When you are a small self employed wedding business Tweet Ups provide a great chance to mingle, network and exchange business cards as well as having a glass or two of bubbly and some treats provided by the venue and attending suppliers such as cupcakes, candy buffets, cookies and live entertainment.

                                

The next Goldbrick House Tweet Up is the Summer Soiree, which will be held in the loft and on the terrace this Thursday, 7th June from 6pm to 9pm. There will be live music from musician Matt Bee as well as drinks, canapes and more.

Visit the Little Wedding Tweet Ups facebook page for more information. Please note this event is for wedding suppliers only.

On Sunday Goldbrick House opened its doors for a fabulous wedding open day to allow engaged couples to view the ceremony and reception rooms as they could look for their own big day. The rooms were styled by The Little Wedding Helper using stunning pink and green floral displays by Flowers By Thea.




Acoustic Musician Matt Bee created a relaxed ambiance while couples milled around viewing the range of rooms from the restaurant, which was set up for a reception, to the stylish champagne bar and loft, which was set up as a ceremony space, with access to the outdoor terrace ideal for summer weddings.




A selection of top local wedding suppliers were on hand to give prospective brides and grooms even more inspiration from sweets and lollipop favours from Bristol Candy Buffet (below) to vintage china hire from Bristol Vintage as shown above. There were also free wedding planning tips and advice from How 2 I Do Wedding & Event Planning.





For those with a sweet tooth there was lots to behold from Vintage Candy Buffets to stunning cakes by Chocolate Delores and The Custom Cake Shop.

Paper Sherbet had original design stationary and HQ Hairdressing were on hand to offer advice on wedding hair styling.




For more information on getting married at Goldbrick House, contact Katherine Minton or visit the website. Please also click the links above to find out more about any of the great suppliers who exhibited.

Today we have a reminder about a great event taking place in Bristol this Sunday. The ever stylish Goldbrick House is having a wedding open day where you can view the rooms and imagine what they would look like on your big day.

The Little Wedding Helper will be styling the venue and some of Bristol's top wedding  suppliers have been hand picked to set up on the day to give you ideas. You will also get a goody bag and 25% in the cafe so why not pop in for brunch and take a look around if you are still looking for your dream venue or suppliers.

                          

The event runs from 11am until 4pm on Sunday 13^th May 2012 and there is no entry fee. For more information and to register your interest contact Katherine @

Image Credit: Bristol Bites

Goldbrick House is an upmarket city centre wedding venue with a real boutique feel. It as a range of great spaces for civil ceremonies, partes and wedding receptions nd it will be opening it's doors to the public on Sunday 13th May.



Goldbrick Houe have hand picked some of Bristol's top wedding suppliers to exhibit to help create a sense of how the venue could look on your special day. For more information visit the Goldbrick House website.

When you are a small self employed business as many wedding suppliers are, a Tweet Up can be a a fantastic opportunity to meet new friends and form an invaluable network. This is not only great for business but also great for people that spend a lot of time working from home on their own and miss the social life that comes with office parties and colleagues to gossip with.

Kirsten Butler, The Little Wedding Helper, organises Tweet Ups regularly in Bristol with Goldbrick House often playing host to the fun events. They provide a chance to mingle, network and exchange business cards as well as having a glass or two of bubbly and some treats provided by the venue and attending suppliers such as cupcakes, candy buffets, cookies and live entertainment. The great picture below by Marie Man captures the last Tweet Up perfectly.

                             

The next Goldbrick House Tweet Up is the Summer Soiree, which will be held on the terrace on the 7th June from 6pm to 9pm.

 The first wedding tweet up to be held in Bath will be on The Penny Lane. It takes place on May 2nd from 6-9pm and here will be bubbly, canapes & music. It is being jointly hosted by Kirsten, with Strawberry Field Catering.


                                      

To keep up to date with any future Tweet Ups, visit the Little Wedding Tweet Up page on facebook.

Images courtesy of Marie Man and The Penny Lane Cruiser

Wednesday night was the second Bristol Wedding Tweet Up organised by Kirsten Butler, The Little Wedding Helper and held in the Champagne Bar at the glorious Goldbrick House. Guests from across the Wedding Industry arrived from 6pm to be greeted by complimentary champagne and delicious canapes. Bristol Wedding Photographer Marie Man was on hand with her camera to capture the evening and her brilliant pictures are shown here.







Guests also got to enjoy a delicious selection of sweets from Bristol Candy Buffet. The Buffet was styled in vintage colours to match the Little Wedding Helper's venue styling. It was hugely popular all evening and only a handful of sweets were left in the the pretty jars and vintage tins by the end of the night.



The Little Wedding Helper styled the Champagne Bar with pretty flowers, vintage floral china, gorgeous battered vintage suitcases and a framed board for people to add their business cards to.


It was a great fun and friendly event and there will be another one scheduled in the New Year for anyone who missed out or wants to come to another one. See all of Marie's pictures here

Words by Stephanie Allison

In honour of tonights Wedding Industry Tweet Up, we are featuring the stylish Goldbrick House today. Goldbrick House sits near the top of park street in a site that is a conversion of two Georgian town houses and a Victorian factory. It is now an incredibly stylish "food and drink emporium" that is licenced to hold civil ceremonies.


                                        


You can tell that the building had different former uses by the way that it is a series of inter-connecting rooms rather than one large space, but this gives it a cosy charm and means that there are specific areas such as the champagne bar, cafe, library, restaurant, loft and terrace.


                                        


Getting married at Goldbrick House is surprisingly affordable, given how it has such a glamorous boutique feel as they don't charge venue hire, just a minimum spend that you could easily meet with a reasonably sized reception.


Goldbrick also provide delicious food, cocktails and canapes and having eaten there several times and sampled their canapes I can certainly vouch for the food.


                                            


The photos here have been taken from the blog of talented photographer Rosie Parsons. You can view more here. To find out more visit the Goldbrick website and look out for some pictures from the Tweet Up soon.

Next Wednesday, 7th September, approximately 50 of Bristol's Wedding Suppliers will be meeting at Goldbrick House for a Tweet Up organised by The Little Wedding Helper.

Tweet Ups are a chance for suppliers who chat regulary on Twitter to meet up and put some faces to the names they follow. Steph Allison from How 2 I Do Wedding Planning, who attended the last event said

"I really enjoyed the last Tweet Up and I have made some really great contacts as a result, some of which are now good friends. As a self employed Wedding business I don't have any colleagues or a water cooler to chat around, so Twitter has been a great way to meet people and promote my business within the Industry."

Here's a few images form the last Tweet Up, which were taken by West Weddings. You can read their report here


                             


                              

So why not come along, bring some business cards and make some new contacts. It will be held in the Champagne Bar from 6pm to 9pm.

Photo Credit: West Wedding Blog

As September approaches, here's a few key dates in the world of Bristol Weddings

Bristol Tweet Up: Wednesday 7th September, Goldbrick House, Park Street, Bristol 6pm to 9pm. A chance for Bristol Wedding Suppliers to network and talk Weddings. Organised by The Little Wedding Helper, Kirsten Butler. See more about this in a special post on Wednesday.

A Brides Affair: Sunday 11th September Combe House, Bridgwater 10am to 3pm.


                                                     

World of Weddings: Sunday 11th September, Holiday Inn Filton, Bristol. Free parking. Free glass of wine or squash for visitors. Brides also receive free free chocolate and wedding magazines. Fashion shows at 12 noon and 14:30. Over 75 stands.

On the 18th May the fantastically glamorous Goldbrick House hosted a wedding tweet up organised by the Little Wedding Helper and it was a great networking event for Bristol Wedding Suppliers. Loads of local suppliers turned up to sample the free champagne and canapes and make some new Bristol wedding contacts.

 Bristol offers so many talented and enthusiastic people on your doorstep ready to make sure that you have an amazing Wedding. Kirsten Butler aka the Little Wedding Helper organised the event. Kirsten offers a bespoke wedding, event and marquee styling service to ensure that wedding venues look amazing.

Steph from How 2 I Do won the raffle prize of a free cut and blow dry at McQueens Hair Salon. How 2 I Do offer Wedding Planning Workshops to assist Brides in planning their Big Day in a fun and stress free way.


Katherine from Goldbrick House was on hand to welcome everyone and hand out some delicious canapes. Goldbrick House in situated on Park Street and is a conversion of two Georgian town houses and a Victorian factory. It is now an incredibly stylish "food and drink emporium" that is licenced to hold civil ceremonies.


Emma Woodhouse aka "The Wedding Reporter" was also present. She offers brides a really original service where she will come along to your wedding and experience it as a guest and then write you a detailed report of the day that you can treasure forever alongside with your photos. Emma is an experienced freelance writer who is currently writing some pieces for Wedding Ideas Magazine.

Bristol has loads of great photographers and they were out in full force and it was brilliant to see so many passionate people including Marie Man, Taylor Barnes, Sam Gibson, Nevil Lane Studio, Proof Photography and Jacqueline Helen.


Here's some of those who attended
The Little Wedding Helper -Bespoke Event Stylist www.littleweddinghelper.co.uk
Goldbrick House - Licenced Wedding venue www.goldbrickhouse.co.uk
How 2 I Do -Wedding Planning Workshops www.how2ido.co.uk
The Wedding Reporter -Freelance Writer www.theweddingreporter.co.uk
Marry Me in Somerset -Wedding Directory www.marrymeinsomerset.co.uk
Cheltenham Wedding DJ -Wedding Specialist DJ www.cheltenhamweddingdj.co.uk
Marie Man - Documentary and Fashion Photography www.marieman.com
Taylor Barnes Photography -Wedding Photographer www.taylorbarnesphotography.co.uk
Jacqueline Helen - Wedding Photography www.hacquelinehelenphotography.co.uk
Proof Photography - Family and Wedding Portraiture www.proofphotography.co.uk
McQueens Hair Design and Colouring Specialists www.mcqueenshairbristol.co.uk
Nevil Lane Studio -Styling and Photography for Kids www.nevillanestudio.com
West Weddings - South West Wedding Magazine westweddings.blogspot.com
Perfect Wedding - National Wedding Magazine www.perfectweddingmag.com/
The Mews Clifton - Luxurious Bridal Boutique www.themewsclifton.co.uk/
Sam Gibson Wedding Photography www.samgibsonwedding.co.uk
Lizzy May Photography -Wedding Photographer http://lizzymayphoto.blogspot.com/
Bridezillas Ltd Bridal Accesories Boutique www.Bridezillas.biz
Rachel Goodchild -Wedding Blogs www.weddingblogdesigner.com/