Wedding Fayres 2010

We have exhibited at some lovely Wedding Fayres over the last few months, so I thought I would post some photographs....

These were taken at Wollaton Hall last Sunday. We had a wonderful day meeting lots of new brides and other wedding suppliers.

Our new shabby chic display cabinet looked beautiful with our personalised hankies, vintage laces garters and lavender bags.

Our next Fayre is at Woodborough Hall on the10th October.

My new studio is nearly finished!

I have had our garage converted into my studio... and this last week all the building work has been finished and I can start moving all my sewing stuff back in! I'm so excited!

I have been collecting images and ideas for the decor in my new room, and one was the white glass display cabinet in the above photo...

So I bought an old display cabinet from Ebay for £20 and I've used crackle paint it and it looks fantastic! This will be my storage area for all my threads, fabrics and trimmings...

I've got a long way to go to get the room finished inside... but this is a life long dream to have a room like this... and I am in my element designing and planning it all!

Personalised napkins are a great wedding gift...

When I was planning my own wedding in 2008, I embroidered monogrammed napkins for all our guests for our wedding breakfast...

And a few months after the wedding, I thought of setting up my own business to create personalised napkins to make other couples weddings unique.

We use our napkins regularly now at home, and they finish off table decorations for special occasions.

The flowers have be cut from our garden, and I love the casual display in a vintage mug.

Today we have family coming for Sunday dinner, and I thought this would be an ideal opportunity to show you how monogrammed napkins can be used after your wedding day.

My new studio...

This last few weeks I have been having my garage converted into my Studio / workshop and I am sooooo excited!!!

The garage looks out onto our courtyard and we have lots of hanging baskets and pots full of colourful flowers (all thanks to hubby!)

I am so excited about designing the sideside, I have been collected loads of images from Google and created my own moodboard.... I really want it to be vintage looking, but tidy and fresh. I have found lots of items which I could use on Ebay.... so lets see what I can "win" over the coming weeks.

But, for now.... we are living in a mess! All my office and sewing stuff has been in the garage since we moved to this house in the spring of this year... and so it is now stored all over the house! But I'm sure it will all be worth it!

You can see more photo 's and follow my new studion progress on my Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/extraspecialtouch

Ellie & Matthew's Napkins

We have been working on some wedding napkins for Ellie and Matthew, and they look so beautiful I had to upload some photographs!

Wedding Fayre @ Cotgrave Golf Club

Wedding Fayres are a great way of meeting excited brides planning their special day... we are happy to discuss bespoke embroidered gifts to make their day extra special and personal.

http://www.extraspecialtouch.co.uk/

This is the first time we have displayed our vintage lace garters, and Lucy Moore won our free prize draw, and will have a lace garter on it's way to her soon! 

The view from our table over the golf course was breath taking, and this would be the view your guests saw during your wedding reception at Cotgrave.

Cotgrave Place Golf Club hosted their first Wedding Fayre today and it was a huge success!

Vintage Lace Garters

I have been collecting vintage lace from various shops and market, where ever I see something beautiful!

I eventually had chance to play this week in the evenings and finalised my design and I'm sure you'll agree, the vintage lace makes the garters look fabulous!

Due to the nature of using vintage lace, each garter is a one off... and I think this makes it extra special to wear on your wedding day! Prices start at £18 - £25 for the wider lace garters.

I will add them to the website soon, but if there is anything you like, please contact me to purchase. I have added more photographs to my Flickr account.