Thursday, 13 January 2011

Featured Wedding Supplier Your Wedding at Loch Lomond

This weeks featured wedding supplier is wedding directory and blogger YourWedding at Loch Lomond


What is your wedding business, and when did you start it?

Our wedding business is an online wedding directory that is aimed at brides to be getting married in Loch Lomond in Scotland, and provides them with information on local and national wedding suppliers who can supply to that area.

We came up with the idea in 2007, as a means of expanding my husband’s links page, which was getting too full, and also from discussions with other wedding suppliers who felt advertising costs were too high.

What makes your service unique?

We are unique in that we offer free advertising to all wedding suppliers who can provide to the Loch Lomond area. We are passionate about supporting wedding suppliers to grow and develop their businesses, regardless of their hours of work, where they work and how long they have been in business. 

What is the best thing about doing what you do?

Definitely the numerous “thank you” messages that I get from wedding suppliers who have had bookings through our website. In fact, one small wedding supplier told me a few days ago that in the 3 months since she joined our directory, she has had more bookings than ever before and she wouldn’t go anywhere else!

What can you offer your clients to use your services?

For brides to be, we offer:
  • A wide variety of wedding suppliers in each category to choose from.
  • Discounts and special offers
  • Wedding fairs where they can meet our suppliers face to face
  • A discussion forum where they can post questions and chat to other brides to be.
  • A Facebook page where we provide regular updates, as well as 6 other social media pages.
  • A printed brochure 

For suppliers we offer:
  • Free advertising – this will never change. While other directories may have a yearly fee, ranging from £10 per year up to £300, we will remain free.
  • The opportunity to share news and discounts with our brides to be
  • Regular newsletters
  • Inclusion in our printed brochures
  • Adverts placed on a first come, first served basis, not in order of preference, or on what you pay.
  • The opportunity to take part in our wedding fairs
  • The opportunity to submit a ‘guest blog’ article to our blog, to further promote themselves to our brides to be.
  • Regular opportunities to meet with us and with our other suppliers, to develop the sense of ‘team’.

What has been you're favourite moment in your business?

In 2010, we were nominated for six awards. We’ve already started to be nominated for awards in 2011.

I also enjoy getting to know other wedding professionals, networking and helping each other grow.

Do you have anyone you aspire to?

I read a lot of fantastic blogs out there which give me lots of ideas and I’m good friends with other directories and we also swap ideas. In fact, I am collaborating with some on a few projects this year.

Where do you hope to be in five years time with your business?

I have a lot of ideas that I am keeping to myself right now, but we will definitely still be around in five years time.


Facebook: Your Wedding at Loch Lomond

Images courtesy of www.ciaphotography.co.uk

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Angela and Gary Wedding Hardwick Hall December 17th 2010

Angela is a local businesswoman near our studio in Stockton and booked us to cover her wedding to Gary at Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield.

Despite the freezing temperatures of this snowy winter wedding, both Angela and Gary braved the icy conditions to get some shots outside.

Here are a selection of images from the day.

 
 
 


 


























































 






































































If you would like to speak to us about your wedding photography, please email weddings@amethyst-photography.org.uk, telephone 01642 887630 or visit the website www.amethyst-photography.org.uk

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Featured Wedding Supplier Cerendipity




is a little wedding and event planning business tucked away in the heart of Buckinghamshire, offering bespoke wedding co-ordination and inspiration, to suit each and every couple I have the honour of working with. From sessions that can be fitted into even the busiest of lifestyles during a lunchbreak for "Ideas&Inspiration" to Invitation RSVP and Management, and budget planning consultations to full planning of your special day.

It has always been a dream to have my own business and be my own boss so in 2010 Cerendipity was founded when I had the opportunity to do just that. I love my job and love what I do ... it makes me want to get married all over again! I’m a planner and organiser by nature and am always planning something!
I never had a wedding planner when I got married ... I was pretty determined that I could and wanted to plan it all myself. What I didn’t know was how much a wedding planner could have helped me without ever taking away from me the achievement of planning my own wedding.

If you ask me why I do what I do ... My answer is simply because I love weddings and want nothing more than to help a couple have their dream wedding. It may sound a cliché but that really is what my business is about! Each and every couple I work with gets me and all of me to help bring their dreams to life. I am my business and there is no one out there the same. Another cliché maybe but in truth my business is me! I work with couples to give them the help they need to have their wedding their way. I do aim to specialise in weddings to South Africa and help couples living in the UK get married back home.

I know that every couple has their own unique vision of their special day and that’s why I don't pack any couple into little boxes but instead tailor the service to suit you which means, you will always get what you want and know exactly how much you are paying.
I charge £37 per hour although some of the services I offer have a starting price because I know how long certain things take to plan and how long it will take me. More pricing can be found on my website: www.cerendipity-events.co.uk

Planning a wedding should be fun and that’s why my job to take on the pressures of planning your special day so that the little things don’t turn into arguments over nothing, leaving you free to concentrate on the things you really want to be planning. It’s the best feeling in the world knowing a couple had the best wedding they could have ... That their day was exactly what they wanted.
If I can still do the job I love in ten years time then I will still be living my dream and helping turn others to life.

So ... who am I?

 I am a little strawberry-blonde from South Africa who moved to the UK 8 years. Wife to a wonderful man and mum of three, I live in Bucks since moving here from Wiltshire a few years ago. Although I love weddings (kind of a given since it’s my job) ... I love vintage and pretty things ... cosy nights in front of a roaring fire and reading ... and I love the smell of freshly mowed lawn.

For creative, practical, and extra-ordinary help and advice for your special day, get in touch. I would love to hear from you!


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