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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 How Caple Court Wedding Fair 26th September 10am until 4pm
Come and see this stunning property, set in 11 acres of breathtaking unspoilt countryside, fully dressed for a wedding ceremony and take the oppurtinity to see and speak to local quality suppliers. The Concert Barn nestled within the estate of How Caple Court has an abundance of history and character providing a magical occasion reminiscent of time gone by. The Concert Barn is available for weddings on an exclusive basis. Civil Ceremonies take place in the barn and for larger weddings and evening receptions there is the opportunity to erect an immaculate marquee arranged on the courtyard adjacent to the barn which can accommodate up to 150 guests. The Concert Barn offers a full wedding planning service co-ordinated by ourselves. We are a dedicated wedding planning team who are passionate about working with you on your dream wedding day. We appreciate you have individual preferences, ideas and aspirations for your special event. The team at The Concert Barn will do our very best to ensure all your wishes are met. We aim to provide you with more freedom than a standard venue offering, whilst providing you with the highest level of service.
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Wedding Florists – 5 ways to choose and work together
- Draw up a shortlist
Spend some time looking at websites and asking friends for recommendations before drawing up a list of two or three florists you are interested in working with. What are your initial impressions? Are they friendly, professional and responsive? Have you seen examples of their work? Do you like their style? The florist you choose may or may not be the one offering the best price but you should intuitively feel that they understand your ideas and care passionately about creating beautiful wedding flowers and providing a great service.
2.Start scrapbooking
Collect pictures from magazines and websites along with colour swatches of your bridesmaids’ outfits and a fabric sample of your dress. Take these along with you when you meet up with your florist. This will help them to understand the look you are hoping to achieve and suggest appropriate ideas.
3.Describe your style
Are you planning a chic city wedding or a romantic country wedding? You may find it helpful to come up with a few key words to describe the theme or style of your day and help your florist to translate your ideas into designs. For example, vintage, elegant, classic or contemporary.
4.Try to give your florist a budget to work with
Most florists will be happy to work to any budget but they will find it useful to know how much you are comfortable spending. Some arrangements will obviously be much more expensive than others. Tall, opulent candelabra arrangements brimming over with roses may be out of your budget range but a simple jug or bowl of seasonal flowers can look stunning and perfectly complement the décor of your venue when put together by a skilled florist.
5. Utilise your florist’s experience.
If you can’t afford everything on your wish list ask your florist to suggest ways of focusing on key elements and maximising impact. If you are happy to allow her/him some flexibility to choose the best available seasonal flowers and foliage to suit your design scheme (rather than insisting on a specific out of season flower), this can also help to keep costs down.
Courtesy of Helen Powell
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Elegant Venues Survey
We’re always keen to develop our services here at Elegant Venues. A good way to do this is by asking you (the customer) to share a little information with us.
The link below will take you to the survey, and it only takes 5 minutes to complete. We really appreciate your support, and if there’s anything you would like to tell us about that’s not included just leave it in the comments below.
Thank you.
E V Team.
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Addersey Lodge open day
Last Sunday saw Elegant Venues throwing open the doors to one of our most lavish properties, Addersey Lodge. A beautiful venue, set in breath taking surroundings. The weather thankfully held out for us and we’d like to thank everyone who attended.
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Wedding Photography – How to choose the right photographer
With so many wedding photographers to choose from it can be difficult to know which one to finally go with. These tips from James Davidson Photography should help to point you in the right direction.
1) Plan the formal bit of the photography.
Draw up a list of your formal group shots and include everyone’s name in each group. If you’re quite military about planning this bit, making sure that everyone knows where they need to be and who is in what shot, this part of the day will happen quite smoothly. There is a real danger that this part of the day can drag and that can be avoided purely by being organised. Taking the photographs takes no time at all but organising the groups is like herding cats. Get this bit right and and you’ll have more time to enjoy your champagne with your friends!
2) Style of photography
There are probably as many different styles of wedding photography out there as there are wedding photographers. In choosing your photographer, consider not only the style you feel you like the best – traditional, documentary, story-telling – but also how much influence you want the photographer to have on the day. If you are comfortable in front of the camera and enjoy having your photograph taken, you might be more happy going for more posed images. If you want a decent record of the day but don’t want it to be intrusive, you might want a-story-teling photographer
3) Trust your photographer
Plan and talk through any ideas you may have with your photographer before your wedding, create a structure or a plan if you feel that’s appropriate. But on the day itself, let the photographer get on and do his job and make sure you are having lots of fun during the day – the more fun you’re having, the better photographs the photographer will get. Simple!
4) Invest in your photography
Budgets and spending are always one of the trickiest issues with weddings and photography is no different. It can be an easy thing to choose your photographer because they are ‘cheap’. Which is great when you are considering your spreadsheet of costs but it can be disappointing after the wedding as the photographs are the one thing you have left (other than a new partner obviously!) Investing in your wedding photography can mean getting a photographer who there to capture all the key moments of your day, from the big emotions to the finer details who puts photography first. Once you have beautiful images you can then think about how best to present them, albums, frames etc but you can do this over time and spread the cost. It’s the one thing I hear more than anything else from recently married couples “…I wish we’d got a decent photographer …”
5) Know what you are getting for your investment
Ideally a good photographer will provide you with all the information you need about what is included in your photography package. This will help you budget for the day and avoid any nasty little extras you weren’t expecting.
For further information contact James Davidson Photography
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