About Gemma

Gemma Morgan ~ Creative Director at The Wedding of my Dreams. Gemma brings you inspiration for your big day through her blog posts as well as sourcing new wedding decorations & details available to buy online at www.theweddingofmydreams.co.uk.

Gold Wedding Ring Dish

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Gemma

This week our wedding decoration of the week is our gold hammered wedding ring dish. This heart shaped ring dish is a lovely way to display your wedding rings. Ask your ring bearer to carry to rings down the aisle in this dish for a lovely touch.

Gold Wedding Ring Dish

View our gold wedding ring dish for sale in our shop

Product Details

The heart has a hammered gold finish.
Place the wedding rings directly into the heart or create a nest with some ribbon.
The heart measures 10cm x 10cm.
Price: £6
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This wedding ring dish in the heart shape is also available in silver. Browse our other wedding ring dishes and ring cushions here.

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Natural Wooden Bark And Tree Slice Wedding Decoration Ideas ~ Rustic Woodland

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Gemma

Are you hoping to create a woodland or rustic feel at your wedding? Maybe you have chosen a venue that suits the woodland style (a barn or farm wedding venue) or perhaps as a couple, you love the outdoors, and a woodland wedding just feels right.

One way to create a woodland style is to use lots of natural materials, we have chosen our favourite natural wood, bark and tree slice wedding decorations as well as ideas that you could use to create this look yourselves.

Natural wood & bark table number holders & place settings

For your wedding table numbers you could choose to have a table number holder made from an actual tree branch, use narrow branches so they don’t take up too much space on the table and slot your table number card into them. Or alternatively use a small tree slice and engrave the table number or name into it. This looks best propped up against your centrepiece so it is visible for guests.

Natural bark vases, tea light holders and tree slice wedding centrepieces

You want to create a relaxed centrepiece for a woodland styled wedding, nothing too perfect and uniformed, not all tables have to be the same. There are a number of different wooden bark vases and vessels that could be used to hold your flowers. Wild flowers look best with lots of texture. Around the bark vases add in a couple of bark tea light holders to complete the look.

The majority of venues provide a white linen table cloth for your tables, this is not very rustic! You will be surprised, adding a hessian table runner over the cloth works wonders. Or for an even more rustic touch use a wooden tree slice as the base of your centrepiece, positioning your bottles, jars and vessels on top.

Extra wedding decorations and ideas using tree stumps

Wooden tree slices or tree stumps could be used as a base for more than just your centrepieces. Large tree slices can be used for your wedding cake or lots of smaller ones for cup cakes or a dessert table.

For an outdoor woodland wedding ceremony, position larger tree stumps down either side of the aisle and place jam jars with flowers and candles on top. A simple but effective look. We also really love the idea of gathering lots of large tree stumps and piling them up to create shelves. Add candles in jam jars and vases to create a wow factor display.

Source: 1 Wooden bark table number holders // 2 Wooden tree branch name card holders // 3 Small tree slice table number // 4 Assortment of bark vases in different sizes // 5 Bark vases on tree slice table decoration // 6 Bark tea light holder // 7 Tree slice wedding centrepiece with grouping of bottles // 8 Small bark vases // 9 Layered tree slice wedding centrepiece // 10 Bark vase inside bell jar // 11 Tree slice stand for wedding favours (unknown source) // 12 Tree stump stand aisle decorations (unknown source) // 13 Wooden tree slice wedding cake // 14 Natasha Lisitsa, Waterlily Pond Floral Design – San Francisco, California

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Copper Wedding Ideas And Decorations

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Gemma

When it comes to recent wedding trends, there has been one on our radar that we just cannot ignore. While gold and silver have always been a popular choice for wedding colour schemes, couples are now swapping traditional metallic hues with industrial-inspired copper. This ultra-cool shade is a wonderful choice for a modern wedding with an edgy, urban vibe. However, you can also create a rustic glamour theme by teaming it with lots of wooden details. Have a nosey at our favourite copper wedding ideas and decorations…

Copper Wedding Ideas And Decorations

Brides and grooms are getting super creative when it comes to their ceremony spaces, and a copper archway really create a very special area to exchange your vows. You could adorn a copper archway with greenery and flowers, or you could surround it with lanterns and candles.

We have a fab collection of copper wedding ideas and decorations. Our copper candle sticks and tea light holders look divine dotted around your wedding venue, along your gift table or as part of your table centrepieces. Team copper candles with our dried moss table runner for a rustic glamour effect, or pair with copper terrarium vases for an industrial theme.

Copper tolix chairs are a stylish alternative to traditional pews or wedding reception chairs, and they will help to give your wedding venue a chic modern vibe. If you do opt for a foliage copper archway, why not keep the same design throughout your big day by decorating copper chairs with greenery.

Metallic cakes have recently become a very delicious craze in the world of weddings, and your guests won’t be able to resist a slice of copper-iced wedding cake. On the other hand, you could have a very simple white iced cake with a copper calligraphy cake topper. We suggest displaying it on a copper cake stand or sequin table runner. As mentioned earlier, if you do want to team copper wedding ideas with rustic details, why not display a copper cake on a wooden tree slice?

There are lots of lovely ways to incorporate copper into your aisle style too. While a copper wedding dress will make a serious statement as you walk down the aisle, it may not suit everyone! Instead, you could rock some copper jewellery, accessories and even a pair of copper-style bridal shoes. Add a hint of copper to your wedding bouquet by wrapping a silk metallic ribbon around the stems of your blooms – it’ll be all you need to reflect your stylish colour scheme! The groom will look gorgeous in a navy suit teamed with a copper or burnt orange buttonhole. He could also wear copper cufflinks for a subtle nod towards your ultra-cool wedding theme.

This wedding theme is modern, stylish and guaranteed to be envy-inducing! Take a look at our gold, glitter & bronze wedding decorations here.

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Calligraphy Wedding Stationery Suite – Digital Download

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Gemma

Did you know we now have digital downloads available on our website? We have a range of signs which you can download and print at home, put them in a frame and display them at your wedding. Browse our printable wedding signs here.

Today we are looking at our wedding stationery suite. Download the package straight to your computer, fill in your personal details and send to the printers yourself.

Wedding Stationery Suite – Digital Download

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Product Details

Download our quick and easy-to-use wedding templates for your wedding stationery – instantly personalise with your own wedding details.
This design is a lovely modern calligraphy style in soft grey, we think it looks super chic printed on white card.
You can print the stationery yourselves at home. However for a more professional finish we recommend uploading your personalised stationery to www.printed.com or somewhere similar, websites such as these will print your stationery letting you select your paper choice and order envelopes.

How it works:

Once you have checked out you will be emailed a link to download the template
Open the PDF template in Acrobat Reader
Personalise the template by adding your wording to the text fields (templates come pre-populated to use as a guide)
Save to your computer
Send to the printers for a professional finish – we recommend printed.com

Options / Prices:

Invitation (size A5) £5
Invitation (size A5) + RSVP (size A6) £10
Invitation (size A5) + Details (size A5) + RSVP (size A6) £15

Please note:

This is a digital file only (no delivery charge)
The colour cannot be changed
The calligraphy text cannot be altered (Mr & Mrs) (RSVP) (The Details)
Other text can be changed by you to include your own wedding details.

Digital Downloads cannot be refunded

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When To Buy Natural Wedding Confetti Petals?

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Gemma

Are you using our natural biodegradable confetti petals for your wedding confetti? You’ve made a great choice if you are. Our confetti petals come in 5 different colour ways to suit any style of wedding, ivory, blush pink, deep purple, blue and summer mix (our favourite!).

When To Buy Natural Wedding Confetti Petals? And many more questions answered…

Read on to find out some of our frequently asked questions about buying real confetti petals for your wedding.

See our wedding petal confetti for sale here.

Here we have answered some of your most common confetti petal questions.

Are your petals biodegradable?

Yes! Our petals are 100% natural and biodegradable. Our petals all come from delphiniums which have been grown with love and care on a family farm. The petals are hand picked and packed with no artificial colourings added.

My venue only allows natural petals. Are yours OK?

Most venues and churches are perfectly happy with biodegradable petals. Our petals will biodegrade in a couple of days so the venue will not have to sweep them up. If petals are left scattered around your venue they act exactly the same as blossom falling from trees or petals falling from flowers and will biodegrade very quickly.

When Should I Buy My Confetti?

Our petals last for up to 1 year. We suggest ordering 2 – 3 months before your wedding as they will keep so well, but don’t worry if you leave it until the last minute as we have a next day delivery option you can choose. Once you receive the petals we suggest storing them in a cool dry place.

How much should I buy?

We sell our petals by the handful to make it easy for you to calculate this. One handful will also fill one cone.

Do I need to buy enough petals for everyone attending my wedding?

This is completely up to you! You can buy enough for everyone if you wish, or just for half the number of guests as you may find couples only take one handful between them. Some guests may also bring their own confetti.

I’m sprinkling the petals over a table, how much should I buy?

Our petals make a lovely table decoration, sprinkle one handful over each round table or trestle table.

What do you suggest I present the petals in?

You can keep it simple and pour your petals into a basket or trug that is left at the back of the church for guests to help themselves.

Display your confetti petals in paper cones for guests to have a cone each or cone between their family.

Alternatively display your confetti petals in glass jars, you could have a mix of different colours and guests could help themselves as to which colour they fancy.

Our cotton confetti bags are also a popular choice, we have bags that read ‘sprinkle me‘ and ‘throw me‘ which is a lovely touch. Or how about pouring your petals into cones.

Pop to the shop to see our natural confetti!

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