That Friday Feeling Wedding Web Links ♥16

Woohoo! I've got an amazing wedding this weekend in Guildford. I can't wait! We're very lucky - we've got eight weddings this year, so I'll get plenty of first-hand wedding inspiration. Although as a wedding blogger, I have to stop myself going round and trying to meet all the vendors! Wish me luck - by the time you read this, I'll probably be dancing like a loon to The Journey, tanked up on champagne and love. Pray for sunshine.

♥ Don't you love these pictures? I'm particularly loving the yellow-sprayed jars and hand-painted 'bienvenue' {Photo Credits - Lavie Bambelle & Ella Minnow Peas via Suzie Beezie}

♥ DIY your own doily cards via wedding blog Sparkle & Hay

♥ Oh my! A breathtakingly beautiful snowy wedding

♥ Loving these simple and sweet Save the Dates.

♥ DIY your own water-colour tealight holders via wedding blog Once Wed

♥ A fantastic DIY confetti wedding programme idea

♥ Create your own wedding table display with this simple DIY vase project

And....the best bits from Before the Big Day this week....{if we do say so ourselves}

♥ A shabby-chic wedding with stunning stationery and striped straws

♥ When a wedding meets The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - this snowy wonderland is what you get!

♥ A rainbow wedding theme

♥ My vintage key wedding theme including sneak-peak pictures from my wedding

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Simple but Sweet Bridesmaid Gift

Your bridesmaids will deserve a little something as a present on your wedding day. They'll have supported you through the most emotional hours of your life, armed with tissues, paracetamol, plasters and, hopefully, champagne. My girls were the best, and I couldn't have done without them! Why not thank them with these simple sterling silver heart earrings from UK Etsy seller Solo Jewellery. So cute and only £16!

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Real Italian Destination Wedding: Anna & Eoin

The last thing you'd expect on a destination wedding is a rainy day, but the downpours made no difference to this fabulous wedding in Rome. Anna and Eoin celebrated their big day with a ceremony at the Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina and a reception at the fairytale Castello di Torcrescenza. Isn't the conservatory stunning? All the old-fashioned stonework and huge chandeliers add to an atmosphere of romance and glamour. I'm loving Anna's beautiful gown, with its lace sleeves - now made hugely fashionable by Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen dress. Anna was clearly a bride ahead on the trends! I'm also a huge fan of their giant wedding cake - a traditional Tuscan design served with fresh strawberries or raspberries decorating the top. Gorgeous wedding pictures published with thanks to Amy Turner from Imag1ne.

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Gorgeous Heart-Shaped Pottery Wedding Present

My husband and I {nope still not used to it!!} have just closed our wedding list, and are glowing in our guests' generosity. Some people who didn't even come to the wedding gave us presents - how kind is that! It's all slightly blown us away, and we can't wait to receive all our lovely gifts in a couple of weeks. This wedding business is something of a rush, as a bride, I can't quite believe you get an engagement ring, a gorgeous wedding dress, fabulous shoes, an amazing wedding day, a perfect handsome husband, and then people give you presents??? I feel like the treats should be spread out a bit more! We chose Heals for our wedding list, but if you're looking to go a bit more quirky, how about creating your own list with lots of gorgeous Etsy items on it? First on my list would be these gorgeous heart bowls from JD Wolfe Pottery - there's something about their earthenware nestling goodness that is right up my street.

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Real Snowy Winter Wedding: Lara & Simon

Have you ever read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe? Well this wedding feels like it's straight out of the wintery wonderland through the wardrobe doors. It's set in the beautiful snowy, Dorset landscape, with stunning photographs, which are so evocative of winter, that they almost make you shiver. Lara and Simon celebrated their big day just before Christmas last year at Kingston Country Courtyard near Corfe Castle. I'm loving how the reds of the bridemaids' dresses and flowers stand out against the snow, and the elegance of Lara's cute feather fascinator and embroidered wedding dress. I'm seriously impressed by Tom Redman's fantastic pictures, particularly the fun shots of Lara and Simon throwing snowballs at each other - you can tell they were having a brilliant day!

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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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Amazing Paper Lantern Wedding Decorations

Apart from tissue pom poms, paper lanterns are my TOP tip for cheap and chic wedding decoration. I've always loved looking at them in wedding pictures, and a couple of weeks ago two friends used hundreds of them at their own French wedding. They had white lanterns in the garden, and a combination of peach, orange and yellow in the marquee. Every one had a tiny LED light inside, so as the sun set, they started to glow. It was a truly magical effect. I'll be featuring their wedding any day now, but in the meantime check out Hanging Lanterns to buy your own.

{Product Credit} Print by Lola's Room

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Real Summer Garden Wedding: Nkechi & Mitch

Well I don't know about you, but I'm slightly besotted by this gorgeous summer wedding. It's a combination of the stunning photography by Jen Huang, and the sophisticated style of bride, Nkechi. I'm loving her 'Gone With the Wind' style dress, her cute birdcage veil {sooo this season}, and her elegant disc earrings. Throw in her dapper husband Mitch in black tie, and I'm sold. Jen is a photographer in the US, but she tells me she's always keen to travel!

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