Hello Monday!

A few weeks ago I posted about us making our big stack of paper pom poms! I had this idea of covering the ceiling with them – so the whole place looked liked Bohemia.

First of all we had a try out day making them…

Then we had a bit of a faff trying to errect the whole thing, as we weren’t allowed to hang them from the ceiling, so we had to hang them off a series of wires, strung across the ceiling!

Anyway, at last – the finished result! Hurrah! And the best bit? They didn’t all fall down half way through! Wooh!

Hope you like them as much as well all did!

Love

Emma xx

Hello Saturday!

The day before our wedding, Matt and I, our families, and all the bridesmaids and groomsmen were all up in Norwich for the rehearsal which we were having at 3pm on the Thursday.

This day could be better know as ‘Operation Pom Pom’. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I wanted the whole room to be really fun and colourful (I didn’t really have a colour scheme except that I wanted it all to be lovely summery ice creamy candy colours) so it would look like a ‘bohemian 1940s village fete’ (ha).

We had pre made a whole load of paper pom poms and bought loads of paper lanterns which we wanted to hang, but there was one catch. We couldn’t hang them off the ceiling. So Matt’s dad Robert came up with a genius system of hanging them all off wires, which we would thread from one side of the room to the other, attached to a series of clamps.

So the men all set about erecting the clamp system, and we all sat and started poofing out the pom poms, while my grandpa sat and put together all the lanterns. It was like a pom pom conveyer belt!

While this was underway, we also set up a table already to go – to show Beth, from our fab caterers (who I will talk about in a later post as they deserve a whole little section of their own). This meant we could all go off to the rehearsal at 3pm and Beth could do all the other table while we were gone, so they were all set up ready to go for the next day.

A little bit of advice – the day before will be the most manic. Make sure you make some time to have something to eat (My MOH Alex and Matt both got me some lunch while I was on the phone to our photographer Sophie, so I had two lunches mmmmm), and make sure that amongst the madness you have a time where you say good bye to setting up, and leave it to your bridesmaids or family and go and have a quiet couple of hours.

After the rehearsal at 3pm, I went and had a lovely manicure and pedicure at our hotel for a couple of hours before we went our for our team bride dinner. It meant I left the venue at 4pm, and even though some stuff wasn’t done, I had to let it all go and go off and forget about it. The next day when I turned up it was all absolutely perfect, so you can be safe assured it will all go to plan!

Thank you to everyone who helped out that day and did lots of fab creative work and made it all look so lovely!

Love

Emma xxxx

Morning!!

I just wanted to take the chance to thank Matt for his brilliant Guest Post yesterday- The Groom Speaks! You had us all in stiches!!

But today I want to share a special venue with you…
There are many beautiful places you can choose to get married, but when a collegue of mine showed me where she is getting married, I knew I had to tell you about it!!

Wouldn’t you want to know about getting married in a TREE HOUSE?!

Then sit back & gaze at The Lodge, Lochgoil, Scotland.

Stunning.
The Tree House is for more intimate ceremony & hold up to 24 guests. With views overlooking Loch Goil, its a beautifully romantic venue!
They do also have facilities for larger parties & an onsite wedding co-ordinator called Alice.

As you know, we love a beautiful venue at Electric Wedding, but we also like to bring you the facts. The cost.
What’s it going to set you back?

Wedding cost at the Lodge based on 24 guests is £6,000
(This is based on 8 people staying at The Lodge)
This price includes:
•The exclusive use of the Lodge based on a 24 hour rate
•The use of the entire grounds and the gardens
•Our wonderful Tree house for your wedding venue
•Flowers in all the Lodge reception rooms
•Table decorations
•Menus
•Place settings
•Guest table plan
•Our own Master of Ceremonies
•Silver cake stand and knife
•Four course wedding feast
•Canapés
•Cheese Board
•Champagne ( half a bottle per person )
•House wine ( half a bottle per person )
•Mineral water (half a bottle per person)
•Service charge 12 % on food and beverage
Also included in this our experienced wedding planner. Alice will work together with you to make sure your day runs smoothly and professionally.
For more price variants, click here.

What a great venue!

If you have a venue to share, let me know! I’m still looking myself…

Happy Hunting All,
Charlotte xx

Only 5? I have allowed myself to pick only 5??
Yes, well, you would be utterly bored if I listed them all!!!

My Top 5.

1. The Dress
Naturally.

For most Brides to Be, its the most important feature to get right & something that should be the most fun… should be… after we have nearly killed ourselves to look as good as impossible….
I know many Brides who have run straight out to try on dresses immediately. I, as you know, am not one of those Brides, but I still want it to be utterly stunning, to match me.. ha ha ha! And I love how excited people get when they try dresses on! Even the big bad ones!
This amazing Claire Pettibone dress is actually for Sale! Click here to see more.

2. The Speeches
I just don’t know how they do it. The best man speeches are always great! Funny. Soooo funny. I know people get great tips on line- check out Wedding Speeches & Toasts by Maggie Mayfair for some great advice.
My hats of to you the Best man, its always a cracker!

3. Flowers
I love the flowers that are chosen for weddings!!! Peonies, Cala Lilies, Roses, sunflowers.. the list is endless.

They always look stunning & in my humble opinon, the simpler, the better.

4. Food & Drink
People always seem to remember the food! Sometimes because it was fantastic.. and sometime becasue it was awful.
I have sampled both, but like many, I remember the awful ones the most! So i am working hard for my food NOT to be a ‘bad food’ story.

I love food in general, but wedding food is so delicious becasue sooo much care & preperation goes into it all.

Don’t get me started on the cake!!

5. The Venue
The more magical & unusual the better for me! I showed you these tents from Papa Kata last week which I think are amazing!

You can also have a stunning manor house which often do a great deal on the whole day’s package.
I have also heard of tree house weddings, lake sided venues, Barns, beaches.. you name it I am sure someone has had a wedding there!

As the venue is where you spend the day, its so important to get one you like! I am still trying. I have found it but its a little out of my range right now….

So, there’s to Emma & her wedding next week!
I’m bursting with excitment!

Charlotte xx

Morning wedding lovies

I never thought I would hear myself say this, but I am very excited this week over er.. paper pom poms!

I have seen a few images of pom poms in various wedding mags, and subsequently discovered the mothership of paper pom pom making – at Martha Stewart. Visit it immediately for papery inspiration!

I realise that these are nothing new. But as there was a big time emphasis on how easy they are to make – I decided to make a few this weekend in preparation to see if this was true (and also to show all you lovely people my progress)! Years and years ago, I remember watching Blue Peter make a My Little Pony stable out of cardboard that was ‘easy’ to make. Was it? Was it heck. My ponies had no home till the following Christmas when I got the real thing!

And guess what?

It was SUPER EASY.

As I have mentioned previously, I have a whole church hall to decorate, and I am currently in the process of thinking of ideas that fit my ‘1940s Bohemian English country church fete’ theme (ha).

I would say these fit pretty nicely thank you very much!

Reasons why these are great:

1. They make lovely replacements for flowers (and paper is cheaper than petals girls – these little lovelies wil save you a whole heap of cash)!

2. You can make them in whatever colour you like

3. You can make them yourself! Get everyone over and have a pom pom making party!  In fact, that’s what I’m going to do. Pom Pom mania!

4. People will think you are a creative genius.  In fact, as we have discovered they are simples! Martha Stewart tells you how here.

If any of you are working the paper pom pom look at your wedding then let us know – I would love to see more pom pom pretties!

To save you a bit more time in making these – I got my tissue paper today from Party Delights and I got my flower wire from The Craft Company.

Shake them loud and proud!

Love Emma xx

Hello wedding lovers!

So MASSIVE excitement around my desk again yesterday as another fab wedding package turned up. I think most of my colleagues are now waiting with wry amusement to see what turns up next. So far there has been jewellery, lanterns, tissue paper, and now….. favours! Hurrah!

So when we were thinking about what favours to have (correction, I was thinking. Matt still hasn’t quite understood why we are giving people small gifts for coming to a massive party, but I don’t think men really do get these things) – I wanted to give little seedlings in little pots so that they would last for ages and people could look at them when the plant was bigger and say ‘Ah, remember Emma and Matt’s wedding?’. However when we actually thought about it, I realised they would be a bit of a pain to get them home without spilling them and I didn’t want them to get spoilt.

Then I found Cox & Cox, who have an absolutely lovely selection of wedding related accessories.

The favours were the thing that caught my eye more than anything.  I’m so tired of browsing websites looking at ridiculous bits of nonsense which are supposed to be ‘favours’.   Cox and Cox’s range has got a lot of different bits and pieces I had never seen before.

For example, these mini favour tins are £18 for 24, and you can fill them with whatever you like – shells, petals, or a lovely quote.

I also desperately want these Love Origami (£17 for thirty) and also these famous face masks (£15 for eight masks) – how cool?

And just in case you forget where you are going….this sign is £12 and will make sure you have no waifs and strays!

I found Cox and Cox through a little catalogue they gave away with a wedding magazine, and am well pleased to be using them. If you visit their site there are loads more bits to choose from!

Finally – which favours did I get? I’m not going to tell because if you are coming to my wedding it will ruin the surprise – but will blog all about them after the big event!

Happy favouring!

Love
Emma xxxx

I’m all about lanterns this week as I have been looking at loads of different types of light up lovelyness to decorate my reception venue.

I love the idea of having lots of different coloured lanterns, a bit like these ones I saw hanging in India a couple of years ago…

Now, I realise that these are pretty popular and most of you will have seen these before, but I keep seeing these lovely sky lanterns.  I think these would make a great altenative to fireworks, and would make for some very pretty pictures..

I will be getting my sky lanterns from A Party Palace , a fabulous little party shop in East Sheen, London, who have got lanterns galore to browse from.  They also do a fantastic range of dressing up, so if you live in the London area and are thinking of having a themed hen party, I’d definately recommend heading their way!

Love
Emma xx

One of my favourite films is Sophia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette.  When it came out a few years ago, it got a right pasting from the critics, yet I can watch it again and again.  Why? Because it a feast of visual eye candy!

When it came to planning my wedding (and also this site), this film has been an major inspiration. I just love the sorbet colours and punk rock soundtrack!

Apart fromthe dazzling array of colours, the film uses shoes made by Manolo Blahnik and cakes by Laduree.

Take a look at these fabulous images and use them as inspiration for colour palletes, favours, hen parties and make up..

…and then dance around the house to Adam and the Ants and The Cure!

Hope you like them as much as i did!

Emma xx