Green Wedding Tips

Going 'Green' on your wedding day can save you money as well as helping to save the environment - here are my top tips for a green wedding:

• Use dried flower petals instead of confetti (a lot of venues are now insisting on this)


• Use seasonal flowers in your bouquets and floral decorations


• Use seasonal foods, especially vegetables and use local suppliers to cur down on 'food miles'


• Choose a venue that is local to you and the majority of your guests


• Send your invitations via email and set-up a wedding website that guests can visit with all the information they will need about your wedding


• Consider an environmentally friendly mode of transport to the wedding - a horse & carriage perhaps, an electric car, or even a tandem bicycle!

Visit our website for more information on how Endless Love can help you have a 'green' wedding.

Happy Planning!

Picture Credit: Weddzilla Blog

Love Quotation

"Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry"

Author Tom Mullen

Supplier Focus - Fabulous Bags by Libellule

A friend of mine, Louise has recently launched a new venture; Libellule - Handmade vintage style handbags...each one unique and stitched with love!

I visited her at her stall at Ipswich Vintage and Modern Market on the Waterfront last weekend. Here's a few pictures of her stand and her fabulous bags:

As you can see, her talents are not limited to bags, she also has a collection of beautiful handmade jewellery including necklaces and bracelets.

I think these bags would be great for bridesmaids, they are surprisingly spacious so can hold all of the essentials and still look elegant as they hang from the wrist - Louise can make them to fit in with your chosen colour scheme. The bags start from just £16.00 each.

Louise has a shop on Folksy which you can access here, or you can contact her at louise-at-libellule@hotmail.com or on 07780 663630.

A Gift For Your Groomsmen

Whilst browsing the Wedding Ideas shop this week I found these fab ties for your groomsmen:

Its a great way to show your thanks for their involvement in your wedding, as the tie says: 'Thanks for helping us 'tie the knot''. The ties come in a presentation pouch and are £19.99 each.

Happy Shopping!

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Love Quotation

"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand"

Author Unknown

Venue Focus - Glemham Hall

A few weeks ago I met up with Louise at Glemham Hall for a look round the venue:



Glemham Hall is an elegant, red brick Elizabethan mansion surrounded by 300 acres of parkland situated between Woodbridge and Saxmundham in Suffolk off the A12. The present owner Major Philip Hope-Cobbold inherited the house from his uncle in 1994, where he now lives with his wife Raewyn.

Glemham Hall was build circa 1560 by the de Glemham family, who took their name from nearby Great (Magna) and Little (Parva) Glemham. After a varied history, the Cobbold brewing family purchased the house in 1923; it became the home of Captain John Murray Cobbold - founder and first chairman of Ipswich Town Football Club as a professional club - and his wife Lady Blanche, a daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire.



There are two main areas for weddings;

The Great Hall (pictured left) for wedding ceremonies and smaller, more intimate wedding breakfasts

The marquee (pictured right) for larger wedding breakfasts.

There is also a church within the grounds of Glemham Hall that can be used for wedding ceremonies and is just a short walk from the main house.

The grand hall can seat up to 100 for a wedding ceremony and 60 for a wedding breakfast. The marquee seats up to 160 for a wedding breakfast and up to 200 for the evening reception.

The venue hire costs from £3,300.

Your caterers need to be booked separately and Glemham Hall will provide you with a list of preferred suppliers.

Contact Glemham Hall on 01728 746704 or email them at events@glemhamhall.co.uk for more information.
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Apple Green Mood Board

With Spring finally with us I've put together a fresh apple green mood board:

Picture credits:
Shoes - Hasel Bride
Cake - Manolo Brides
Apple Martini's - Manolo Brides
Tie - Manolo Brides
Bride & Groom - The Knot
Flowers - Get Married
Table - Soon to be Wed
Invitation - Lela New York
Dress - Cafe Mom

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