MY WEDDING WORKSHOP

Thursday, 4 April 2013

The Travelling Chapel

A quirky little find by Michele we just had to share with you...

Sistine Gears is a self-contained 'art-lorry' built in the form of a two story fairytale church, how cool is that?

Perfect for a festival wedding!

From the group;

"We are a small art collective who, last year, built a 2 storey mobile
church with a pop up spire built from a 7.5 tonne lorry that can provide a
mobile or stationary venue. We originally built this for a contemporary
arts festival and we got an amazing reception from the public. We think it
would make a brilliant feature or venue idea for an alternative wedding and
have received great interest from Wedding Fairs and their organisers. As
well as a venue, it can be fitted out with a sound system (with house DJs
if you so wish) and can also be used as a cocktail bar."

Find out more by visiting;

http://www.sistinegears.co.uk/

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

The Wedding Reporter

Today we hear from a Bristol Wedding Business that is completely unique, and in our opinion a very wonderful idea... we recommend The Wedding Reporter!

The premise behind The Wedding Reporter is to reintroduce traditional storytelling methods to the myriad ways in which you can choose to document and remember your wedding day. You have so many pictures, a feature film and a memory box full of memento's – why would you overlook the opportunity to capture your greatest love story as precisely that, a story?

The trouble is, not everyone has the time, inclination or confidence to jot down the best day of their lives in literary detail. In fact, for some, it sounds like some sort of tortuous school task: “Write an essay on the subject of your wedding day in 10,000 words or less.”

Luckily, that’s where we come in. We actually attend your wedding day to experience firsthand all the minutiae of the day, from the atmosphere and ambience of your celebrations to the fleeting moments and tiny details that might pass you by in the whirlwind of getting married. You simply can’t be everywhere with everyone at once, so we’ll act as an objective pair of eyes to document everything for you.

It’s not just a chronicle of who said what and when, though. Your wedding report really is intended to be your own epic love story. We are, apart from anything, romantics at heart and as such, we view your day through the rosiest tinted spectacles. We write in a way that is intended to make you smile, provoke that lump in your throat and make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, long after the clarity of your memories has faded.

That’s the thing about words, you see. They live inside your own imagination, invoking visions and memories that you hadn’t even thought about. When you look at a picture, you see only what is inside that frame. When you read a sentence, you are transported to a myriad of other places, times and scenarios. There’s a magical, transformative nature about reading and one that we hope will create a literary legacy of your wedding for many years to come.

We have read a few of Emma's wedding stories and completely agree, having a story of your wedding day to share is just beyond lovely, we hope some riverstation Bride and Grooms run with this very soon so we can hear a wedding story from our amazing venue!

You can visit the Wedding Reporter here to find out more, we just love the blog.

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Trends for 2013

Spring/Summer 2013, looks and inspiration

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Friday, 11 January 2013

Wedding Day Make Up

Today we have some advice about wedding day make up from Emily Faith...

I'm a Bridal Make-up artist. I take pride in what I do and the smiles that I create. Every booking I receive feels like a great honour and being there on the morning of someone's wedding feels like you're being let in on a big secret and I get a buzz every single time!

Primarily I offer make-up for the bride, bridesmaid, mother of the bride and anyone else who might need me on the morning of your wedding day. I also offer private or group tutorial sessions to learn how to do your make-up instead of booking someone on the day. If you want to book me for a special occasion, a party, ball or event then I'm available for 1 - 2 hour make-up sessions at your request.

We asked Emily what she thinks is the most important thing Brides should think about when planning their big day make up...

What make-up would make them feel comfortable. The last thing you want is to go for something that is so far from what you would normally wear that you don't look or feel like yourself. Be honest with your make-up artist, if you feel your trial isn't what you want you MUST tell them. It's their job to make you happy and you're paying them to do this so don't be afraid to speak your mind.

Make sure you discuss how is best to look after your skin in the run up to the wedding.

A good make-up artist will be able to suggest appropriate products and techniques for having blemish free glowing skin on the day, but fear not if you do have a break out she'll be armed with every tool to hide it!

The other most important advice I could give is relax. Once the day has arrived and everything is done don't forget to enjoy it.

The morning of your wedding will be full of nerves no doubt but you have an army of people around you to make you look and feel the most special you've ever been so relish it, ideally this will only happen once!!

Emily also gave us tips for those of you doing your own face...

Practice, practice, practice! Try lots of different looks and always try them in the morning to check that they last all day. Once you've finished the look get someone to take a picture with a flash with a decent camera. The camera has a tendency to bleach the skin and this will tell you if your make-up stands out enough and whether you need a bit more.

Some last pieces of advice...

- Discuss lip colours on your trial and agree on one, I would buy yourself one of the same colour so you can reapply on the day.

- Always make sure you have at least one second opinion at the trial, ensure they're someone you can trust to give you an honest answer.

- Finally talk with your make-up artist as much as you can, make sure she knows plenty about your day so she can build a look that will fit in with your theme but also so you can work out if she is the sort of person you would want at the morning of your wedding day, it's really important to like actually like her!

You can find Emily's contact details here

Sunday, 16 December 2012

Bespoke Confetti...

I asked for a Guest to Blog on My Wedding Workshop and... Bingo... The lovely Rosie from Bespoke Confetti wrote the below.

Rosie was one of the exhibitors at riverstation's, Eco Wedding Fair back in November. Her confetti is beautiful and because it's natural with no dyes it doesn't stain and this will make your venue very happy!!

For the love of confetti..........I guess that’s how we started.

Confetti has always had a place at weddings and other celebratory occasions, if the direct question ‘Confetti?’ is posed, most weddings parties would like it to feature in some way on their day.

Where once upon a time, it was left to the guests to bring along confetti to throw at the bride and groom to ‘bless them with good luck and fortune’ now, quite often, unless it is part of the planning process, it can now be a pretty hit and miss affair as to whether confetti will make an appearance on your special day, and more importantly, something you and your venue find acceptable.

Confetti has been thrown for centuries, long before it was given the name that we know it by today. Some of the first recorded uses relate to the ‘showering’ of Henry VII with wheat by the locals wishing him ‘good luck’ and welcoming his bride.

Wheat continued to be in fashion until the early 1870’s when rice became the ‘shower’ of the day, continuing until the turn of the century, when ‘confetti’ the showering of bonbons at Italian carnivals was adopted by weddings in Britain.

Wedding confetti has taken many guises over the last few years, but one thing had become apparent, that not all forms of confetti are acceptable, being labelled as littering, environmentally harmful and difficult to clear.

Here at Bespoke Confetti, we believe we have grown beautiful biodegradable wedding confetti. Our real petal confetti is by no means unique, but we have tried to produce something that has arrived by a truly environmental journey from the field to you and in no way compromises on quality.

The flowers are grown as a field crop without the use of pesticides or other chemicals. The petals are handpicked, graded and air dried. They retain their natural colours so are a true real petal confetti in its most natural confetti state. It throws beautifully, will showcase your photographs for years to come, but blow away and biodegrade, leaving no footprint for those that follow.

There are many real petal confetti options to choose from, many are freeze dried and imported, and dyed to give optimum colour choices. Be aware that some of the dyed petals are not colourfast and may cause staining that can be difficult to remove.

We cannot compete with the colour range of some of the freeze dried petals on offer, but suggest that if you may like to colour co-ordinate our petal with confetti cones to match your colour choice.

We love our confetti, we love knowing its journey from start to finish, and we are really proud to be able to offer something that we think will make a welcome guest appearance on your very special day, whether it’s used conventional throwing confetti, decoration or other use.

Finally, consider adding a side note on your invitation, requesting ‘real petal confetti’ or that ‘confetti provided’ or in the worst case scenario ‘no confetti allowed’ avoiding any expensive clean up charges.