Hideaway Huts is a small family company who are located on the beautiful and rugged Cornish coastline. These individual huts are all kitted out for a cosy retreat, just take a look at the photo's to get a feel for what they are like.

All we can say about this is that the setting is just exisiquite and perfect for that romatic getaway/honeymoon. 
The hideaway hut is positioned in a secluded part of Treworgy. So it really is you and nature.............perfect for couples wanting to get away from it all.


Here's their site so you can go see for yourselves...www.hideawayhuts.co.uk

Didn’t we always say we would bring something different to the party? I went to see 'Ireland's seventh biggest hip-hop crew' at The Maltings in Farnham a month ago and was blown away by their sheer originality, lightning wit and their B-Boy beats and rhymes. Funny doesn’t even cover the these guy’s amazing act – hilarious, outrageous, excellent and brilliant start to get close though. 

The show comprises of front-man Rob Broderick and musician James Hancox freestyling improvised hip hop with content provided by the audience. Songs such as ”What’s in your Pocket” (the audience are asked to hold the contents of their pockets in the air) are feverishly spat out at a pace rarely seen outside rap duels, like in the film ‘8 Mile’.  With James’ instrumental backing, Rob weaves clever, rhyming raps based on what he sees in front of him, embarrassing the punter in his or her seat to the point of them wanting the ground to open up and swallow them whole. All good sport though, some of which I bore the brunt of when I saw their show in February. They made up a really great song about my wedding photography exploits and my friend’s Mercedes Benz garage... most of which is unrepeatable!

As I sat there crying with mirth my mind turned to work as it often does, and I thought “I wonder if they do weddings?” A quick look on Facebook the next day revealed their fan page and after direct mailing them they replied “YES”. Imagine these guys playing your first dance, making you weep with laughter and embarrassing your auntie on your big day, what more could you want from a band? What about Abandoman?

For more details visit: http://www.abandoman.com/

Phew! We are happy but tired after a long day on Sunday spent up at The Barn at Bury Court taking part in their Wedding Extravaganza. This was our first show of the season this year and it was a great day. We had lots of enquiries from brides and grooms who wanted advice on their wedding plans.

The Barn invited us to produce two fashion shows on the day and we were lucky enough to have a selection of dresses to showcase from Brides of Odiham and also our own vintage sourced dresses. Our three wonderful models were Charlotte, Rosie and Vanessa and they rocked their frocks down the catwalk carrying beautiful bouquets, vintage accessories and balloons. Yep we like to do things a little differently and wanted to show a variety of looks and trends for 2012/2013.

Lovely to have met so many brides, grooms, friends and families during the day and thank you to all those who entered our special raffle prize draw to win a styled engagement shoot with Ellky May. The winning ticket was 20 and we have contacted the couple who are organising their shoot as we speak. We'll have some lovely engagement photo's to put up on the site in the next few weeks.

Our good friend Kim from Airs & Graces skilfully crafted the headpieces - each bespoke, one off's just for the show. She even had time to make some gorgeous hand held bouquets and a candelabra design for our stand.

Thanks again to our gorgeous models, Rosie, Charlotte and Vanessa for being amazing and looking so beautiful. For more photo's hop onto the Gallery tab at the top menu :).

So if you are recently engaged and are in need of some assistance with venue styling, photography, hair and make-up and headpieces then please get in touch. We'd love to meet you and see how we can help.

Kel, Nat & Jake xxx

We love weddings and events, it's our passion, it's what we do, but it can also be a real headache trying to achieve the look you see in glossy magazines on a budget. With many couples having already lived together for a few years prior to getting married, it's difficult to navigate the minefield of wedding gift lists, the day and evening reception guest lists and the wedding outfits and this is all before you even start getting to the look and feel of your day. And for those planning a special party there are just so many different options it can be a bit bewildering knowing where to start and how to pull it together.

So we thought we'd share a few tips which help us when working with clients and might be ideas you can steal and use yourself if you are a DIYer seeking inspiration.

Direct to supplier: If you are looking for a certain fabric to dress your tables, or a particular style of candle or place card holder you will often save a large amount by going direct to suppliers rather than buying from department stores or the high street. Fabric can rack up a hefty bill for dressing your venue and there are hundreds of fabric warehouses - just Google in your area and see what you can find.

Tower Bridge is an Iconic London landmark and a busy jump off stop for hundreds of tourists......well we learnt last week that it can now be hired out for events and wedding receptions. How cool is that?

We had the privilege last week of being shown around and it's simply stunning inside. You can hire out one or two of the walkways between the North and South tower. There are numerous options for planning your event depending on numbers.

Tower Bridge has won the 2011 Event Magazine Award for Event Space of the Year!!

We managed to pick a beautiful winters day so the views down the river were spectacular.

For more info contact www.towerbridge.org.uk/TBE/EN/VenueHire/

We had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Marianne Tromborg - the founder of Tromborg Danish Make up and skincare brand. 
I can actually say that she is one of the most delightful people I have ever met! Marianne is creating waves in the world of health and beauty with her luxury skincare and make-up brand.

Tromborg is the most beautiful selection of Scandinavian inspired products using very selective ingredients. Their skincare range is just divine with special serums and gels - perfect for that regime leading up to that special day. They also have a full range of daily skincare aswell as treats when you just need that little pick me up to get a fast glow. The make-up range is full of true wearable shades, simply perfect for creating that natural Scandinavian look. Think Helena Christensen.

Kelly got to ask Marianne all about how she produces her range and find out some top tips and industry gossip. If only there were enough space at HQ to store all the samples we'd be very happy bunnies! Sadly we'll have to just lust after the latest releases which will be coming out later this year.

For now, you can see the full details on Tromborg products online and in stores in Copenhagen and Sweden. Have a peek and check out the products and beautiful images...

www.tromborg.com

Hello lovely people. We're all a little giddy gameshow here at EM Towers at the site of the latest edition of Your Surrey Wedding magazine landing on our doormat. Not only is it our first front cover of 2012 but it features expert advice on styling and photography and a gorgeous full page advert on page 99. Copies available to purchase from this Friday (27th) at WHSmith and lots of newsagents around the county.

Do you recognise the beautiful bride - yes? Well it's our lovely Kelly taken last year at her very own wedding.

Do you ever get a bit overwhelmed by those impossibly airbrushed models in wedding magazines? You know the ones, the full on 2 page glossy photographs of models running across an immaculate lawn followed by 2 or sometimes 3 beautiful small children (no sign of any chocolate or juice stains) frolicking behind her? Yep - we do too. It's all just a bit fake and staged isn't it? But it did get us thinking that weddings can sometimes become a bit impersonal and a lot about doing things that other people expect rather than doing things the couple want for their day.

At Ellky May we specialise in going through a detailed consultation in the early planning stages which can be tweeked and adjusted as we work together to create the right mood and theme for your wedding. We listen to what you have to say, then we create a beautiful mood board of all the colours, textures, tones you like and bring it together with a little EM magic.

We are big fans of Pinterest - an on-line pinboard resource which is free and totally addictive. We set up boards for all our clients so they can source and research things they've seen on-line and pin them all into one place for us to see their inspirations and tastes. Here's a little link to one of our boards in action...

http://pinterest.com/natdavies/wedding-stylised-shoot/

Lots of clients find that going through this process they can make the experience a whole lot more personal with their own unique touches which make their wedding truly individual. We've created themes around old family photographs, French vintage with lots of finds from a couples holidays and even an entire theme taken by the love of Dove grey.

So whatever your plans, why not book in for a free consultation to chat about your wedding? We would love to hear from you and work together to create that bespoke design which will reflect your personalities and be true to your hearts.

Jake, Kelly & Nat