That Friday Feeling Wedding Blog Web Links ♥ 11

Oops! I've fallen a bit behind on the wedding blog postings, but I'm sure you'll forgive me because it was my birthday this weekend! We celebrated with a Mexican dinner party, and plenty of margaritas, so I'm definitely feeling slightly worse for wear today. So a little late with the fantastic wedding blog web links this week, but I'm sure you'll still enjoy every one. PS - on Tuesday, it's 3 months till our wedding {help!}.

{Picture from Sessun discovered via This is Glamorous}

♥ One of my very oldest friends {she used to live next door to my grandmother} has just started her very own blog full of gorgeous home inspiration. Take a look at Little Miss Homes.

♥ Mega-trend-alert for spring weddings, 2011 is all about fringes! If Martha Stewart Weddings says so, then it must be true!

♥ Add a secret touch of colour to your wedding day via a dyed petticoat {discovered via wedding blog Sparkle & Hay}

♥ Completely besotted by this California wedding where they created an out-door lounge area for their guests with vintage furniture.

♥ I'm going to steal every wedding idea from this fabulous backyard wedding. Best wedding stationery ever {discovered via wedding blog Green Wedding Shoes}

And now for a couple of Vintage Before the Big Day postings!

♥ Wedding ideas for a Midsummer Night's Dream wedding theme.

♥ Dozens of unusual and chic wedding ring ideas.

♥ Plus don't miss this week's exclusive offers - 20% off your wedding photography, thanks to Markus MacGill and £10 off eyelash extensions via Lash Lab

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Confetti Competition Winner

CONGRATULATIONS Laura! You are our winner of the Shropshire Petals Lilac Blooms Keep-Me Case. Please get in touch to claim your prize - georgia.peters@yahoo.co.uk.

The Lilac Blooms Keep-Me Case includes 12 handmade cones, 1 litre of delphinium confetti, a butterfly, tissue for the base, a message card and a gorgeous case for all your wedding memories.

Keep an eye out for more competitions, they'll be coming soon, and click here for more Before the Big Day fabulous offers.



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Real Wedding: Eileen & TJ

Welcome to your weekend! I have a delicious rural wedding for you this fine Saturday, packed to the brim with wedding ideas and inspiration. Pictured by the hugely talented Jose Villa, it has a chic ranch theme, with a wonderful mixture of rustic and glamorous details. Bride and groom, Eileen and TJ, teamed glitz with traditional wood, chandliers with chunky loaves of bread, and burlap with mercury glass vases. I'm deeply in love with every detail, but my favourite wedding ideas to steal include the hand-painted map {envy!}, her bridemaids stunning Saja dresses, and the berries in the table flowers. Plus don't miss the Divine Twine wrapped around the bread - you know it's my favourite thing in the world!

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Brilliant Wedding Website

If you're looking for wedding favours, decorations or just some good old wedding confetti, you should definitely check out this website. I've always been something of a fan of Not On the High Street, and now they've started a wedding list service, so you can snaffle some unsual wedding presents. They've got plenty of DIY wedding items as well - from rubber stamps to pretty ribbon.

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Real English Countryside Wedding: Lucy & James

You can't get much more rustic than this gorgeous countryside wedding. Lucy and James celebrated their big day in a field, in the middle of the Devon, in flurry of DIY projects. Every detail was created thanks someone in Lucy's local village, and it's such a small community, that nearly everyone got involved. From sweeping up the tiny little wooden church, to sourcing a hog roast, plus milk churns for the flowers, this was an authentic local, rural affair. My favourite wedding details are Lucy's chic halterneck dress, the poppy-pod buttonholes, the vintage fabric bunting and gingham-covered jam-pot favours. Don't miss the picture of the blazer-clad ice-cream man - such a good idea for keeping your guests cool on a hot summer's day. Huge thanks to Markus MacGill from People & Pictures for his stunning photographs.

More posts like this one: 
✽ Rustic Raw Cotton Wedding Inspiration
✽ Real Rustic Cherry-Inspired Wedding

♥ Want to see summer weddings? ♥ Or how about more rustic wedding ideas? ♥

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Choosing Your Wedding Colours

Choosing your wedding colours will be one of the earliest decisions you'll need to make when planning your wedding. Whether it's just an accent colour, or a set a of complementing shades, unless you've got a good eye or a wedding planner, it could all go horribly wrong.  This is where the truly amazing Colour Palette Generator comes into play. Originally designed for decorators, all you have to do is enter the web address of the image you find inspiring into the box below, and the generator will come up with a palette that matches the image. (If you're having trouble, make sure the link ends with .jpg). So for example, I put in this mood board (with thanks to Polyvore), and the generator offered the selection of shades below. How fab is that for wedding inspiration?!

URL of image:  

dull #aa4444 #aa8866 #eeeeee #bbaaaa #664433

vibrant #774422 #dd0000 #dd9933 #ffccbb #ffffff

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The Coolest Wedding Cake EVER!

Morning all! So there I was reading my RSS Feeder of all the world's best wedding blogs, when I stumbled across the coolest wedding cake I've ever seen. It's that fabulous combination of tradition tiers and modern graphic design. And I met it tastes DELICIOUS! Baked in the US of A, I'm sure the crafty among you could recreate the effect on a good old M&S wedding cake. Made by Sweet & Saucy in California, discovered via Brooklyn Bride.

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Before the Big Day Wedding Discounts

One of the best things about running Before the Big Day is the discounts! The suppliers love BBD, we love them, you love them, it's one big wedding blog cuddle-fest! Also, do check out  Bride Tide for more wedding blog offers. Quite a lot of them are from the US, but it's still worth taking a look.

WOW! Photographer Markus MacGill is offering 20% his wedding packages for any Before the Big Day bride who books in March. Get in touch via his website.

Win £500 towards your wedding thanks to Top Cash Back! If you're getting married in July or August this year, they'd love to hear from you. All you have to do is keep a diary of your wedding spending and what purchases they've been able to earn cashback on. It's a great way to keep an eye on your budget, and save some money at the same time. Top Cash Back can help you save on lots of wedding essentials, including outfit hire, flowers, confetti, favours, insurance, rings and your honeymoon. Click here for their application form. Enter before the end of this week (Friday 25th February).
Get £10 off a full set of incredible semi-permanent eye-lash extensions thanks to Kym at Lash Lab in London. I've had them done, and they look amazing!

Selfridges have a fabulous offer for Before the Big Day's readers. Buy any 12 bottles of wine for your wedding and get 10% off with the promotion code CASEDISCOUNT entered at the check-out.

Get 5% off the amazingly effective nkd diet with the code bigday (exact spelling), and get a honeymoon-svelte body. Click here for more info on this bargainous deal! They say you can drop 2-3lb a week on the nkd diet. Sounds good to me.

Get 10% off stunning jewellery and hair accessories from Your Something Borrowed with the code Big Day. See something you like? Borrow it for a fraction of the purchase cost!



Get 10% off amazing vintage furniture and home accessories from The Vintage Wedding List. Simply call and quote the code Big Day. This is the best place for original items for your wedding list.



If you'd like to offer a special discount to Before the Big Day's brides, do get in touch! 

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