EMMA NORTON - ROMANTIC, FAIRYTALE FLOWERS

We're thrilled to welcome back Emma Norton Wedding Flowers to this year's fair. Emma's beautiful, romantic, fairytale flowers are every bride's dream.

Having worked with flowers since she was a teenager, Emma's experience and eye for detail are second to none. With so many years' experience Emma realised her real passion lay in weddings and so created her business to specialise in working on weddings so is committed to making your big day as beautiful as possible.

Emma will work closely with you to ensure your flowers are distinctive and unique to you. She loves hearing your ideas and you'll work in partnership on your themes, colours and styles to create the perfect designs from your bouquet  to the accessories, table arrangements and venue flowers.

With her calm, relaxed manner and total professionalism you'll feel in safe hands with Emma.  Take a peek at her news and testimonials to see and hear from real life couples who've loved working with her.

You'll adore Emma's beautiful blooms at the wedding fair and she's really looking forward to meeting you and telling you about her passion for flowers.

E: emma@emmanortonweddingflowers.co.uk

T: 0117 9625987

M: 07891 308540

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IVORY FLOWERS

I'm so lucky this year as the wonderful Xanthe from  Ivory Flowers is kindly supplying the flowers for my Bristol Vintage table.  

I've been fortunate enough to have been bought some of Xanthe's beautiful bouquets by my husband and I've always loved her flowers so I was really excited to work with her on a friend's wedding last year.  The flowers were just perfect and while we chatted she told me Ivory Flowers love doing natural, textured and scented bouquets, incorporating family traditions, which appeal to all the senses.  Her favourite part of the job is working with couples and in your free wedding consultation will help inspire you with unique and seasonal ideas. 

Heavily inspired by the changing seasons, where possible Ivory flowers use locally grown flowers to make beautiful, loose and natural arrangements created specially for you.  Often, softly scented and complimented by gorgeous foliage and herbs, they bring the English country garden to the table!

Creating bouquets ranging from full and wild, vintage style, loose hand picked to tight perfect designs and everything in between, Ivory Flowers also create individual buttonholes, corsages and headdresses to suit each bride's wishes.

A qualified florist of 10 years, Xanthe now runs Ivory Flowers from a gorgeous shop in Southville with a wonderful team of floral fanatics!  Come and see her beautiful work on Sunday to be impressed!

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CORNFLOWER BLUE - FROM VINTAGE TO UNIQUE!

Do you like the idea of designing your own wedding dress but are on a tight budget?  Would you like something sassy and stylish yet individual to you?  Well Cornflower Blue may be just what you've been looking for! 

Whether you've been handed down a dress that you would like to put your own individual stamp on or have your eye on a vintage dress that you want to work for you, Cornflower Blue can help.   Author of sewing and reworking how-to book 'Thrifty Style', Janine Chisholm Sullivan (recently married herself), feels that she now has a head start on understanding the needs of a bride, the groom, her bridesmaids and her guests. 

Passionate about styling and clothing Janine brings her background of fashion, television and theatre to her work to create something completely unique to you.

Janine's vintage wedding dress worn by the original owner

Janine on her wedding day in her up cycled dress

The back of Janine's beautiful up cycled dress

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email: janine@cornflowerblueuk.com

Tel: 07943 410368

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FLO-JO BOUTIQUE - HEN PARTY FUN WITH A CREATIVE TWIST!

Why not book the perfect Hen Party where you’ll learn how to make a pair of knickers and a garter for the bride?  If there’s material left over, you can make bunting and add all the buttons, bows and vintage embellishments you like. Designing, sewing  and making all things vintage-inspired since 2004, owners Delia and Erika of Flo-Jo Boutique on Gloucester Road host brilliantly fun knicker-making and sewing parties. They search high and low for their retro-inspired prints and find inspiration in vintage lace and silks, which they ‘upcycle’. 

At Flo-Jo you'll find collections of handmade undies, knicker-making kits and frilly pines for sale.  They also run a haberdashery with carefully sourced fabrics, but the other half of the shop is a fabulous retro style 50's kitchen-inspired workshop space, filled with sewing machines.  This is where the fun happens with regular workshops on embellishing, quilting, patchwork and dressmaking, alongside high tea, cake and a glass of champagne.  Hens have a great time bonding over their making experience and it's something that mums will enjoy too. Flo-Jo cater for all ages and sewing experience, from total novices to fashion designers. 

The knicker-making workshops are a very popular hen party choice. Over 3 hours you'll make a pair of knickers and contribute to the making of a garter for the bride-to-be using a selection of new and vintage lace and trims, retro-style prints, buttons and bows.

Take a look at their website to find out exactly what they offer - from Hen parties, through Baby Showers to complete beginner's sewing workshops - there's so much to do! 

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Email: flojoboutique@gmail.com

Tel: 0117 9041498

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MISS JONES - CELEBRATE YOUR UNIQUE FEMININITY WITH EXQUISITE COUTURE LINGERIE

If you're looking for something really special for your wedding night or honeymoon Miss Jones lingerie is the perfect answer!  Miss Jones is luxurious handcrafted wedding and honeymoon lingerie, created from a love of sensual fabrics, fine detail and vintage glamour by costume designer Jacqueline Jones.

Jacqui says "I wanted to create a collection of beautiful, delicate, highly decorated pieces that create  a special blend of English Rose femininity and sensuality.  Miss Jones lingerie is flirtatious; empowering each woman to create a sense of tease with her own style, to enjoy her sensuality and express herself with her lover whilst looking and feeling irresistibly beautiful and confident."

Jacqueline trained at The Bristol Old Vic theatre school in Bristol  A theatrical costumier who has styled period dramas for film and television, the collections are inspired by the luxury and sensuality of grander times.

Photographs of burlesque starlets and actresses from the silver screen of the 1930's & 1940's cover the walls of Miss Jones studio and it is this romance with the past that influences the designs.

"I adore luxury lingerie and the opulence and romance of Bridal couture.  I think it is important for the Bride to think about the sensual moments she will share with her newly wed, both on her wedding night and honeymoon ... this can often be overtaken with planning the big day and keeping guests happy!

I set up Miss Jones as a luxury bespoke lingerie company where true luxury comes from having something made especially for you by hand, with the utmost attention to detail.  I use traditional couture skills to create the pieces, and offer a true personal service."

Her Bridal, Honeymoon and Boudoir collections include beautiful garters and sensual lingerie and each piece is carefully made by hand from luxurious fine silk and French leavers lace, perfectly embellished with real Swarovski crystals, beads and pearls and finely appliquéd embroidery.

"Making lingerie for the Bride's boudoir trousseau is so special.  This is her time for sensuality.  Because after a day of being dressed up and in the spotlight, this is a time for the bride to wear something soft and luxurious, a little flirtatious.  The designs mix tradition and romance with  touch of playfulness".

You can also hold a Miss Jones Evening for yourself and your friends, giving you the opportunity to take a closer look at the whole collection and get a discount on your purchases.

Moomie Swan

Bristol Vintage are delighted to present the artist behind our all new 2014 wedding fair poster… Moomie Swan.

Bristol Vintage's Ali Cook says: "I'd seen Moomie's artwork before and loved it and I just felt she had a great style.  I knew I wanted a romantic flowing feel for this year's poster and I was so thrilled when she sent me her first sketches as it was exactly the style I'd had in my head". 

Moomie was really excited when we asked her to create our poster: "I'm a big fan of vintage fashion and early 20th century illustration styles and I knew this would be the perfect project to incorporate both these influences."

Choosing to go with a 20's feel for the drawing and art deco inspired text, Moomie said, "as it's a wedding fair, I really wanted to capture a sense of joy and excitement." She experimented with some sketches of a couple dancing, but eventually settled on the groom lifting up the bride to throw her bouquet as it seemed the most iconic symbol of newly wed joy.

As well as designing posters and cards, Moomie makes beautiful origami decorations which she sells at craft fairs... 

…and illustrates books. She's currently preparing for Christmas, but you can find out more on her blog and don't forget to pop back here soon for the 2014 poster reveal!