Honeymoon

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We are finally off on our honeymoon, yey!  We are flying into New York and out of Los Angeles, with a stop off in Austin, San Diego and Palm Springs.  I can't wait to soak up the atmosphere of these places, any recommendations for good coffee/food/green spaces/music/cocktails would be greatly appreciated.

We're off on Saturday so to guarantee delivery before I go, please place your Jewellery by Vanya orders before 12pm Thursday 6th September.  Thank you.  The shop will still be open whilst I'm away.

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Wedding Table Cloths For Sale

Hello, hope you enjoyed the bank holiday weekend.  My family and I took a picnic to the beach on Sunday but in true British summer style it wasn't long before it started raining.  Oh well.

I've finally gotten around to putting a few table cloths (and a little crochet blanket) from our wedding on ebay.  If you're interested you can find them HERE.

Also just want to say a big thank you to everyone who has made purchases from the sale so far.  I still have a few pieces left if you're in a shopping mood! 

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A bohemian life

Couple of recent pins.  Dreaming of packing up the van (if we had one) and finding a spot by the river.

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Instead I have a day off to laze on the beach tomorrow and my family hen do at the weekend, so not a bad alternative!!

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Wedding Invitations

Since setting the date and feeling the relief that it is actually happening, we have not done another thing wedding related.  I have been focusing on work a lot as it's coming up to the busiest time of the year but this morning I decided I really ought to think about the invitations.

Here are a few favourites from around the web:

via oh so beautiful paper

via ruffled (this wedding has such a beautiful setting)

via 100 layer cake

via bird and banner 

via rifle paper co. (love love love the two on the far right)

As you can see I'm drawn to the vintagey, floral, hand-crafted, colourful, informal and fun kind of designs.  This will be the vibe of our wedding so hopefully I can create something (I'm making/designing them myself) inspired by the above to represent the day.

Any brides or grooms out there want to share their invitations with me?  Did you make them yourself?

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Business Cards, P.s and a P.p.s

Hi all, hope you had a nice weekend.  It was my first day back at the Sunday Upmarket yesterday and I still feel tired and achey.  Oh well, dinner cooked for me and an early night should sort me out.

Lately I've been thinking about re-designing my business cards.  You can see what they currently look like here (although now I only use the floral background)  I still love the idea of them, they work especially well at the market where customers can browse through to find their favourite item, but they are time consuming and I wonder whether my time may be better spent on other aspects of the business.

Here are a few I've found as inspiration, as you will see I can't keep away from the handmade cards, they are just that extra bit special I think.

Lena Corwin

Ruthi Auda

above two via Logo Designer Blog

the feather collective

via oh hello friend

A lot of stamps feature in this list which is a quick, easy and cost effective way to make my own cards but will it represent my jewellery well?  Hmmm some more thinking is needed on that one.

P.s, we have a wedding venue and date, yey!  Until the deposit has been paid, I feel like I'd be tempting fate to tell too many people so if you are a friend or family member reading this, you will hear from me as soon as money has changed hands.

P.p.s, Colin sent me this this morning, so sad. 

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Family Day

Last Tuesday I visited family and got to have lots of cuddles and play time with these two cuties!

(my niece and nephew) (please excuse the horrible font used, only just realised how bad it looks, never mind)

I also spent a couple of hours wedding dress shopping with my mum and sister! I must have tried on at least 10 dresses, don't know if that's a lot or not when wedding dress shopping but it was a lot for me in one go.  I was worn out by the end and had to skip the last shop.  Although there were some lovely dresses, none of them were very 'me'.  

I haven't forgotten I said I would talk more about the dress (if you are at all interested).  I'll show you in another post all the images I have collected.

Hope you're well.

xxx

The Rings

I don't have an engagement ring.  I know it's not the norm but a while back, when Colin and I started to talk about getting married, I started to think about rings!  I have been a major fan of Rust jewellery for a couple of years now, posting about one of the designers here and here so when marriage was possibly on the cards I knew exactly where my wedding ring would come from. 

I liked the look of these three below and as they are very detailed and delicate, I wanted to wear it alone.  Soooo basically I told Colin that if/when he was going to propose, not to get me a ring (I didn't see the point in spending lots of money on a ring I would only wear for a few months).  Hope that makes sense.  I have had to explain that so many times!  Anyway the rings...

 

I'm not going to tell you which one I choose, I had a favourite online but when I went to try it on, I prefered another.  It arrived last week and I LOVE it!!!  All available from Rust.

Colin's ring was slightly more complicated.  We originally ordered a kind of mechanical looking spinner ring with a tiny bit of bling but the re-sizing couldn't be done without having the join visible so we took it back.  We then searched some more and found Van Buskirk Jewellery.

Again I won't tell you which one is Colin's but I will say that the designer, Mike is such a lovely guy.  He happily put up with all our questions, created the ring in a different finish, and re-sized it (when we ordered one too big) all within a week!  Fully recommended.

Next wedding post I might talk about the dress :)

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wedding post number one - inspiration

It's been almost three weeks since I was asked to be a wife and a little less since a wedding inspiration folder was created on my computer.  It's filling up fast so wanted to share some initial thoughts.  This is how we would like the day to go...

 

 

...plus all of our lovely family and friends of course, and music, and food!  Relaxed and informal are the buzz words for the day, we will become husband and wife and celebrate it with the people we love.  No fuss, no frills.

Has anyone else had/been to/have links to any weddings like this?  Does anyone know of farms/fields/barns/woods for hire, either in Dorset or the Gloucester-Worcester area?  It doesn't have to be licenced as we can do the legal bit before hand.

sources: once wed, wellies and vogue, junkaholique, rosie parsons, sorry there are a couple more that I've forgotten, please let me know if you recognise anything and I'll add the credit.

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Artemis and Nao

I have been waiting for this post from Artemis ever since she announced she was getting married!  I have written about her wonderful self before, I was lusting after her beautiful shed remember?  Anyway, I knew hers and her new husband Nao's wedding would be something special.  Take a look at just a few images from her blog today.

They made pretty much everything themselves, from the programs, signage and presents, to getting up at 4am for flowers.  Atemis even re-worked a vintage 1930s dress into her own perfect wedding frock.  You can read the full story over at her own blog tales of a junkaholic.  There is a special 'our wedding' page at the top.

Thank you for sharing your lovely day with us Artemis and Nao.  May you have a wonderful and happy life together.

xxx