BLOG AWARDS

30 Oct 2013

Blogging has been around now for some years and is a great way to find out what’s new and interesting in the wonderful world of weddings. How brilliant then, for Wedding Magazine to initiate the first blog awards to acknowledge all the work that these brilliant writers do to endlessly enlighten, inspire us and promote so many fabulous ideas.

Here’s the list of winners, so if you want to keep up with the best, check out what they have to say!

BEST BRIDAL STYLE & FASHION BLOG: Love My Dress annabel@lovemydress.net
Highly Commended: One Fab Day

BEST REAL-LIFE WEDDINGS BLOG: Rock N Roll Bride kat@rocknrollbride.com
Highly Commended: Whimsical Wonderland Weddings

BEST BIG DAY INSPIRATION BLOG: Brides Up North julia@bridesupnorth.co.uk
Highly Commended: OMG I’m Getting Married

BEST DIY WEDDINGS BLOG: Bride De Force bridedeforce@gmail.com
Highly Commended: Bespoke Bride

BEST WEDDING FLOWERS BLOG: Flowerona rona@flowerona.com
Highly Commended: Boho Weddings

BEST ALTERNATIVE WEDDING BLOG: Rock N Roll Bride kat@rocknrollbride.com
Highly Commended: Festival Brides

BEST LONDON WEDDING BLOG: London Bride hello@london-bride.com
Highly Commended: B.Loved Weddings

BEST INTERNATIONAL WEDDING BLOG: Style Me Pretty info@stylemepretty.com
Highly Commended: The Pretty Blog

BEST WEDDING BLOG NEWCOMER: Wedding Sparrow sara@weddingsparrow.co.uk
Highly Commended: Style And The Bride

BEST DESIGNED WEDDING BLOG: Rock My Wedding info@rockmywedding.co.uk
Highly Commended: Rock N Roll Bride

EDITOR’S PICK: Before The Big Day georgia.peters@yahoo.co.uk

We were delighted to be able to get involved in this prestigious event by creating 15 special buttonholes for the VIP goodie bags. Each one was different, some for the girls and some for the boys. It was a lovely opportunity to use a quirky mix of materials and to showcase how individual you can make them.

We’ve got quite a collection of brooches and accessories, so we picked out some interesting little numbers such as this ‘love bird’ and perched him on top of an ivory rose looking back at a pearl and gold wire heart.

For the more flamboyant (and Scottish) groom, how about this stag’s head and feather brooch. We wired up little beads, pearls and crystals in complementary colours and finished with a tartan ribbon.

And for the sporting enthusiast, three little vintage pheasant brooches, lurking in the greenery! It never ceases to amaze us how many different brooches we keep finding, each one a little masterpiece.

This buttonhole we named ‘knight in shining armour’.

… and for any flying enthusiasts or pilots out there, how about this buttonhole.

We’ve made loops of pearls and crystals and used a pretty four leaf clover brooch for this example.

This feminine buttonhole has a really pretty pale blue flower brooch to which we we’ve added pearls, lace and a subtle pale pink ribbon to finish.

Butterflies are always popular and here are two hovering together. We found a little green heart to add to the stem.

This beautiful brooch in gold would look perfect on almost any outfit and we kept it simple with some ivory feathers and pearls.

And for the extrovert, how about bit of bling with this diamonte and red buttonhole

Pretty pink butterflies and leaves in burnished gold are finished with a small heart for this example

and a small bow brooch with crystal dropper was the perfect addition to this one which was finished with a subtle green ribbon

Feathers, diamonte, stems of crystals and a silver flower brooch made up this buttonhole

and blue was the basis of this one. We added some pretty crystals, diamonte, tiny white flowers and finished with a colourful ribbon. A sparkling diamonte heart added the finishing touch here

An intricate carved bird in this mother of pearl brooch was the inspiration for the final buttonhole to which we added pearls, little flowers and finished with an ivory ribbon.