The world financial crises effects us all, even in the wedding industry. The Wedding Times are tough, so the industry works in overdrive, and we get suckered in. Those GORGEOUS pictures splashed across every bridal magazine and wedding blog really convince us we’re not doing it properly if we don’t have all of those exquisite [...]

Steampunk – the meshing together of Victorian sensibilities and science-fiction. The aesthetic of aether and brass, of steamships and Air Pirates, of death and glory and mother England. In the last few years, Steampunk has taken to world by storm – not just as a subgenre of science-fiction movies, books and games, but as a [...]

Medieval weddings have a certain magic, a touch of faerie in the air. So many of our notions of medieval matrimony are tied up in the tales of Auther and Guinivere, knights and chivelry and fantasy novels. The starting point for anyone planning a medieval (or other historical period) wedding is the source material and history books. [...]

I have never been a huge fan of wedding veils, personally. It’s just not my style. My sister had a cute little one, just popped in underneath her bun, with a beautiful headpiece and birdcage veil pinned into her hair. It was so understaed and beautiful. On her. On me, veils just never seemed to [...]