Best of British - jubilee inspiration

The Queen's jubilee this weekend has inspired me to pull together a Best of British mood board.  There are lots of ways you can use this as a wedding theme.  

Taking it literally, as I have below, you can use red, white and blue as a colour scheme for you wedding.  Navy blue is a very popular colour at the moment and is great as a colour for bridesmaid dresses or your groomsmen's suits or ties.  Red also makes a fabulous accent colour - why not use it for your wedding shoes if you'd like to make a statement or as a really striking bouquet.

If you want to be a bit more subtle with your theme you can simply use Best of British as inspiration.  Maybe use only British suppliers or look for things which are quintessentially British - such as a red double decker bus for your wedding transport, have a street party theme for your reception or go for strawberries and sparkling English wine for your food and drink. I'm sure there's lots of different options - but here's some examples to get you thinking.

 

Image credits:

Gerbera bouquet - Taylored Images

Union Jack invitation - Dottie Creations

Red bouquet - Silesia Group

Place holder - Not on the high street

Bus - The Beautiful Image 

Bunting - Not on the high street

Red shoes - One wed

Navy bridesmaid dress - Nordstrom

Cake - Cakes by Elizabeth Finch

There's even more inspiration on my Best of British pinterest board. 

Autumnal Wedding Inspration

A few weeks ago I was at the Thorp Perrow Arboretum and the colours reminded me how striking an autumn wedding can be - full of rich browns, greens, golds, oranges and deep reds.  Whether you choose one or a combination of these colours they can real work well to bring a warm, opulent tone to your wedding day.

An Autumnal or Fall themed wedding also brings lots of opportunities to say money - think about using leaves as place settings and table confetti, fruit and candles for decorations and why not even try making a table plan tree from twigs?

So I thought I'd pull together a mood board to help you all get some inspiration too!!

Image credits:

Green baubles, gold small vases & brown, sliver & green heart baubles: cox and cox

Chocolate wedding cake: Marks & Spencer

Red bridesmaid dress: Jasmine Bridal

Sun flower table decoration: Serendipity Floral Designs

Chocolate and Fruit Cake: The perfect cake company

Shoes: The beautiful image

Sun flower urn and bouquet: Taylored Images

Orange candle and birch tree: Hus and Hem

Brown & green bridesmaid dresses: JLM Europe

Gold and multi-coloured table confetti: handmadebyhells.co.uk

Lanterns & skeleton leaf tea light holders: notonthehighstreet.com

Red star lights: lights4fun.co.uk

Tiffany Blue

I've always loved Tiffany Blue as a colour for a wedding - it conjures up images of glamour, sophistication and Audrey Hepburn.  It's a classic sophisticated colour scheme which can be teamed with ivories, silvers and even brown tones.  It also works well with vintage themes using diamonds, brooches and sumptuous fabrics.  I've pulled together a mood board which gives you some ideas on how to pull this theme together:

Image credits:

Wedding Cake: elegantcakery.com

Tie: jaanj.com

Flowers: brides.com

Cup cakes & chocolate favours: kaboodle.com

Bridesmaid dress: watters.com

Invitation: vanillapoddesign.com

Trinket box & bracelet padlock: tiffany.com

Shoes: arunaseth.com

A new trend - Pork Pie Wedding Cakes

We've seen cup cakes and 'cheese' cakes but now there's a new trend in Wedding Cakes:

The Pork Pie Wedding Cake 

So if you are looking for something different (particularly if you are a meat lover!!) why not give it a go?  It doesn't have to be instead of your main cake and if you are worried about your budget why not serve it as a canape or as part of evening buffet?  You could also incorporate it into a 'picnic' theme to your day.

Wilson's Butchers are already offering a 3 tier cake which can even be personalised and is shown above.  They've already sent out over 100 'cakes' so it's clearly a growing trend.  Why not let me know what you think - or maybe you've tried or come across other types of wedding cakes - always interested to here new ideas.