Introducing Girls of Elegance for Affordable Wedding Accessories

When I was planning for my wedding, I often wished there was just one street in London for wedding shops, so I could sort everything out in one go. Instead I rushed backwards and forwards across town, squeezing in wedding tasks in-between work and wedding blogging. If only I'd heard about Girls of Elegance. This fantastic one stop shop for wedding shoes, bridesmaid dresses and bridesmaid shoes, stocks all the best bridal suppliers, including Charlotte Balbier.

Established over eight years ago, Girls of Elegance also offers hard-to-find services like wedding shoe and handbag dyeing, so you can be sure your bridesmaids' accessories match your wedding colour scheme. Just take a look at their affordable bridesmaid dresses in a rainbow of colours. I'd be tempted to dress each of my girls in a different shade!

They also stock Charlotte Balbier hair accessories and wedding gowns, along with over 125 styles of wedding shoes, including Rainbow Club, Paradox of London, Filippa Scott and Belle in their new showroom in Poole, in Dorset. I love these Rosebud shoes, only £65 with 40% off right now.

But my favourite find of all has to be the limited edition Just Married Ugg boots. They look soooo comfortable, and under a full-length wedding gown, no one needs to know what you're wearing on your feet! Check out the Girls of Elegance website before they sell out!

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Introducing Dolce Roopa Wedding & Bespoke Stationery

Brides looking for bold and beautiful wedding stationery are going to L-O-V-E Dolceroopa Bespoke Wedding Stationery. Roopa creates gorgeous bespoke designs for your Save the Dates and wedding invitations, so whether you're getting married on the beach, up a mountain, or in London town, you can be sure your wedding stationery will perfectly reflect the style of your big day. With twelve years of design experience, Roopa loves creating that 'something special' for her clients' big day. If you take a look at the fantastic designs below, you'll see the influences of her multicultural background - having lived in Abu Dhabi, Milan, New York and London, Roopa brings a truly international sense of style to her wedding stationery. For more fabulous wedding stationery inspiration, don't miss the Dolceroopa website.
 

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Introducing Bob Owen Photography

Brides and grooms looking for elegant, black and white photography need look no further than Bob Owen Photography. An experience wedding photographer, his timeless pictures capture magical moments in time; a carefree bride blowing bubbles at her wedding reception, a bride and groom emerging from the church into a flurry of confetti, a giggle between the bride and her new father-in-law. The best wedding photographs are captured when the bride and groom don't know they're being pictured, and Bob's discreet photographic style means he can capture those emotional wedding day moments without you even knowing he's there! Bob Owen also offers a free engagement session to every couple, so you know you'll be relaxed in front of his camera, ready for your wedding day. Whether you're getting married in the UK or abroad, Bob is happy to travel for your wedding - but make sure you book him sooner rather than later, his diary fills up fast. For more pictures of his beautiful wedding photography, take a look at his website.

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Introducing Robert Leons Wedding Photography

Gloucestershire brides listen up! If you're searching for a talented photographer {and who isn't?}, then take a look at the fabulous Robert Leons Photography. He's created his own style of wedding photography; a unique blend of contemporary reportage teamed with dramatically lit, arty images, which will wow your friends. Natural or posed, he'll take incredible shots of you and your husband, and capture the essence of your big day, and the stunning details of your wedding venue. Available across the picturesque countryside of Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds, he's booking up fast for 2012, so get your request in soon! For more of Robert's work, check out his website and wedding photography blog.

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Introducing Photo Madly Wedding Photographers

Wedding photography used to be all about formally posed pictures of the bride and groom with various memembers of their extended family. They took hours to take, and by the end, no one was smiling! Luckily, wedding photography has come a loooooong way since then. Contemporary wedding photography is all about fierce, fresh, fun wedding pictures, caught on the hop, and reflecting the true personality of the bride and groom and their guests. So if you're looking for wedding photographers who capture the shared glances, the subtle gestures and the goofy inside jokes, that make your wedding unique to you, then look no further than husband and wife team, Erika Szostak and Mark Cooper of PhotoMadly. They're an American wife and an English husband, who are lucky enough to live beside the seaside in Brighton. Their passion is to tell stories through Erika's photographs, capturing the character of the bride and groom, and that's why they'll always want to meet up with you before your weding day, to get to know your personalities and your preferences.So if you are looking for a contemporary, relaxed wedding photographer, and you're not afraid to get a little silly, then Photo Madly is the wedding photography team for you. Do check out their Facebook page or blog for more gorgeous pictures.

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Introducing Lumière Photography

Can you believe that at one stage I seriously considered not having a wedding photographer at my own wedding? At the time, my then fiancé and I were deep in wedding budget hell, and couldn't quite believe how much money we'd signed up to spend. Once we settled down a bit and cut a few corners elsewhere, I realised that the photographer was more important than any other wedding necessity. Now, three months after our big day, I'm still loving our wedding pictures, and rediscovering shots of my friends and family enjoying themselves. My latest discovery - Lumière Photography - specialises in capturing just those moments. Their style is candid and natural and all about capturing the glow of the moment. They take a good variety of pictures; from photojournalistic shots to a few more arty-style photographs. Plus they're all about discussing your ideas, so if you've got a set vision of how you'd like your wedding pictures to look, then you should get talking! With packages starting at only £830, with 10% off for week-day weddings, AND a complimentary pre-wedding shoot, you've no excuse not to sign them up now! Check out some of Lumière Photography's work below, and keep checking back on Before the Big Day for more of their real weddings.

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Introducing Paper Themes Bespoke Stationery

Stationery makes me happy. I've long been obsessed with beautiful writing paper and notelets, cards and stickers, so choosing my wedding stationery was my favourite aspect of wedding planning. In the past, wedding invitations have veered towards the staid and boring, but thanks to a new flock of fantastic boutique UK wedding stationers, that's all changing. Bespoke stationer Paper Themes enables you to truly personalise your stationery, to fit in with your wedding style. From vintage to modern and everything in-between, they've got a fab selection of gorgeous and reasonably priced invitations. Once you've chosen your bespoke design, you can then pick up matching favours, table numbers, place cards and table decorations to match. Take a look at their website for more wedding stationery inspiration.

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Introducing Mahlatini Luxury Safari Holidays & Honeymoons

What type of honeymoon are you dreaming about? Believe me, you'll want to go somewhere super special, with a good dose of relaxation at the beginning. We actually delayed our honeymoon till today {yippee, leaving on a jet plane!}, but I actually wish we'd honeymooned straight away. You need a treat, otherwise you can feel a bit flat after your wedding day ends. There's tonnes of holiday companies offering honymoons of every hue, but one of my favourites is Mahlatini. They're specialists in luxury African travel, and every one of their honeymoons look incredible. From Botswana to Zambia and plenty of countries from the middle of the alphabet {including the Maldives and Mauritius}, they'll recommend the very best hotels and lodges, in the very best locations. They're honeymoon specialists, and even offer a HoneyMoney service, where your guests can contribute to your honeymoon instead of buying you presents. What will you choose? Safari or resort, or both? Take a look at their dream-inducing website here Mahlatini.

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Introducing Country House Weddings

When it comes to planning your wedding, the most important decision you make will be your venue. Our guests are still talking about the incredible château in Provence that we hired for our wedding, and there's no doubt the grandeur of the ruins, and the gorgeous gardens created an exclusive feel to our big day. UK brides looking for a similar experience should definitely check out Country House Weddings. They're one of my recent discoveries, and they have four amazing {and award winning} venues - each with its own personality and style. The best thing is that they're totally set up for weddings, unlike my château, where we had to bring everything in for the day, including tables and chairs. What's more, you get exclusive access of the house and gardens for your wedding, and each venue has at least fifteen bedrooms, so your bridesmaids and family can stay the night. With ballrooms, and chapels, and coach houses, and towers and lakes, you'll be blown away by these fairytale venues. The only question being, which one will you pick?

St Audries Park - Somerset Wedding Venue

Clearwell Castle - Gloucestershire Wedding Venue

Gosfield Hall - Wedding Venue in Essex

Leez Priory - Essex Wedding Venue

Leez Priory and Gosfield Hall in winter

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Introducing Last Night of Freedom Stag Weekends & Hen Nights

Have you had your hen night yet? Have you dropped heavy hints about what you want to do? My maids of honour know that I'm a bit of a control freak, so they asked me what I wanted them to organise. My only insistance was no strippers! My maids said they found the planning quite stressful, and that's where a company like Last Night of Freedom can step in and take over. They put together the best hotels, activities and night-life options in over fifty of the best stag and hen party destinations in the world, and they sell all the accessories that you need to go with it. So if you're looking for decorations and forfeit games, plus personalised cardboard cutouts, and slightly creepy {but very funny} morph suits - you know where to go!

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Bright Wedding Flowers Inspiration

Flowers are the one thing that completely blew our French wedding budget. We spent a thousand pounds - three times more than I originally planned. But it was worth it - they looked amazing - thanks to our fantastic florist Stephan {in Puyricard}, and creative wedding planner, Kerry Bracken. We discovered there's a lovely tradition in France of giving flowers to the bride and groom at a wedding, and it's one that exists in India as well. If you're looking to send a wedding bouquet, Aryan Florist have a fantastic selection, with everything from roses to orchids. If I had my time again, I'd pick bright freesias and camellias. What flowers are you considering for your wedding?

{Photo Credits} Freesias by Pinecone Camp, Table Display by Rebecca Wood Photography via Style Me Pretty

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Introducing The Last Detail Wedding Accessories

Keep your wedding details picture-perfect thanks to The Last Detail. They've got all the wedding favours and party decorations you could want, in tonnes of colours and and styles, that are bound to fit with your wedding theme. They've just added a new range of wedding guest books, something I thoroughly recommend. We encouraged our guests to take polaroid pictures of themselves, and stick them in our wedding guest book with a message. They got every more hilarious as the wedding night progressed, and people got more drunk on champagne!

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Introducing Confetti Wedding Favours

Whether it's a Royal Wedding Street Party or your own fabulous big day, you're going to want to keep your eye on the little details. The wedding favours, the decorations, the table plan, the wedding stationery - it's all those little things that make a wedding stand out from the crowd. So don't miss the Confetti website - it's packed with ideas, and everything's organised by theme {so helpful!}.

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