The British flower industry is undergoing a revolution with UK-grown flowers becoming more and more popular for a unique and memorable wedding day.
Many brides are now steering away from choosing their flower arrangements from a catalogue and opting to pick them instead. The Wedding Team at Holiday Inn London – Wembley gives their top three reasons why you should get green fingers before your special day:
It’s all grown not flown…
Stag and hen experts Red7 are scouring the nation in search of Britain’s best Best Man.
Did your Best Man pull out all the stops on the stag do? Perhaps he delivered a tone-perfect speech at the wedding reception or peppered the wedding day with surprises à la Love Actually.
Whatever the reason, if your Best Man puts the others to shame, Red7 wants to know!
The company is the UK’s original specialist hen and stag party travel agent and celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To mark two decades in the wedding industry, Red7 is asking couples up and down the country to nominate their Best Men with heart-warming tales of why they should be crowned the nation’s finest.
Following what has been hailed as the nuptials of the year, Pippa Middleton’s marriage to hedge fund manager fiancé James Matthews, has truly given us wedding fever!
While not strictly a princess, Pippa has an undeniable regal connection as sister of Catherine, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, and as such, there was an air of excitement and expectation that made it a stand-out affair.
Our wedding days are planned down to every last intricate detail. From scattered rose petals on table tops to the order of canapés served and even right down to the very last song on our wedding playlist. Many of us spend months searching for the perfect band that is to our acquired taste. It takes time to choose a band you and your partner feel will conjure the exact atmosphere you have been putting together with every other element of your fairytale day.
But what happens if the unexpected happens and your band cancels last minute? Whether the cause is illness, bereavement, or transport failure, a legitimate reason doesn’t make the situation any less daunting. First things first, stay calm. We have everything you need to know to avoid the last minute dreaded panic.
Whether just engaged or a few months away from walking down the aisle, every bride-to-be wants to ensure that her special day is perfect – from her impeccable hair and flawless makeup to THE dress that she has been dreaming of wearing down the aisle.
More than just a bridal store, Luella’s offers a holistic service to brides. Rachel and her team welcome you into a luxurious setting and present you with a specially curated collection of bridalwear from worldwide designers, including Limor Rosen, Vicky Rowe, Inbal Raviv, Rose & Delilah and Gwendolynne.
Hen parties play a vital role nowadays in the whole wedding process. It is an opportunity to see out the brides final days as an unmarried woman, while also allowing those who might not be able to make it to the wedding itself celebrate with her. In the past these do’s were a simple single night out but they have now morphed into quite an impressive array of different parties.
Hens now travel abroad combining the celebration with an excuse for a holiday! Hens travel all over Europe and it is not just for the sun. Some of the destinations offer things to do you could only dream of in the UK.
What are the current trends?
It’s the most special day of your life and you want everyone to enjoy it too, so let the wedding celebrations be Gin.
Finding the right drink to serve guests can be tricky, but British drinkers are choosing gin, more and more - 2016 was named the “year of gin”. So, if you fancy something different, from the obvious bubbles, then gin could be your thing.
Delightfully pink, the perfect colour for romance, Pinkster Gin is British-made, in Cambridgeshire. It is infused with locally grown ras
pberries giving it a hint of fruit and its distinctive pink colour.
We all know that weddings and money worries go hand in hand. It’s all too easy to get caught up in the planning of your big day; when you factor in the dress, venue, invitations, photography and food, the budget can pile up in no time!
With the average wedding in the UK now costing in the region of £27,000, it’s no surprise that brides-to-be everywhere are looking for ways to save money. More and more couples are taking a DIY approach to their big day. From homemade invitations to getting a friend to step in as the photographer, DIY weddings give your day a unique, personal touch while cutting down on all those unnecessary costs.
• 88% of Brits would not stick to wedding traditions
• Just 17% of brides walk down the aisle to the traditional wedding march
• Just 18% follow the ‘something old, something new’ tradition
BRITISH couples are shaking off age-old wedding traditions in favour of more modern and personal practices, according to new research.
A survey of 2,000 UK adults carried out by One4all, the Post Office gift card, found 88% of Brits would not stick to wedding traditions if they were to get married or get married again.
More than a third (36%) believe couples should create their own traditions according to their personal tastes.
But stag and hen parties are getting longer not shorter!
The days of newly-wed couples flying to an exotic location for a month-long honeymoon could be on the wane in busy Britain – after a survey showed that ‘mini-moons’ are growing in popularity.
One in six Brits would rather take a short break after their wedding – for two to three days – than book a longer holiday, according to a survey by the original stag and hen experts Red7, which are celebrating 20 years in the wedding business this year.
The survey quizzed more than 2,000 respondents across the UK and found some interesting trends.
It showed that: