I’ve been pulling together this blog post for a while now, it is surprising how difficult it has been to find beautiful bouquets and arrangements using ferns. Hopefully if you’re looking ...
When I came across the wedding stationery created by illustrator Victoria Whincup I was certain that you would all love to see her designs too. I got in touch with Victoria and she told me that she f...
This morning I’ve lost the notion of what month we’re in, and overcome by this heat wave I’m sharing a very mid-summer inspired wedding ‘cake’ or should I say meringue c...
It will come as no surprise that today’s blog post has been inspired by this sudden hot summer weather we have been graced with in the UK. For a while now I’ve been collecting together a ...
Sarah of Green Photographic recently captured the lovely laid back Easter wedding of Sal and George, who got married near Newquay and included a beach walk with their guests during the afternoon. I h...
If you are looking for something a bit more sumptuous and luxurious for your wedding, then take some inspiration from this Bohemian style photoshoot from 100 Layer Cake. These are my favourite bits f...
Sometimes a wedding comes along that evokes all kinds of feelings inside me that I almost can’t explain – I find those bigger questions in life bubbling to the surface, although I canR...
Now in terms of the actual wedding cake, this is about traditional as I’ve got on my Cake Love feature – expertly iced white tiers with perfect pale pink sugar decorations aren’t us...
Now I say ‘colourful’ but it’s really that certain kind of deep hued colours from another era – almost like a cross between the old fashioned colours of a circus crossed with ...
I am priveledged to live near a vibrant community of small, independent wedding businesses with more and more opportunities to meet with them and experience the products and services they offer. A fe...
I must admit to not being a fan of certain ideas that are dreamt up for weddings, and I didn’t think I really liked the idea of bringing your three-piece suite outside and setting it up like a ...
Some of my favourite emails are from you lovely readers, sending me pictures of your wedding stationery that has been inspired by my own wedding invitations or save the dates. Today I get to share wi...
This is one of the loveliest cakes I’ve seen for a while, I love how simple it is and yet so beautiful. A simple white frosted cake covered in edible spring violets – heavenly! If you lov...
The thing about blogs is you can share all kinds of news in real time, whenever you life. This news, however, has been under wraps for the past 9 months, and Mr Rigg and I haven’t been able to ...
Wedding bouquet and flowers are just getting more and more interesting I think – is anyone else feeling this? The creativity of florists and combinations of blooms and foliage, with grasses, se...
This afternoon it’s the final part to our natural beauty skincare series, helping to get your skin as lovely as possible before your wedding day. Helping us do that we have Laura The Organic Ma...
A few weeks ago Mr Rigg and I were lucky enough to be invited to spend a night at Huntstile Organic Farm in Somerset. Hunstile is one of the beautiful wedding venues listed on The Natural Wedding Com...
Yesterday we were joined on the blog by The Organic Make-up Artist on the start of a 3-part feature on how to get your skin naturally beautiful in preparation for your wedding day. Today, Laura is ba...
I have been working with some of the lovely businesses listed on The Natural Wedding Company directory to bring you some exclusive and tailored blog posts, like the recent two part feature on growing...
Sometimes emails land in your inbox that totally inspire you, I had one such email last week from Sarah at Eat My Flowers with her ideas for floral inspired menu. Immediately I was dreaming up a spri...
Last week on the New Wives Club we started this two part feature on how to grow cut flowers by looking at what to grow. If you missed the part one, make sure you catch up by reading ‘how to gro...
For all of us who want to get ‘stuck in’ with our wedding days, we really are spoilt with fantastic opportunities to learn how to do a multitude of things, from making vintage inspired br...
To celebrate joining the directory and as a thank you to all those lovely TNWC visitors who’ve been on their website, Little Cherry is offering our readers an exclusive 10% discount on all thei...
I wanted to go for a sumptuous over-the-top indulgent wedding cake this week – so I chose this one – what do you think? It’s a riot of soft fluffy cream, woodland berries and edible...
Perhaps this idea is a little unrealistic, but why not swap your bouquet for a necklace of flowers? If it were possible and the flowers held up and didn’t wilt (any top suggestions from florist...
The Easter weekend saw a fabulous open day hosted by Hooe’s Yurts in deepest, most beautiful Devon. They were celebrating the completion of their huge new 44ft yurt – a cathedral sized st...
I have long been a fan of Etsy for its incredible choice of beautiful handmade items – both mine and Mr Rigg’s wedding rings (engagement and his wedding band) came from Etsy sellers aroun...
This is such a sweet idea for escort or place cards at your wedding – small wood off-cuts with your guests names written on them. What I think really makes this idea, it the tiny cotton hangers...
There are some fun alternatives to the wedding guestbook, I’ve featured a number such as prayer flags and paintings, but I particularly like this idea that I came across recently. It’s a ...
Back at the beginning of April I ran a competition in conjunction with Catkin Flowers to win a place on an upcoming (and exclusive to The Natural Wedding Company) cut flower growing and arranging cou...
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