Your Manchester Wedding: BOYGIRLBOY Feature

We are very proud to have been featured in the Venue Styling section of Your Manchester Wedding Magazine this month. The article includes photographs of our table stationery, seating plans and signature frames as well as some tips and advice on personalising your big day that I have reproduced below. Our thanks to the magazine for including us so prominently and in our home town too. It was the best Christmas present we could have asked for! 

On planning the style of your day:

Think carefully about the style and feel of your wedding and take cues from visual elements such as the era of the venue, your dress and the colours of your blooms and bridesmaids' attire. Try not to be too rigid though. It's more subtle, and a lot easier, to have all the little details complement the style of your day than have everything match exactly.

On choosing your table stationery and dining room decor:

• Trust your instincts and don't let anyone tell you what you 'ought' to like.
• Shop around as costs can vary considerably and don't be afraid to ask for samples.
• Visit wedding fairs - a lot are free or have minimal entry cost. You can talk to suppliers face-to-face, collect ideas and get some fabulous discounts.
• Table stationery and seating plans tend to be one of the last considerations. Although final guest numbers for your wedding aren't certain until the big day approaches, you can still decide on the look and feel of your table designs in advance and get estimates.

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Up, Up & Away!

Presenting my new BIG BALLOON personalised digital print/ guest book for weddings/ engagement parties. It can be framed as is or scribbled all over in silver, gold or white gel pen and then framed to make the perfect keepsake - and a very natty gift for the happy couple! 

Available in sizes A4, A3 and A2, it can be framed as is or scribbled on in gold, silver or white ink as a guest book. This is the beginning of an exciting new direction for BOYGIRLBOY as we go distinctly different in the next few months so the subject matter could not be more apt.

Sold unframed and available in the shop now from £11.99 including FREE P&P.

Places Please

Presenting LEXIE, ISOLDE, KIRSTEN, INDIGO & NELL - our new place card designs and some interesting ways to place them. The design can be followed through onto menus, table names, table numbers and even your seating plan. Visit site

Create it & Keep it

Presenting BOYGIRLBOY's exclusive new twist on the guestbook frame which is fast becoming the must-have alternative to the traditional guestbook. Our new version is a colourful, less formal and funky number: a print that can be personalised to suit the occasion. It it available framed or unframed. All you have to do is cut and paste in your photographs and get everyone to sign it or write a little message. The hen party frame got a lot of attention when we launched it at the National Wedding Show this weekend and we are giving one away as part of a promotion for the new range. If you sign up to our mailing list before 31st October 2012, you will automatically be entered into the draw to win one of these prints. So far the range consists of three designs: Hen Party, Wedding Party and Landmark Birthday (which can also be used as a family tree) but we've got loads more in the pipeline to roll out over the next few months. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you would like to order a bespoke version for a special event that you are planning for yourself or a loved one. Shop Keepsake Prints

National Wedding Show 2012 NEC: A Photo Album

Our thanks to all those involved in making this weekend's wonderful trip to the NEC possible, all who stopped by to say hello and took such an interest in our work and a big hello to our marvellous and very friendly neighbours at the show Wedding Venues & Services Magazine, Design Elegance Venue Styling, Lisa Burrett Photography, La Mariee Bridal Boutique, Ice The Cake Supplier Directory and Ceremonies in Cheshire.

   

A Letter From Mr & Mrs Fricker

I received a lovely e-mail from one of our lovely May brides and her new husband and I thought I'd post it in it's entirety because - well frankly - it says lots of lovely things about us and it also contains the benefit of their experience having actually just got married. I only got hitched five years ago but I find daily that this whole business of weddings and everything that comes with them have moved on a staggering amount since then so it's always refreshing to have a contemporary view. Here's what she had to say along with some photographs she included with her message:

"Every bride wants her wedding to never end. Having a BOYGIRLBOY frame hanging proudly in our hallway, with messages of love and congratulations from our closest friends and family keeps the memories of our happiest day at the forefront of our minds. As a bride to be, you have countless tasks and decisions to make, which photographer will capture the day usually being the hardest decision of all and it was with that in mind that I chose our BOYGIRLBOY signature frame, how can we capture our day and make it last forever? Of course guest books are lovely, but what do you do with them once the day is over? 

From our first conversation I knew Jennie was going to deliver fantastic service and an outstanding product. Whilst wedding planning you have countless tasks and to do lists. So time consuming and absorbing, you often get stressed having to "chase" people. Jennie so efficiently developed the product through simple emails and mood boards and when the frame was delivered (well before the due date, hugely reassuring) we were not disappointed. As well as looking great, the frame oozes quality, the wood, mount and finish are superb. 

Our signature frame generated excitement and curiosity, we have messages from grandparents to 5 year old nephews and all those in between, absolutely priceless!! 

No wedding related decision is easy but if you want high quality products and fantastic service for the happiest day of your life - you won't be disappointed.

Happy wedding planning! 

Lynsey and Martin Fricker

A Ruby Do Two!

Congratulations to couples Ian and Liz and Chris and Vicky who held a joint celebration party for their fortieth wedding anniversary on Saturday night. I had great fun creating a bespoke theme for their seating plan and table stationery which they wanted to to keep light and playful. Forty years of marriage is no mean feat and we wish them every happiness in their married lives going forward!

Encased in a slick black swept frame, the table names were based on the various places that the couples have lived over the years. My favourite was Splott which is an area of Cardiff.

The background of the seating plan was a huge drawing of cascading ruby shapes each depicting a year of their marriage between 1972 and 2012 and a major world event or historical landmark that defined each year. My favourite was 1981 which read - "Who shot JR?". It was a great way for the guests to reminisce about everything that has happened since the couples tied the knot. Their photos and table inserts were attached on raised plates to the outside of the glazing to give the frame a really dynamic effect.

The perfect keepsake - on arrival at the reception the guests were handed a champagne glass and a pen with which to write a message on a guestbook mount for each couple that displayed their official wedding phtotographs. It was cause for much comment (particularly since both brides didn't seem to have changed very much at all) and was a fab way to get everyone in the mood for a celebration.