Until recently I had never even heard of San Sebastian. I pictured somewhere in California or South America (like San Jose or Santiago), and I was almost fooled still by googling pictures. However, it is a tiny hidden treasure on the north-west coast of Spain in the Basque country, nestled in between two glorious half-moon sandy bays. Now, I’m not talking Benidorm, Salou, or Marbella here, this is a side to Spain I have never experienced before. This is where Grace Kelly holidayed – and it’s still at that level today.
The Chosen Wedding Fair, unlike some other fairs, is not somewhere you can just buy your way into if you are a wedding vendor. The stalls are hard to come by, and you must prove yourself to be there. Style and bespoke design is the currency, money secondary. Thus, this show is always an interesting mix of smaller more bespoke vendors. Add to that mix that the fair grows in popularity every season yet the size of the venue does not, and you have a pretty little semi exclusive wedding fair.
Where to start?! It still hasn’t quite sunk in that I am the winner of the Rising Star Wedding Blog Award 2016! I was just thrilled to even get a nomination, so I am absolutely gobsmacked that I actually won!
Struggling to come up with an original idea for a hen party? Or perhaps you have a few hens with eggs in the oven? (Thus need something not completely centred around alcohol?) I’ve found the perfect hen do – and it doesn’t involve a weekend away.
This is my second instalment of honeymoon essentials (see the first, my Travel essentials, here). Beauty is a tough category; the key is to take multi-purpose, multi-functioning, high power products. They may be more expensive short term, but they will last longer and save you invaluable minutes getting ready, so you can be savouring every minute drinking cocktails on the beach with your hubby.
An assault of colour, petals, glitter, rose gold, lace, cake, and all things lux, with a few glasses of bubbly thrown in. Brides The Show is one of my favourite wedding fairs. For the exhibitors it’s go big or go home, so it’s always such a treat for the senses. The stalls are well curated, but with such stiff competition each supplier needs to scream the loudest with their display yet still remain classy and elegant.
With a huge range of exquisite and fragrant flowers available, growing your own spring wedding bouquet is easier than you think.
Whilst on the honeymoon of a lifetime in French Polynesia, we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a few weddings. We travelled from Tahiti, to Mo’orea, to Bora Bora, then back via Tahiti again, and saw at least one wedding on each island. With such idyllic paradise surroundings, it was totally dreamy! All of the above, combined with being on honeymoon, was an absolute dream come true! As a newlywed and as a wedding blogger now launching my own professional wedding services, I was absolutely beside myself. It was heaven!
