Wedding Wednesday… The Eco Wedding Fair…

I mentioned earlier this month the project that I had been working on since I started my wedding job at riverstation. Last week I received some photographs from Jennie Hill who was kind enough to come along and snap away for us…

They make for some pretty viewing…

 

The riverstation team was super generous and gave away lots of Champagne to our lucky guests… 

  

Not to mention the amazing good bags we put together… 

 

We had the lovely Charlie from The Natural Wedding Company join us too! You can see her run down of the day and details of her stand here

  

Canapés and cake too…

  

  

It was a lovely day and you can see form the above that our exhibitors were just the best.

Their stalls were all so beautiful and I was swooning all through the day!

Head on over to our Eco Wedding Fair blog to see a full run down of all the exhibitors and entertainment and all the treats enjoyed on the day.

Last Week…

Phew, I am kinda glad last week is done… it was too busy for my liking.

I had a quiet Halloween, I was preparing for the end of a big project on the Saturday so had tons of work so no big plans could be had. Instead I had a friend over for dinner, a little break was necessary.

We got a pile of chocolate for little trick or treaters and ate batman cheesecake…

  

I also made time to pamper myself, so important and I had to have a haircut before my big event. My stylist Jo at Mack Daddys on G. Road is the best.

My new True Grace candle is bringing the scent of shhh… whisper it Christmas, into my house.

  

Then the event was here – The Eco Wedding Fair, something I have been working on since late May, that’s more planning and time than my own wedding took! I think I was more nervous too…

Friday night was spent making sure everything was ready at riverstation and packing our goody bags for the brides with all of the goodies people sent us. 

  

Some companies were so generous,  as well as tons of posh beauty samples some lucky people got a £5 riverstation voucher and one lovely photographer hand wrote out discounts for all attendees!

  

We also had goodies from The Mews arrived (who doesn’t love to play dress up in wedding dresses) and a fab gift from the lovely Rachel Goodchild in the form of a pretty wedding planner notebook – which will be my riverstation book for the new year. 

  

So Saturday bright and early I went to riverstation and ran around like a headless chicken for a couple of hours helping get everything ready… then I was welcoming our guests for the rest of the day, I hardly left the door at all!

It was a lovely job, brightening people’s day by handing out champagne and goody bags loaded with stuff!

  

We had a wedding theatre, the two brides wandering around thanking everyone for coming to their wedding was hilarious. They wore beautiful handmade dresses from LK Bespoke Bridal… who is just the most talented lady. She takes unwanted dresses and adds a corset – that she makes, and makes them amazing again… I really would like a flower power corset! 

 

The bustle on this lilac dress is too cute… and to the right the fluffy flower dress that makes me want to get married again… in the woods in spring! 

  

 There were so many beautiful exhibitors, I cannot wait to get the official photos and show you all!

  

So many tasty treats too… Ice cream from Copoazu Ices and cakes and canapés from riverstation… bet you wish you had come now hey!

  

Our pastry chefs kill me, that cake on the left… we’ll come back to that shortly.

  

It was an amazing day and I had so many brides give such amazing feedback, it was a lovely feeling. It always is to see an event that you have worked hard on come off so well, and for everyone to get what you are doing too.

I went home exhausted laden with gifts… and a big slice of that cake. Which is amazing. If you get married with us, get your cake with us, easy and AMAZING.

I poured myself a big glass of wine and snuggled with my Husband and Biggie on the sofa for the rest of the evening. 

  

I really did do well, we had L’Occitane visit us too with their own goody bags, one of which of course I had to snag, I also got given lots of lovely flowers from our florists Pom Pon and Ivory Flowers. Their stands were so beautiful and the roses… the scent is filling my house. 

  

Sunday I was still tired, I am such a weakling!

I woke up and forgot about my fasting rules (no eating between 8pm and 12pm) and made myself huge mugs of tea all morning and ate poached eggs on toast with lots of sea salt.

I made a fuss of my poor husband who has been ill all week, and has rib damage from his training and been neglected by me… 

  

Then it was family duty, I jumped on a train with a coffee and some horror stories… (what if Romney wins!?) and went to visit my Grandma with my Mum… she is in a home as she had dementia…

It was so lovely to see her and she is finally settling.

It’s sometimes been heart breaking to visit but yesterday was great, talking about my Grandad and looking at old photos. She’s so wonderful, as is my Mum who visits her so much more than me. Lush day.

  

I feel like I need another weekend after that one!

x

Weddding Wednesday… Our Eco Wedding Fair…

So for the last few months, since I started at riverstation working on weddings we have been organising our very own wedding fair!

It’s focus is on environmentally friendly suppliers, who are so either through how they work or the products they sell. This is something that is quite important to the restaurant and its owners and ever since it has open it has made steps towards being eco friendly…

You can meet;
L’Occtaine (Natural Beauty Products)
The Mews (English designer Wedding Dresses)
Rachel Goodchild Designs (On-line invites)
Babes in the Woods (Amazing Hen Parties)
Arch House Deli (award winning Deli, selling Wedding Cheese Cakes)
Aunties Vintage China (China for hire)
Red Bird Makes (Eco wedding props and accessories)
Copoazu (Locally made Ice cream, served by bike and cart)
The Vintage Sash Company (Chair Covers)
Pon Pom Flowers (South West based WOW florist)
Ivory Flowers (My favourite, I shop there every week!)
Pete Cranston Photography (South West based photographer keeping it Eco)
Holly Wallace Photography (Regular photographer at riverstation)
Pedal Walla (Rickshaw Transport)
Bristol Packet (Boats – Transport)
LK Bespoke Bridal (Handmade Corsets)
Bespoke Confetti (Naturally made confetti)
Trees of Tomorrow (Green wedding favours)

So on the day we have some really great people coming along, we have stalls, workshops, some wedding dresses being modelled, some gorgeous goody bags and some prizes to be won.

You can also, of course, talk to us about booking our beautiful venue for your own big day… or for any other kind of event too!

We will also be showing off riverstation’s very own wedding cakes from our talented bakers!

You don’t have to be getting married yourself to come along, maybe you’re just a little curious about the eco friendly suppliers, or bring a friend who is.

There is still time to register – just email us at relax at riverstation dot co dot uk and tell us who’s coming, but be quick our goody bags are running out now!

The fair is at riverstation this Saturday from 11am till 4pm.

Find out more here