Cabaia is a fun summer/winter accessory brand that has just launched a pop up store in Manchester Arndale. This is their first physical site in the UK - yes that’s right, Manchester gets it first – and they’re selling their colourful SS18 range there while the stall is there this summer. Cabaia’s flip flops are … Continue reading Fun, Customisable Flip Flops from Cabaia
As I mentioned in my recent post about our wedding, we actually only booked our venue about 7 months before the date, so this meant that the planning started right away and didn’t ease up until the big day. There are loads of great wedding advice articles out there with helpful tips for brides, but … Continue reading Wedding Advice for Brides
It’s been nearly 2 months since we jetted off on our honeymoon and I still can’t believe it’s been and gone. I can honestly say we had the best time, and I have the most amazing memories. If you missed all my insta-stories, we chose to go on a Mediterranean/Greek Island cruise, which we’d decided would … Continue reading Our Honeymoon Cruise
For the last 6 months we’ve been planning our wedding, and then finally, on 8th April the day actually arrived! I have the most amazing memories of our wedding day – everything from not sleeping the night before and shaking with nerves before walking down the aisle, to the beautiful ceremony itself and then spending … Continue reading Our Wedding: All the Details
Isn’t brunch just the best?! Eating breakfast food at an hour when it's reasonable to drink alcohol - what could be better than that? Well something fun has being happening in Manchester – a pop up brunch club hosted by Kahlua! Kahlua is the Mexican rum and coffee liqueur that forms the basis of the … Continue reading Kahlua Brunch Club
I developed an interest in calligraphy since I attended a Brush Calligraphy workshop a few years ago, and have been creating various calligraphy projects ever since. When it came to our wedding stationery I knew I’d want to incorporate beautiful lettering, and once I realised how expensive it could be to have invites printed with … Continue reading DIY Wedding Calligraphy
Not being one for typical hen celebrations, we’d decided that my hen weekend should be a quite low-key and relaxing with a small group of some of my favourite people, and that’s exactly what it turned out to be. I had the most amazing and memorable hen weekend with good friends and plenty of fun … Continue reading My Very Chilled Hen Weekend
For my hen weekend a group of us stayed in a lovely holiday house in Matlock, Derbyshire. If you don’t know much about Matlock (we didn’t) it’s a lovely town on the edge of the Peak District with plenty of coffee shops, wine bars, parks, walking routes and cute shops. It’s also driving distance from … Continue reading Review: Deception Escape Rooms, Matlock
As part of my fairytale-themed hen weekend I wanted to do something a little crafty, and after a lot of deliberation* I finally settled on photo booth props as it was a craft session we could do ourselves without guidance or instruction, and we could buy all our own materials from places like Wilkos and … Continue reading How to Make Fairytale Photo Booth Props
I am famously a big fan of afternoon tea, and after many years of trying out various afternoon teas across the North West, I’ve started to look out for the most unusual ones to try. That’s why the High Tea at Grand Pacific had been on my “to do” list for quite some time, and … Continue reading Grand Pacific High Tea
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