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Hampshire Wedding Festival

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Yesterday was the first Hampshire Wedding Festival held on The New Forest Show site at New Park Manor between Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst.

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When we arrived just after 9am there were at least twenty deer grazing next to the entrance. I used to drive along this road almost every day for ten years when I had the Disc & Tape Centre in Lymington and I’ve never seen so many in one place at the same time.

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The weather had been mixed in the few days before the event and so the ground was very wet in places. Fortunately it stayed dry and the sun shone a fair amount which really helped. By the evening when everyone was home things had really changed and I think it rained continuously for about 12 hours – so we were very lucky!

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We met lots of lovely couples, all with different stories to tell. I often ask about the propsal and the highlight for me was speaking to Sophie and James – you may have seen their story on the news or in the local papers when James used this method to ask the BIG question! I would love to tell their LOVE STORY

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Among the other exhibitors were many of my supplier friends including 3 other members of The Hampshire Wedding Group. Next to me was the lovely Kay from Pomp & Petals with an amazing display of great ideas.

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Also represented were Ampfield Golf Club with a very clever display representing elegant and rustic styles.

Ampfield Golf Club

and Laurel Designs were just across the way with a display packed with wonderful handcrafted stationery and event decorations. (see my previous blog post about their wonderful range of services).

Laurel Designs

Also exhibiting in the same marquee as us was my good friend Antony from Light Box – great photographer and lovely bloke.

Lightbox

I was also very taken with Arabella the food van from MYO who were serving amazing food and coffee. Ce and I had a couple of excellent cheese and bacon grilled sandwiches.

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Also on display were some beautiful bell tents from Beautiful Belles
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Among the performers in the live music area were The Royal T’s

The event was a great success and I look forward to next years!

Le Chanteclerc Wedding Fayre

Sunday 10th April ~ The Hampshire Wedding Festival

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The Hampshire Wedding Festival, is billed as “a large-scale outdoor wedding fair with live music, food and lots of fun and games for all ages”.

Organisers, South Coast Events, say …

you should think of it like the biggest wedding fair you’ll go to in Hampshire, add live music, chill out areas, food vans, shopping and loads of wedding ideas – THAT’s a wedding festival.

This is a must for anyone planning their wedding and the one event where the men will have something to do. As well as the usual wedding exhibition, there will be live music from bands and singers you can hire for your big day and an area where you can purchase snacks or lunch and a bar (woohoo!)

South Coast Events have already set up and established the Dorset Wedding Festival which has been running for a few years now, so I’m expecting The Hampshire Wedding Festival to be a great day.

hwg_logo_nAlso exhibiting at The Hampshire Wedding Festival are some of my colleagues from The Hampshire Wedding Group including …

Ampfield Golf Club

Laurel Designs

Pomp & Petals

oh, and THE Hampshire Wedding DJ ~ The Party DJ

We should all be located in a marquee together and we look forward to seeing you.

The Hampshire Wedding Festival opens at 11am and finishes at 3:30pm. There is even a creche facility available if you are bringing children.

PLEASE REMEMBER … It’s a Festival, in a field and the weather has been classic “April showers” this year so wear suitable clothing!

The Hampshire Wedding Festival is being held at The New Forest Showground, New Park, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7QH

CLICK HERE to go to The Hampshire Wedding Festival website.

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The WOW Wedding Evening

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wow_008Two weeks ago, at the beginning of the month, I hosted an event at Ampfield Golf Club. The evening “The WOW Wedding” was all about creating an amazing wedding by focusing on making it truly personal and connecting with all of your guests.

This was the first time I’d presented on this subject and I was delighted to see plenty of couples who wanted to listen to what I had to share. The bottom line is that I believe weddings have been “dumbed down” and there are dozens things that you can do to avoid a boring wedding.

I’ll be presenting this event again in a couple of months time. I also plan to hold one of my “I’m The Man” Bridegroom’s evenings soon – these are just for the guys and are designed to explain what to expect on their wedding day and how they can make their brides day absolutely amazing.


Abi & Marcus

Special thanks to …
Everyone who came along to the event.
Ampfield Golf Club for welcoming us.
Kay from Pomp and Petals for supplying a lovely arrangement that was won by one lucky bride-to-be.
Murray’s Chocolates who donated some fabulous samples that were very well received by everyone
Entity Photographic for covering the event and supplying these great images
… and finally Dave and Lauren from Gigglebooth who talked me into starting these events

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If you’d like to find out more about my “Creating Your WOW Wedding” project and future events please email paul@thepartydj.co.uk

Supplier-OKE!

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A few weeks ago (in fact it was at the end of April) you may remember I posted about a secret project CLICK HERE

Well I can finally reveal our Supplier-OKE!

Supplier-Oke comes from Marry-Oke which comes from Karaoke – you’ll get the idea once you’ve viewed it.

The “stars” are all members of a wedding suppliers networking group that I’ve been part of for over a year now run by the amazing Marie from Isabella Weddings. The film was made by the very talented Matthew Willshire of Teardrop Films who makes brilliant Wedding films and Marry-Oke.

See below for a list of the suppliers involved with lickable clinks (clickable links) to their website.

If you’d like help finding any suppliers for your big day please ask me – I have some amazing friends who would love to help you.

Kay from Pomp & Petals … bespoke flowers, created with you, for you
Sera from Paper Magpie … Quirky, Unique and bespoke stationery
Miriam King ~ Make up artist … make up with Style.
Mia from Mia Photography (Congratulations on the birth of Theodore!)
Jan from Holistic Hideaway … natural therapy and pamper parties
Martin from MH Photography … capturing a moment in time.
Vicky & Ang from Vaabar colour customised mobile bar
Debbie from Serendipity Sweets ‘the sweetest ‘lil candy cart in the south’
and finally the two people who made it all happen ~
Marie from Isabella Weddings ~ Wedding & Event Planning
Matthew from Teardrop Films … capture the laughter as well as the smile

… oh and me!

Make A Christmas Wreath With Kay

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My friend Kay, who is a fabulous florist, has been holding a series of workshops making Christmas Wreaths.

CLICK HERE to go to the workshops page on the Pomp & Petals website.

You will be carefully guided through the basic steps of a seasonal floral arrangement within a small group, with as little or as much help as you require. At the end of the session not only will you be taking home your very own masterpiece but you will also have learnt some basic tips and had fun.

The next of these is on next Thursday afternoon, 6th December, at one of my favourite venues, The Woodlands Lodge Hotel, Bartley Road, Woodlands Southampton SO40 7GN. There is another one at the Kimbridge Farm Shop the following Tuesday, 11th December. For more information, or to book, call Kay on 01794 341110, it’s £40 including all materials and refreshments!

To find out more about Kay and her fabulous business Pomp & Petals CLICK HERE