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Tips For Creating a Unique Wedding

Our Expert: Helen Ladlow has been working for a gorgeous wedding venue in Kent called The Orangery for over ten years. She loves meeting people and finds helping them make their dream wedding a reality hugely rewarding. Watching the reaction of the guests and groom when they first see the bride still brings a tear to her eye even after a decade of weddings! Over the years Helen has seen it all and has shared with us some top tips that she wants every bride to know.

What makes a wedding unique?

8 wedding traditions from around the world

Wherever you are in the world, weddings are always a great day, full of love, laughter, and much celebration. While you will probably attended enough weddings to know what to expect from the day, there are some wonderful country-specific traditions that you may not be familiar with if you have only been to a wedding in the UK.

Whether you find yourself at a wedding somewhere else in the world, or are simply looking for wedding inspiration and want to incorporate some unique practices into your own, experts at language app Babbel (Babbel.com) have shared a list of marital traditions from eight countries around the world to give you some insider info.

‘Heartfelt’ favours for bride-to-be Carole

A specialist training centre for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs in Dorset is at the ‘heart’ of preparations for a forthcoming wedding.

Individuals who attend the Outcomes with Learning (OWL) Town Farm Workshop in Sixpenny Handley are putting the finishing touches to an order for 30 ceramic ‘wedding favours’.

The heart-shaped gifts will have pride of place on guests’ tables at the nuptials of Carole Edmond and husband-to-be Tim in Milborne Port on July 22.

Carole is the managing director of Regard, the UK’s fourth biggest private provider of supported living and residential services, who run the workshops.

Elegant Wedding Day Treats from Ted Baker

When planning your wedding there are so many little jobs to tick off your list. We know how important it is to find the perfect products to spoil yourself on your special day. No need to panic if you’re still looking for some beautiful treats that won’t break the bank, as we’ve found the most delectable range to leave you feeling – and smelling – like a princess.

Luxury Kitchenware - A Wedding Gift Guide

We’ve all been there when we’re invited to a wedding and the time comes to purchase a gift for the happy couple. Perhaps they’ve been together a long time and appear to have all they need for their home, or maybe they don’t have a wedding gift list so you’re forced to think outside of the box in terms of suitable gift options. We’d like to offer you some wonderful luxury kitchenware wedding gift suggestions that would fit right into the home of the happy couple.

Firstly, here’s some tips when it comes to shopping for a wedding gift:

Top tips to planning your own wedding

Planning your wedding is exciting, overwhelming and fun...but it can be daunting. Here are my top tips on planning it right.

Know your budget:

Your wedding is one of the most special days of your life, but don’t let the funding of it take over the rest of your life. Discuss and agree your budget and ensure there’s a 10% contingency included – then get planning...not the other way around! bride groom

Make it personal:

How to use lighting to create the perfect ambience for your wedding

Great lighting can really make a wedding by providing just the right level of ambience, butthere are a number of important elements that every bride and groom needs to have considered in order to get the lighting just right. Here are five illuminating tips for achieving lighting perfection on your big day.

1. Check the venue’s rules

Bordeaux En Primeur - A Gift to Stand the Test of Time

With wedding season in full swing, finding the perfect gift can sometimes prove challenging. With this in mind M&S has found the solution to every gifting occasion with a selection of fine wines that will continue to be appreciated long after the wrapping paper has fallen away.

For an original and thoughtful gift, consider Marks and Spencer’s en primeur range: fine wines sourced from Bordeaux, selected on quality and value, bought before they were bottled and designed to be kept to age.

Where to go for the perfect wedding brows

So you’re getting married, you’ve secured the date, chosen your dress and your honeymoon plans are well underway, but there could be one thing you haven’t yet thought of yet…your eyebrows!!

Yes, it might sound like the last thing on your mind right now, but we can guarantee that having your eyebrows, lips and even eyeliner taken care off and professionally applied using the microblading, semi permanent makeup technique will ensure you feel confident and beautiful at all times throughout the entire wedding process. Even when you’re barefaced, sunbathing on your honeymoon you will have perfectly applied makeup in place to enhance your features AND your confidence during the happiest time of your life.

The ‘unplugged’ wedding trend gains pace with up to a third of couples putting a social media ban over their big day

Couples can perfect their wedding social media strategy at an interactive workshop on 19 July at Sheraton Grand London Park Lane.

London, June 2017: Sheraton Grand London Park Lane surveyed the B.LOVED bridal community to understand attitudes towards social media and weddings in 2017 and found that more than 1 in 3 brides are opting for an unplugged wedding this year, following in the footsteps of Pippa Middleton, banning phones and other digital devices during the ceremony or reception. Half of respondents cited their guests missing key moments from the big day because they are on their phone as being the main reason for enforcing the ban.

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