Buttoned up ... On the Isle of Wight

Now for those of you that know me you will understand my love of all things different. (my ever changing hair colour testifies to that) I adore the weird, wonderful, whacky and unique. We are always looking for ways to help a bride make her wedding special and different but also within budget ... and this week I met a lady who showed me some amazing creations and I fell I love - Button bouquets from I Heart Buttons on the Isle of Wight.



Images are kindly supplied by Lesa, owner of I Heart Buttons and some are shot by Chris Cowley, www.isleofwightweddingphotographer.co.uk I hope you enjoy them as much as I do ..



Beautiful and personal, Lesa can incorporate items of jewellery, buttons and broaches from family members to really enhance your bespoke bouquet.




Thank you Chris for this wonderful shot, simply stunning work.




This is my favourite. So colourful and lots to look at, I want to have this if I ever renew my vows ... Hmmm when can I book that in for ?!




Button (what else!) holes too .... Fabulous and perfect for those allergy sufferers.









Plenty of ideas for the little ones too ..


And the home ..



Use all your favourite colours ..




And when the wedding is over, why not break it down and have it transformed into perfect button jewellery to give as gifts to your bridal party.

I love this idea and hope to see much more of Lesa's work in the future. To visit her website pop over to www.iheartbuttons.co.uk or visit her shop on the Isle of Wight soon.

Now I'm off to convince hubby to renew our vows .... Needs must!

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year, see you in January with lots of news and projects at many of our favourite venues.

Marie

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Location:Isle of Wight

Kev & Vicks Happy Country Wedding

In October we were lucky enough to be part of Kevin and Victoria's wedding at the gorgeous Hill Place in Hampshire. Below are some of the images their fabulous photographer Andrew Squires captured for them.








It is easy to see how Hill Place won the recent award for Best Regional Wedding Venue, it truly is a stunning house and lovingly looked after by a fabulous team, Isabella Weddings are proud to be part of that team.










The feel for this wedding was fun, with classic children's stories as table names and a touch of scrabble here and there the house looked excellent.










Victoria had out together some amazing personal touches, which suits this venue perfectly, it is a real home from home.










Everyone enjoyed this wonderfully warm October day and made the most of the grounds that surround the house, Vanilla caterers served some delicious treats and the feel all day was relaxed and chilled.













So despite the Channel 4 film crew being there (!), the day went smoothly and calmly, we thoroughly enjoyed being part of their day and I'm glad to say I have personally gained some fabulous friends from this day.






Enjoy more of Andrew's work at http://www.andrewjrsquires.blogspot.com/

See our website for more information on how we can help on your day www.isabellaweddings.co.uk or drop us an email to marie@isabellaweddings.co.uk

Do also pop over to see Hill Place and read about our exclusive packages and offers www.hillpace.co.uk

Have a lovely weekend :-)

Location:Hill Place, Swanmore

Inspiration

Good evening, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year? Doesn't it feel like ages ago now? I feel back into full work mode and I'm amazed how quickly the festivities have been long forgotten, ah well it might just snow and that will make us all excited again!

I am often asked what inspires me and more often than not I am also asked what a bride can do to 'be inspired'. Be it for a theme or maybe a style of dress, some ladies find it hard to decide or to indeed choose between styles, colours, themes and trends. I don't think I have a particular style or love of one specific genre or theme, in my home we have some vintage pieces (my current fav), some bright orange retro and some gorgeous bright modern pinks and of course the obligatory 70's fireplace ... So nothing we have fits one style, we just like to surround ourselves with items we love and enjoy.






So how does a bride find her own style for her wedding, there is a risk of having to spend a fortune starting from scratch buying everything to 'fill' your wedding venue and then what do you do with 25 cake stands afterwards? Like us many people like different things at different times, so what's to say that although in the winter you love warm, cosy, browns but by the time your summer wedding comes you may be totally in love with soft satiny summer blues?






You may like vintage and modern, country and city, how do you combine these? What if you like the deep reds and oranges but would love a soft, lace dress? Will this work, do you have to be loyal to just one theme?

Well my golden rules are these :

1) Don't feel pressured into choosing just one 'theme' and sticking with it, you can mix and match ... A vintage bouquet might work well with deep colours if you choose the right flowers, or a vase of country garden flowers can still be housed in modern tin drums. You just have to be a little creative!






2) If you still don't know what you truly love the most try this test ... Imagine you have been given a blank cheque and are allowed to decorate your home with anything you wish with no limit on spending ... What would you do? This will show your true styles through....all you have to do is mix them both (yours and your partners!) and adapt them to fit your wedding.

A mood board is ideal, this can be created by yourself or even better ask a trusted wedding planner (like us!) to put one together with some good value and budget - worthy ideas to decorate your room.







(flourish studios.co.uk)







(flickriver.com)







(the wedding community blog)

There are lots of ideas out there, a recent bride of ours was so worried that her theme wasn't taking shape that we decided between us to scrap the theme and just buy things that she loved, her 'theme' was what we now call country retro ... It was a hit in Brides magazine that month!

Enjoy your creative time , see you soon

Remember you can contact us anytime, we offer lots of affordable help without the pressure x
www.isabellaweddings.co.uk
marie@isabellaweddings.co.uk

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