Real Sunshine Garden Wedding - Hong & Chris

This is what wedding dreams are made of......a gorgeous garden wedding with a sunshine yellow theme, and tonnes of wedding details. Hong and Chris created the most incredible wedding, with a rustic chic theme you are going to adore. It's chock-full of stealworthy wedding ideas - for starters I'm loving the mini-treasure chest ring-box, the bespoke fingerprint heart wedding stationery and the exquisite flowers - all organised by Jess Flood Events. I'm a big fan of family dining - it's much less formal, and a huge trend for 2012 weddings. And how about the bride's beautiful gown, and cute birdcage veil? So elegant and feminine. Fantastic pictures published with thanks to Jessamyn Harris. She always captures a wedding perfectly.

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VERY Exciting Before the Big Day News!

Drum roll please! If you follow Before the Big Day on Twitter and Facebook you may have picked up on the hints of some exciting news for my boutique wedding blog. Well the moment has come for the official announcement. The wonderful wedding people over at The In Wedding Show have invited me to be their in-house wedding blogger! Yes indeed people, I will not only be blogging all the fabulous happenings at the show, I will have my own special area, where I'll be inviting you to come and visit me and my crack-team of wedding geniuses {should that be genii?}. We're brimming over with all our helpful hints, tips and ideas for this season's top trends in everything wedding, and we can't wait to share them with you! Wedding flowers, wedding dresses, wedding favours, wedding decorations, wedding venues, wedding themes, wedding colours, {you get the picture}, we have it all! I'll soon have much more information about how to win tickets to the Inspiration Sessions I'll be hosting, but right now I'm so excited I might have to have a bit of a lie-down. In the meantime, make sure you buy tickets for The In Wedding Show on Sunday 22nd April at Alexandra Palace in London. They're only £4 and every bride who pre-buys gets a free goodie bag - now that's what I call a good deal!!

{Photo Credit} Fun photo booth props by Sarah Q Happy Booths

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Cute Felt Heart Wedding Favours

This winter wedding season is all about fabulous felt! It's being used in all the best wedding details, from favours to decorations. It's one of the easiest materials for crafting, as your stitches either disappear in the fabric, or work as a detail in the design. It's also super-cheap, a key asset for the DIY bride. Check out a tutorial on how to create your own hearts here or here, and buy your felt from eBay. I've fallen in love with these gorgeous felt and wool hearts by Sweet PB, so if you're not in the mood for wedding DIY, you can always get creative with your credit card! I'd use them as table decorations that would double as favours, or you could create giant hearts for your flower girls to carry instead of bouquets.

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Real Luxe New York City Wedding: Tricia & Raheem

Is it just me, or is everything bigger and better in the US of A? As we all shiver in the wintry weather, I thought we should celebrate the brilliant winter wedding location of New York City. Stunning couple Tricia and Raheem tied the knot in super-style with hot pink as their signature colour, which they totally worked at their reception. Check out pink lighting - sooo flattering, and the amazing table flower displays mixed with the the fat golden candles. A big mention has to go out for the elegant-but-sexy bridesmaids' dresses, Tricia was kind to her girlfriends, and I can totally see them wearing those dresses again! Thank you to Punam Bean for her fantastic shots - what do you think of the pink?

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Real Fairytale Dress Wedding: Sophie & Chris

In many ways, I wish I'd chosen a romantic fairytale wedding dress. There's something truly bridal about wearing a gown that's completely out of the ordinary. Something sweeping and feminine, just like the exquisite gown in this Real Wedding. The lovely Sophie chose a gorgeous, feathery wedding gown with a ruffled full skirt, and I'm head-over-heels in love! Throw in the luxurious rose bouquet, and I'm in bridal-heaven. I'm also loving all the wonderful wedding details, from the wooden LOVE letters, to the mini-vases of sweet-scented freesias and carnations on the tables, and the candy-striped wedding cake. Sophie and Chris celebrated their big day with a church ceremony, followed by their reception at the very stylish Havana Spoon in Hove. Restaurants are a great place to host your wedding reception, as you can guarantee the food will be good, and a reasonably-priced set menu will keep your costs down. A big welcome and huge thanks to Katariina from Light Trick Photography, for her fantastic photographs.

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Fabulous Weekend Wedding Blog Links

Happy Weekend! How was yours? We spent ours exploring Brussels, my home for this month. If you'd like to see a few pictures, check out my Twitter feed. Brussels is a fabulous city, compact, and full of fantastic restaurants and bars. This afternoon we discovered the famous Flea Market or Marché aux Puces, where I found all sorts of fabulous vintage finds. Antique markets and flea markets are fantastic places to look for wedding inspiration, particularly if you're planning too add a few vintage details to your wedding. For more wedding ideas, check out my latest, fabulous, weekend wedding blog links.

{Picture Credit} Pom Pom Factory

♥ Adoring this bohemian wedding with a mix of mismatched bridesmaid dresses {via wedding blog Green Wedding Shoes}

♥ Loving the piñata at this Californian outdoor wedding

♥ Pretty urban wedding with lovely grey & cream details

♥ Wonderful London wedding with colourful crane details by my favourite wedding photographer!

♥ DIY your wedding favour bags {with thanks to fabulous blogger-in-Japan, Hello Sandwich}

♥ Add a fabulous DIY sequin photo booth to your wedding

♥ Obsessed with these wintery table decorations

♥ How to apply fake eyelashes

♥ I want to live in a treehouse

♥ Don't forget you can still win tickets to the National Wedding Show thanks to Before the Big Day!

♥ And if you're still looking for The One {aka your wedding dress}, don't miss the Wedding Dress Sales

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Vintage Postcard Save the Dates

If you're having a summer wedding, we here at Before the Big Day recommend a Save the Date card. You want to make sure all your friends can come to your wedding, and the best way to guarantee their attendance is to get the message out as soon as possible. Save the Dates also give you the opportunity to build the excitement around your wedding, so if you're considering a vintage affair, then you'll love these whimsical postcards by the Sunshine Greeting Card Company. Send them a picture of the two of you, and they'll take care of the rest, according to your wording and colour requests. Whatsmore, this design can be printed as a one-sided card, postcard, or a magnet for your friends to stick to their fridge!

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Magical Laser-Cut Wedding Invitations

When I started planning my wedding, I really wanted to create a feeling of excitement for our guests. I didn't want it to be just another summer wedding, where everything feels a bit samey. The first challenge was to pick the perfect wedding stationery, as I wanted it to start building a sense of anticipation. After months of indecision, I finally accepted we didn't have the budget for truly fabulous stationery, so I ended up designing it myself. However, if we'd had the budget, I definitely would have chosen a boutique wedding stationery like Boris & Doris. Their laser-cut wedding invitations are truly magical, and you can personalise them with your own names or initials, to make them truly unique to you. Even their website is cute, as it's decorated with bunting and butterflies. Stop press! They've just started making Save the Dates and laser-cut place markers as well.

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