Spring has sprung

We are having a spring wedding. My favourite flowers are Hyacinths, Freesias and Roses.

My fiancé’s favourites are Tulips. We've kept our flower budget to the minimum by practicing different arrangements at home. I have had the idea of planting some Hyacinths in bowls and when they burst in to bloom I can use them as table decorations at our wedding breakfast.

I can then give them away as presents to the mother of the bride and mother of the groom. If planted in the garden they will grow back every year and remind them of our special day in April! The total cost of this will be less that £40. I will tie some pretty lace around the bowls to make them look more special.

Meanwhile on the business front, we are currently working on a few different orders. One bride has ordered MR & MRS in peach and they look beautiful. My fiancé is just given them a bit of a polish up before sending them out. Another order is for cream shabby chic MR & MRS. Shabby chic is our favourite design. As we 'shabby chic' each letter individually every letter looks different. I'm imagining a marquee with cream roses and white table linen and our stunning letters line up along the top table.

Gorgeous!!!

An introduction to us

We (my fiance and I) have been in full blown wedding mode since getting engaged on Christmas Day 2009.  We don't have thousands of pounds to spend (I wish!)but we still want a special and unique day.  This has meant we have had to get our thinking caps on.

The biggest achievement to come out of our wedding planning is the start of our new fledgling business.

Our venue has a stunning fireplace and is a real focal point in the room. We wanted to decorate it but couldn't afford to increase our flower budget. Then we had the idea of displaying our married name along the mantlepiece. We sourced some unpainted wooden letters from a carpenter friend and painted them in antique gold.

They look fantastic. I took them with us to our last meeting with the venue and the wedding co-ordinator said that she had never seen anything like it before. That was music to our ears! An idea was born! Since then we have supplied many different words such as 'cake' and 'Amour'

and many many 'Mr & Mrs's to brides and grooms throughout the UK and even as far away as America.

In this blog I want to share our plans and ideas for our unique wedding on a budget and also keep a diary of how our little business is going as we venture into the wedding market.