...just wanted to mention that some of the collections have been, and are being, updated on the site, a few introduce new colour palettes, so you may wish to re-visit some of the collections. Take a peak at the Noisette, Patisserie Blue, Amelie Rose, Bramley & Almond and Indigo & Almond palettes within the Fauna collection.
...on this cold, cold, sunday afternoon, I have just discoverd the works of kevin wilson...if you live around the dorset area then you must spare a moment to view his folio. If you desire to be transformed into a vintage movie starlet from the 20's through to the 50's then his Marlow, Hepburn and Monroesque style wedding photography should be on anyones wish list....just wish he lived around the corner as I adore all his portraiture....... 
...it's the end of the week (of course you know that!) and I always treat myself, around this time, to a little meander through some of my favourite tea time blogs. I have collected this little collage on my way that is flooded with ambers, caramels, zesty yellows, sage greens, chocolate glazier tones, butterscotch and grain.... all perfect for the warming palette for autumn/winter 10/11.
... I have just spent the last few days in my favourite place on this beautiful planet of ours with the family...The Lake District....any available time is spent here and I can't think of any where else I would rather be whether it be Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter. These two contrasting photographs explain why. They were taken within 24 hours of each other. We experienced such a wonderful change in the weather. A boat trip in thick mist (I'm still trying to work out why we did that, but this mist was not around on the outbound journey only when we had to return did it blanket all around the lake), snowball fights all the way from Skelwith Bridge to Ellerwater and this morning we were throwing pebbles into the Lake of Ullswater with only bright blue sky above us....
...when working on new colour palettes with clients, and they are a little unsure about the direction of their colour theme, I always advise them to gather together everything that they have collected so far. Snippets from magazines, ribbons, collected ephemera, beads, buttons, absolutely anything and everything that has been stored away in boxes and files. From this point you can take a base colour such as white, ivory, oatmeal, champagne (think of your dress) and start to collate tiny little mood boards. You may already have thought of a theme to your wedding. For example if you are working with a 'rustic french' theme, think about your main base colour. Deep creams, faded straw, oatmeal, hessians maybe an idea as a base colour which help achieve a more natural palette to then base other colours...then consider the proportions of colour coming through such as sunflower and custard yellows or violet and lavender, thyme and rosemary greens.....
These photos are from a consultation that I had with a client last night. I quickly pieced these together to illustrate to her about the quantities of colour used for her reception stationery. Her ideal is to have varied tones of whites and creams but bringing together flashes of warm gold, yellows, and the venues walls are painted a very soft duck egg blue and she noticed that there was a lot of red here and there in the rugs and paintings around.
So, if you are at crossroads as to which direction to go with colour, then this could be how you could just fill your weekend..........pritt sticks and scissors at the ready.....
...as you know I am totally inspired by all things vintage and love nothing more than sourcing objects from past times that are longing to be looked after, re-used, gently pollished and renovated. So it was a pleasure to the eye when browsing through the blog of amorology to see their anniversary photo shoot ......oh joy...oh joy...oh joy.......adore the idea of printed handkerchief washing lines....
We don't normally feature bits n bobs that are published in the monthly magazines but there's a wonderful free reception style guide with wedding magazine this month. Pages and pages of colour themed ideas and we are lucky to feature in a couple of the pages....if you haven't purchased this months copy then you may find it useful, especially if you are stuggling to find a theme to your day!!!! We feature in the rustic french and the colour purple sections....... 
