That Friday Feeling Wedding Web Links ♥19

Talk about incredible weather! I can only imagine the smiles on the faces of the brides and grooms who've been getting married this weekend. It's autumnal bliss with a twist of summer sunshine. I've spent this week out in the countryside, and it's made me much more aware of the seasons changing. You can get tonnes of wedding inspiration from the season you choose for your big day. Spring, summer, autumn, winter - why not use one as the basis of your wedding theme? If that's got you thinking, wait for these fabulous wedding blog web links. They'll have your brain fizzing with wedding ideas.

Photo Credit - Heidi Ryder {many thanks to Jonathan from Bean Photo for his help using Tin Eye}

♥ Incredible packaging ideas you could use on your wedding favours, or just for Christmas presents!

♥  My new super-cute Facebook page, complete with clever landing page to welcome you. Please Like Me!

♥ The best selection of bridesmaid dresses ever seen at a Real Wedding.

♥ One for DIY brides - how to make your own paper-flower pomander.

♥ 50 wedding websites you can't live without {via Brides magazine}

♥ Wedding planner to the stars, Mandy Weiss, has a fabulous wedding blog.

♥ 10 ways to do Something Blue. This is how I did it.

♥ Confused about choosing a colour palette for your wedding day? There's a wedding blog for that.

♥ Puzzling over your wedding ceremony readings? Click and puzzle no more....

♥ Gingham, spots AND pompoms. I love this bride's style.

Plus my favourite features from Before the Big Day this week
♥ A gorgeous Alice in Wonderland themed wedding
♥ Scottish wedding inspiration
♥ Worried it might rain at your wedding. Here's why you don't need to worry.

And don't forget, you can still WIN tickets to the Luxury Wedding Fair London. Click here.

Hope you're having a great weekend xx

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Winner! Butler-Madden Weddings Engagement Shoot

After many hours of deliberation, we can officially announce the WINNER of the incredible Butler-Madden Weddings Engagement Shoot. Congratulations Josie! Patrick Butler-Madden will get in touch with you soon to make arrangements. Josie suggested an urban engagement shoot to contrast with her rural wedding, which will be on a little island off the coast of Ireland. So she'll be booking Patrick to join her and her fiancé around east London, taking in Columbia Road Flower Market for blooms and bacon rolls, Brick Lane, Regents Canal and Broadway Market. Doesn't that sound gorgeous?

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Real Delicate Destination Hawaii Wedding: Stella & Peter

Brace yourselves for a wedding-love overload. This is one of the most exquisite destination weddings I've ever seen, and as a wedding blogger, that's saying something serious! Photographed by the incredible Jose Villa {the reigning King of all Wedding Photographers}, and planned in Hawaii by Beth Helmsetter, I'm blown away by every detail. Just drink in the pictures people, on this one I'm lost for words.

Wedding Roll of Honour - Floral Design: Holly Flora, Stationery: Laura Hooper, Location: Haiku Mill, Hair & Make-up: TEAM Hair & Make-up

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Edible Wedding Place Cards & Cakes

After your wedding ceremony, all eyes are going to be on your wedding reception and the focal point - your wedding cake. So you're going to want your wedding cake to be one hot momma! Just lately, I've fallen for B Cake Studio's delicious designs. Angela runs the company, which is based in lovely South Wales, and she's an expert in modelling sugary fabulousness. Every wedding cake they make is bespoke, and designed to match your wedding colour scheme or complement your theme. She's also started making place card cookies as a twist on traditional place cards. They're great for a bride on a budget {place card and favour in one}, and they can be completely customised to coordinate with the wedding, right down to using the same font that was used on the wedding invites. Now that's what I call wedding inspiration.

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Original Hand-Painted Wedding Stationery & Maps

Wedding bloggers can sniff a wedding trend a mile off, and I've caught the fragrant whiff of a mega-stationery craze coming our way. Hand-drawn wedding maps have been gaining in popularity for a while, but next season, hand-painted wedding invitations are going to be the only way to entice your guests to your wedding. Either DIY or ask an artistic friend to lend you a hand, or alternatively book the fabulous artist and illustrator, Alice Peto to help you out. I've fallen head-over-heels for her whimsical invitations and maps, and I'm sure you will too!

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Real Celebrity London Wedding: Paul & Nancy

Wasn't it wonderful to see Paul McCartney marry his girlfriend Nancy on Sunday? And doesn't she look incredible in her Stella McCartney buttoned dress. Simple, chic and gorgeous. Massive wedding inspiration for any brides planning a civil ceremony, or those who aren't keen on wearing a full-length gown. I'm also loving the flower in her hair and the way she's bucked the trend for big wedding bouquets with a cute bundle of roses. Paul's youngest daughter, Beatrice, was bridesmaid, and they celebrated their big day at the trendy Marylebone Registry Office in London.



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Win VIP Tickets to The Luxury Wedding Show London

Oooh we do like a wedding fair over here at Before the Big Day! After a truly fabulous time at the National Wedding Show and the Designer Wedding Show, we have a whole new wedding fair for you to get your teeth into. The Luxury Wedding Show London is on the 22nd-23rd October at the Saatchi Gallery and I have 5 pairs of fantabulous {new Before the Big Day word combining the values of fantastic and fabulous} Saturday tickets for you to win! This incredible prize is worth £100 per pair, and includes goodie bags worth £30! All you need to do is leave a comment below, or send me one via Twitter {tag it @beforethebigday} and I'll enter you into the competition. Make sure you leave your email address so I can contact you if you get lucky. I'll draw the winner on Tuesday 18th October at 5pm.

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Before the Big Day Competition - Win Your Engagement Shoot

Hello to all you lovely new Before the Big Day readers from the Designer Wedding Show! I had so much fun meeting all of you, and I have to admit to being very flattered at how many of you were already fans of Before the Big Day. A big thanks too, to the lovely Patrick from Butler-Madden Weddings for inviting me to hang out as his stand, AND for his fantastic competition offer. Don't forget you can win an engagement shoot with Patrick this week - all you need to do is go to Butler-Madden Weddings' Facebook page and Like. Then you need to tell me your imaginative and creative location for your engagement shoot by commenting below this post. Make sure you add your email address as well. Good luck - we'll be announcing the winner on Friday 14th October at 1700. For the Terms & Conditions of this competition, please click here.

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