Simply Love Vintage at Ringwood's first Wedding Event

They say pictures speak louder than words, so here are a few detailed images of our stand taken by my very talented daughter, Sophie in The Furlong, Ringwood today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simply Love Vintage xx

The Furlong, Ringwood Wedding Event

Well today was a first for quite a few of us in the wedding industry with Ringwood's first ever wedding event in the open air, including a fashion show music, free cake for the ladies and beer for the guys!

 

We had a great time chatting to all the lovely people who came to say hello and have a chat.  We also received some very lovely enquiries for crockery hire too!

 

Sadly, we did not get around to chat to all the exhibitors and to take everyone's photos but here are a few we did manage to get:-

 

Arcade Flowers

 

 

Dorset Dubhire

 

 

Chilly White Traditional Ice Cream Tricycle

 

Flight Parade

 

Elmsleigh Cakes

 

Fishee Designs

 

Emily with one of her vintage props from Fishee Designs

 

 

Cupcakes by Louise

 

New Forest Hotels

 

Carrie Bugg Photography

 

 and lastly, us....

 

 

 

 

A big thanks to Nick and Charlie of The Furlong Centre for all their hard work in putting this event together and to Nick for helping me unload at the beginning and repack my car at the end!!

 

Simply Love Vintage x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

The "Little Details"

 

As wedding planners and stylists, we thrive on the "little details"!  After many months of liaising with our couples, checking and double checking lists, their wedding day arrives, and although its hands on from the moment we arrive, to the end of the day, its the styling and setting up prior to the wedding and the physical transformation that makes all the long hours worthwhile.

In this blog we would like to show you the floral arrangements we created, the bouquets, pew ends and vintage style displays which formed the basis of this wedding: an english country garden.

 

 

We have to start at the beginning though......... we met our lovely bride with her mum at the venue almost a year to the day before.

The venue was Pamphill Village Hall, Wimborne and it is set in a rural and idylic setting with surrounding fields and countryside.  In fact you would not necessarily know it existed.

During the tour of the village hall we chatted about many matters, including the lack of light, the ceiling (which wasnt particularly attractive) and the bowling alley (yes really!) See below photo!

 

However, I assured our 'bride to be' that these were not necessarily problems, and I could overcome these areas of concern with some very crafty "wedding DIY".  The wedding styling  took 2 whole days with two lovely assistants, Conny and Sophie helping me.  However, it was indeed a true transformation.    Our styling wands had been well and truely waved and the magic had begun..... 

Here is a photo of the same hall on the morning of the wedding.

 

The satisfaction we felt was amazing...... but the best bit of all was our bride's reaction the day before her wedding .... "it's just how I dreamt it would be ... its absolutely beautiful"

So to finish off here are few more of the photos of a very special wedding, and a very special village hall.
 

The room sparkled with fairy lights, and lots of tealights and the country garden style continued with the pretty floral bunting.

Here we have one of our bespoke fabric hearts which we make to order to co-ordinate with wedding colours and themes.  This one had soft pastels, ditzy patterns, hessian and lace and our bride loved having a momento of her day to use in her own home.

Our very pretty hat stand..





















and of course our lovely bride in her fabulous vintage styled lace dress

We hope you have enjoyed a little insight into what we can offer - its not just crockery hire...we have our styling wands too!

Simply Love Vintage x

 

We must give a huge thank you to Angela Vincent, who has sent us these fabulous photos of this wedding.  All the above photographs are copyright and All Rights Reserved.

For further information from Angel please contact her at www.angelavincent.com



 

 

Wedding Bouquets Forever

 

One of the many pleasures of exhibiting at Wedding Fairs is meeting new people who have turned their hobby/craft into a passion which in turn becomes a business.   At such a fair in Southampton recently my stand was next door to the lovely Nicola Garrett who creates the most beautiful brooch bouquets I have seen.

 

To be honest I could not stop gazing at them and if I could have sneaked a little one away, and got away with it, I may have tried!!

 

 

 

In Nicola's own words "Nicola Garrett Brooch Bouquets are beautifully hand crafted wedding bouquets made from sparkly and enamelled vintage and vintage style brooches. Each brooch bouquet is completely individual, making it a fabulously unique addition to any wedding day and it is something that would be lovingly cherished for years to come, a long lasting memento"

 

 

 

 

 

So much has changed since I was preparing to get married (32 years now) but if I were marrying  today there is no doubt I would opt for a gorgeous bouquet to keep and pass down to my daughter & grandchildren as a unique momento and if you are marrying abroad they are absolutely perfect.

 

Nicola can also make bespoke bouquets incorporating a favourite brooch, colour or theme and cater for bridesmaids too.   The good news is that Nicola delivers nationwide too!

 

 

For further information here is Nicola's website http://www.broochbouquets.co.uk/



 

Have a look at the Gallery as it contains so many gorgeous bouquets.

 

Simply Love Vintage xx

 



Hampshire Wedding Show

We are very excited to be exhibiting at The Hampshire Wedding Show, at Southampton University,  Sunday 28th of October (tomorrow)  between 11am and 4pm .  Our display will be in the "Dedicated Vintage Room".

Here is a little insight to what the event is all about:-

"Simply put this is the biggest wedding event the county has ever seen is back and bigger and better than ever before.

Join us at the show everyone is talking about for another spectacular day that cannot be missed.

On the 28th of October 2012 the very best Hampshire wedding suppliers will all come together at one event to put on a truly spectacular day with 5 bridal shows and a MASSIVE prize giveaway from our officially media sponsors Heart

The show is back due to popular demand as we welcomed 1700 visitors to the first ever Hampshire Wedding Show in March which has taken the industry by storm.

Although others may boast they organise big shows there is simply nothing quite like The Hampshire Wedding Show....You have to see it to believe it.

Featuring

• 140+ Exbibitors
• An Amazing Atmosphere
• Dedicated Vintage Room
• Free Entry for all
• Luxury goodie bags for first 100 brides
• Fashion Shows all day
• Interactive Exhibitors
• Hampshire's best wedding suppliers
• Massive Prize Giveaway

How to find us

Building 38 is situated on Highfield Campus at the University of Southampton. There is plenty of free car parking around the campus, just follow the bride parking signs on your arrival.
 

Address
Building 38
University Road
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
                      
Directions

By Road
M3 - Exit M3 at junction 14, following signs for Southampton A33.
Follow the A33 (Bassett Ave.) through 2 roundabouts to a major intersection with the University's Medical and Biological Sciences building to your left.
Turn left at the lights into Burgess Road.
Continue through one set of lights.
                                         

At the next set of lights take the right hand lane to turn right into University Road
Free car parking is available on site
M27 - Leave M27 at junction 5 (Southampton Airport/Eastleigh)
If coming from the east, take the 1st exit off the roundabout; if coming from the west, take the 4th exit to A335.
Follow the A335 dual carriageway through 2 sets of traffic lights.
At the 3rd set, turn right onto Burgess Road and continue through two sets of traffic lights.
Turn left into University Road.
Free car parking is available on site.
By Bus or Coach
National Express provides regular services from Central London, Heathrow, Birmingham, Bournemouth and the North, Southampton coach station is at Western Esplanade, in the city centre. Our own Uni-link buses connect the University's Southampton campuses with the city centre and both train stations - Southampton Central and Southampton Airport Parkway. "

 

 

Happy Wedding Planning to all

Simply Love Vintage x