Photography: Brooke Davis
I’m heading out tomorrow for a few days, well a week to precise, on a family holiday to the French Alps. And whilst I’m looking forward to unplugging (for the most part), breathing in that fresh mountain air and drinking way to much vino, I do so with a small sense of trepidation. Spending a full seven days in close confines with your entire family (love them as I do) is not something to be entered into lightly. Be sure to follow me on twitter and instagram if obnoxious holiday snaps are your thing or if you want regular updates as to whether we’ve killed each or not…
So here’s the drill. I’m back next Friday but then pretty much right away I’m off to the Photography Farm again. Then as soon as that’s wrapped it’s a quick jaunt up to Birmingham for a certain wedding extravaganza before a short hop over the Atlantic to The US or A for two weeks. Needless to say for the rest of the month I’m going to be blogging on the go, which is both scary and exciting (especially because Gareth has promised me a swanky new laptop!) but means I basically have to take a little break from both Thursday Treats and Business Bites . Keeping up with the wedding and Green Room posts I can do, finding time to scour the interwebs for lots of lovely links for you to browse I can not. So forgive me, but these features will be absent until I’m back on solid ground mid-April…
APRIL?! Where the hell is 2013 going?! Sheesh…
Weddings & Weddingy Things
♥ These realistic food cakes are intriguing, genius and a little bit gross… but I do love them!
♥ Creative multi-coloured wedding (love the poms on the arch)
♥ A garden gala
♥ Naked Victoria sponge wedding cake DIY !
♥ Utterly gorgeous fun Austin wedding (and part two )
♥ North Carolina boho wedding
♥ Dang this blue vintage wedding dress might be the most perfect thing I’ve ever seen (and the wedding ain’t half bad either)
Photography: Adrian Tuazon
♥ Donnelly river wedding with kangaroos!
♥ Incredible circus wedding
♥ DIY paper flower arch
♥ Stunning winter wedding
♥ I love Leslie’s vintage wedding dress
♥ Chicago Fall wedding
Photography: The Carrs Photography
A bonus mini-business bites cos I love y’all so much
♥ When not to touch your business
♥ Fab tips for brands wanting to work with bloggers
♥ Go your own way!
♥ 8 keys to making online connections
♥ Twenty dollars in the mail – so good
“The thing I realized early on is people are happy to pay for things that are good. Don’t be afraid to charge for your services. Don’t be afraid to charge for what you produce. If those people who don’t want to pay for it want to complain about it, that’s fine. They don’t have to buy it.” Jason Fried
Best of the Rest
♥ Give it Up – Russell Brand is eloquent, funny and actually quite sexy despite all his foibles. I just love him. Also watch this.
♥ I read this just before I went to bed and dreamt of goths and vampires all night
Mags & Bryan’s stop motion Barbie save the date is so cute!
I’ll see you on the other side…
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