In The Beginning

The Venue was the easy part.

We got married at Monk Fryston Hall Hotel

On the 23rd December 2013

I wanted a christmas wedding, and this venue is perfect for it, it is so warm and cosy and old english. Can't ask for better. Plus all the staff are lovely :) and the christmas decorations were perfect, so we didn't need any venue decorations at all :)

Ok Venue and Date - Check

Next..............

December 2012, at this point I was thinking about the cake and the invites.

But it wasn't until very last minute that these were decided.

So next point of call was actually the ladies favours.

photos by ollievision photography

My mum bought all these robin tree decorations in January - now thats organisation for you.

But we wanted to personalised them somehow.

We tried stamping their bottoms with a stamp, however the ink never dried :(

So I bought some little wooden tags off ebay, painted them with either glitter or gold paint, then stamped my stamp onto the tag, and tied them onto the bird with twine - perfect tree decoration to remember our day by. 

(I have missed out how these birds were sat with mayonnaise on their bums for days, to try and get rid of the red smudged ink. We got there in the end -good as new ;)....)

Also My little 10 year old sister made all of the little santa sacks which we put the robins in, 

which she handed to all the ladies at the wedding during the meal.

Then it was time to dress hunt!!!

Married!!!

Well I did it. I got married!
Finally after nearly 12 years with my other half we tied the knot
I would like to share here how we got to the big day, how we put it together and how it went.

Mr and Mrs Kelly's rings

photo by www.ollievison.co.uk 


From the beginning............

Kids Drawn Wedding Invites.

I had a thought a year or so ago about getting your kids involved in the wedding, as a wedding stationer, there is not much I can do other than paper craft.

So I had a genius idea...... Get your kids to design your wedding invites.

The kids draw the image, send the design to me. I tidy it up a bit and add a bit of colour if needed, then turn it into a wedding invite.

Here are a few of the ones I have had the pleasure of working with.

This child draw a picture of herself too, which I thought I would put on the invite as well, so put her on the back with *Drawn By Daisy* Which I thought was a lovely touch as they have designed the card, and will see it printed. It is a perfect way to get the children involved.

competition time

Have I really not been on here since xmas. *Slaps wrists* That was naughty of me. Ooops sorry about that guys.
But I hope you have been keeping up with everything on my facebook page?

Well I have reached over 1500 likers, so as I promised I will be doing a giveaway.
I will be giving one lucky winner £25 off/or towards their wedding stationery. (not including p&p)

All you have to do is comment on this blog,
and like and comment on this link which will be on my facebook page. Tagged at the top. So you shouldn't miss it.
This competiton is not being run on facebook, as it against their rules.

You can get your friends and family to enter the competition for you, they can hand the winnings to you, or as a surprise for you, so get everyone involved and the more people you have liking and commenting, the more chance you have of winning.

I will run the competition until the end of the week, so will pick someone at random after the bank holiday weekend.

Good luck. xx

Christmas Spirit

Good Morning.
I am in such a festive mood. I know it is only the 7th November. But getting ready for christmas is one of the best times of the year.
We have Christmas markets, where you have to wrap up all warm and cosy, go get some hot chocolate or mulled wine. Have a look at all the lovely gifts and have a hotdog from the German hotdog stand, then maybe a huge chocolate muffin.

I just LOVE christmas,
Which is probably why I have decided to get married at xmas time. Yes, I know I have made a decision, I have been changing my mind about when to get married since I got engaged a year and a half ago. But I decided a christmas wedding would be perfect for me and my fella.
So now to design my own wedding invite.....
I am sorry but I will not be having any previews of this until I have sent them all out, which will be ages yet as I haven't set the date for definite, but I am looking at a venue after the 25th November as this is when they have their xmas decorations up. So excited!!!!

winter wedding coat

I have even been umming and ahhing about a winter wedding coat? Lots of comments on my facebook page on this idea. Some loved it, some did not.
winter wedding coat

Wowsers

Wow, I am sorry for the complete lack of posts on my Blog.
I have just seen I have been away from it since July!! Thats over 3 Months. I do apologise.

I am at the moment, having a little break for the day and eating flora gums.
Today has been hectic as I went home for a week for halloween, my sister's 11th birthday and Bonfire weekend, oh and I did a wedding fair in Selby Abbey. So today I was back to work. Working on new designs, new samples and confetti cones.


Anyway since my guestbook giveaway - which seems to be my last post, my guest books have flown off my shelves. :)
They have been so popular I thought I would do one for christmas, here is one for a baby's first christmas, and the one underneath is just for a little girl to fill it with all her own memories, drawings and photos.

Baby's First christmas memory book

child's christmas memory book

Also in my new christmas range, is this little fella, my xmas polar bear.

I have other designs with him on, in my christmas facebook album,

facebook christmas album

polar bear tinsel personalised christmas card

I also decided I wanted an xmas wooly jumper style christmas card, as I love wooly socks and jumpers and christmas wouldn't be christmas without them. So he is my take :) I do hope you like it as much as I do, even though I know it isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea,

Christmas wooly jumper style christmas card

Well I hope to keep more up to date with my blog from now on.

Competition

Hello, as I cannot hold this competition on facebook, I have added it to my blog.

So if you wanted to win one of these lovely ring bound guest books, please comment under this message with your name, and please fill in the info, as I will need to contact you via email to send you a message if you win.

This guest book can be made to suit your theme and your colours, it doesn't have to look anything like this. But it will be ring bound.

It can be designed for a birthday, wedding, christening or maybe you just want your own note book.

Thanks for taking the time to enter and I will pick a winner within a couple of days.

Thank you xxxx