Category Archives: Vendor Love

Wedding Wonderland – A Notonthehighstreet event

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Back in May, I had the opportunity to spend the day at Clifton Nurseries for the Notonthehighstreet.com event, Wedding Wonderland, along with many other influential wedding bloggers and wedding magazines. 

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On the day, being showcased were some of the newest and most unique wedding products which were been styled by creative events producers Knot & Pop. The day was filled with hands on workshops with some fabulous business and the ever awesome Kate Halfpenny of Halfpenny London let us in to a sneak peek of her latest collection for Spring/Summer16. 

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A 1980s Blitz Kids Bridal Shoot – Way Out Wedding

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Today on Marry Me Ink, I get to share with you this awesome bridal shoot, from Erin the brain behind Way Out Wedding and Paola de Paola Photography, full of shoulder pads and big hair.

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Growing up in the 1980s, my head was turned at an early age by Adam and The Ants, Duran Duran, Visage, and all the outlandish fashion of the club scene. It’s such a visually exciting look, and completely original and representative of each person. No carbon copies back then; everything was borne of pure imagination. I just had to do a shoot that incorporated this into a bridal setting, no doubt about it. And I knew exactly who to ask to be on the team!! Fellow fans of this scene, who know it, love it, and brought serious expertise to the day. And there’s a huge thanks to Myriam from La dame au beret, who was this superstar stylist on the day, taking the reins for creating the looks superbly. She was in her element, and did such amazing things with the dresses, jewellery, and overall looks for the models.

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All these suppliers took the look from my mind and made it into something so wonderful and beyond my dreams!

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The dresses belong to my new preloved bridal range, No Debutante. Myriam and Lauren sourced most of the outfits, and these ladies know their early 1980s stuff! We added these finds to some dresses I already had in my stock, and together these perfectly represented the New Romantic scene crossed with edgy bridal. We teamed them up with glittering jewellery from Wolf & Moon.

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Gifts For The Men Of The Wedding

Looking for something great to gift your husband to be on your wedding day or anniversary? Or maybe you’re looking to get the groomsmen a bit of something for being so awesome on the day?

UncommonGoods are committed to offering you a creative and exciting merchandise assortment and are working with their suppliers to make their products in a more socially and environmentally responsible manner. They feature products that contain recycled components and do not sell products containing leather, feathers or fur – “Our goal is to sell no product that harms humans or animals”.

For the past week I’ve been working with UncommonGoods and looking at their fab range for the men in our lives and have come up with my three favourites!

beersoap6 Pack Beer Soap Set, £30.55 – Buy here

The 6 pack of beer soap set is part of the Groomsmen gifts. “Happy hour gets a clean update with these unique, handmade soaps, made with six varieties of beer.” You can find more groomsmen gifts including lots of unique cufflinks here.

gin1Homemade Gin Kit, £14.55 – Buy here

The homemade gin kit is part of the UncommonGoods anniversary gifts for him range and looks fab (I may even have it for myself, never mind the men!). Embrace the do-it-yourself spirit by making a batch of aromatic gin using your favourite vodka as the base! You can find more anniversary gifts here.

stonesWhiskey Stones & Gift Set, £14.55 – Buy here

Whiskey Stones are ideal for drinking with high quality whiskey because they keep it at the perfect sipping temperature (50 degrees F), whereas ice cubes can make the whiskey too cold and ruin the flavour.

Marry Me Ink Loves Paragon Floral Design

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Today on Marry Me Ink, I get to introduce you to the wonderful girls at Paragon Floral Design who I had the amazing chance of working with earlier on this year at The Lyceum Theatre shoot in Crewe. They have also recently been including in Brides Magazine’s “Pretty List” – From their work, you can totally see why!

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We are Paragon Floral Design. Founded by Lisa Holroyd and Kate Whelan, We have worked together for 10 years and decided it was time to branch out by ourselves. We love to work on Weddings and Event florals, our style is detailed and intricate, we love to construct and develop on traditional ideas.

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What inspires your work?

EVERYTHING, craftwork, fabrics, architecture, other floral designers,natural architecture in leaves, bone structures, patterns in shells. We love texture and learning new techniques.

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What are your favourite brides to work with?

People who are enthusiastic, excited and not ‘lost in the industry’, they are getting married for love and that’s the most important part of the day. Those people are fun, usually laid back and more open to adventure.

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