Wedding Decor & Styling for 2013

Well it´s the time of year when Rachel Rose Weddings start planning the designs for this year´s weddings and I am very excited about some of the recent additions I have purchased for our décor range so I thought I´d share some of my inspiration for the styling of this year´s weddings with you.

I am having a major love affair with Chandeliers and will be incorporating them wherever possible.

Beautifully decorated ceremony areas are top of my agenda

I just adore old oak wine barrels and will be using them at our more rustic weddings as cocktail tables, bars  and maybe even a cake table if I can persuade Fiona. I´m also toying with the idea of painting some white and adding a little bling for some of our more glam weddings.

Beautiful cakes and unusual cake tables.  I am busy restoring and painting some pretty pieces of furniture to be used as cake and dessert tables or even cocktail bars

We will be creating some very pretty and comfortable lounge areas that can be incorporated within your cocktail hour or evening party.

Happy New Year to all our wonderful couples from 2012 and to all our very excited couples for 2013!

Photo Credits: StyleMePretty, Pinterest, Elizabeth Anne Designs

Getting Married in Spain....

A question I am regularly asked by my couples is “Will our wedding blessing ceremony feel like a real wedding?”

As getting married legally in Spain is not possible unless you are catholic or a Spanish resident my couples often worry about whether their Blessing ceremony will feel like the real thing… my answer is always yes.

My advice is to have a very low key visit to your local registry office in the UK before coming over to Spain.  You should see this as only a formality and similar to getting a licence for legalizing your wedding in Spain.  Never exchange rings or vows, saving these personal components for your actual wedding day.  Dress down and only take 2 witnesses with you.  If it makes you feel better you don’t even have to tell your family and friends that you are doing this, they will be none the wiser and will think your wedding in Spain is the real deal.

There is also the option of visiting the registry office in Gibraltar whilst you are here in Spain but I do advise against this as it takes up valuable holiday time and with the problems between the Spanish and Gibraltar borders you can sometimes end up queuing for 3 or 4 hours, much better time can be spent around the pool!

If you are still worried that you will already feel married or that it will somehow feel like a fake wedding you only have to look at some of my couples below to see that your wedding in Spain is your only true wedding day.

Cortijo Pedro Jimenez - Kealie & Matt

Our first wedding at Cortijo Pedro Jimenez was a huge success that we are extremely proud of.  We were of course very lucky to have Kealie & Matt as our first couple as they had fab taste and style which made my job all the easier, not to mention that Kealie looked like a bride straight from Hello magazine.  They allowed me to organise and style every aspect of their reception and trusted me to put together their day from start to finish so I went about booking all my favorite suppliers and entertainers and they also flew in their own superstar DJ, the legendary Brandon Block who rocked the house until the sun came up!  So a big thank you to the team and all involved for helping me pull off this showstopping wedding x

Photography - Anna @ Limelight

Catering - Toni @ Sana Catering Marbells

Cake and sweet table - Fiona @ Sweet Things by Fi

Entertainment - Tom Rust, Mr Maph & Luis Fonseca

Stationary - Anoulka @ NulkiNulks

Hair & Make Up .- Alex & Lyndsey