Photographers Gallery by Laura Michelle Photography

The Cocktail Caravan girls looking amazing!!

photo by Laura Michelle Photography

Photo by Laura Michelle Photography 

Big Top Mania Tent team!

Hats by Holly Young Hats and Headcandy by Crown and Glory

Wood Fired Pizza Monkey

Cydney Brown

Alex Gregory

Emma & the Convolutions

Magic tricks with Festival Brides and Dan Brazier Magician

Bloggers Festival Brides and Bespoke Brides hanging out in the World Inspired Tent

One of the workshops held by Nicki of Eat Sleep Cake

Display by Experience Falconry

Display by Experience Falconry

Display by Experience Falconry

Photography work by MyFabulousLife Photography Frames supplied by Virgina Vintage Hire

Behind the scenes at the catwalk show

Hair on the catwalk by Kamyko

Make up by Michelle

Make up by Anna-Kate

Mud Mud Mud!!! Photo by Laura Michelle Photography

]]> http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/highlights-of-first-fabwedfest-show/feed/ 0 http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/rocksfrocks-show/ http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/rocksfrocks-show/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:25:54 +0000 Becky http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/?p=776 Read More →]]> The catwalk was a great success at the FabulouWedFest. If you missed the earlier post on the catwalk you can see the video here There were collections from  Cornish Wedding Dress designer the talented Anna D’ Souza, Midlands Wedding dress designer extraordinaire Lindsey Fidler of Angelic Weapons and new high street Wedding Dresses from Phase Eight, local designer shop Jo Amor provided Rocks and wedding fashion too. Each of the dresses featured hats from Holly Young Hats or headcandy from Crown and Glory.

Dresses by Anna D’ Souza

Dresses by Angelic Weapons

Dresses by Anna D’ Souza

Dress from Jo Amor Tiverton

Dresses by Angelic Weapons

Dress by Angelic Weapons Lindsey Fidler.

Dresses By Phase Eight

Dress by Anna D’ Souza and Hat by Holly Young

Hat By Holly Young and Dresses by Anna D’Souza

Dresses by Phase Eight

Dresses by ILoveGorgeous

Dresses by ILoveGorgeous

Dresses by ILoveGorgeous

]]> http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/rocksfrocks-show/feed/ 0 http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/fabulous-festival-banquet/ http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/fabulous-festival-banquet/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:16:13 +0000 Becky http://www.fabulouswedfest.co.uk/main/?p=752 Read More →]]> There was a fabulous festival banquet held at Muddifords Court Country House in the evening of the FabWedFest. The beautiful Shippen barn was oozing inspiration, colour and creativity as each of the six tables were individually styled by a team of wedding stylists, florists and stationery gurus.

We were welcomed by the brilliant band Mister Kanish whose upbeat tunes got us all into a happy festival vibe.  The three course banquet was delicious and made by Scoffs Catering. I wanted to share some of the beautiful table decorations that I am sure will inspire you all for your wedding or party, it was an amazing team!

Table one had a candy stripe theme created by Elle of Inspire Hire, with paper goods by In The Tree House

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLife

The next table was bright Mexican theme created by Jessie Thompson Events, with flowers by the inspirational grow it yourself flower designer Laura Hingston Flowers, paper goods by In the Tree House.

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLife

Photography by LauraMichellePhotography

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLife

Inspire Hire made there table come alive with the Mad Hatters Tea party. Elle created the style and center piece herself and it even included a cheeky Cheshire cat that purred!!!

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLife

Devon Vintage China created a vintage blue and white themed table with flowers from the brilliant Sharon of Interiors and Flowers by Design, rustic tables and chairs by the talented Virginia Vintage Hire company and stationery by rather clever Nicky of Knots and Kisses

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLife

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLife

Nat from Jolly Good Wedding styled her tables with Bollywood theme, using authentic Indian table decorations, Flowers by Laura Hingston, stationery by Knots and Kisses

Photography by LauraMichellePhotography

Jan and Alex from Devon Vintage China created a boho pastel inspired table, with hand painted chairs to match with flowers from Interiors and Flowers by Design in Wellington and paper goods by Knots and Kisses

Photography by LauraMichellePhotography

The evening ended with music from local band The Lyrics whose acoustic session at the after party party was just beautiful!

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLIfe

Photography by Becky Joiner MyFabulousLIfe

Fill me In colouring posters where a great idea! We could leave messages and notes, while getting creative, this kept us all entertained and was supplied by World Of Moose. These are available to buy from Notonthehighstreet.

Of course the cutest part were the little girls all wearing the beautiful  ilovegeorgous dresses. Here is a highlight of this amazing show.

Fabulous Wed Fest Catwalk from Ryan Hallett on Vimeo.

We’ve had SO much fun already, enjoying lots of pretty sights and  sounds at the gorgeous Muddifords Court.

I’ve loved meeting lots of new faces and chatting to brides planning festival-inspired weddings. “It’s great to visit a wedding fair that’s not your normal, squashed in style event” said Emma, a bride from Exeter who will be tying the knot next year on a beach in St Ives.”I’ve got loads of ideas for my wedding and can’t wait to get home and start planning!”.

The festival atmosphere is in full swing: tents a-plenty, from yurts to tipis and even a big top; open log/pit fires for keeping those toes warm; beautiful live music and, my most favourite fun so far – delicious hot toddies, free shots and slices of freshly made wood-fired pizza. Heaven or what?!

This afternoon the Rocks n’ Frocks catwalk has been crowded with eager brides in their wellies, treated to two (yes two!) beautiful shows of dresses from the best designers in town. Brides have been busily exploring the festival tents, each filled with an array of talented and creative wedding suppliers from across the South West and beyond.

Talking of talent, whilst queuing for pizza I bumped into the gorgeous Jessie Thomson who seemed to be having super fun on her stand in the ‘fire tent’ tipi! “I’ve got my own hashtag today” she told me and Becky, festival organiser. A little later I visited her stand, where she convinced me to take part in her little photo booth dressing up box. I went for a glittery star and a masquerade mask – shame I was wearing my horrible old waterproof for an otherwise glam opportunity!

Although the weather has been a bit iffy this afternoon we’re all still having an amazing time and loving everything that comes with attending a mini-festival, including the mud!

I’m sure I am not alone in my anticipation for the celebrations taking place later on tonight, the Festival Banquet. I had a sneak peek at the room earlier and it looks AMAZING!

Right, I best get out there and capture some more fun and frolics.

Keep watching all the live news via our hashtag #FabWedFest or take a look at everything so far on Storify.

Celia x

I’m here as part of the wider Fabulous Wedding Festival team here today – my name is Celia and I’m a wedding-crazy, social-media-loving blogger and writer with a passion for live events. My little business is called Bride Electric and I do live tweeting and blogging for all sorts of events and celebrations. I absolutely love it!

Today I am supporting the Fab Wed Fest with a succession of social media coverage, including live blogs, tweets, instagrams and hopefully even some video. I’m very lucky to be working with some beautiful bloggers including Laura of Dotty Vintage and Jess of Bespoke Bride. These lovely ladies and I will be working all day to keep our event hashtag alight with festival fun and frolics, so even if you can’t make it along you can still get the scoop!

You can follow all our news and festival happenings via #FabWedFest

Catch you later!

Celia x

I’m Laura, and I look after Dotty Vintage Weddings, a UK Vintage Wedding & Style Blog, aimed at the quirky and alternative bride to be. I can’t explain how I excited I am about tomorrow, and the opportunity I’ve been given to be part of the live blogging team.

We’ve got a small army at the ready, who will be Tweeting, Posting, Blogging & Instragramming their little socks off throughout the day. You can keep up to date with all of the developments as they happen, LIVE from Muddifords Court! Just search for the hashtag #FabWedFest to follow the updates!

I’ll be blogging on here throughout the day, along with over on my own blog – Dotty Vintage Weddings.

Twitter – @DottyVintage and Facebook – www.facebook.com/DottyVintageWeddings

Follow the festival on Twitter – @FabWedFest and Facebook – www.facebook/com/FabulousWedFest

The gates for the festival open at 11am, and with music, workshops, a banquet, catwalk shows, a cocktail caravan and the option to stay the night, what more could you possibly want? (Except maybe a raincoat, a brollie, and don’t forget your wellies!)

Tweet you there! 

L x

Workshops

12.30 – 13.00  Stylist Elle Winsor Grime can help you design the wedding of your
dreams, and transform your venue to look exactly as you want it to. Elle
will be holding a DIY making paper pom poms workshop

1315 – 1345 Lindsey Fidler of ACSW will talk about how to create a glamorous
silhouette on your wedding day. She will talk about bridal lingerie, bridal
corsetry and how to achieve an amazing hourglass silhouette. This fun,
light-hearted workshop is for all you brides to be!

1400 – 1430 Nicki the owner of Eat Sleep Cake has a very simple philosophy –
that all our cakes should make people smile! Come along to her biscuit
decorating workshop, plus you get to keep what you make!

1445 – 1515 Laura Hingston, of Laura Hingston Flowers grows all her own
flowers and she will talk about wedding floristry and how to grow your
own wedding bouquet.

1530 – 1600 Crème de la crème fun casinos are great evening entertainment at a
wedding. The owner Jane knows all the tricks and will teach you how to
play Blackjack.

1615 – 1715 Jessie Thompson wedding planner will provide savvy advice on
sticking to your wedding budget.

{top photo by Emma Solley of Elle Inspire Hire styling at Muddifords Court}

Mister Kanish

Alex Gregory

We have a variety of music  to sit back chill out and listen to during the day. There might even be some more surprises on the day but that news will have to wait!  We have singer/songwriter  Alex Gregory and singer Cydney Brown, local covers band The Lyrics and all the way from London the brilliant vintage style big band Mister Kanish, we have the totally original sea shanty's and songs from the deep from The Roaing Trowmen,  soul and gospel  performed by Just 3 Trio taking us into the proper dance music we have Djs on the Sistine Gears  set, This mutated vehicle looks like a rolling chapel crossed with a fun palace - see what they did at Glastonbury last year or Boomtown

So if you haven't got a ticket already buy one now to avoid disappointment  I thinkthis looks like a really fun line up, I really can't wait to enjoy some live music while sipping a cocktail from The Cocktail Caravan...happy days!

Live line up in Big Top Mania Tent

1200                            Catwalk

1300-1345                 JUST 3 Trio

1400-1430                 ALEX GREGORY

1500                            Catwalk

1545-1630                 EMMA & THE CONVULSIONS

1630-1700                CYDNEY BROWN

1700                            Catwalk

1740-1815                  ROARING TROWMAN

1815-19.15                 THE POOKAS

1915 -1945                 ROARING TROWMAN

1945-2045                 THE LYRICS

2045-2130                 SISTINE GEARS DJ Set

2130-2230                 MISTER KANISH   

{After party party             dj set Sistine gears}

The Lyrics

The Pookas