Christmas Inspiration

Christmas is fast approaching and without doubt my favourite time of the year and with all that sparkle, glitter and fairly lights it’s hard not to be inspired when decorating your wedding or party venue. Christmas for me is the ultimate Wedding theme, it has it challenges of course, Santa’s Grotto is not really a good look for a wedding, but with the right amount of glitter, subtle Christmas decorations, and the right colour scheme it can look just beautiful

With a Christmas theme any colour scheme works, from the traditional red and gold to the modern purples and pinks or the more delicate silver and white, using little touches to add that subtle Christmas touch can really wow your guests throughout your day.

Coloured Baubles are a fantastic way to add colour and texture, either on a Christmas tree itself, or when creating a centre piece, hanging from a Wishing Tree or even personalise and give as favours to your guests.

Lighting is a great way to add atmosphere and that Christmas touch, candles, fairly lights and tea lights are a fantastic and relatively inexpensive way of creating a wonderful ambience and looks very pretty.

Angelic Weddings Wishing Tree Hire fits wonderfully into any theme but no more so than a Christmas one, a beautiful glittery silver it can be decorated with baubles, decorations, strings of crystals and beads and even tinsel of any colour scheme, with glitter butterflies and bows finishing the look.

There are so many colour combinations that would be fantastic for a Christmas theme. Angelic Weddings bespoke service is on hand to create some wonderful stationery and table designs, one of a kind in any colour scheme.

Some Christmas colour schemes, something a little different!!

• Lime green and white
• Red & silver
• Black, white & cerise
• Turquoise, pink and white
• Dark green, light green and silver
• Brown, bronze, gold and white

And when it come to you stationery, the ideas and colour combinations are endless. Use diamantes, feathers, jewels, ribbon and glitter to add Christmas touches to your stationery, favours, table settings and table plan.  Use your own Christmas Trees instead of flower displays, check mine out this year!!

Some Ideas for decorating you venue:

Fish Bowls filled with coloured baubles as centre pieces.

Tree decorations tied to napkins to give as favours, personalising them would be even more lovely, wonderful keepsake for you guests.

Candles, Tea lights, fairly lights and out door garden lights add to the atmosphere.

Use Christmas Trees instead of flower displays, decorate in your choosen colour scheme, or simply with fairy lights.

Christmas Crackers, matching your colour scheme, personalised, with a  favour gift inside will make your table look instantly’ Christmassy’ and having a hat, joke and quiz question inside makes it fun as well and a great talking point for you guests.

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Photo:  www.pengelly-photography.co.uk

The Proposal

Chris proposed to Joanna on one knee with a stunning platinum three stone diamond ring at the top of the London eye at sunset, celebrating with champagne.

The Bridal Gown

Joanna brought her beautiful Ivory strapless A line Jade Daniels gown, adorned with sequins from the National Wedding Show at the NEC Birmingham. Angelic Weddings accompanied Joanna and together they found the gown reduced from £1250 to £250 along with a stunning handmade tiara from Tigar Lillie. Joanna completed her outfit with Ivory peep toe shows from Monsoon, diamond earrings borrowed from her Mum, a pearl bracelet from Javelin, pretty light blue toe nail polish for her ‘Something Blue’ and a beautiful hand tied posy of cream roses with diamantes’ by Passion Flower of Sudbury.  

Lara Coad in Long Melford Suffolk was on hand for all the dress alterations and last minute touches.

Attendants

Some brilliant bargains were found on the high street, the champagne coloured bridesmaid’s dresses came from BHS which co-ordinated beautifully with stunning pearl hairpieces from Claire’s Accessories and little Lauren’s dress was from John Lewis. The groomswear was from Moss Bros, they all looked very handsome in traditional long black jackets, cream/burgundy cravats and cream waistcoats.

The Big Day    

The venue chosen was the stunning Hintlesham Hall near Ipswich, a magnificent 16th century grade 1 listed country house set in beautiful mature landscaped gardens and surrounded by 175 acres of rolling Suffolk countryside.

The bride arrived in style in a stunning white stretched limo accompanied by her bridesmaids, Mum and Dad and daughter Lauren, with champagne and music, a truly lovely way for the bride to arrive for her big day.

After the ceremony photos were taken on the wonderful grounds, with Canapés and Pimms served.

Guests enjoyed a traditional three course breakfast including breast & thigh of Guinea Fowl with a mixed Herb Sauce and tangy lime tart with fresh raspberries.

The evening reception was held at Hintlesham Golf Club where a delightful finger buffet was served, guests danced the night away with Andy Betts Disco.

 Invitations

 Angelic Weddings handmade Luxury Pocket Fold Invitations complete with RSVP card and Information Sheet.

Tables/Favours

Photo:  www.pengelly-photography.co.uk

Angelic Weddings was on hand to provide the finishes touches, guests received Jam Jar Favours filled with Chocolates (Footballs for the gents and Gold Balls for the Ladies), finished with a handmade tag thanking guests for attending, they were personalised doubling as place settings. Tables were named after the Grooms favourite Manchester United players, Angelic Weddings created table’s names with photos and a synopsis of each player. Passion Flower of Sudbury decorated each table with red petals and tall centre piece vases filled with red roses.

Photo:  www.pengelly-photography.co.uk

The Cake

 Jane Felton’s three tier ivory cake decorated with red roses and gold ribbon, a combination of traditional fruit, chocolate and lemon drizzle, totally delicious.

The Honeymoon

Joanna and Chris enjoyed a 2 week stay at the Atlantica Imperial Beach Resort in Kolymbia, Rhodes in Greece.

Helpful Hints & Tips from the couple

Bride

“Have a massage the day before to relax in preparation for your big day and pay out extra for make-up and hair to be done on the day, try not to DIY”.

Groom

“Prepare in advance! Make sure all angles covered and get involved in the preparations”.

Great Idea

“Quiz sheets with questions about the couple on each table, such a great way to encourage guests to chat amongst themselves and break the ice . The answers were read out by the groom and best man in comedy fashion, after the deserts and the winning table received a round of drinks”.

Top Money Saving Tip

“Jugs of tap water can save a lot, also serving sparkling wine rather than champagne. When preparing numbers for the evening buffet just cater for the evening guests only, most would have eaten anyway”. 

What they would have done differently!

“We wished we had hired a professional videographer as well as a photographer”.

Remember

“Don’t worry about providing transport for everyone during the day. If they really want to attend they will find a way of getting there”.

Photo:  www.pengelly-photography.co.uk

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Photography:  www.pengelly-photography.co.uk

Wedding Planner & Design: www.angelicweddings.org.uk

Venue:  www.hintleshamhall.co.uk

Cake: Jane Felton 01787 277894

Flowers: www.passionflowersudbury.co.uk

Disco: andybettsdisco@hotmail.co.uk

Make-up: www.prettyfacesmakeup.co.uk

Transport: www.a14limo.com

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From centre pieces, table stationery and favours, to confetti cones, order of service cards and a wonderful wishing tree with handmade tags. Catherine can produce a totally unique decoration plan, one of a kind design created especially for you.

Everything you will need on your special day in one easy package

• Full Bespoke venue/table design
• Hire of one table centre piece per table
• Hire of decoration items including butterflies, table crystals, tea lights, tea light holders, floating candles and mirror plates etc
• Purchase of stationery items, including table numbers (one per table), menu cards (two per table), place setting cards (one per guest), filled organza bag favour (one per guest), filled with either Mint Imperials, Sugared Almonds or Chocolate Dragees and finished with a co-ordinating ribbon and tag.
• Cake table decorated with co-ordinated decorations
• Purchase of personalised Post Box
• Purchase of an A2 canvas Table Plan
• Hire of the ‘Weddings Wishing Tree’, fully decorated and including 50 tags and a personalised Keep Sake Box (subject to availability)
• 50 Order of service cards/Order of the day cards
• 20 Confetti Cones filled with biodegradable confetti including hire of a basket to hold the cones
• Full delivery, set up and collection within a 30 mile radius from CO10 1UJ (40p per mile thereafter)

£100 per Table (minimum of 8 tables)



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