Monday June 30th
Organising a wedding is a big task, especially co-ordinating everyone and all your wedding suppliers. And then your wedding dress isn’t ready at your fitting and those relatives from Australia turn up unannounced and then the dog eats your bouquet! A lot of things can get you stressed. Here is a really simple technique to […]
Thursday June 19th
I love Elderflowers and my grandad used to make the most amazing Elderflower wine. Like most traditional English Fruit Wines it was quite sweet and you drank it in sherry-type glasses rather than wine glasses. I think this was mainly to do with the strength of the stuff! He made all types of fruit wines, […]
Friday June 13th
I’m sure many of you have picked up on the trend that is Trash the Dress - it seems to have been getting quite a bit of press coverage at the moment with several photographers across the UK offering it as an additional service to their wedding clients. The concept comes from America […]
Thursday June 12th
For those not in the know I’m currently a member of the bride to be gang with the big day set for this September! So as well as chatting about all things photography I’d love the opportunity to share some of my planning experiences with you. So to start - the all […]
Tuesday June 10th
I love vintage but I know its not everyone’s cup of tea! My mum can never understand why I would want to wear something that had been worn by someone else! But to me, vintage clothing is just more unusual - you’ll never find anyone else wearing the same dress as you - and it shows how badly […]
Tuesday June 10th
We’ve all heard of conflict diamonds and the devastation they have caused in certain areas of Africa, (see our earlier blog) Ask your jeweller for a Kimberley certification to check where the diamonds have come from - its not a full proof system but definitely a step in the right direction. If they are vague […]
Thursday June 5th
Did you know that today is World Environment Day? It certainly hasn’t had much press! Last year the focus was on the melting ice caps and there was a polar bear ice sculpture in Leeds City Centre that slowly melted over the course of the day. But I haven’t seen anything this year - let […]
Wednesday June 4th
The average Sunday Dinner has travelled 25,000 miles to get to your plate and used 52 megajoules of energy (the equivalent of boiling a kettle for 700 cups of tea!) Buying seasonal produce from a farmers market clocks up only 376 miles and the eqvialent of 1 megajoule (13 cups of tea) So find your […]
Tuesday June 3rd
The new trend in travel is slow travel and it’s a great greener honeymoon alternative. It involves spending more time getting to the destination of your choice and making the journey part of your honeymoon.
Personally I love train journeys and when I travelled India we could have so easily flown around. It would have definitely […]
Monday June 2nd
Those lovely people at Wedding Ideas magazine have asked me to come up with some top tips on how to have a greener wedding and I was all to happy to help out. It was just hard to keep them edited down so I’ve decided over the next couple of weeks to print the full […]
