Dessy Dresses

Just discovered a great website for dresses, especially bridesmaid dresses. Think of a colour and then think of a style and bam, they probably have it!

Makes dress shopping with your girls a whole lot easier.

http://www.dessy.com/

Thanks to Laura for the tip!

Wedit Video Footage

We've all heard of putting disposable camera's on the tables at a wedding, but lets face it, who wants to develop the film of 20 cameras to find that half the pictures haven't come out? It's a great idea to have your guests capture the feel of the wedding from their perspective, but surely there's a better way?

Enter, Wedit. Wedit sends the wedding couple 5HD cameras in the post, 3 days before the wedding. They can then be placed on tables, or handed out to the wedding guests throughout the day, to snap away and capture those special moments. After the wedding, the couple then return the cameras to Wedit to edit. Wedit then edits the footage into a video.

 As far as I know, this service is only available in the States at the moment. But we're keeping our eyes peeled for a UK version. If you know of any, do let us know!

You can read more about Wedit on their site www.wedit.com

Focus on Ranunculus

Finding the right flowers for your bouquet without the added complication of finding out what's in season and whether they come in your desired colour!

There are over 600 species of Ranunculus coming in various colours and sizes. Wikipedia says "They are mostly herbecious perennials with bright yellow or white flowers (if white, still with a yellow centre); some are annuals or biennials. A few species have orange or red flowers. There are usually five petals, but sometimes six, numerous, or none, as in R. auricomus. The petals are often highly lustrous, especially in yellow species. Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonisers, as in the case of garden weeds."

They are great for spring or winter weddings as they are in season at this time. If you're still unsure about the flowers you'd like in your bouquet, this chart may help you to get a head start.

Wedding Tea Towels

Need a novel way to thank people for your wedding gifts? Why not give them a custom wedding tea towel. Not only can you thank them for the lovely gift, you can also remind them of the big day.

Ben & Karen from Original Wedding Tea Towels tell their story of how the idea came to life. 

"In December 2009 Ben and Karen got married. Ben's a designer so was under huge pressure to come up with a cool idea for the invitation. After about 20 failed attempts they finally hit on the idea of doing something people could keep, (after all, why spend all that money on something that people are only going to throw away), so perhaps, oddly, they decided on doing a tea towel.

Eventually, they created the original Whale design and got it to print, then we came to the day of sending them out. Waiting for people's responses was quite terrifying, we were worried it was going to be met with a blanket 'WHY?', but really, it couldn't have been further from the truth. People seemed genuinely blown away by them and the feedback was totally amazing.

Anyway, they got married and when the dust had settled they both thought maybe the idea was good enough to make a little business out of, so that's exactly what they did. They've taken orders all over the UK and sent out loads of samples, OK, they're not the next Microsoft, but as a cottage industry it ticks over nicely."

Whilst you can use the tea towels for the main invitations, I think a lot of people prefer to put their invites up on the fridge or the mantle piece, reminding them of the date. The commemorative thank you tea towels work much better for me, but each to their own!


For information on pricing and designs visit their site here

Sarah Watson Envelopes

When writing your wedding invites, you'll no doubt want to get through the list as quickly as possible. Most of us faced with this task, would try to think which of our friends or family has the best handwriting and who we could rope into helping put their calligraphic skills into action. Remember the christmas card from Aunty June and how she curls her g's? Let's hope she has a day or two spare and is willing to embark on the task of writing over 100 cards and addresses for her distant niece!

Whilst not all of us are natural artists and many have borderline illegible handwriting (only you need to read it most of the time), there are some out there who just have the gift. Enter Sarah Watson, Brazil based designer with a specialty for hand lettering.

Her varied style of hand lettering would really stand out in your regular pile of morning mail. Whilst we may not have the cash to splash on commissioning a personal calligrapher to address all of our invites, why not take a pop at it yourself? Just make sure the postman can read it!

See more of Sarah's work at sarahwatsonillustration.com

Vintage Hair Ornaments

There are some beautiful hair ornaments out there, in chic vintage styles, adding Silver Screen glamour to any bride. Etsy have a lot of great ideas, like the one above. Small or large, front or back, there'll be the perfect one for you and your wedding style. If you managed to snag a genuine vintage adornment, then it could even be your 'something old!' Shop for rhinestone hair ornaments on Etsy here