July – 2012 – Bespoke-Bride: Wedding Blog

Tuesday

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July 2012

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The History of the Bridal Veil: A Guest Post by Lucy Hayes

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Accessories

(Veil by Lucy Hayes)

The night before Jane’s wedding to Mr Rochester in Charlotte Bronte’s ‘Jane Eyre’, Jane’s wedding veil iory s ‘rent in two parts’ and flung on the floor and trampled on by the insane Bertha. Jane states, “….there, on the carpet I saw the veil, torn from top to bottom in two halves”. The passage goes on to read: ‘I felt Mr Rochester start and shudder; he hastily flung his arms round me. “Thank God!” he exclaimed, “that if anything malignant did come near you last night, it was only the veil that was harmed”. Thus we are introduced to the concept of evil intent and the protective association of the wedding veil.

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Monday

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July 2012

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15 Alternative & Unique Seating Plans

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Advice & Planning, Decor, Stationery

Here at Bespoke Bride, we love to see weddings with a unique twist threaded throughout the day and when it comes to planning the wedding, focusing on the details is a great way to do this!

Here, we’ve compiled a list of our favourite alternative seating plans! Forget the standard chart on the wall, these displays won’t settle for anything less than extra ordinary!

♥ Seriously, how stunning is this?! Details of each persons seat hanging from a cherry blossom tree! Sure, your guests will have to rummage through to find their name but that’s all part of the fun!

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Sunday

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July 2012

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Sunday Sharing & Weekly Round up:

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Sunday Sharing & Weekly Round up

For our second helping of Bespoke Bride goodness we have some Sunday Sharing for you, so lets get straight to it…

Photo Credit

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Sunday

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July 2012

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Wedding for the Weekend: Jenna and Rey’s Freshly Squeezed Lemon and Lime Wedding

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Real Weddings

Good Evening Lovlies and what a wonderful week it has been, the sun has been shining and the weather has been hot hot!!

We are posting twice today as we experienced a technical fault yesterday so enjoy the double dose of wedding goodness.

Our wedding for the weekend is that of Jenna and Rey, which took place in Bakersfield California and was shot by the awesome Mariel Hannah. The colour scheme truly captures the essence of summer with a pallet of bright citrus greens and zesty yellows.

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Friday

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That Friday Feeling! Wedding Film from 15 minutes of Frame (Cassandra & Dave)

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Videography

What a glorious afternoon we are having over at Bespoke Bride! The sun is shining…the ~~cocktails~~ water is flowing and we are getting ready for a weekend full of summer fun!

To celebrate this gorgeous day we wanted to share with you an equally (if not more!) gorgeous wedding video from 15 minutes of Frame!

This is the wedding of Cassandra and Dave from sunny California ….

(it gives us shivers to watch!)

Have an amazing weekend!

Much Bespoke Love

♥ ♥ ♥

Thursday

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July 2012

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How can I make sure my Wedding is an Adult – only affair???

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Advice & Planning

The debate of whether or not to invite children to your wedding has been pretty well covered in the world of weddings as of late. It is a pretty tricky subject and will be one of the hardest decisions you will have to make when it comes to planning your wedding.

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Wednesday

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Wednesday Wedding Inspiration: Broadway Theater!

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Be Inspired

Wahoo! It’s Wednesday! Which means it’s time for a sprinkle of wedding inspiration!

We recently had an email drop into the Bespoke Bride inbox from a reader who had viewed our post on unique ways to photograph wedding rings! The email asked if we had any ideas on how to photograph rings for a Broadway/theater wedding…Of course our imaginations ran wild with that theme!

And so, we decided to base this week’s Wednesday Wedding Inspiration around Broadway! ♥

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Tuesday

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July 2012

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Victoria Secret opens in the UK! Our Top 14 ideas for Bridal Lingerie…

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Accessories

Get Hitched Cheekini Panty

$16.50 USD

£10.65 GBP

As the UK celebrates the opening of its first ever Victoria’s Secret Store in London we decided to celebrate by introducing you to our top 14 lingerie sets. There have been rumours that the second store is set to open on New Bond Street, complete with ‘Angels’ which in the past have included Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio and Heidi Klum.

Note buying this underwear will not buy you this body however be assured it will be sure to wow your husband on your wedding night and for many many nights after…

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Monday

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Sunday Sharing on a Monday

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Sunday Sharing & Weekly Round up

Good afternoon lovely people, what a beautiful start to the week as the sun has finally made an appearance. We have had an absolute blast this weekend at the wedding of two of our good friends from over at Dig Haushizzle, Cassie & Ed. A huge congratulations to you guys, we had the best day and we love you. The rest of the day is going to be spent resting up and recovering from the celebrations so lets get straight into our sharing and weekly round up.

: A quick snap from our phone but dont worry we will be sharing the wedding in full very soon…

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Saturday

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July 2012

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Wedding For the Weekend: James and Caroline’s Essex Wedding by Matthew Harrison

Written by Bespoke Bride, Posted in Real Weddings

Classic and glamourous, these are two words that sum up James and Caroline’s Essex wedding. Photographer Matthew Harrison from Visions of View, shared this wedding with us today and we instantly fell in love, the picture with the bridesmaids looking at the brides new wedding ring particularly captured our attention, how gorgeous is that! If you want ideas for images you want captured on your day this should definitely be one of them.