Wedding Detail Photographs Idea of the Day - Umbrellas

This may seem an obvious one but it is one of our bride and grooms top concerns and that is:

'What will happen if it rains on my wedding day?'

In truth, there's nothing we can do about the weather and in this country rain at any time of the year is possible.  The best advice we can give is just enjoy it.  You will still get photographs and if you're happy out in the rain then so are we!  We carry two giant white golf umbrellas which we are happy to share with you.  We've also seen very vintage pretty umbrellas bought just in case of rain and these look lovely. 

Here's some of groomsmen arriving in the rain

Followed by of a couple of ushers at another wedding fending off the rain and greeting guests to get them in the church in the dry.  

Here's one of my brides arriving in a torrential down pour but still walking round in the rain with her dad to walk down the aisle

The below photo was actually confetti being thrown in the rain under an aisle of umbrellas.

This umbrella was for the bride and although she may not have benefited, others thoroughly enjoyed using it!

Here's a bride and groom leaving in the rain

Now on the other side of things we've also seen umbrellas used on very hot days as sun shades - what more of an excuse do you need to buy that very pretty vintage umbrella!

If it is due to rain or snow or if you are going somewhere such as a beach to take some photos you may want to bring some Wellies with you to change into

Our next wedding details post will be on beautiful wedding bunting

Wedding Detail Photographs Idea of the Day - Old Photographs

Old photographs taken of couples and friends and family look great on wedding days and add a touch of nostalgia.

Here are some of the ways we've seen old photos used

We've also seen photos used as table centre pieces with photos of the guests attending which looked lovely

Our next Wedding Details Post will be on umbrellas!

Wedding Detail Photographs Idea of the Day - ideas to keep small children, teenagers and restless adults happy at a wedding!

There are many little things you can do to keep small children happy at weddings and we've seen lots of ideas that work well.  Teenagers however are often a little harder to keep amused (other than leaving them alone with their smart phone!). 

One idea we've seen which has gone down really well is a bag on their seat containing things that they would like.  The latest issue of a magazine (on gadgets or gossip for example) for them to read over dinner or into the evening is a thoughtful gift and is likely to be received well by both the recipient and the parents! (although just a word of caution that perhaps steer slightly clear of lads-mags unless you know their parents would approve!)

Colourful bibs for the younger guests at the meal look lovely and colouring books for the slightly older ones are very thoughtful touches

For smaller children it's much easier to keep them entertained ... if sweets don't work then a toy usually does!

At a couple of weddings we've been to the smaller bridesmaids/flowergirls have been given little dolls that have been made to look like them which is really cute and a lovely keepsake for them

We've also seen a pop-up tent at one wedding for a very special flowergirl (the bride and groom's daughter)

The following ideas seem to work well for both children and adults as they are always sources of a lot of fun.  I'm sure we've all been to a wedding at one time or another where there's that lull at some point in the day and you become restless and want something to do (or perhaps that's just me!)

Bubbles provide hours of entertainment .... as do balloons

Slightly more traditional games such as croquet, boules, giant jenga etc all are great

We've also seen a children's entertainer/magician (Noah is his name and he's fab, we've seen him on more than one occasion and he's always very good) who are worth their weight in gold in my opinion.  He kept the children (and some adults) amused whilst the speeches went on in another room and then did close-up magic for the adults in the evening.

At another wedding a fancy dress hamper was provided for adults and children in the evening

 

Games in the evenings always go down well.  Starting with a games room

One of the more unusual forms of entertainment we've seen set up is an arcade version of clay pigeon shooting

Choosing your own music during the time between dinner and dancing is such a nice idea

A casino is another novel way of keeping guests amused

For the more childlike amongst us (and that would include me I'm afraid!) we've seen some brilliant bouncy castles and giant sumo suits that never fail to make people smile

Even a sack race!

Our next wedding detail ideas will be on using old photographs as a part of your day

Wedding Detail Photographs Idea of the Day - Unusual flower ideas

We occasionally see something a little different with flowers on a wedding day to traditional buttonholes, bouquets and centre pieces.  I will be putting on here on separate posts (at a later date) lots of bridal bouquets we've seen in lots of different colours for you to look at which may help you when trying to find a bouquet you like

At Anna and Dick's Wedding they gave each guest a red rose at their arrival at the church

Fake Flowers as corsages on dresses can just be that little finishing touch to make your dress that little bit different

Instead of giving bridesmaids a bouquet to hold a corsage is a pretty little touch.  We've also seen corsages given to guests of importance who aren't bridesmaids just to identify them as being extra special and important to the couple

We usually associate wreaths with either Christmas or funerals but I really like the idea of a welcome wreath at a wedding reception

At a vintage themed wedding recently the flowers were displayed in unusual containers like teapots which looked fantastic

At another country themed wedding they had flower dispalys in both old watering cans and vintage vases (above and below) - these all looked amazing

Also we've seen different size small vases with lots of different flowers in each one which was both quirky and fun.  I loved the look of this table!

Lastly are a couple of other ideas that are a little different for flowers on your tables

Our next wedding ideas post will have ideas to keep small children, teenagers and restless adults happy!