsKamba – Nude Suede Peep toe SandalsEvelyn – Ivory Silk Satin Peep Toe Shoes
Emmy Shoes
Emmy Scarterfield is the talented designer behind leading London accessory label ‘Emmy London‘.
