Nominate Before the Big Day for the Wedding Blog Awards 2014

How quickly a year passes!!! Last October, I was lucky enough to win Editor's Pick at the Wedding Magazine Wedding Blog Awards 2013, at a start-studded ceremony at The Ritz Hotel. It was a FANTASTIC evening, and an amazing honour to win - and I can't tell you how much of a confidence boost it gave me. So I'm hoping I'm not pushing my luck, by asking you to vote for me ALL OVER AGAIN! Wedding Magazine have just launched the application process for 2014, and I have a huge favour to ask. Could you quickly tap in a few words for praise for me? This year I'm going for Best Big Day Inspiration, as I rather think it suits Before the Big Day. All you need to do is visit Wedding magazine's blog awards page and fill in the deets. Literally a one minute affair, and everyone who nominates will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win golden tickets to Wedding Magazine's fabulous Bloggers' Tea Party {oh yes!}, and a Diamonfire jewellery set worth £80. Plus it would make me a very happy lady....almost as happy as this bride!

{Photo Credit} the very talented We Resolve

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Before the Big Day in Wedding Magazine!

I might as well come clean - there's nothing I like more than seeing my name in print! And if you take a look at the picture below, and squint a little, you'll see me quoted in Wedding Magazine....several times. VeeeeeRY exciting! Now I know that strictly this is the online version, so it's not actually print, but I have the actual magazine safe here at home - next to my bed - for whenever I need a little ego boost. Wedding Magazine journalist Vicky Rolison knows how to write a good article - so do give it a read - particularly if you're considering DIY-ing your wedding!

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Reliving the Wedding Blog Awards

Apologies for the slight radio {or blogging} silence, I've been away for a long weekend in Mallorca, staying with my amazing personal trainer friend, Alice Cowen at her boutique well-being bootcamp Bootique. Now back in London, and considerably slimmer {and a little bit achy}, I've finally had time to enjoy the photographs from the Wedding Blog Awards! You can check them out here, and in the December/January issue of the magazine {out soon}, but here are a few of my favourites. It was such a fabulous night - and I still can't quite believe I won Editor's Pick prize - such an enormous privilege. I can't wait for my prize - a holiday at the Hotel Imperiale Taormina in Sicily!

{Photo Credits} 1. Editor of Wedding Magazine, Ciara | 2. Me with Ciara and Julia Holberry, from sponsor Hotel Imperiale Taormina

{Photo Credits} 1. Mark Francis from Made in Chelsea, who hosted the awards | 2. Me with Mark Francis & Before the Big Day's Beauty Editor, Julia Bowden {who also did my amazing hair and make-up on the night}

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A Winner at The Wedding Blog Awards

So if you follow me on Twitter, you might have spotted a few excited tweets last night and this morning {like a million}! It's all thanks to one of the most amazing evenings of my entire life! Last night, I won Editor's Pick at Wedding Magazine's Wedding Blog Awards. It was the last prize to be announced, so I was ready to put the evening down to a fabulous experience, and then {as if in slow motion}, I heard my name being announced as the winner! I'm now the proud owner of a beautiful award, I got to kiss a very attractive man from Made in Chelsea, and I drank plenty of champagne at The Ritz - which has to be the dreamiest place to get married, and I got the best and biggest goodie bag ever! What's more, I even won a mini-break in Sicily thanks to the amazing Hotel Imperiale Taormina. HUGE thanks to everyone who voted for me - I'm so thrilled and flattered to have won the Editor's prize - but I'm sure Before the Big Day wouldn't have come to Ciara's attention, if it hadn't been for your votes. Take a look at a few of the pictures below...there's be much more to come later today on my Facebook page.

{Photo} Me & the Editor of Wedding & Wedding Flowers Magazine, Ciara Elliott.

A bit like the Oscar's I have a few thank you's...
♥ To Julia Bowden - the best hair and make-up artist in the world, who made me look and feel super-glam. Book her for your wedding now! More beauty posts from Julia coming soon on the blog!
♥ To Ciara and the whole team at Wedding Magazine
♥ To the Hotel Imperiale Taormina for my amazing prize
♥ To Intricate Creations for making my lovely trophy!
♥ All the fantastic companies who contributed to the goodie bag! I'm still working my way through it - more info coming soon.

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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!

A big thank you and huge ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ to everyone who has already voted for me in the Wedding Blog Awards! I'm getting seriously excited about attending the Award Ceremony at The Ritz {oo-eee!}, and it would MAKE MY YEAR if I could win just one of my two nominations. Apparently I'll get an Oscar-like trophy and everything. Goodness knows what I'm going to wear - I'm not quite back to my pre-baby-shape yet, and none of my dresses fit. Voting for me will take you just a minute, and the good karma vibes will float you through to Friday. P.S. This is what I look like when I'm very happy - yup, you could catch goldfish with that mouth!!

{Credit} Chloe from Caught the Light - more from My Wedding

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Wedding Blog Awards.....Two Nominations!

Thank you so much to all my lovely readers who nominated for me in the Wedding Blog Awards! Your hard work paid off, and I'm in the shortlist in not one, but TWO categories - Best London Blog and Best Real Life Weddings Blog. Can you tell I'm EXCITED??!!! Now all we need to do is beat off the {rather impressive} competition, to see if Before the Big Day can win one of the categories {I don't dare wish for both}. I couldn't be more thrilled to be recognised in this way - I've been struggling to keep up with the blogging since my baby was born in April, tapping away in-between feeds and washing, and this has made it all worthwhile. THANK YOU!! So now all you need to do is Vote Here - it takes less than a minute!

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Nominate Before the Big Day for The Wedding Blog Awards

So I have a favour to ask.... I'm not normally one for asking, but these wedding blog awards are pretty important in the wedding world, and I'm really keen to raise the profile of Before the Big Day. So if you enjoy your daily dose of free wedding inspiration, would you consider a quick click and a keyboard tap on my behalf? I'm going for Best Big Day Inspiration, as I rather think it suits Before the Big Day. All you need to do is visit Wedding magazine's blog awards page and fill in the deets. Literally a one minute affair, and everyoner who nominates will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a fabulous beauty hamper. Worth more than £250, it's crammed with goodies from Xen Tan, Dr Ceuticals, Pur Minerals and Filorga - perfect for some serious pampering. Plus it would make me a very happy lady....almost as happy as this bride!

{Photo Credit} the very talented We Resolve

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Before the Big Day....in a magazine!

I've been meaning to mention this for ages, but other features kept pushing their way to the front of the list! Last month, there was huge excitement here at the Before the Big Day studios, as the new issue of Wedding magazine dropped in my letter box. There, on the back page, was a feature all about me! Obviously I'd known it was coming, but with everything that's going on, I forgot all about my interview with Features Writer, Vicky, until I spotted it over my lunch. If you'd like to have a read, do take a look at the August/September issue. It's all about how planning my wedding led to the launch of Before the Big Day, and now, Before the Baby. And if you want to know more about me, click here.

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A Bit of Before the Big Day Housekeeping

Before the Big Day has evolved! I'm constantly trying out new things with the blog - mostly in a slightly haphazard way - keeping up with the baby and blogging doesn't leave much time for anything else {apart from eating cake}. So I've just added a new widget by Link Within. Essentially it adds a series of boxes at the end of each of my blog posts, with fabulous similar articles from Before the Big Day's Archives. It's amazing what it throws up - there's brilliant features there I forgot I've written. Be sure to give them a click! And while we're on the subject of housekeeping....have you discovered our amazing free newsletter? Sign up for exclusive content and special offers, and I promise never to spam you!

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Before the Big Day - In A Magazine

Hugely exciting news! It turns out our wedding is the gift that keeps on giving, thanks to our fabulous wedding photographer, Chloé from from Caught the Light. She very kindly sent our pictures to photography magazine, Photo Professional, and they've featured us in their article on Destination weddings {that's us on the right}! For more of Chloé's lovely wedding photography, check out her blog....I'm off for a quick glass of celebratory fizz in the sunshine!

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