Behind the Scenes

Sunday Sneak PEACH.

August 29th, 2010

*image courtesy of Charlotte O’Shea and Adam Crohill @copyright Rock My Wedding

See what I did there?

Peaches and Cream week at RMW, August 30th until September 4th.

See you there lovelies!

P.S It hasn’t gone unnoticed that there have been quite a few peach hued W-days on some American blogs this past week, at first we were kicking ourselves for not getting organised quicker ( we have had this in the pipeline for over a month)….. but actually it doesn’t matter, we are a UK blog and that’s where we are bringing peachy back too, three cheers for Great British Brides ;-)

Peachy Keen.

August 28th, 2010


* Image courtesy of Charlotte O’Shea and Adam Crohill@ copyright Rock My Wedding

There are so many ways to make your wedding your own….

Dreamy D.I.Y, personal touches, details that represent your relationship and time spent together – the list is endless.

What about the whole “colour scheme” issue though hmmmm?

Well I didn’t have one as such – just liked lots of different colours so threw them all together in a last minute haphazard fashion. And you know what? well….there’s nothing wrong with that either.

What actually occurred to Rebecca and I a few weeks ago is that there are a few hues that you just don’t really see in any weddings anymore and that’s a real shame, especially as we suspected ( and proved the theory right after a bit of tweeting) because they are seen as “passe” or “old fashioned”

Um Hello? how can a colour be seen as passe?! Any bl*ody colour can be current! it’s all about what you do with it and how you incorporate it into your day surely?

The shade we were referring to was in fact good old puff-sleeve-shiny-80’s-bridesmaid-favoured PEACH. We lurrrveee peach and we don’t see why it can’t be as desirable as lilac or pale blue or sage green or yellow or navy or purple or…..can you see where I’m going with this?


* Image courtesy of Charlotte O’Shea and Adam Crohill@ copyright Rock My Wedding

Yes lovelies you guessed right, next week on Rock My Wedding is PEACHES AND CREAM WEEK.

Just like Justin Trousersnake brought sexy back the RMW team are bringing the peachy dream back to Weddingville.

Think soft peach and blush pink, think warm peach with hints of bronze and gold, think the loveliest inspiration boards, the freshest make-up looks and the most delicious Big Days you have ever seen.

It’s gonna be gorgeous.

Big Fruity Love

Charlotte xxx

I Dream In Peach.

August 27th, 2010


* Image courtesy of Charlotte O’Shea and Adam Crohill

So you saw Rebecca’s 1980’s dress right? Did you not love it?

Well you see we kind of ADORED it………

And that’s why we decided to go completely left of field next week on the blog and create a new never-tried-before theme.

Yup that’s right folks, it’s “****** and *****” week on Rock My Wedding.

What Week!?

Well lovelies that’s the thing …… you have to guess ;-)

Lots more clues coming up over the weekend.

Big What The Hell Are They Up To Now Love

The RMW Team xxx

Do you Remember….

August 27th, 2010

….Peach?!

Not too hard to guess which Blog Queen features in this photo… bragging rights for guessing the year correctly :)

And why on earth am I sharing this?

Well there’s another clue a bit later then you’ll have to come back tomorrow and find out….

Big Cheeky T.F.I.Friday Love,

The RMW Team
xxx

The Real RMW Bride Search… Contemporary Cool/Glamour No. 4

August 19th, 2010

This is the fourth and final entry in this category. You may now cast your votes! Vote by writing VOTE in the comment box of the bride you want to vote for. Please vote only once per category. If you wish to vote in secret send the name of your chosen couple to: vote@rockmywedding.co.uk. Voting will close at 12pm on 27th August.

Pria and Mandip…

Our (or as I keep accidentally calling it My,) wedding would most definitely fit into the category of ‘other’ because we are having an Asian Invasion of a wedding. Being a couple who are British-Asian and both have been brought up in Sikh households, we are having a traditional wedding ceremony in a Gurdwara (temple) and a reception for 600 (yes, 6-0-0!) which is where we are trying to assert our east meets west lifestyle.

I don’t mean to offend anyone but most of the Sikh weddings I attend, (which are a lot – I have been to at least 12 already this year,) seem to be a bit samey. I want ours not to be a complete alternative but have a classic touch. Even things which most people take for granted have been an up hill struggle, with some family members having an aversion to simple things. Such as, we want/are having an evening reception which to some people is an alien concept. My dad thought it was ludicrous as tradition dictates that our ceremony has to take place before midday; being it is a early start he was worried, ‘where would our guests go ?’ My reply? ‘Not my problem!’

You see, our culture is to accommodate, ensure our guests come first, but this is something we really wanted and a few arguments later we have now achieved!!

There are so many more stressful times to be had, such as going to India for 2 weeks at Easter with 8 members of my family to try and find my wedding outfit, engagement ceremony, finding a pre-wedding venue (a traditional requirement, more detail to be given…), trying to manage my sprawling family and ensuring our numbers don’t go over 600! There are also many fun times ahead, Hen weekends, cake tasting, make-up trials, marrying the most wonderful man in the world and then going on a fabulous honeymoon (which is still yet to be decided on!) so hopefully I will get to share all this with you all….

We got engaged Saturday 24th April 2010. Once again culture plays a big part, we have actually been organising our wedding since January 2010 as after 5 yeas of dating our family’s finally met and decided its time for us to get married! It’s not as barbaric as it sounds but in short that was it! Then some arguing ensued and it was agreed Summer 2011.

Our official engagement date was set for 15th August 2011 (another story) which was when I assumed I would get my ring, not quite the fairytale I imagined but I was ok with it.

Mandip had told me to keep a weekend in April free which intrigued me, but when that weekend arrived we went for dinner that was it! Then the following weekend we went to Biscester Village shopping, we had an wonderful day as it was super hot and we just wandered around eating ice creams and admiring foreign people with lots of money. When we were leaving I noticed we were going the wrong way; I kept telling him until he said ‘Baby, we are going the right way because I have booked us into a hotel in Oxford for the night’ at which point I grinned insanely and started incessantly chatting!

We went for an amazing dinner I had 4 too many cocktails and I was drunk talking at the hotel when he grabbed me, spun me round and as I turned to face him he was down on one knee with a beautiful ring in hand!!!!! Then he told me that the weekend before he had booked for us to go to Barcelona (where he took me for my birthday 4 years previous) but due to the volcanic ash everything was cancelled. This way was perfect.

This is the fourth and final entry in this category. You may now cast your votes! Vote by writing VOTE in the comment box of the bride you want to vote for. Please vote only once per category. If you wish to vote in secret send the name of your chosen couple to: vote@rockmywedding.co.uk. Voting will close at 12pm on 27th August.

The Real RMW Bride Search… Contemporary Cool/Glamour No. 3

August 19th, 2010

This is the third of four entries in this category. Please do not vote until you have read all four entries. Vote by writing VOTE in the comment box of the bride you want to vote for. Please vote only once per category. If you wish to vote in secret send the name of your chosen couple to: vote@rockmywedding.co.uk. Voting will close at 12pm on 27th August.

Kim and Chara

How does a Wedding Planner plan her own Wedding?!

Unlike many wedding planners, I wasn’t inspired to set up my company having planned my own big day. A background in the wedding industry; my first Saturday job as a teenager was a sales assistant in a bridal boutique in Sussex; my sister owns an award winning bridal house in Surrey and my mother organised and produced numerous wedding exhibitions on the South Coast, a love of design and organisation and a slightly nerdy obsession with a beautifully formatted spreadsheet were my key reasons for launching The Pink Pumpkin and I haven’t looked back since. I have the best job in the world and have had the privilege of working on some amazing weddings.

Five years after launching and tonnes of weddings later, I find myself engaged and it’s a strange feeling. Total happiness mixed with slight terror and an overwhelming feeling of huge expectation. Not only are we the last in a long line of weddings (it’s taken him eight, yes EIGHT, years to propose) but I am a wedding planner. Our wedding has to be amazing, with a capital, larger than life, “A”.

Clients often ask me which my favourite wedding has been and I honestly can’t answer them; I have loved each and every one; from the pretty as a picture country marquee to the uber glamorous affair at The Ritz. I love all things vintage of course (I also own Idyllic Days) but at the same time have a penchant for contemporary cool and clean lines. I love bright colours, but classic ivory and white as a colour scheme is timeless and beautiful. I love the country. I love the city. I love short 50s dresses. I love elegant Jenny Packham-esque gowns. I love bands. I love DJs. I love relaxed BBQs. I love formal wedding breakfasts. I love cupcakes. I love towering tiered creations. I love flowers. All flowers.

I love everything about every style of wedding I have created which is a slight problem and not very practical as we can’t have EVERYTHING. My fiancé glazes over when questions such as “Do you prefer anemones or hydrangeas” are raised and he couldn’t explain the difference between escort cards and a table plan if his life depended on it. One thing we both agree on is that we want the day to feel relaxed, glamorous and for there to be elements of both vintage and contemporary decor. So “contemporary vintage glamour” is our wedding style. Which makes absolutely no sense to anyone else we have spoken to!

I tell all my clients to think about what is important to them; a wedding should be reflective of the couple; full of the things they enjoy the most. So as a starting point that is what we’ve done. Which means that our wedding will be full of good food, copious cocktails, (slightly cheesy) music and above all lots of fun. Oh, and we’ll also have a very well formatted spreadsheet!

This is the third of four entries in this category. Please do not vote until you have read all four entries. Vote by writing VOTE in the comment box of the bride you want to vote for. Please vote only once per category. If you wish to vote in secret send the name of your chosen couple to: vote@rockmywedding.co.uk. Voting will close at 12pm on 27th August.