Christmas Opening Hours

The Endless Love offices will be closing on Thursday 24 December and will re-open on Monday 4 January 2010.

Wishing you all the best for the festive season.

Caroline.

Christmas Floristry Workshop

I recently attended a floristry workshop at my sister-in-law's new venture; Half Penny House in Needham Market, Suffolk - website coming soon.

During the workshop we learned how to put together a Christmas table centre piece. I was really surprised by how much work and how much time it took to put together the arrangement. It really helped me to understand the work put in by florists and how much time it actually takes to create a beautiful arrangement. I thought i was finished, and then continued to work on my centre piece for another hour!

Here's a picture of the finished product - what do you think?

Half Penny House sells all kinds of wonderful things for the home and runs numerous workshops from sewing to painting!

If you would like to know more, please contact Nicola Gouldsmith on 07887 511081.

Book Review: Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf

I've just finished re-reading 'Diary of a Mad Bride' by Laura Wolf. I read it the first time when I was planning my own wedding in 2005. It's a light hearted view of the wedding planning process and will have you laughing out loud.

If you're looking for some light relief from planning your wedding - I'd thoroughly recommend it.

Enjoy!

Love Quotation

'There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved'

George Sands

Photographer Supplier Focus - BDi Creations

This month I met up with Garry and Mel from BDi Creations at their studio in Stowmarket. Garry has been a photographer for over 20 years and is well established in the wedding industry. Their style of photography is very relaxed and informal. There will always be two photographers present on the wedding day to ensure no special moment is missed. They will be with you from getting ready, right through to your first dance to capture all the memorable moments of your special day. There are lots of examples on their website www.bdicreations.com, including one of my favourites:

They include an engagement shoot in their package whereby the bride and groom to be can go along to the studio and enjoy a relaxing photo shoot and be treated like a celeb! They will even throw in a makeover for the bride to be. This is a great opportunity to get used to being in front of the camera and to get to know your photographers.

Wedding packages are around £1,500 and can be tailored to meet your requirements. Contact Garry or Mel on 01449 770311 or 07816 925326 to discuss. You can also email them at bdicreations@hotmail.co.uk.

Ideas for your table plan

Are you struggling to decide where everyone should be seated at your wedding? Why not try something different? Here are some ideas:

• Table Name Cards - the most formal. Name cards would be places at each place setting telling guests exactly where they should sit.
• Escort Cards - very popular in the US. Guests would pick up their name card at the entrance and it would have a table number on the reverse. You decide which table everyone sits at and they decide where on that table they will sit.
• Free For All - very relaxed. There is no table plan and guests can sit wherever they like.

It's your day - have the wedding that you want!