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Archive for December, 2009

Happy New Year

We were really good at the beginning of the month and blogged regularly but Christmas preparations took over and suddenly it’s 27th December – how did that happen? So Happy Christmas to all our past, present and future couples; to all our wedding colleagues; to all our friends and families.  And here’s to a new [...]

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Aisle Be Yours Wedding Services is a venue decorating company based in Bristol. They offer full or partial venue decoration; from laying up the tables and setting up your cake, through to chair covers and floral displays for your centrepieces. One of their most popular services is the design of silk wedding flowers. Gone are [...]

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Last week Pantone announced that THE colour for 2010 is going to be turquoise. But just how quickly, does this come down the line into fashion trends and then bridalwear? Wedding Paraphernalia is seeing a lot of purple and lilac again for 2010, so does this mean our brides are not trendy, or does it [...]

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Today, we are going to share some photos from Magnolia the Florist, based in Rothwell, High Street; just opposite the Wedding Paraphernalia shop. We know Dean won’t mind us showing these photos that he took in October as he prepared a vintage wedding at Rushton Hall. Dean is a fantastic florist, he just loves it [...]

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Michael and Graham are twin brothers and set up Hockleys Cakes in 1986.  They are based at their beautiful studio/kitchen in Brixworth, Northamptonshire and their cakes are to die for. They are the most professional cakemakers that we have ever come across and when the brides come into the shop and ask for recommendations, they [...]

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Not all wedding suppliers can afford to advertise, but they do as good a job as any of those advertising through the magazines.  They may be a one-(wo)man band, a family run business or just been doing it for years by recommendation. So who are your favourite suppliers.  Unsung heroes that went beyond the call [...]

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Today, we’re going to list some of our favourite websites that we like to look at for inspiration and some of our favourite people that we follow. We have to start with the American sites because people in the States really know how to put on a wedding.  Our favourites would be Style me Pretty [...]

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We are pleased to announce that we have renewed our licence with Envelopments, who are the leading supplier of quality pocketfold invitations based in the US but readily available in the UK. This enables us to continue to supply high quality product to our brides, along with offering them support in designing their perfect wedding [...]

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I am beginning to think that we (Wedding Paraphernalia) need to take someone on just to keep up with all the social networking!  What with Facebook, Twitter, WordPress or Blogger, as well as Flickr for photos and Fan Pages or Groups – confused you will be – and knackered we are! So how exactly do [...]

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We would love to transport our wedding shop to America.  We love the way the American wedding planners and brides plan their weddings. We love the idea of bringing a couple in for a consultation, to go through their ideas and aspirations for their wedding and then create the wedding stationery of their dreams. If [...]

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