Wedding Wonder of the Week! I Heart Buttons

A big hello on this sunny Wednesday morning! 

Today I have a real treat for anyone who loves: weddings, buttons, colour and anything totally gorgeous! My Wedding Wonder of the Week is I Heart Buttons.

•  Tell me a bit about yourself and your company.

I'm Lesa and I started making button bouquets after one randomly showed up in a google search one day.  It was love at first sight. I researched how to make them, bought some buttons and other materials and gave the result to a friend. One of her friends saw it and asked me to make one for her wedding. From there I opened an ebay shop, launched my website and started getting lots of enquiries.  From there, I Heart Buttons was born in July 2011 and has been going strong for nearly a year now.

• Are you married?

         •  If yes: will you share some of your details?

I am. 10 years ago I got married in Mauritius.  Being totally honest, it was all a bit of a blur. It didn't take a lot of planning and was a small wedding with my parents, my husbands parents and three friends. My only regret is that I didn't know about button bouquets then....

• What attracted you to working in the wedding industry?

The button bouquets. I come from a legal secretarial background and just stumbled across the button bouquets and it started from there. Now I am in the wedding industry, I love it. It's a bit more exciting than legal work ;)

• What is your favourite part of working with bride & grooms (to-be)?

Starting their bouquets. When I get the first reaction from seeing the buttons chosen, I love it. The brides are so excited. Some have even confided to say that this is the best part of their wedding planning (and one bride said it was more exciting that the actual marriage) lol!

• What is your most favourite wedding theme at the moment?

I don't have a favourite but I love to be able to really go to town with my bouquets so anything that is bold and perhaps a little unusual is fantastic.

• Top wedding tip?

I had my eye on the most gorgeous wedding dress - when it came to trying it on, it was just ok. The lady in the shop showed me a dress that would suit, I wasn't too sure, but when it was on, it looked amazing so I would always say, no matter what you have in mind, let the shop give you some dresses to try on which in their opinion would suit you as they really do know their stuff.

• What do you think the next big wedding trends might be?

Button Bouquets!!! 

• Where can we find your fabulous company?  

Website: www.iheartbuttons.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/iheartbuttonsuk

Twitter: www.twitter.com/iheartbuttonsuk

Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/iheartbuttonsuk

• What are your plans for the future?

To spread the button love!  There are lots of exciting plans for the future and I hope to be sharing some very exciting news with you soon.

Thank you so much Lesa for letting me show how fantastic your button bouquets are! I have something in common with you - my only regret about my wedding was also not knowing about button bouquets!! I would have LOVED to have one of your beautiful creations, and what an amazing keepsake too! I'm intrigued about your new exciting news - let me know when you can share!

Love Kate x

Friday Feature! Gift Wrapped & Gorgeous!

Happy Friday!!!

Ooooh I've got a GORGEOUS Friday Feature for you today!!!!! If you've not heard of them yet - where have you been hiding? Gift Wrapped and Gorgeous is a haven of all things, you've guessed it, totally gorgeous! As the strap line says "for a gift less ordinary" and it is so true.  Gift Wrapped & Gorgeous have brought together the UK's finest and most talented designer makers and showcase their products in this one fantastic place. I am of course a little biased as I am proud to have a Kate Lewis Design boutique on GWAG where I sell my Wedding Stationery and Greeting Cards!
So if you're still looking for some GORGEOUS Christmas Gifts and  Christmas Cards - look no further!


So I will stop rambling on and let you see the gorgeousness of this amazing company.......

• About you......who you are, what you like, what you don’t like…. Basically anything you want to share

I’m a married Mum of two beautiful girls and about to become a Grandma for the first time next month which I am very excited about.  I am passionate about design, interiors, soft furnishings, art and textile design which is bizarre as I am absolutely terrible at sewing and painting.  I do have a good eye for an excellent product though which helps in this business.  I love animals and have a menagerie of 4 cats, a Jack Russell & 5 fish.  I would have more but time & husband deny me this pleasure.  I am a real soap and telly addict, love chocolate and having a good natter with friends.  In the past I have been a model, acted and sang in panto and have travelled the world as a BA Air Stewardess.

http://www.giftwrappedandgorgeous.co.uk/product-NOEL_Christmas_Glass_Bunting-5890.htm

• About your company......when, why and how you started, what your company does and why it does it best, where can we find you (email, website, shop, etc)

Gift Wrapped& Gorgeous started because of a situation where I was badly let down by an ex business partner.  We had a wedding design company and she literally walked out on me after only 3 months of trading, leaving me with a shop lease, a full appointment book of brides and a bank overdraft!  I knew I couldn’t manage this business on my own because of child care issues so I decided to close it and start up Gift Wrapped & Gorgeous.  Having caught the business bug I couldn’t give it up entirely!

Website: www.giftwrappedandgorgeous.co.uk

Twitter: @GWAG_UK

Facebook: www.facebook.com/giftwrappedandgorgeous 

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• What or who inspires you?

Lots of people and situations inspire me such as soldiers who have been in Alfghanistan & who have lost limbs yet keep smiling & trek miles for charity.  People with great tenacity and compassion inspire me.

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• Top 3 on your wish list right now?

1. My baby granddaughter being delivered safely
2. My business being a huge success for everyone concerned
3. My house being completely re decorated and styled by Linda Barker!

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• Tell us your best/ funniest joke…………go on its Friday!

Oh good grief, I don’t really know any jokes.  Let me see….. Why do only 10% of men make it to heaven?
Because if they all went, it would be hell.

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• What do you have planned for this weekend?

Putting e newsletters together for the following week, going to see a movie with my little girl & my husband & cleaning the house.

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• Finally (thank Chrunchie) what give’s you that ‘Friday-Feeling’?

Hmm, the last time I had a Friday feeling was when I was at college & looking forward to seeing my boyfriend at the weekend doing normal things like going out for a meal or a party.  Now I actually think weekends get in the way and look forward to work on Monday!!

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I'd like to say a massive THANK YOU to the gorgeous Amanda who's taken the time to share all of this with us, I know she's an incredibly busy lady and I really appreciate it - so thank you so much Amanda x x

Hope you all have a festive Friday!
Love Kate x

Wedding Wonder of the Week: Sweet Days and Roses

Hello!
This week's "wonder" is a complete pleasure to introduce to you.......Janey from Sweet Days and Roses. I first met Janey at a Wedding Fayre at Capesthorne Hall and was mesmerised by her beautiful stand. If you like flowers, vintage or anything exquisitely elegant then you will immediately fall in love with Janey's work.

• Tell us a bit about yourself and your company.

My name is Janey Butler and my company is SDAR (Sweet Days and Roses) where I design and plan beautiful weddings.

The lovely Janey

I live in beautiful North Wales in a small holding with my wonderful husband Andy and cat River. I just love my garden and especially wild flowers and roses, these are my all time favourites. I also love antiques and rumbling through junk shops for gorgeous finds...which I often incorporate into my wedding designs.

I am a stickler for attention to detail and for my weddings to be not only beautiful but totally unique.

How gorgeous are these roses?

I created Sweet Days and Roses through my love of all things that are vintage, rare, beautiful, and unique. Sweet Days and Roses is  a bespoke wedding design and planning company specialising in creating beautifully stylish and elegant weddings.  My philosophy is all about creating weddings that are not only visually stunning, but also unique and one of a kind.

A gorgeous table setting from SDAR

• Are you married, and if so; will you share some of your details? 

I am married to my wonderful husband Andy and we got married 3 years ago at Babington House in Somerset. Babington House is beautiful and we had the most amazing wedding day. Everywhere was  filled with gorgeous roses, blush pink peonies and we got married in the gorgeous 15th century church which is right near to the main Georgian House. The sun shone and we had the most fabulous day.

Babington House

I also adored my beautiful wedding dress which was a Sharon Bowen Couture gown that I had especially made.I also made all of the lovely ladies favours out of vintage linen, lace and old mother of pearl buttons with faux velvet roses sewn on.

I LOVE this dress!

We both had the most beautiful, happy day & the sun shone which was a blessing.

Mr & Mrs B

• What attracted you to working in the wedding industry?

After planning and designing our own wedding so many people said that it was the most beautiful wedding day they had ever been to and that I should go into wedding design and planning....so this is where SDAR was born.

• What is your favourite part of working with bride & grooms (to-be)?

Seeing them see all of their idea’s and thoughts coming together. Often couples know what they want but often they cant quite put it all together and see it in their minds...this is where I come in and I can put it all together for them and seeing them see it for the first time is wonderful.

The wedding day itself however has to be my most favourite part of working with them, as seeing them see their day all set up for the first time is simply wonderful and to see them happy makes me so very happy and love my work even more.

• What is your most favourite wedding theme at the moment?

I do love the whole genuine vintage theme at the moment and the elements of using wild flowers and natural products within weddings.

I love the use of English cottage garden flowers within my designs as well as vintage urns, tea cups filled with pretty flowers & gorgeous chandeliers among other gorgeous items.

• Top wedding tip?

Enjoy everyday leading up to your wedding as this is so important and actually is part of your big day. On the day, take a little time to wander off just the pair of you and look back on your special day as you will remember doing this and it will be a special memory for you both.

• What do you think the next big wedding trends might be?

I hope that the more natural vintage beautiful wedding trend continues ..... I just adore and love this look and it is timeless and classic so I am sure it will never go out of date.

• Where can we find your fabulous company?

SDAR is based in Cheshire and we cover the whole of the UK.

You can also find Sweet Days and Roses on Twitter and Facebook, Janey's Facebook page is always full of beautiful photos - worth a look!

• What are your plans for the future?

To continue to design and plan beautiful weddings with gorgeous unique detailing ....something that is an important factor with my SDAR weddings. I am also looking at styling and designing for interiors as I get asked to do this on a frequent basis so this is something I am also looking at adding onto SDAR portfolio for the future. 

I'd like to thank Janey for sharing all of this with us, I'm sure you'll agree Janey's work is indeed wonderful, and is very deserved of Wedding Wonder of the Week. 

If this is the look you want for your wedding you MUST speak to Janey, she will provide it (with bells on) and to top it off she is one of the loveliest girls in the wedding industry.

I'm excited to see some of Janey's interior design work.......a new feature for the future hopefully!

Thank you again Janey x x