Afternoon peoples! So I know that plenty of you must have got engaged over Christmas and the new year because my blog traffic is at an all time consistent high and I'm receiving email after email form newly-engageds, requesting advice on all manner of wedding planning. I basically need to clone myself three times at least to keep up with it all!
One thing I know some of you will be keen to do is check out what's happening on the vintage wedding fair scene. Traditionally, I have to be honest, wedding fairs haven't always really 'done it' for me. That is, with the exception of The Designer Wedding Show, which I absolutely love. But then around a year ago, I became involved with The Designer Vintage Bridal Show, and my views on wedding fairs changed.
Today I'd like to share details of a new vintage wedding fair that will be taking place on 19th February at Glenmore House in Surrey The Miss Vintage Wedding Affair. And it looks set to be rather a fabulous little affair indeed. Admission is free for all Brides and only £1 for everyone else, and there are some super duper suppliers exhibiting on the day…
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Image Copyright (c) 2012, Miss Vintage Wedding Affair
The Miss Vintage Wedding Affair has been organsied by Amelia Barnes – a true vintage obsessive. Originally trained as a fine artist, she subsequently branched out into floristry. When she decided to get married she realised that the suburbs of Surrey didn’t really have much in the way of quirky, vintage style wedding suppliers and so she set out to do something about it…
“Much of what was offered to me for my wedding was part of a package, or had to be ordered, mass produced, from China. There just didn’t seem to be anything out there for the quirkier bride to be. So I made everything!"
Exhbitor 'Ain’t She Sweet' – who hire out beautiful vintage cars for weddings…
For her own wedding, Amelia bought over five different vintage wedding dresses off eBay, only one of which fitted! There had to be an easier way of planning a vintage wedding. In the years that followed, as she built up her vintage china hire and bespoke floristry company, Vintage Floral Teas, she found that she came into contact with lots of lovely vintage suppliers. So she decided to bring a bit of vintage chic to the suburbs of Surbiton to help other Surrey and South London brides to get exactly what they want!
How would you describe Miss Vintage Wedding Fair?
Miss Vintage Wedding Affair is a unique wedding fair for creative, quirky brides who want to have fun with their wedding day. Packed with high quality, inspired and original suppliers, it’s for brides who want something a little bit special. Bring your girlfriends and leave the men at home! With things to buy, eat, drink and do, it’s going to be more like a party than a traditional wedding fair.
The awesome photographer Natalie J. Watts…
How does it compare to the other vintage wedding fairs on the scene?
Miss Vintage Wedding Affair is currently the only vintage wedding fair in Surrey. Brides will be able to chat to lots of bespoke suppliers from and around the Surrey and South London area about how they can create their handmade day! There will be florists, cake designers, photographers, hair and beauty experts, bespoke stationers and vintage bridal wear companies (who’ll be selling their dresses on the day!)
Brides can relax in the lovely 1930s inspired bar where well-deserved refreshments can be found. The stunningly talented Restoration Cake will be providing cake for the pop-up tearoom. Brides can also have their hair and make-up done by the amazing Lucy Hayward and Samantha Pearce of The Vintage Pop-Up Parlour.
How much is entry?
Brides = Free Entry
Friends = £1
The simply wonderful Restoration Cake…
Charlotte of Restoration Cake on the left and The Vintage Pop-up Parlour, visit here or here…
Image credit below right, Emma Lucy Photography
Who will be exhibiting?
For a full list of suppliers, click here – there are some absolutely brilliant suppliers exhibiting. The Miss Vintage Affair blog contains really useful information for all of the suppliers…
Where is it?
Glenmore House, 6 The Crescent, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 4BN. Glenmore House is a superb 1840s mansion house with plenty of inside space which makes it ideal for a vintage event. It is minutes away from Surbiton railway station (Zone 6) with ten trains arriving from London Waterloo every hour. Perfectly placed for London and Surrey brides. There is also free car parking for up to 100 cars on the day.
Gorgeous GORGEOUS bridal wear from Luxe Bridal…
About the venue…
The Elizabethan Suite has resounded to the sound of flappers dancing the Charleston and servicemen and women enjoying the swinging fun of the Fifties and Sixties. The Elizabethan Suite comprises a double height ballroom featuring sparkling chandeliers, minstrel galleries and a sprung dance floor. It is adjoined by an exclusive bar designed to suggest the ambience of a 30s nightclub. Upstairs is the light and airy Crescent Room and the Tudor Room with its pretty stained glass windows.
Afternoon yumminess with Vintage Floral Teas...
Work from exhibitor and photographer, Annamarie Stepney…
Any questions?
For further information, please visit the Miss Vintage Wedding Affair website, contact organiser Amelia via email [email protected] or telephone 0775 984 8813.
I'd love to hear from any one due to attend this event! Will you be popping along and what are you looking forward to seeing the most?
Much love all,
Annabel
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Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.
