Here is a selection of Q&As from Your Surrey Wedding magazine whether it be about flowers, hair and makeup, fashion, wedding themes, health & beauty, cakes, stationery, legal advice. If you would like your question answered by our experts, please email it to editor@yoursurrey.wedding
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Styled to perfection
Q. For our bijou wedding we still want our styling elements to be impressive; what can we do to achieve this?
A. Isabelle Castello & Danielle Scandone says: Just because you're having a small intimate wedding, doesn't mean you can't have that wow-factor! Different textures, heights and colours can really enhance your overall look of your tablescape. Texture can be incorporated with soft linens, fluffy flowers and structured glassware; while varying heights can be achieved with candles as well as high and low floral arrangements. This creates an interesting view as your guests enter your wedding breakfast room.
We love to add a chosen pop of colour be it through fresh florals, elegant coloured glassware or even in the use of napkins and table linens.
Isabelle Castello & Danielle Scandone, Bellissima Days
www.bellissimadays.com
Regal beauty
Q. My hubby-to-be and I are having a Bridgerton-inspired wedding and would like to incorporate it into our styling. Do you have any ideas of how we can do this?
A. Colleen Stevenson says: All your style elements must work together when considering the theme for your wedding. To create a Bridgerton-style wedding, you need to ensure that you use only pastel colours such as regency blue, pale pink, gold and jewel.
For the entrance to the venue, I would use a metal frame as an archway intertwined with foliage, roses, spray roses, larkspur, hydrangeas and trailing jasmine to create a stunning and sophisticated look.
The wedding breakfast would benefit from large floral arrangements. Incorporate long tables with chiffon and silk table runners cascading onto the floor. Chiavari chairs with chiffon drapes would be an ideal choice that would create a graceful movement that would contrast well with silver candelabras with pastel colour floral arrangements. It's important that you use only one of the solid pastel colours mentioned above for your linens at the venue and that the crockery is of the regency period style and in a harmonious hue.
If this sounds like too much work, then search for a local wedding venue stylist. Not only will they be able to offer advice, but they can set up the venue for you.
Colleen Stevenson, Distinctive Elegance
www.distinctiveelegance.co.uk
A romantic setting
Q. A few of my friends got married recently, and I'm worried my wedding isn't going to stand out. How can I add something special to my big day?
A. Demi Merchant says: Your day will always be special and unique to you, but here are some tips to make your wedding stand out:
- Personalise your day with gentle touches that represent you as a couple such as a personalised guest book and card box.
- Keen travellers? Include some special memories recreated in the form of centrepieces. You could also have the background photos in the photo booth as places you have visited together.
- Does your other half have a preferred flower they buy you for birthdays, Valentine's Day or anniversaries? If so, use this as the main bloom in your arrangements.
- A good band always makes a wedding stand out, but it isn't always a cost-effective option. A great alternative is to ask all guests to request a specific song for the evening reception.
- Sweet carts can be found at lots of celebrations nowadays. Work with your decorations supplier and venue to create a drink or dessert cart with specialised signs surrounding it.
- Lots of children at the wedding? Hire a soft play area to give the kids a chance to burn off some steam. I'm sure the parents will appreciate it.
- Work with your venue and decorations supplier to make sure your wedding reflects you as a couple. You only get one special day, so make it count.
Demi Merchant, DM Event Decor
www.facebook.com/dmeventdecor
