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Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Christmas at the Orangery

If you are looking for some unique and beautiful Christmas gifts for your loved ones, then don't miss Christmas at the Orangery on Saturday 15th December. The annual event is run by Rachel Goodchild who designs beautiful wrapping paper and greetings cards as well as designing stylish blogs in her guise as The Wedding Blog Designer.

Rachels Wedding contacts have meant that lots of Bristol's top Wedding suppliers will be there, plus a range of hand selected local business selling design led Christmas gifts. The event will also raise money for Penny Brohn Cancer Care with a percentage of the £1 entrance fee being donated to the charity.

This year Lahloo's Pantry will be running a delicious cafe on site offering range of drinks and festive lunches and snacks to hungry Christmas shoppers.

The event will take place at Bradbury Hall in Henleaze from 10am to 5pm

Find out more about the fabulous event here or watch this video of last year to see what to expect.

Image courtesy of Rachel Gooldchild: Christmas at the Orangery

Monday, 12 December 2011

Rachel Goodchild Cards and Wrapping Paper

Rachel Goodchild designs gorgeous vintage inspired Wedding invitations, wrapping paper, Christmas cards and journals that would make ideal Christmas gifts. She also works as The Wedding Blog Designer, making bespoke blogs for couples to share all of the information about their Wedding with their guests.

If you have left it a bit late with the Christmas cards, or just prefer a more modern approach, she also has a great range of e-cards. You can subscribe to a range of 12 e-cards designs for £5 per year and send as many as you like, with a choice of 1500 images.

E-Cards

Visit Rachel's website now to look at her brilliant designs for Christmas and Weddings.

Images courtesy of Rachel Goodchild Designs

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

The Wedding Reporter

There has been a bit of a buzz in the Wedding Industry lately about a certain lady. Her name is Emma Woodhouse and she also goes by the name of "The Wedding Reporter". Best of all she's from Bristol so local Brides have her creative talents at their fingertips, though she works across the UK as well as writing for Wedding magazines and other publications.

Today she has written us a special piece about her life as a Wedding Reporter. Over to Emma to explain what exactly a Wedding Reporter does...

I recently quit my job to become a fulltime wedding reporter. You might think this a risky decision, given that no one has ever heard of a wedding reporter, but therein lies the reason why I took the leap: in order to push my business to fulfil its potential in a niche market. Let me elaborate on what I do…

A wedding report is basically an extra layer of texture to your memories of the day. You'll find that in the hurricane of chaos that is your wedding day there is so much emotion and adrenaline (not to mention a little booze...!) involved that things you would expect to remember forever can pass you by in a flash. That's where I come in to try and capture all of those moments and feelings in a literary legacy that you can revisit fondly and maybe pass on to future generations.

The Wedding Reporter is essentially a professional wedding guest. I'll turn up with my trusty notebook at the allotted time and soak up the ambience, the atmosphere and the details of the day in order to go away and transcribe it all into a literary creative non-fiction account of the day. I'll mostly observe from the sidelines but also chat to your other guests and build up a picture of you as a couple through the context of your friends and family.

Once you have approved the draft revisions of your wedding report, the electronic copy is then your property. You can choose to have it published into a hardback booklet that my affiliate designer can create for you, even with a bespoke cover relating to the details of your wedding if you wish. Alternatively you could choose to self-publish it, incorporate it into your wedding photos, make wallpaper out of it...the choice is yours!

For the bespoke booklets these are charged separately after the report is written, depending on length and specification, but they start from only £30 and I think make brilliant thank you presents for family and friends. I even had one bride sending it out to acquaintances in New Zealand and San Francisco who weren't able to make it over for the wedding so that they could share in the day as well.

In this day and age, people DON'T have to get married. As such, I think it's a monumental decision when couples decide that they will and it's absolutely wonderful to see them honour their relationship and love in this very big gesture.

Witnessing that celebration of love and trying to transcribe it into a tangible, accurate keepsake of the day is now the thing that makes me leap out of bed in the morning and get to work.

If you would like to contact Emma or find out more about having your own bepsoke Wedding Report, visit her website now. You can also purchase gift vouchers that would make a great Christmas present for an engaged friend or relative.

Photo Credits: Ali Lovegrove Photography

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Chocolate Shoes from Chocolate Delores

If you are looking for a Christmas gift for a special lady who loves both chocolate and shoes (who doesn't right ladies), then you can't go too wrong with a gorgeous shoe from Chocolate Delores.

Lizzie, Owner of Chocolate Delores makes the most delicious Wedding and special occasion cakes that I have ever had the pleasure of tasting. The cakes are soaked in port and layered in butter cream and plum jam which makes them moist and quite frankly scrumptious.

She makes everything to order including the shoes, which are "bespoke and unique". She also hand makes yummy chocolates that would make fabulous favours or gifts. You can contact Chocolate Delores here

Image Credits: Chocolate Delores

Monday, 5 December 2011

Christmas and Wedding Ideas from Port Out Starboard Home

Today we are featuring Port Out Starboard Home, a Bristol based Mother and Daughter business that came about after Georgie got married and made her own headband out of pieces found in her Granny's jewellery box.

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Jill and Georgie told us "We are passionate about beautiful, handcrafted jewellery and particularly enjoy using recycled and vintage items in our hair accessories. We love vintage jewellery, the rhinestone, paste and pearl pieces have an amazing lustre, sparkle and luxurious feel. Our glamorous hair accessories incorporate vintage items such as brooches earrings and necklaces and are carefully made to be timeless and classic heirlooms of the future."

"Our extensive collection includes one off creations for brides, bridesmaids and flower girls. We also have a collection suitable for special occasions, which would be ideal for mothers of the bride or female guests requiring something special and different. We offer a bespoke service and are delighted to design and make to order, perhaps using a sentimental family piece. "

Alexandria

We are delighted to be able to offer 10% discount on all orders for Bristol Wedding News readers. Please quote BWB11 when ordering.

The headbands cost from around £60 upwards with some more expensive pieces for Weddings and special occasions. They also have a more affordable range of brooches which make great Christmas gifts as well as sequined headbands for children from £14.00.

The Vintage Marcasite leaf brooch shown above is £20. You can contact Jill and Georgie as listed below

T: 07703544345

W: http://www.portoutstarboardhome.co.uk

Photo Credits: Martin Wise of Studiowise

Friday, 2 December 2011

Christmas Gifts and Favours From Mullion Cove

Mullion Cove is a Bristol based company specialing in Cornish food. Not only do their delicious biscuits and treats make brilliant Wedding favours, they also have loads of products on their website that would make ideal Christmas gifts.

I was lucky to try some of their Cornish Farings at an event and they are absolutely delicious.
they also offer hampers that would make a perfect present for a loved one at Christmas or a great thank you for someone in your Wedding.

They are currently selling limited edition white chocolate and cranberry fairings for Christmas so don't miss out on these as they look delicious.

Visit the website to order some lovely goodies now.

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