Cornwall wedding blog {pasties & petticoats}

{sunday bazaar}

Happy Sunday folks, hope you've all had a good week? It's been a busy seven days for Pasties & Petticoats, and especially for our VIP members; with the DIY paper bunting[...]

{everyone's a winner ~ a VIP competition}

Yep... you read that right! Pasties & Petticoats has teamed up with fab wedding photographer Ross Talling, to bring you this awesome competition where everyone's[...]

{keep calm and carry on}

Have you seen the BBC Three series Don't Tell The Bride? A couple are kept apart for three weeks while the groom plans their wedding, with no input from the bride. The first she kn[...]

{free bunting download for VIP members}

As I may have mentioned once or twice (yes, am a teensy bit excited about this), we now have a Pasties & Petticoats 'VIP list'. It's super-easy to join, and doing so means[...]

{bring the outside in with a transparent marquee}

Earlier this week I had an email from the Transparent Marquee Company. Intrigued, I clicked onto their website and there, sure enough, was a transparent marquee. Given that w[...]

{WIN your wedding photography!}

Have you joined the pasties & petticoats VIP list yet? If not, NOW is the time... later this week I'll be launching a competition for you to win your wedding photography[...]

{pretty peonies}

It's a while since we've had a gratuitous pretty pictures post, and while perusing pinterest earlier I got taken down a whole road of peony gorgeousness. I LOVE peonies. Thei[...]

{sunday bazaar}

Morning lovely people. Well, it's been another busy week here on pasties & petticoats. We finally got part two of Dave's Gay Old Shindig, shared some lovely DIY paper ide[...]

{marvellous martha stewart}

A quick post from me today folks, I'm dashing off all over the Cornish countryside. Don't despair though, there's a veritable feast of wedding fabulousness to come in the shap[...]

{a woodland wedding}

A little while back, I attended the MAKE fair, where I met the very lovely David and Lara, owners of Woods Cafe in Cardinham Woods, Bodmin. As the name suggests, they have a g[...]

{three campervans and a wedding!}

If I took a poll, Family Fortunes style, asking people to name "quintessential Cornish wedding transport", I'd put money on it that the top answer would be a VW splittie. Pret[...]

{finding your frock ~ a guest post by House of Fraser}

If you don't have a budget of hundreds of pounds for your wedding dress, the high street has some beautiful offerings at a price that won't break the budget. Today's guest post c[...]

{paper DIY}

If you're making your own invitations and (unlike me) are a bit handy with crafty stuff, have a look at these gorgeous ideas from Lowri at PaperVine... These favours wou[...]

{a gay old shindig ~ part 2}

Some of you have been pestering me on twitter (you know who you are!) for the next instalment of Dave's gay old shindig. You'll be very pleased to see that you need wait no longer.[...]

{sunday bazaar}

So, what are we all up to this long weekend? I'm off to a local food and craft fair this afternoon, then we've got a bbq planned for this evening, so expect rain! ;) For the mom[...]

{getting to grips with the guest list}

{image credit} Ahh... the guest list. It starts out fun. You excitedly grab a notepad and pen, taking no time at all to fill a page with the names of your favourite people. Yo[...]

{DIY marshallow pops}

Ahh, we've all missed hearing from Emma, aka our 'bird on a budget'. Sounds like she's been busy finding more wonderfully creative but inexpensive ways to add handmade detail [...]

{exclusive content, discounts and give-aways}

So, you pop onto pasties & petticoats a couple of times of week. You love the content, you enjoy the real weddings and like the regular updates. Heck, some of you might even p[...]

{if I could do it again...}

Over recent years, weddings have just exploded with creativity and opportunities to express yourselves as a couple. As someone who got married a few years ago, I find myself sayin[...]

{a beautiful shoot at Hooe's Yurts}

Over the Easter weekend, I was invited to what promised to be a day full of wedding pretty; an open day and photo shoot for Hooe's Yurts in Devon, to celebrate the completion o[...]