EVENT: The Summer Good Food Show

Last weekend we visited the second best food event of the year, in my opinion. The first being The Good Food Show that happens at the end of November at the NEC every year, it's filled to the brim with hard working, talented people offering the public a vast range of delicious goodies. The Summer Good Food Show is second best because the Gardening Show is combined with the Good Food Show, which means there is less food and more flowers. Perfect for some but I'm certainly someone who has a bigger love for food than gardening!

We had such a lovely day wandering around the many food stalls, tasting I don't know how many different cheeses, checking out the flowers to get ideas for our wedding and watching/meeting celebrity chefs. If you've never been to a Good Food Show then I'd highly recommend you check out the one at the end of November this year!

^The tastiest ice-cream from Joe Deluccis^

^Loads of mini sponges from Sponge - they deliver cake to your home too, so check out their website!^

^A refreshing sparkling drink from Qcumber^

^Bluebird Tea Co. have the most fantastic range of interesting tea blends.^

^BiscuitButter is completely new to me - it looks like peanut butter but it tastes of crushed biscuits!^

^I've been a huge fan of Belvoir Fruit Farm Cordials for a long time now, I love their Ginger and Apple Cordial warm in the winter and their Elderflower ice-cold in the summer. They have so many different cordials now, there's something for everyone!^

^Abel & Cole had this gorgeous display of fresh vegetable boxes that you can have delivered. I love the concept of this, it feels so natural, organic and healthy!^

^Some family friends first introduced me to Rubis wine - it's a smooth chocolate wine that is so delicious. Tom likes to add it into chilli con carne too!^

^As a frequent visitor to food shows I often see The Little Round Cake Company and am completely taken in by how amazing their cakes look. Though 'little' is in the name of the company, if there's something these cakes are it isn't little!^

^The flower section of the show was stunning and we noted down a number of beautiful flowers that we might use at our wedding.^

Have you visited The Summer Good Food Show?

Feel free to leave me a comment :)

WEDDING: Big Little Things

Right at the moment I'm writing this post our wedding is only 1 month, 23 days, 2 hours, 45 minutes and 28 seconds. Gulp. For any other event that would be quite a long time, panic certainly wouldn't have already set in and you'd only have really started thinking about it recently. Wedding's are different. Wedding's have a lot of emotion, pressure and excitement surrounding them, it's all part of the 'experience'. We now have lists EVERYWHERE on our: phones, iPad, in about 6 notebooks, 2 wedding planners and on Post-It notes around the house. It's starting to get intense but so so so exciting too. I'm going to miss planning our wedding so much but let's focus on the present and enjoy searching the internet for perfect additions to our ever expanding 'smallish' wedding!

Big Little Things is a fantastic website that not only have a lovely range of wedding items but also loads of cute home accessories too! Their strapline is '....little details are a big deal' and that pretty much sums up our attitude to our wedding. We have spent so long thinking about the smaller details that our guests will hopefully notice because when I'm a wedding guest I always tend to notice the smaller details that just show that extra bit of thought has gone into it.

Chalkboard Candy Bar Stickers* (£4.50 for 12) are one of the most versatile products I've seen on the wedding decoration market. They're such cute shapes and can be used for so many different purposes for so many different occasions:


Labelling...
 Sweet Jars
Cocktail Jam Jars for Guests
Table Names/ Numbers
Kilner Jars in the Kitchen
Make-Up Drawers
Kitchen Cupboards
Favours

Just a quick search on the internet came up with all of these ideas too...

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The best thing is that they are reusable, so you can use them for all of these purposes without having to buy anymore! You also get a stick of chalk in the pack, so that you can start creating designs straight away. Personally, I find chalk quite hard to write with so I'm planning on using a Chalk Pen. They're just easier to use and less likely to smudge but it's completely personal preference.

We are creating our own photo booth are in one of the tipi's, we bought a Instax Mini 8 Instant Print Camera for it but we were trying to work out what we wanted our guests to do with the photo's after. We don't want them to be taken away because the films were really expensive and then we're left with no memory of the photo booth. We've played with the idea of asking our guests to stick the photo's straight into a guest book and then leave a little message. But we both love the idea of creating a sort of 'washing line' for our guests to attach their funny photo's too. Then by the end of the night there should be a fantastic photo wall we can all enjoy and have a good giggle at! Especially as we are having a party the day after our wedding back at the tipi, those memories will spark interesting conversations I'm sure.


 Big Little Things also offer a wide range of cute pegs, which are another versatile item that can be used in so many different situations. Their pegs are so perfect for having on the photo wall 'washing line', as they have such lovely designs and will fit in perfectly with the look of a wedding. They have at least six different designed pegs, so there's a style for every wedding!
These pegs are ideal for our rustic wedding...

^Flower Embossed Heart Pegs* (£2.50 for 10)^

^Mini Pegs Wedding - available in 8 colours* (£2.50 for 10)^

^Ditsy Flower Heart Peg* (£2.50 for 10)^

Which are/were your favourite little details you are adding/have added to your wedding?


Feel free to leave me a comment :)

PHOTO A DAY: Day 165

^Today was a day of eating and looking at beautiful flowers at The Summer Good Food Show.^

PHOTO A DAY: Day 164

^We met our photographer for the first time today and had a BBQ at Tom's families house. A lovely evening, enjoying the slightly warmer weather.^

PHOTO A DAY: Day 163

^We made a to-do list with a break down of the weeks we have left until our wedding. Tomorrow is the next week and we haven't done everything on the list - cue late night wedding DIY job.^

PHOTO A DAY: Day 162

^We visited a restaurant that had newly opened nearby. It was a cheap and cheerful place to eat and boyyy do you get a lot of food!^