I am delighted to be featuring the fabulous Debbie Carlisle Bouquets - who make beautiful vintage brooch bouquets and accessories. Debbie specialises in the beautiful bouquets, but also now makes other accessories for brides and bridesmaids.
Where the lovely Debbie started with her business - I started my business by making my own (& bridesmaids) bouquet for my wedding, packed full of vintage jewellery, buttons, crystals, beads, pearls – and lots of sentimental items from my relatives. After my wedding I made more and put them up on Etsy to see if I got any interest. I got orders very quickly and later went on to set up my own website, andDebbie Carlisle Bouquetswas born.
Every bouquet is a one off individual piece and Debbie sources all the vintage and vintage style items to make them up – she can also add your own sentimental items of jewellery or buttons to make it truly special and personal to you. You can even have your “something blue” included!
Each item is unique and varies, so prices vary – but they range around £295 - £1,295. Worth every penny for such a beautiful creation you get to keep forever.
As you would expect Debbie’s brides were requesting accessories to match their bouquets and this led to her designing her first full collection of accessories (of headpieces and cuffs) for 2012 – launched in October at the Designer Wedding Show.
This 2012 accessories collection takes inspiration from many different eras, with many pieces designed to have a softer more romantic vintage feel – but all with a modern, fashion-forward edge.
The ribbon bands included in the collection can be worn as headbands, forehead bands and bun wraps – allowing brides to mix up their look – and wear their headpiece in different ways long after their wedding day.
More recently Debbie has also added a specific bridesmaids range to the collection of accessories which are designed for style-conscious brides and their maids who want something a bit different to the traditional bridal norm.
Prices for the bridesmaid collection are between £25 to £100 and styles range from small simple bows to seriously glamorous forehead bands.
The collection fuses vintage-inspired glamour with a modern edge and is designed to be as versatile as possible. Debbie wanted to create something that was rock and roll rather than twee and traditional so brides and their maids could embrace fashion-forward style on their way down the aisle.
Debbie - I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to transform a DIY experiment for my own wedding into a profitable business that now sees hundreds of brides walking down the aisle in my creations. It’s such a privilege to be a part of anyone’s wedding day and I feel so proud every time a bride chooses me to make her accessories. The best part of my job is the excited reactions of my brides when they receive their piece from me – there’s no other feeling like it in the world!
What do you think – it is all gorgeous isn’t it?! Do you like the idea of having one of these bouquets instead of a floral one? Yes they cost a bit more than flowers, but it is something you get to keep and treasure forever – it will look fabulous displayed at home and you can hand it down to your children to use on their own wedding day.
Happy Wedding Wednesday! I am delighted to be featuring Kitty & Dulcie today – a vintage inspired bridal gown company with gorgeous dresses all under £400! It comes from a good pedigree too, being the sister company of the already super successful and well established vintage accessory company Flo & Percy.
Kirstie Taylor and Shelley Carter-Bright are the co-founders and strongly believe “that you don’t need to break the bank to look a million dollars on your wedding day” and so created this stunning range of gowns, all under £400, and available exclusively online. The Strictly London Collection…
The fab selection of knee-length, tea-length and full-length vintage inspired wedding dresses have been ”made for fashion conscious females with a passion for retro glamour. Designed for the bride who’s bang on trend but doesn’t believe in paying over the odds.”
These gorgeous gowns are for, and accessible to, everyone – but a typical Kitty & Dulcie bride will have an “eclectic fashion sense, mixing high street buys with vintage pieces. She’s looking for an a la mode bridal dress at an unbelievably fairytale price and she wants leading edge designs that combine modern, feminine chic with a mix of vintage allure. The Kitty & Dulcie bride is no stranger to online shopping and she’s proud to brag about her latest bargain – she wants fantastic quality at affordable prices.”
After perusing the easy to use website and choosing your favourite, you will receive your tissue wrapped gown, beautifully boxed with it’s own satin padded hanger. You can then try the dress on in the comfort of your own home without any other worries or pressures.
This Dolly Rocker gown below (£250) is a crazy bargain at this price – and just look how fabulous it is! The Dolly Rocker is a knee length, beaded, fullcircle, ivory satin gown… pretty.
Wow – I cannot believe how gorgeous these dresses are at such low prices! If this vintage inspired style is something you are looking for, then these are perfect. What do you think – which is your favourite?
The chaps to thank for this super cool photo shoot are -
I am delighted to be featuring new wedding stationery brand The Little Peach today. Owner and illustrator Sally Leach illustrates your love story on to each and every design by hand.
Choosing to be illustrated into one of the ready-to-go backdrops from the Sweetheart Collection or starting the process completely from scratch with a bespoke setting, the invitations are then individually printed by Sally, using a technique called Screen Printing.
Sally explains Screen Printing as a technique where you hand pull ink through a piece of stretched fabric meaning each invitation is effectively a limited edition piece of art. I have had clients tell me that their guests loved displaying the invite afterwards, making the invites a wonderful lasting token of the big day.
Sally’s illustrations, whilst trying to be descriptive tend to be light-hearted in style, and after researching what was out there she was enthused to set up The Little Peach, confident that she could offer a style of invitation that is truly unique to the wedding market.
Always known for making people giggle with her character illustrations, Sally found that putting the couple’s story into their own design meant conveying something much more personal and touching than traditional font-based invitations.
You can choose from a number of extra customisable options to create your perfect invitation bundle, including paper and ink choices, matching envelope inserts, badges and other favours.
There is also the option to add on other matching stationery such as order of service, seating plans and place names, venue signs and even super cute cake toppers!
Sally endeavours to work closely with each and every couple to really capture their individuality; composing each element to the highest standard and producing the perfect invitation sets that they are sure to cherish for years to come.
What do you think – isn’t it all so pretty! If you would like more information or would like to order from The Little Peach for your wedding, then please visit their contact page for details.
Macarons are just sooo pretty and I love popping into the Laduree cafe in Harrods just to look at the rows and rows of multi coloured delights.
I wanted to share this macaron recipe as they make fantastic gifts and can also be used as wedding favours or even as part of a dessert bar.
Macarons are apparently quite hard to make, but this is a very good and detailed recipe (which was found over on Wedding Chicks) with various flavour options and full instructions.
What you need - icing sugar, almond flour, sugar and eggs – for the macaron. For the filling – please click here for full list of ingredients.
Good luck and if you decide to make these for your wedding – make sure you practice well in advance and don’t leave it until the night before! x
I just wanted to share this fab idea with you – an outdoor film party! Perfect for your evening reception or engagement party – or any party really.
How cool is this – it would make an amazing reception or party and there are various things you could do with it:
*** have a film showing, but no sound – so it was just a pretty background. Black & white would look fab.
*** you could have a big screen like this but showing photos instead of a film.
*** the videographer and/or photographer could have stuff ready for the evening so that clips/photos could be played during the evening party.
*** you could collect photos of you both from friends and family and put them all together as a slideshow.
*** probably best for a non-wedding party – have an actual film party and watch a film.
I love this idea – it looks so pretty. You could hire in lots of gorgeous outdoor furniture – giant bean bags, sofas, cushions etc and fill the grounds with lanterns and candles.
What do you think – is this something you would like to do?
I am delighted to share this 20% discount code for Dune Shoes, which can be used on top of sale items until midnight on Monday 9 January – enabling you to get up to 70% off on Ladies’ shoes and up to 80% off on Men’s shoes!
Perfect for the bride, bridesmaids and even your groom and groomsmen.
Go to Dune Shoes and enter this discount code at checkout - ANY12
These are my 3 favourites from the Dune Shoes sale – which all have great reductions, even before this extra 20% off!
Quick, go, before they all sell out! It would be rude not to at this price after all xx
I recently got together with the lovely Emma Lappin (Emma Lappin Flowers) and Jemma Watts (Pearl Pictures) to put together this Glamorous Gold Inspiration shoot at Lainston House in Hampshire, hoping to create some beautiful images and ideas which could provide brides with inspiration for your own weddings.
The shoot was also recently featured on fab wedding blog Whimsical Wonderland Weddings, which we were very excited about and will also be making an appearance in Wedding Flowers magazine after Christmas.
I knew that I wanted a very glamorous and opulent theme, so that we could really go to town on the styling. Emma Lappin did an amazing job on the flowers.
Brides of Winchester lent us some gorgeous Sassi Holford and Chanticleer gowns, and the bridesmaids wore dresses by TwoBirds Bridesmaid - these dresses are so clever as they can be tied in 15 different ways, so your bridesmaids can choose the style which best suits them.
To compliment all of the pretty dresses Hermione Harbutt sent some of her fabulous sparkly creations for us to use on the shoot and we used a mix of lovely hair accessories, earrings and bracelets.
I think that gold is going to be featuring more and more in wedding design throughout 2011 and 2012 so I thought that by using gold as a main focus we would be able to show brides how they can use it – as to some it may be a scary thought at first!
We complimented the opulent gold with very light blush colours of blush pinks, peaches and ivory. Lainston House is a beautiful country house venue and worked perfectly with our scheme.
The gorgeous stationery was provided by luxury stationers Borrowed Blue Press who used their unique ‘gold swan’ paper on the various items.
The gorgeous tableware was from Jones Hire and the furniture from Buchannan Events. I found the the gold cutlery and napkins on eBay.
Zoe Clark (The Cake Parlour) created the amazing cake which we decided to display in the beautiful gardens of Lainston, surrounded by flowers and trees. I think Zoe thought I was a bit strange when I told her I wanted a gold cake (who wouldn’t) but she definitely saw my vision and translated it perfectly.
We framed the individual table plan cards in all different coloured and shaped frames and hung them with ribbon from one of the fabulous old trees in the grounds of Lainston. We also hung empty frames and flowers to complete the look.
This is a lovely idea for a bride with nice outdoor space and you could vary the design to suit your scheme – by using different frames and flowers and even by using something other than a tree.
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