White Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Your final journey as a single woman (or man!) should be memorable.

As you go from your house to the wedding ceremony, you'll be experiencing a lot of different emotions: excitement, anticipation, possibly a few nerves. That's why you need to make sure that you pick someone to take you who will make these final moments before you say "I do" even more special.

White Diamond Chauffeur pride themselves on ensuring that this is just the kind of wedding day experience you'll have. Run by chauffeuse Kelly Elvins, the personal touch is very important. "I tend to build up a rapport with my clients before I meet them," says Kelly. "When I do meet them it’s like I’ve known them for a long time, and when I walk up to their door I’m not a stranger." 

  
White Diamond's cars include a Chrysler, known as a "baby Bentley", and a rare white Audi Q7. The Audi can hold up to 7 people meaning that you, your bridesmaids and your parents can all travel together. 

"For your wedding, you need a chauffeur who’s on hand, who’s helpful and who puts you at ease," explains Kelly, which is why all of White Diamond's chauffeurs are, in fact, chauffeuses - an all-female team, who know exactly how to ease any nerves you may have. This also means that they'll know exactly how to help out with your dress and make sure it gets into the car without any mishaps! 

White Diamond Chauffeurs also pride themselves on the little touches that just make the day even more special, such as complimentary champagne and flutes (that you can keep!), and the car being decorated in ribbons and colours that match your wedding's colour scheme.

For more information on how the company can get you to the church on time, check out their website or contact Kelly on 07979 918661.

Intimate baby shower at Goldbrick House

Not to scare any brides out there but sometimes, just sometimes, you have a baby.  And so I didn't think it would be too out of place to share the baby shower I threw for my future-sister-in-law the other week at the gorgeous Goldbrick House.

I knew that Elly loves vintage crockery so was keen to get Ali Cook from Bristol Vintage on board as soon as possible. They have a range of options for brides wanting to include beautiful crockery for their special day, without having to find and store it yourself. My person favourite is the high tea package which has everything you need for a summery celebration; it even includes scones and cupcakes.

 

The other thing I knew needed including were sweets.  And lots of them! Elly has a major sweet tooth and loved the idea of having a candy buffet.  As an extra special treat I asked Steph of How2IDo to put together some tasty treats for the guests.  Steph recently started putting her candy buffets and will match the ribbons, the dishes and the colour of the sweets to the theme of your big day.  Because our theme was bright colours (not so much of a theme, I know) she made sure her corner of the table was just as colourful. But here's another thing; Elly and most of her family are vegetarian so Steph went above and beyond to make sure as many of the sweets were vegetarian friendly.  All but two were and they were clearly marked so we had absolutely no problems. Perfection.

We put together goody bags for the guests.  I ordered bags that matched the colour theme, and paper clipped a thank you note to the front.  The bags included a copy of a Beatrix Potter book, a ginger biscuit made by Elly and a copy her baby scan.

Because I was so busy running around on the day I completely forgot to take better pictures of The Library, the room we used at Goldbrick House. Unlike a lot of venues you do not pay to hire the room and pay for the bar on top, there is simply a deposit paid before the event and a minimum bar spend which varies depending on the time of day. We arranged to have hot and cold drinks so a coffee and tea table was set up in one corner, a small bar in the other, larger tables for the food and a small table for gifts.  The space is pretty, bright and tucked away from the rest of the venue so you really feel like the space is yours.

The pictures aren't brilliant but I just had to share them.  The shower was a triumph and it was all thanks to local  Bristol businesses coming together and making it happen.

Enjoy the sunshine,

Hannah xxx

Beautiful Bristol pre-wedding shoot

Having been lucky enough to meet the lovely Martin Pemberton, at The Little Wedding Helper's launch earlier this summer, I was super excited to bump into him in the middle of an engagement shoot.  I knew straight away that I needed to share the photos with you.

Martin says: "Craig and Hayley met at school and have been together ever since so they're real childhood sweethearts. They are getting married next year in Weston after being engaged for a year or so now. Craig proposed at the top of the tower in Uphill, Weston-Super-Mere, where he lit a lantern to celebrate the romantic that he is (although he won't admit it, in case his football team get to hear about it - he's already been 'fined' for having photographs taken with Hayley).

Martin offers couples a free pre-wedding shoot on the run up to their special day so that they can get used to working with him and they can develop the style they want for the wedding.  By offering this extra service Martin gets to really know the couple and I think that's a lovely idea.

 

Here's to more photos like this!

Hannah xx