Book a table at The Eight Bells on Valentines Night and recieve a compliementary portrait shoot with our love!
And there is more, Violets and Velvet can have your Valentines Bouquet delivered to your table whilst you have your candle lit meal. And there’s even more……… each bouquet will come with a £10 gift card for Bespoke Beauty in Bishops Stortford.
So for all you late organisers, one phone call can get all of your Valentines day sorted in one go and make your loved one feel truly loved and special! Call The Eight Bells on 01799 522790 to book your table and get full details.
This weeks interview is with The Wedding Community, a wedding resource, somewhere to go to get ideas, share thoughts, get advice and resources and so much more.
To find out why you should join read on.
What is The Wedding Community?
The Wedding Community is an exciting new wedding planning website which is the source of inspiration, support and knowledge for engaged couples and their bridal party. It provides a social networking platform for all members of the bridal party to connect, share ideas and plan the wedding day together. Wherever you are in the world, you’ll be able to feel part of the big day. The Wedding Community also has a team of experts from different areas within the wedding industry who provide regular articles for the website.
How did The Wedding Community come about?
We (David and Kim Herbing) got married in June 2007. When we were planning out wedding, there was not really one website that provided us with everything we needed to plan our day, so we decided to create The Wedding Community as the ‘one stop’ wedding website to use to get inspiration and advice, find suppliers and plan the perfect wedding.
What can I expect to find on The Wedding Community?
The Wedding Community provides:
Social Community
Expert Advice
Individual Wedding Website with RSVP Function
Planning Tools
Supplier Directory
Discussion Groups
Members of The Wedding Community have access to planning tools such as a budget planner, table planner, guest list, calendar, scrapbook (where they can save supplier details, articles of interest, pictures and videos), and the bride and groom can even create their own wedding website for their guests to visit. Experts from all fields within the wedding industry provide regular articles for the site to keep the content fresh and current. The experts are at the forefront of all things wedding, from photography to jewellery, speeches to cakes. These unique articles will show The Wedding Community members what’s hot and what’s not and give them all the knowledge and inspiration to create a day that’s unique to them. Members can use the supplier directory to find everything they need for their wedding, from DJs to dresses, favours to hen & stag parties. The venue search also provides members with an easy to read table for each venue to show the facilities they offer.
Why are you different to other wedding information websites?
The Wedding Community has a team of some of the UK’s leading wedding industry experts who provide regular articles for the site, meaning the advice and ideas are always current and different from other sites. With the social networking aspect, this allows couples to connect with their bridal party so they can share ideas and plan the day together, which is helpful especially if you have bridal party members or even guests located in different areas.
Can anyone join or do I need to be planning a wedding?
The great thing about The Wedding Community is that anyone who is planning a wedding, part of a bridal party, attending a wedding or even those who just love weddings can be part of The Wedding Community.
Will I get lots of spam from other vendors or yourselves if I sign up and do you send my details onto wedding vendors?
Members of The Wedding Community are free to contact as many suppliers and venues as they like, rather than our suppliers contacting our members. Our suppliers are able to post promotional comments in our discussions forums but only in the ‘Wanted’ section. When our members register they also have the opportunity to decide whether or not they would like to receive our monthly email newsletter and if they wish for their details to be passed onto third parties.
Does it cost me anything to become a member of the Wedding Community?
The Wedding Community is a completely FREE to all our members, with the exception of wedding businesses and services who wish to advertise on the website.
I’m a bit behind with my blogging and so it was a couple of weeks ago that I had the most amazing afternoon with Anthea and Hector, walking around Cambridge shooting their engagement pictures.
We’d had to postpone the shoot the week before because of all the snow, and as Hector is working overseas in Japan we had to get them in before he flew back. With all their wedding planning commitments it meant that we had to play in the rain, but that didn’t stop the fun. It’s likely Hector won’t be working in the area again for sometime, so it was important to them that we captured Cambridge in the images as it’s where they met and holds lots of special memories.
These two are so in Love it makes me smile from inside out and then some. They were up for whatever I suggested and that meant lots of laughter and great images.
Rather than post 100’s of images, because I just can’t choose today, which would keep you scrolling down for ever, I am trying out some new formats so that I can show you lots of the fun we had, in shorter posts, let me know what you think and leave a comment.
First off, we had a little romance, Romeo and Juliet style, to set the tone of the day. Of course as it’s Cambridge we didn’t have to wait long to get a cyclist in it either. Well it wouldn’t be Cambridge without one!
This blocked up old window in the wall of Kings College made a lovely seat to shelter from the rain.
Anthea is great fun to work with as she’s not afraid to give it some attitude, and I get the feeling from this photo that Hector has seen it all before, so it doesn’t wash anymore!
We made sure that we included plenty of the stunning architecture of Cambridge, so that they would have a real record of this stunning city.
I just fell in love with the patterns and shades of the wall in this archway. As as it was dry, we able to get coats off and capture the stunning purples against that beautiful old wall.
These are my favourites from the day!
And finally, Anthea had fun giving some attitude against a nice wrought iron gate, and whilst I think Anthea is fierce in hers, Hector had me in stitches when he asked for a go at looking that good, see for yourselves.
Anthea and Hector, thank you for a great afternoon in the rain, I can’t wait for your wedding in January 2011.
Wedding Fayres are great for meeting wedding vendors and finding out all about them without feeling any pressure. You are often able to explore their products and services in lots of detail, speak to them about what you are looking for and actually meet the people you would be dealing with, rather than just getting to know them through their website or email.
I am really excited about my next Wedding Fayre, because it’s a local, beautiful and intimate Venue, hosting and supporting the best local independent wedding suppliers.
The Eight Bells Saffron Walden is hosting its own Wedding Fair
Saturday 30th January from 11:00 am to 4pm.
The team at The Eight Bells have been carefully sourcing the best local independent wedding suppliers, from vintage florists to wedding cake makers and they are bringing them together to The Eight Bells stunning Tudor Barn, on January 30th from 11 am.
Luciana Ferreira Day, co-owner of The Eight Bells explains the rationale behind this idea:
….”we have been thinking about putting this together for some time….we’ve hosted a few weddings at The Eight Bells over the years and the outside catering arm has really taken off over the past 12 months.
We have slowly been building relationships with some great local wedding suppliers and brides to be, often like recommendations, so this seemed the perfect way to showcase what is on our doorstep!”
Some of the confirmed attendees include:
HayleyRuth Photography
Violets and Velvet Bespoke Floristry
Vintage Violets – Vintage china hire
Saffron Patisserie
Pure Tiaras – Bridal Tiaras & Hair Accessories
Cambridge Marquees & furniture hire
3D Events – D.J & Lights specialist
Designs for Loving – wedding cakes and favours
Handmade by Jade – wedding stationary
Burwash Manor Hog roast
Hannah Horton – Jazz Musician
And many more!
In addition to meeting the suppliers, The Eight Bells team will be on hand to talk about their outside catering arm, October Catering, and the various wedding venues they are preferred caterers at, including Barrington Hall & Manor Barn in Harlton. Make sure you taste their delicious complimentary canapés & enjoy a glass of fizz whilst you discuss your perfect day!
Entrance is absolutely free. The fair is open from 11 am to 4 pm. A brilliant opportunity to check out what local suppliers have to offer, all under one roof!
For further information please contact Luciana on 01799522 790 or via email on luciana@8bells.co.uk
Here is a look at the gorgeous barn at The Eight Bells, that they use for their weddings.
Hope to see you there, especially as there is free champagne, provided by Adnams, and Canape’s by The Eight Bells.
Another stunning Kiss Album has arrived, Yipppeee!
This little beauty is not a wedding album but a stunning album of Ellen, Peter and Charlotte’s lifestyle portrait session. It’s always heart warming when clients want to do something special with their images and having a bespoke album created to record these special moments is super cool. It means instead of one or two images in frames or on the wall, you can have more and not only that, but they aren’t languishing on a hard drive rarely seeing the light of day.
There is something really special about having an album that you can take anywhere and share with friends and family, curl up on the sofa looking at time and time again, or displaying proudly on your coffee table.
Here it is in all it’s super cool glory:
These soft kiss albums have softer less rigid pages than the traditional kiss albums, but as you can see the pages are still beautiful made for turning.
Want to see inside? Here is a slide-show of their album so you can have a peek too:
If you would like to have an album of a special occassion or event please get in touch.
