Purple and Pearls

One of the lovely things about blogging and tweeting, is that I’ve been able to get to know some of our suppliers a little better than I maybe would have.

They all offered us their best wishes for the day and genuinely wanted to see photographs from the wedding.  Once we were back and settled I sent out emails to everyone expressing my gratitude for their lovely messages and also sent pictures.

Flo and Percy, who made my gorgeous Wilderness Hair Comb have since put our photograph on their VIP page (You have to scroll through the pictures)

Also Yarwood-White, who made my stunning Modern Heirloom Necklace, Earrings and Brooch made me their Bride of the Month!

Go check it out!

Trevor and Dawn are wonderful, they surprised me with the most perfect necklace to wear on my wedding day.

It’s by Yarwood White and matches the rest of my jewellery.  I really am a very lucky lady!  The necklace is beyond gorgeous and no photograph can capture just how sparkly it really is.  I absolutely love it.

Thank you so much Uncle Trevor and Auntie Dawn I love you both truly. xxx

After being spoilt rotten by my Mom, Dad and Paul when they surprised me with my beautiful Yarwood-White Heirloom Brooch and Earrings I think it’s only sensible to go and complete the collection with the necklace and bracelet.

I absoutely love the heirloom series but always thought it was too expensive to get the whole collection, now that I have been generously given the brooch and earrings (which by the way are even more beautiful and sparkly in real life!) the whole collection doesn’t seem so far out of reach!

I have bookmarked some gorgeous earrings lately for my bridesmaids to wear.  These are my favourites.

 

I’m completely in love with Rock ‘n Rose at the moment and could pretty much click add to basket on everything they sell!

these earrings!

They are from Yarwood-White and are part of the same collection as my brooch.

I have decided I don’t want to wear a tiara on the big day.  I think I’d feel like I was “playing bride”  Yes, I am aware of how silly this sounds!

As I do most days I was trawling the internet looking at wedding websites and pictures when I came across an idea I loved! I found this picture (not sure from where though!)

The bride has accessorised her bouquet with a gorgeous brooch and I knew it was something I wanted to copy!

I wanted something with a bit of sparkle so it would catch the light but it also needed to include pearls to carry on the wedding theme. I searched for ages and ages but nothing I found really wowed me. That was until I came across Yarwood-White’s Modern Heirloom collection. Featured was a delicate pearl and diamante brooch. I swooned over this brooch for months. The only thing stopping me from clicking “add to basket” was the price tag. I tried to put it out of my head, £150 was a lot of money to spend on a brooch, wasn’t it?
As if to tease me this brooch popped up more and more in wedding magazines but I had fully accepted that it was far too much to spend and I would find a cheaper version that was just as nice…

August 28th saw my 25th birthday, as is tradition my whole family came round to sing happy birthday and watch me blow out the candles. My mom handed me a beautiful gift bag and I checked the tag “To Laura, Happy Birthday, Lots of Love Mom, Dad & Paul” I opened the bag to find a white box at the bottom wrapped in the signature Yarwood-White brown and cream ribbon “Oh you didn’t!” The brooch is even more special, even more delicate and even more beautiful in real life!

Problem now is… I just have to have the entire Modern Heirloom collection to compliment it…!