Themes, colour schemes and styles

If you want to be really adventurous with your wedding you could add a bit more personality with a certain theme. Your wedding day should reflect your personalities; so think about yourselves and what represents you both best. This could be hearts, butterflies, stars,  a certain flower like a rose or lily or even a time of year you love like winter wonderland, summer country garden, Valentines or Christmas.

what's hot for 2012 wedding season,

The vintage theme has been huge this year and at this years wedding Fayre's Ive noticed a lot of lace but I think we can thank Kate Middleton and her beautiful Alexander McQueen designed dress for that!  Ruffles and sparkles were everywhere too.

As for colours for bridesmaids, well I've seen a lot of bright fuchsia pinks, corals, oranges & jade greens there's also some really lovely bright blue colours out there that are very striking. I even saw lime green - how 80's?

Venue style & Themes

Long rectangular tables and round tables are still firm favourites. Venues such as hotels and golf clubs are still top of the list but destination weddings are becoming increasingly more popular.

Vintage

It's all down to individual interpretation but when i think of styling a venue i think of our bird cages, butterflies,cupcakes & candles. Lace works well with this look so you could incorperate that into your napkin ties or favours? seat covers with shimmery sashes finish off the look nicely. For colours think creams & pastels. Very classy elegant theme.As for balloons i'd stick to simple dispays such as clusters of 3 and arches.

Nautical

Anchors away! The nautical look is all over the fashion world for 2012 and ive seen some great wedding items out there too. The colous are obviously navy blue and white although you could incorperate gold in there too. There's a lot you can do with this theme, but be careful not to go too tacky with it. Think lighthouses, anchors, little sailing boats, water features centrepieces and blue and white stripes, or glam it up with a cruise ship theme! You can have some fun with your balloons too, theres some amazing foils out there that we can source for you!

Sparkle

To create this look i'd think back to the TV series "footballers wives". Go for a no expense spared look with faux diamonds and pearls, bold colours and fabulous glassware centrepieces like our martini vases on mirrored plates (from £8). Colours that work well with this theme are jade green, fuchsia pink, purples and burgundy. Really go for the wow factor, this isnt a theme that you can go into half heartedly. You need seat covers, table runners, top table swags. For balloons theres no such thing as too much or too amazing, how about some balloon trees or roman columns? cloud 9 clusters, personalised foils and banners, a ballooon arch on the stage or over the buffet.

Regal

Im sure that like me you loved the royal wedding and wish you could have a day as spectacular, elegant and amazing, and in reality you can. with the right venue and a good imagination its achievable. I'd go for regal red and gold or silver maybe with a splash of royal blue. A horse and carriage is a must. Hire a couple of thrones for your reception & a red carpet to glide down outside your venue. Have candelabra centrepieces, rose petals scattered on your tables, bay trees, seat covers with red sashes, top table swags and elegant balloons such as our cloud 9 clusters or floating clouds over your top table.

I do hope this inspires you to have some fun creating a fabulous wedding.

We can hire out a large number of venue dressing essentials such as

• seat covers from £2.85 with FREE sashes in any colour.
• Centre pieces from £7.00 (bubble bowls, martini vases, mirrored plates, bird cages etc...)
• table runners & swags

Plus we offer a wide range of balloons starting from as little as £3.00.

Please feel free to email us pinktink1983@hotmail.co.uk or

call us 01744 808482 for an informal chat and a quote! Free set up and delivery for ALL weddings!!

Take care,

Helen xx

(ive added a few pics too but theres plenty more on our facebook page) x

Seat covers with sashes £2.85
Table runners £4.00 per table
Top table swags £15.00

Matrini vase centrepieces on mirrored plates with tea lights £8
(damage bond required but refunable on return of undamaged items)

Place cards that i hand craft myself (unique just for you!) from 30p each

 balloon tree £15.00 any two colours

Personalised foils any colours £4.00

Balloon arch (this one we did for ASDA st Helens) from £20.00

Basic latex cluster of 3 £3.00
(other variations available including just married, 18/21/engagement etc...)

Another of my hand crafted placecards - unique. nobody else will have these!