“A girl can never have too much bling”, so a beautiful bride told me last weekend as she flashed her gorgeous sparkly shoes out from under her equally gorgeous dress! I couldn’t agree more and it got me thinking about [read more...]

It’s rare that ideas for favours fill me with excitement but, I firmly believe that if you are going to go to the trouble of providing favours they really ought to mean something. So, good old Martha Stewart made me [read more...]

I have been inspired by tales of my niece’s school trip to a butterfly farm this week! There is something inherently romantic about the use of butterfly symbolism at weddings and yet it can be hard to find ways to [read more...]

I’m so excited about the new Mary Portas series beginning on Channel 4 tonight and thought it timely to share a feel-good customer service story with you (the fact that it could help out a bride or two with underwear [read more...]

At Magic Dust we’ve always had a soft spot for fabulous beauty products (might be something to do with working on Grazia magazine for so long) and so, when we have an opportunity to share a wonderful company with you [read more...]

If you are looking for your wedding dress and fancy seeing what the High Street has to offer, this post is especially for you! Just as the stores are deluged with Christmas party dresses, head for the relative calm of [read more...]

Wow, it’s been a busy few weeks full of Autumn weddings, Master Classes and university lecturing on the subject of wedding planning. It feels really good to be blogging this morning with my feet up and a mug of hot [read more...]