How To Style A Wedding Table – Checklist

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Gemma

Have you been tearing out pages of magazines and pinning pretty wedding tablescapes to your wedding pinterest boards hoping to achieve something like them for your own wedding? Lots of inspiration is good at the beginning of the wedding planning process and after a while you will start to see a trend of looks, colours and styles you are drawn to. This is a great help in discovering your own wedding style.

Once you have discovered the style of wedding you are going to create get rid of all the inspirational images that don’t fit with this look. If you try to add in everything you have seen on pinterest, regardless of its style, there will be no way to co-ordinate it all. If all the images and ideas you have collected still feel overwhelming we suggest breaking down your wedding table in to the 6 key areas.

place settings
place cards
centrepieces
favours
table linen
chairs

Think about each of these areas of your table and decide how you want them to look, making sure you stay true to your own style. If you do this you will create a beautifully styled table that will wow your guests as they enter the room.

How To Style A Wedding Table – Checklist

For more inspiration and image sources see our pinterest board

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Foliage And Metallic Copper Wedding Styling – Featured In Brides Magazine

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Lottie Dainton

When it comes to wedding trends, foliage and copper have recently taken the industry by storm. Couples can’t get over greenery and this chic metallic, especially when they are used together. We were over the moon to see our Copper Geometric Candle Holders and Quilted Copper Tea Light Holders in the November / December 2016 issue of Brides magazine. So if you love the thought of foliage and copper wedding styling, keep reading…

Foliage And Metallic Copper Wedding Styling – Featured In Brides Magazine

Gone are the days where couples where restricted to traditional round guest tables. Brides and grooms are now embracing wooden trestle tables, which are just perfect for foliage and copper wedding styling. As seen in Brides magazine, you can line the length of the table with a variety of greenery and foliage. You can work in a few other flowers that fit in with your colour scheme, such as elegant ivory or colour-popping pink for Spring or Summer. The foliage garland will work as the base for your table centrepiece.

If you want to add an extra touch of sparkle to your wedding tables, consider using a white and gold chevron table runner. The combination of metallics works beautifully to create an ultra-modern wedding table style. Alternatively, if you wanted a rustic glamour feel to your wedding tables, you could opt for a hessian or burlap material instead. We have a collection of fab table runners here!

While our Copper Geometric Candle Holders look stylish filled with tea lights, they can be used in so many other ways too. You can add pretty flowers or simple succulents to them, lining them along the table for an extra special touch. Some couples even use larger versions to hold their wedding cards, and they look so glam on your gift table.

Our Quilted Copper Tea Light Holders are a super popular choice for couples in 2017, particularly as copper wedding styling looks so chic. The team used them to add a warm glow and a dash of cool copper to the table. They can also be used to decorate the window sills, fire place or guest book table at your wedding reception. The options are endless, and they really are a must-have for your venue decor.

Bar carts and wedding drink stations are also a popular trend for 2017, especially if you want to keep your guests refreshed during the warmer months. The teamed styled a vintage bar cart with vases full of greenery and blooms, as well as vintage decanters. Add a dash of luxe metallic by placing our copper candles to both levels. The result will look modern, stylish and seriously on-trend.

10 Swoon-Worthy Spring Wedding Centrepieces

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Lottie Dainton

Now that Spring is well and truly here we thought we’d spoil you with some inspiration for Spring wedding centrepieces. Choosing the perfect centrepiece for your wedding tables can be a difficult decision, as there is so much choice out there and you want it to fit in with your theme while making your tables look fabulous. With a strong focus on beautiful seasonal blooms, we’re bringing you 10 of our favourite Spring wedding centrepieces.

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10 Swoon-Worthy Spring Wedding Centrepieces

We think that a Spring wedding is the perfect match for a country garden theme. Style your wedding tables with a variety of mismatched watering cans and fill them with your favourite Spring blooms. Opt for Daffodils, Tulips and handfuls of Sweet Pea for a natural look that looks as if you’ve hand-picked them from your garden. You could collect different watering cans over the course of your wedding planning, or ask friends and family to help out. The best news is they won’t tug on the purse strings!

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A cream jug is a beautiful way to display gorgeous Spring flowers, and it can suit any theme or style of wedding. We suggest placing it on a rustic wooden tree slice and surrounding the jug with lots of little tea lights for a shabby chic style.

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If you’ve got a wedding venue with high ceilings, such as a rustic tipi or marquee, why not use adorn wooden beams or poles with Spring blooms? This is a lovely alternative to a traditional centrepiece and it’s a fab way of decorating your venue. It will also save you heaps of space on your reception tables!

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Dramatic chandeliers entwined with flowers and foliage make for a unique yet beautiful Spring centrepiece. They’re a wonderful choice if you’re not a huge fan of the chandeliers on their own, and they can look really elegant.

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If you’re tying the knot over the Easter weekend, why not incorporate the celebration into your wedding theme? A traditional Easter tree is a lovely option for your Spring wedding centrepieces and they’re easy to pull together. Simply fill a jug, vase or pot with some dried twigs and hang little Easter ornaments from the branches. You could write your table number on the front of a jug, or place a small sign between the twigs.

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Birdcages make beautiful table centrepieces throughout the year, but they’re a super pretty addition for a Spring wedding. Trail ivy around the outside of the birdcage, or fill it bursting with beautiful blooms. Tea-lights and candles look lovely placed inside the birdcage, particularly in the evening.

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A pastel colour scheme is simply perfect for a Spring wedding. Painted mason jars in various hues of baby pink, sky blue and mint look gorgeous clustered together. Fill the jars with tea-lights or seasonal posies, and you’ve got yourself some seriously pretty Spring wedding centrepieces.

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A rustic wedding theme has always been a popular choice for brides and grooms, and it’s wonderfully suited to a Spring celebration. A rustic wooden tree slice makes a fab base for your centrepieces, and it’ll help to give your wedding venue a woodland vibe. Wrap hessian or burlap ribbon around jam or mason jars and place a handful of pretty yellow blooms in each jar. Opting for yellow flowers will sprinkle your wedding day with sunshine, and it’s a subtle nod towards the season. Follow the theme throughout your wedding tables by using a hessian table runner and burlap wedding favour bags.

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If you’re planning on using long trestle tables at your wedding reception, you’ll need a centrepiece that lines the length of the table. We recommend using an abundance of greenery to cover the centre of your banquet tables. Work in a few tea-lights, candles and colourful Spring flowers for an extra special touch. However, as you’ll know from Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2017, greenery alone works just as well.

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If you want to create a relaxed, whimsical wedding theme for your Spring celebration, listen up! We suggest collecting a mixture of jars, bottles and small vases throughout your wedding planning. You’ll be able to source them at car boot sales, antique shops or over on The Wedding of My Dreams shop. Using a variety of different styles, colours and shapes will make your wedding tables look absolutely stunning. Place a single posy in each jar and line them along a wooden trestle table. This simple idea looks incredibly effective.

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A Spring wedding is a chance to reflect and celebrate the blossoming new season and the abundance of blooms. Opt for a variety of different flowers for a fresh and floral approach to your table centrepieces. Are you planning a pretty Spring wedding day?

Wooden Crate Boxes, Confetti Petals & Blackboard Bucket Centrepieces – Real Wedding

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Lottie Dainton

Charlotte and Bradley tied the knot at the show-stopping Shustoke Barn, and used a pink wedding theme. Discover how this pair pulled off the prettiest wedding theme using wooden crates, confetti petals and our blackboard bucket centrepieces.

Wooden Crate Boxes, Confetti Petals & Blackboard Bucket Centrepieces

Charlotte and Bradley added a touch of country charm to their wedding tables by using our blackboard buckets as their wedding centrepieces. These blackboard bucket centrepieces are the perfect fit for a rustic or country wedding. You can write the table name or numbers on the piece of blackboard. This loved-up duo opted for a delightful combination of blush pink, ivory and green blooms created by Passion for Flowers to fill their blackboard buckets. We love the fact that they used lots of little tea-lights to give their tables a warm glow.

There are lots of different ways you could use our blackboard buckets centrepieces throughout your wedding. You could stack them up to use them as a stylish seating plan, or you could fill with fun activity books and table games to keep the children entertained.

Charlotte and Bradley also used wooden crates throughout their wedding day to add a rustic feel to their decor. They used the crates to hold the bride and bridesmaids’ beautiful bouquets. You can also use wooden crates to display your seating plan, or as shelves for decorations.

The couple opted for pink confetti to use after they had said ‘I Do’. If you’re struggling for ideas on how to display your confetti, this real wedding is bursting with inspiration.

You could display it in silver buckets for a dash of country garden elegance. They also look gorgeous in floral cones or our ‘Sprinkle Me’ bags.

We adore how Charlotte and Bradley filled jugs with roses and used them to decorate their wedding venue. They used them to add a floral touch to their card and gift table, and it effortlessly added to the beauty of Shustoke Barn!

Passion for Flowers have some fabulous ideas for their weddings, such as tying a simple luggage tag to each buttonhole. This is a fab way of avoiding any confusion on the morning of your wedding day!

As you can see, Charlotte and Bradley’s wedding day was overflowing with gorgeous pink details. The perfect inspiration if you’re dreaming of a rustic or country wedding theme…

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AWARDED HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE BRITISH WEDDING AWARDS 2017

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Gemma

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