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Holly Young ~ a new bridal collection & milliner to Ascot fashionistas!

Holly Young continues her rise to millinery stardom as she has not only launched her gorgeous new collection of beautiful bridal headwear, but has also been selected to be part of an exclusive team supporting famous couture milliner to the celebs, Jane Taylor, in her commissions for Ascot. Holly  is the only South West milliner to be selected, head-hunted for her quality workmanship and millinery talent.  With Holly heading up to [...]

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On a theme: horses

There’s nothing I love more than a personalised wedding day. While most weddings follow a fairly standard set of proceedings, no two are ever the same.  The little touches that couples add reflect who they are, and it’s these touches that make each wedding day unique. If you have a particular love of your life (other than your betrothed of course!) or hobby, there’s no reason why your wedding day [...]

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Lashings of lippy & a reader offer from The Vintage Cream

Have you been asked to take on the daunting duty of planning fabulous hen party for a friend? Or perhaps you’re a bride to be taking on this task yourself.  If you have a love of vintage, cake and a fancy, more elegant do, a lovingly styled vintage tea party by The Vintage Cream might be right up your street!  Without an L plate in sight (unless you want one [...]

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Annalise Harvey's new wedding gown collection

As if winning the south west award for Dress Design in the 2013 Wedding Industry Awards, AND being named Wedding Designer of the Year by Cornish Brides magazine wasn’t enough, designer Annalise Harvey has outdone herself with her gorgeous new Nostalgia collection. Annalise describes Nostalgia - a collection of six dresses – as perfectly capturing the essence of particular decades from the 20th Century.  She says “it has been created with [...]

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Great deals from Cornish wedding suppliers...

In this time of austerity, recession and cutbacks, most couples will want to stretch their wedding budget as far as possible.  Whether you have £1,000 or £20,000 to plan your day, most people are going to want their hard earned spendy buttons to go as far as possible, and who doesn’t love feeling that they got a great deal? The Wedding Discount Scheme is a new service offered by a [...]

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Insider info: your expert guide to wedding stationery

Not long ago, I featured Sarah and Jason’s real wedding. You may remember mention that Sarah has her own wedding stationery company? Today Sarah is sharing with us the secrets to having professional wedding stationery at an affordable price and some top stationery tips…     It is a common misconception for brides to think that they can’t afford to buy printed stationery and they must make their own; this [...]

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A bouquet with a difference

Whether you’re looking for a hen party gift, a wedding table centrepiece with a difference or a special thank you for mums and bridesmaids, who wouldn’t love a bouquet you can eat?! Cornish Fancies offer a gorgeous range of delicious cupcake bouquets. I’ll let Vicky tell you all about them…   One of the highlights of my job is delivering cupcake bouquets! I love the look on the lucky person’s [...]

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How to pick the perfect sparkle!

OK, so I’m about to have a couple of weeks Christmas break, but I had to get this post up beforehand… ladies, if you think your fella might be planning to pop the question over the festive season, point him in this direction… today we have a fabulously informative guest post, written by Rebecca Lowe on behalf of jewellers Samara James with some great advice on buying the perfect engagement [...]

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Wedding planning ~ from the bride's eye

Today we welcome Sarah to Pasties & Petticoats.  Sarah is a bride to be, planning her wedding (to my cousin!) next summer.  Knowing that Sarah has a way with words, I thought it might be nice for her to write a little something for us, for some real perspective from someone in the throes of wedding planning.  So, without further ado, over to Sarah…   I am writing as a [...]

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A gay old shindig ~ part 3

A big warm Pasties & Petticoats welcome (back) to Dave, sharing the third instalment of his journey to planning his civil partnership to Rich. Yes folks, it’s the long awaited Part 3 of A Gay Old Shindig….   So its been a few months since my last post where I think I posed more questions than provided answers, or updated on our civil partnership, and at that point we hadn’t [...]

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