YOUR WEDDING We don't want to tell you what you want, we don't want to create a package for you and then help you go through the motions. Instead we will meet with you and share ideas. We will then handle all the logistics, all the to-ing and fro-ing, all of the suppliers and middle men. We want to create the wedding with you that you would have created if only you had the time and resources at your finger tips - as if you weren't stuck in the office day in day out! Here are some examples of the type of thing we get approached with… The TRADITIONAL Wedding Often couples want the traditional feel to their big day. You know what we mean… the grand venue, the reception with all the trimmings, the ostentatious flowers, the white dress… (well maybe not the white dress!) Our contacts for the Traditional ceremony include… www.rbgkew.org.uk Kew Gardens, a World Heritage Site, has a variety of stunning wedding venues for you to celebrate your special day. Kew Gardens offers a variety of venues licensed for civil ceremonies and can accommodate from 80 to 400 guests depending on which venue and what month. Cambridge Cottage is a beautiful listed building and former royal residence. The beautifully-restored Orangery, where guests can wander outside onto the large terrace to admire spectacular vistas, with lights illuminating the trees at night. If you're feeling extravagant, then you can wine, dine and dance the night away among the tropical plants of the Temperate House. Alternatively during the summer months, a semi-permanent structure is built next to Kew Palace, the Thames and overlooking one of Kew's lakes. Whatever venue you choose, your wedding will help Kew to continue their valuable plant conservation and life-saving research work.        www.geocities.com/ferriscakes Fresh red roses and white chocolate curls…just one of the examples of Melanie Ferris cakes available. This modern take on a classic three-tire wedding cake accentuates the gloriousness of the traditional wedding venue as well as adding a fresh and vibrant approach to your day. The cake should be used as one of your focal points, not just pushed into a corner and sat there waiting to be eaten. You can bring it into the forefront of the celebrations, co-ordinating it with the colour scheme and even making it just as fabulous as the architecture of your wedding venue. The possibilities are endless!        www.mydasphotography.com Mydas has developed an enviable reputation for imaginative, stunning & vibrant digital wedding pictures. From your first consultation to your big day, you will be looked after by experienced professionals who help you & your family to relax in order to achieve beautifully crafted images you will treasure. www.giveit.co.uk The Alternative Wedding List is an online wedding list service, where instead of toasters and kettles, couples can sign-up to a list that contains gifts of donations to various charities. Passing on 100% of the value of donations made through the service to the charities, we then reclaim Gift Aid (that's an extra 28% of the value of eligible donations) from the Inland Revenue. Using some of this to fund the operation (website, card processing, management, advertising) and our target is to use less than half of this money. Whatever's left also gets passed onto the charities. Gifts range in price from £10 upwards. Each gift purchased represents a donation to the charity whose gift a guest has selected. Example gifts include to pay for an activity day for children living with HIV. Gifts of donations of a variety of values to more charities including Alzheimer Scotland, FARM-Africa, PDSA, Samaritans, Shelter, St. John Ambulance, Stonewall, Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Terrence Higgins Trust, Wales Air Ambulance and War on Want are included on the various lists available. The CONTEMPORARY Wedding Sometimes people want the most up-to-the-minute, funky, sexy and modern day. They want cool crisp lines, an unusual venue that will shape and define the ambience of the day, a big name dj, and often miles and miles of fairy lights. We would suggest looking at… www.delfina.org.uk The uniquely flexible, clean galleries which make Delfina one of London's most stunning and popular contemporary spaces for every type of event and celebration. Licensed for marriage ceremonies, Delfina is a truly incredible venue for a wedding.           www.icesculpture.co.uk To add a contemporary feeling and decoration to your venue, why not add some extra razzle-dazzle with a glimmering ice sculpture. They can instantly transform a setting and using the right design can be both glamorous without losing that serious modern feel. Duncan Hamilton Ice stresses contemporary fascination with clarity, simplicity, precision and transience. As a result their designers can create whatever you want for your celebrations.     www.mydasphotography.com Mydas has developed an enviable reputation for imaginative, stunning & vibrant digital wedding pictures. From your first consultation to your big day, you will be looked after by experienced professionals who help you & your family to relax in order to achieve beautifully crafted images you will treasure. www.sweetdreamscakes.co.uk Wherever your imagination takes you, make all your dreams come true with a bespoke cake from Sweet Dreams Fantasy Cakes. All of our cakes are covered in soft, scrumptious buttercream icing, with decorations of chocolate, royal icing, buttercream, and even candy whatever strikes our imagination. All of the decorations on the cakes are edible and as delicious as the cakes themselves, so that all of our cakes taste as extraordinary as they look. Underneath the exquisite decorations are moist, yummy, American-style flavoured cakes, such as vanilla butter cake, chocolate cake, lemon-ginger cream-cheese pound cake, carrot cake, and hazelnut cake. Our cakes have American-style fillings in flavours to complement the cakes, such as lemon mousse, hazelnut mousse, or dark- or white-chocolate buttercream.        home | your wedding | your planners | legals | venues | tips | contact