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Real weddings
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One step ahead
New season styles straight off the catwalk
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A groom's view
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With this ring
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Get budget savvy
How to get the reception look you want for less
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Let them eat cake
Our guide to some delicious sweet treats
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True romance
Ideal venues for a fairytale day
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Desert dream
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| 30th March 2012 |
| 1950s glamour |
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| Image provided by Martins Kikulis |
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Guy and Gemini's striking wedding was awash with colour
After meeting at a mutual friend's dinner party, Guy and Gemini soon fell in love.
Guy proposed to Gemini within two hours of jumping off a plane from India. It was a total surprise, she says. "He'd been giving me some presents from the trip - lovely saris,
Buddhist statues and then he said, 'I have one more gift for you, but first you have to answer a question?' He was already kneeling down so I didn't guess what was coming, then he proposed!" says Gemini.
They married almost a year later in Somerset with the added challenge of organising the wedding 6,000 miles away as the couple live in Los Angeles.
"I did a lot of the research for suppliers online and held Skype meetings. We made two trips to England, the first to celebrate our engagement and find the venues, the second
to finalise all the arrangements and meet with suppliers, which included the caterers, photographers, hair and make-up, and so on," Gemini says. "I used to work in events so I had plenty of experience in putting together something this big and I'm an artist so the idea of designing lots of the details was exciting for me."
Guy and Gemini were married on the 4th of September, 2011 at St Mary's Church, Petherton, with a reception at Maunsel House, North Newton.
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| A change of style |
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When organising my wedding last year, I found myself watching as many bridal- themed films and programmes as I could find and Father of the Bride was one of them. It made me realise how, even though style has moved on since the early nineties, our feelings about marriage and the wedding planning process has really stayed the same. The central message of the film also rings true today: that weddings are about the whole family. It reminded me not to forget about how exciting my marriage is for both of our parents, too.
Happy planning!
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| Louise Prance, Editor |
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| Hot topic: Food |
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How much food is too much?
Q I am planning to serve my guests canapes at 3pm and the wedding breakfast at 5:30pm, are these realistic timings? Should I also be serving food in the evening, too, since we will be at the venue until midnight?
A Caroline Gent says An hour and a half for canapes at a reception is about right. This gives the bride and groom long enough to have their photos taken and greet their guests. Any longer and people tend to get a bit fidgety. A three course meal takes a maximum of two hours so I would stick to your 5.30pm timing. The speeches normally take about half an hour, so you will still have a good amount of time for your evening reception. You will need something to feed to your guests later on, but there is no need to go overboard. A good cheese board, possibly with some salamis and pates is plenty. Some people just have bacon baps at around 10pm. A proper buffet or hog roast really isn't necessary in my opinion. People tend to do this is if they have had a small number of guests to the wedding breakfast and a huge number of late comers. |
| Ice Maiden Cakes nominated for international award |
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Ice Maiden Cakes has been short-listed in The 2012 Wedding Industry Awards in the Cake Designer category for the South West. The bakery also won an accolade at the 2011 awards.
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