I have resisted until now writing about what I think is the most exciting purchase in planning your wedding. The Dress. This is the one day you get the chance to wear something truly magnificent that makes you feel like a million dollars. In this month’s Cosmopolitan Bride there are some fabulous dresses featured from the catwalks in New York for the 2011 bridal shows earlier this year. Whilst there are some aspects of the dresses available off the rails of bridal shops that... → Read the rest of this article
Zoe Grant
I learnt to sew, knit & embroider as a child and still love to try new crafts. When not crafting I write a
blog about creative small businesses and have shops on both
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When I got married 12 years ago wedding invitations were sent and only a handful of people had prior knowledge of the date. However in the past few years ‘Save The Date’ cards, like the above from Artcadia Wedding Stationery, seem to have become the norm when thinking of wedding stationery.
Yet as these ‘Save The Date’ cards are a relatively new concept brides can easily be confused as to the etiquette regarding to whom and when to send these... → Read the rest of this article
Zoe Grant
I learnt to sew, knit & embroider as a child and still love to try new crafts. When not crafting I write a
blog about creative small businesses and have shops on both
Folksy and
Etsy. Join me on
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After the initial excitement of being engaged wears off you may find you suddenly feel incredibly daunted at the task ahead, planning your wedding. Few of us are fortunate enough to be able to afford a wedding planner but thankfully there are many websites and magazines that can help.
When planning your wedding day you will have many things to consider, from venue to stationery, from cake to flowers, never mind your dress, hair or shoes! Perhaps you are lucky enough... → Read the rest of this article
Zoe Grant
I learnt to sew, knit & embroider as a child and still love to try new crafts. When not crafting I write a
blog about creative small businesses and have shops on both
Folksy and
Etsy. Join me on
Twitter.
As this is the first of my posts about Handmade Weddings I thought I would start at the beginning of the wedding journey. The proposal. Maybe your new fiance surprised you with a truly romantic proposal or it was you who did the asking. In the first few weeks of excitement your head will swirl with the excitement of planning your wedding and being engaged. Of course the first thing to buy is an engagement ring, if a ring has not already been chosen.
Jewellery is... → Read the rest of this article
Zoe Grant
I learnt to sew, knit & embroider as a child and still love to try new crafts. When not crafting I write a
blog about creative small businesses and have shops on both
Folksy and
Etsy. Join me on
Twitter.
