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Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 August 2014

little sis got hitched

Just over a week ago my little sister got hitched, I have been patiently waiting to write this blog for over a year now, Katy & Martin got married at the Tithe Barn in our parents village of Lenham, the wedding theme was Recycling and so there was lots of crafting involved, so here goes....

First off, lets talk flowers, Katy had heard from a friend who got married last year, that they picked all their flowers from a local nursery and arranged them all by themsleves, so of course you might remember that I went on a bridal bouquet and buttonhole course earlier this year, well that was all in preparation for the big day! The Friday before the wedding, Katy, Mum and I headed down to Blooming Greens to pick all our wild flowers, it costs £50 per bucket and they advised we would need 3 buckets to allow for one bridal bouquet and 10 table arrangements, it was such a lovely thing to do and I loved the fact the flowers were all seasonal we did it all by ourselves ....





Next up is the beautiful wedding cake and dessert.... My amazingly talented mum made the wedding cake, and my god didnt it look stunning and trust me it tasted divine!!! The cake consisted of 3 tiers, each comprising 4 layers of victoria sponge cake, butter cream and homemade strawberry jam (thanks to Diana in the village)


Katy & Martin decided they wanted fresh strawberries and cream for dessert, but also opted for these gorgeous assortment of different flavours of meringue kisses, made by the exremely talented Meringue Girls, check out their website, they recently made meringues for the opening of the new Picadilly Cath Kidston store....



Next up, the favours, I saw these bride and groom pegs on pinterest ages ago, and fell in love, so did Katy, we wanted to incorporate them into the wedding somehow, Katy decided to use them to fasten the pic n mix favours bag and attach their wedding compilation CD to the bag, cute or what?? Martin also had a stamp made to match their invites.... and a very lovely talented guy who i met through work, Andrew, very kindly made the crate out of salvaged crate, hopefully Katy & Martin can use it as a herb garden.....



Last up, thought you might like to see a few snaps of the venue and the very happy couple.... (Martins Dad, Mick made the Mr & Mrs sign, very clever man!!) and my Mum and Nan Violet made all the pretty bunting.... what an amazing day, epic wedding never to be forgotten....






Last up, thank you very much to Emma's Fabric Studio for lending us the crochet eyes for the tractors, they really make this photo...







Wednesday, 23 April 2014

The Great British Sewing Bee - 1930's vintage Blouse challenge

i am very sad to say that The Great British Sewing Bee has now finished... at least we have the The Great British Bake Off to see us through the summer! Having been completely inspired by the talented contestants on the show I have bought the book Great British Sewing Bee book, £12 Amazon and fallen in love with the 1930's inspired vintage peplum blouse, so far I have only traced out the pattern and cut it out, need to pick my fabric and get going, wish me luck! The plan is to wear it to my sister's wedding brunch....




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Wednesday, 2 April 2014

photos of the week

the weekend before last the sun was out and i fancied a pub lunch and a walk, so we headed to The Three Tuns in Lower Halstow, Kent, the food is amazing, good pub food, rather large portions.... we then walked along the riverside, check out my photography skills....


The London Coffee festival kicks off tomorrow 03-06 April, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, I am going on Saturday in the afternoon, so will report back next week, but this is what it is all about... 


On top of entry to The London Coffee Festival for a three hour session you can expect coffee and food samples, tastings, demos and live music! Learn about the various different ways to make and brew coffee at home, visit your favourite barista at the True Artisan CafĂ© and graze your way through the artisan food and street food markets. You won’t go home hungry or thirsty!


my best friend Sarah sent me this picture this morning, i have a rather strange obsession with hippo's and this little baby one is absolutely adorable, could't help but share it with you.... 



my soon to be brother-in-law bought me this Lazy Frog midwifery fob watch for christmas last year, i cannot wait to wear it come September....


Finally, on Instagram I saw this lovely photo today, how gorgeous would this be for a wedding table setting or posh dinner party....