Queen’s Silver Jubilee Wedding Inspiration: White, Red and Blue
With the Queen’s Jubilee coming up in June, the UK is awash with red, white and blue! Here is some wedding inspiration to incorporate some red, white and blue in your wedding theme! Blazers and shift dresses for your bridesmaids Make your own boutionerries from old bus conductor badges (eBay) Neck scarves or Kikoy wraps Bakewell tart favours Birdcage veils Union Jack dress by House of Hannigan (Make up Frooti Beauty) Red wedding... Read More
Wedding Hair Inspiration: Hair Pieces – The Messy Half Up Do/Down Do
Hi all, Cassie here with another instalment in the wedding hair inspiration series. This post we are going to be talking about hair pieces and how to incorporate them in your wedding day look. Hair pieces are not just for adding length, they can also be a great way of experimenting with new looks without cutting or constantly using heat on your hair. This style is the messy half up do/down do – perfected by Tasha and modelled here by the lovely... Read More
How to wear an Afro on your wedding day
Back again with more Afro hair inspiration for your big day! Champagne Cream Flower Bridal Headband by BoutiqueDeBandeaux, on Etsy. At many a wedding, I have seen brides and bridesmaids choosing to wear their natural hair in weaves or straightened with hair pieces. To be honest I haven’t seen many women wear their hair in an Afro for their wedding day. Maybe it is seen as not putting in enough effort, or pampering yourself enough, or a dislike... Read More
WEDDING HAIR INSPIRATION: 1940’s Glamour with neutral Hollywood Style
Back again with the second in our wedding hair inspiration series! If you missed our first article on styling Bantu Knots for your big day, you can check it out again here. Today we are talking about the retro 1940’s pin curl hairstyle and using inspiration from real brides, we are going to mix it up with a modern glamourous twist. If you have relaxed, pressed out hair or a weave then this will be an easy look to do. You could even add in hair... Read More
Attending a Destination Wedding as a Guest: Part 5
Another structured day. We were finally getting the hang of it all. The highlight of this day was initially going to be the glass bottom boat trip that we did at midday, but the adventures were going to get a lot more heart-racing than that! The tour was short but quite entertaining – the guides had lots of stories to tell and although we didn’t stand still long enough to get any good underwater shots. It’s as close as I’d... Read More
How to choose your wedding photographer
Last time we spoke about why wedding photography costs as much as it does. As promised, today we are going to talk about how to choose your wedding photographer for your big day! You can spend literally hours looking at wedding photographer’s websites or flicking through real weddings on blogs and buying up all the latest wedding magazines from WHSmith, and still not be able to narrow down your choice! Instead you are more confused than when... Read More
Getting Married in St Lucia
St Lucia has just won the ‘World’s Leading Honeymoon Destination 2010’ award, so if any future brides and grooms are planning a destination wedding, then St Lucia is not a bad choice! I (Louisa) have lived in St Lucia for 5 years and have some family over there and in Barbados. So without further ado here is my mini guide to St Lucia! Getting to St Lucia – it will take you about the same amount of time to fly from the UK to New... Read More
Wedding Photography: why is it so expensive?
Most brides and grooms would like to hire a professional wedding photographer (and possibly also a videographer) to capture the memories from their wedding day. Some brides and grooms are put off by the seeming high cost of wedding photography. After all, over a month’s salary seems a lot to spend on some wedding photographs! Doesn’t it? Or does it? For a wedding photographer to make a living wage from wedding photography, these elements have... Read More
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Let’s hope that today will be full of happy surprises and you will pop back and tell us the good news… hint hint! Happy Valentine’s Day from Natasha, Louisa & Cassandra! Photo credit: Urban Bridesmaid Photography Read More
Real Wedding: Monalisa and Cedrick’s green themed autumn wedding
Monalisa and Cedrick first met at a conference in the States. Their romance would not have blossomed if it had not been been for their mutual friend (and now bridesmaid!) mistakenly giving him the bride’s number. The bride had told the groom that he was welcome to get her number in the UK from their friend, but she hoped their friend would say no! Their friend thought the bride really wanted to give him her number so wrote it down for him! And... Read More