Bijou Loveliness

A couple of weeks ago I received a rather nice email from Alexandra-The Bijou Bride, asking if I could write a piece for her blog to give readers my tips on how to obtain bespoke wedding stationery, and just how important it is to let your personalities shine in your invitations.

"I'm delighted to have breakthrough Wedding Stationer Kate Ruth Romey and her exceptional designs on the Bijou blog today. Amazingly Kate found some time in her busy creative schedule to offer you Bijou brides her expert advice on stationery trends for 2012 and how to get a look that will not only wow your guests but that you will treasure long after your first dance. So over to Kate..." You can read the full article here at The Bijou Bride's Blog

Thank you so much for asking me to write for your blog Alexandra, I am so flattered xxx

PS If you haven't already, I urge you to check out The Bijou Bride website, with so many elements to consider for your big day why not have Alexandra lend a bijou helping hand.

Vintage Bridal Shoot

In September I had the honour of being part of a wonderful photoshoot lead by the amazing Kat Hill of Kat Hill Fotographie.
Kat asked that I design an invitation suite that reflected her 60s inspired theme. I used a sophisticated palette of pale peach, dove grey and cream, with vintage lace trimmings, that wouldn't fight with the opulent surroundings.
It was a fantastic day with some great people, and to top it all off our shoot was featured in the esteemed English Wedding Blog you can see the rest of the shoot there.

All photographs courtesy of Kat Hill

Chocolate School

As I mentioned before, last month was FULL of chocolate as I had the pleasure of attending Coco Chocolate's wonderful Chocolate School in Edinburgh.
Coco specialises in fine, organic chocolate, made from only the best ingredients, and all their goodies are hand made in their Edinburgh kitchen.
I would urge any chocolate lover to get up to Edinburgh sharpish! Coco also offer special Chocolate Bridal Parties imagine: your hen do and favour making all in one!

Thank you Jen, I had such a lot of fun, and learnt a)Rose and Black Pepper hot chocolate is amazing, b)A lot of (sneaky) chocolate tasting, followed by a winding car journey makes me feel a bit queasy and c)I don't look too fetching in that little hat!

T Snook-Hatters

To hat fans who haven't yet visited T Snooks you're missing a treat! It really is the perfect place to find a unique fascinator, (I overheard a woman saying she'd found nothing like them in London or PARIS!) or a dashing Panama for a summer wedding.
They are also the organisers of The Bridport Hat Festival, to which people come from far and wide bedecked in their favourite headpieces. Stupidly I didn't take any pictures of the amazing array, it was all a little overwhelming. But whilst visiting Snooks I spotted this familiar hat

I was pretty amazed as I have one almost identical to it, if not a little faded(!), bought for me by my lovely Mum, about 8 years ago.

On chatting to the lovely Monica I discovered that hers had originally been worn to a Royal Garden Party (wow). Sadly I don't have any Royal Garden Parties to attend, but I love it all the same.

Green and pleasant land

With so many wonderful places in the UK I sometimes wonder why we go so far away

Godshill Isle of White

Morris Dancers, mad but wonderful

The Solent

Golden Cap, Dorset

One man and his (huge) dog

Salisbury Cathedral

Enchanting Edinburgh, I don't think I'll ever get over how beautiful this city is

September...

...was a wonderfully busy month, as was October, consisting of:
a beautiful photo-shoot,
Lovely little trips around the UK,
Amazing design opportunities with some great couples,
A rather lovely hat coincidence,
and
LOTS of chocolate

I will explain all...

Town Hall Hotel Wedding Showcase

Yesterday's Showcase at the Town Hall Hotel was a huge success, it was great to meet so many people in the industry and of course lots of Brides and Grooms to be.
A big Thank You to Nina and her team for organising the day, and making the hotel look beautiful

Gorgeous Flowers from Taylor Made Floral Designs

Music to make your feet move from Wedding Smashers

Beautiful Photography by Kat Hill

Sumptuous Gowns from Clinton Lotter at Blackburn Bridal

and bespoke honeymoons from Mr and Mrs Smith that make me want to pack my bags!

Town Hall Hotel-Bethnal Green

On Sunday I will be exhibiting at The Town Hall Hotel's wedding Showcase.
I've been working on some Town Hall Hotel inspired menus and place-cards:

Titles

Really love the opening sequence of the BBC production The Hour

Opening Credits: The Hour from Anthony Gargano on Vimeo.

Very clever graphics, and hint at the story without giving too much away.
There were designed by the very talented Amy Merry, whose new website I have just stumbled upon http://amymerry.carbonmade.com/

London Street Photogrphy at the Musuem of London

Thoroughly enjoyed this exhibition
Here are my highlights:

Wolf Suschitzky Charing Cross Road, London, 1937

Roger Mayne Gambling Group, 1958

Jim Rice Lewisham 1977

Paul Trevor Lolesworth Street E1,1978

Adrian Fisk It's Pants in Walthamstow, 2002

Matt Stuart Trafalgar Square,

Adam Ant

Great to see Adam on form at yesterday's festival


10CC were there as well, even though I like this song, the sentiment of it does rather annoy me


And Sandie Shaw, bloody hell she's amazing. You would never guess she was 64!

Vintage Festival...

at The Southbank Centre was a lot of fun.
Amazing place to people watch, whilst dancing to some incredible music from different eras.
I was also really impressed by the attention to detail to each of the different spaces: a perfectly furnished 1950s bar, and the underground 80s Warehouse.
To tie in with the festival, Surface View have teamed up with Wayne and Geraldine Hemingway, to create a series of prints and canvases.

Deep End

Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown in Jerzy Skolimowski's Deep End

The clue is in the titles

Priceless by Deubal

Catch Me If You Can by Kuntzel + Deygas