2018 What A Year!

As we draw a close to 2018 I love to take time to reflect not just on my business, but my life, as they are totally connected.

I adore what I do, so for me, it isn’t work, it is me, I live and breathe what I do each day. Anyone that knows me personally says this and often tells me to take a break! The only time I do is at Christmas as I am like an excited child and just love this time of year! Give me glitter and fairy lights and I am in heaven!

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The Andalucian Lake Workshop

May 26th, 2018 Posted by Laura Charles About me, Accessories for your Wedding, Branding your business, Bridal Beauty Marbella, Bridal Hair and Make Up Marbella, Catering for Weddings, Delightful details, Destination Weddings, Exclusive Wedding Venues Spain, Florists in Marbella, Getting Married in Marbella, Getting Married in Spain, Gorgeous Table Settings, Inspirations, Instagram Love, Life in Spain, Lifestyle photography, Luxury Weddings in Marbella, Luxury Weddings in Spain, Making memories, Marbella, Marbella Weddings, Mediterranean weddings, My life, Nailed It!, People we love, Photoshoots, Planning a Destination Wedding, Portfolio building, Reviva Weddings Exclusive Weddings, Romantic Weddings in Spain, Running a business in Spain, Spanish Drinks for Weddings, Spanish Flowers for weddings, Spanish food, Spanish Wedding Stationery, Spanish Wedding Stationery in Marbella, Spanish Weddings, Sponsors, Storms in Marbella, Styled shoot Europe, Styled Shoot Spain, Styling Weddings, Styling Weddings in Spain, Stylish Weddings in Spain, Stylists for Weddings in Spain, Table Settings, Tapas, Uncategorized, Weddding Photographers in Spain, Wedding Cakes in Spain, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Flowers Marbella, Wedding Flowers Spain, Wedding Magazines, Wedding Photographer workshop, Wedding Photographers, Wedding Photographers in Spain, wedding planners Marbella, Wedding Planners Spain, Wedding Planning service, Wedding Stylists, Wedding Stylists Spain, Wedding venues in Marbella, Wedding Venues in Spain, Wedding Venues Marbella, Weddings in Andalucia, Weddings in Malaga, Weddings in Marbella, weddings in private villas, Weddings in Spain 0 thoughts on “The Andalucian Lake Workshop”

It seems light years ago now we created this stunning photographers workshop at the end of April. A week after this shoot I hit the ground running as we started our wedding season with weddings in Barcelona and Seville! It is only now I am able to pop up for air to share this wonderful experience with you! (more…)

Asking for money as a wedding gift dilemma solved!

May 13th, 2017 Posted by Laura Charles About Us, Cool Wedding Ideas, Destination Weddings, Helpful Hints for Weddings, Ideas for Weddings, Nailed It!, Planning a Destination Wedding, Useful Information, Wedding Budgets, Wedding Planning service, Wedding Trends for 2017, Wedding Websites 2 thoughts on “Asking for money as a wedding gift dilemma solved!”

Ok so here goes, the touchy subject of asking guests for cash donations as a wedding gift instead of a toaster.

Many of our couples face this rather tricky dilemma, having already asked their guests to travel to their wedding which in itself is quite an expense to commit to with flights and accommodation.

So here is our take on this delicate subject, do you then also expect them to contribute to your gift registry as well?

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Nailed It, be warned!

October 11th, 2015 Posted by Laura Charles Nailed It!, Wedding Cakes, Wedding Cakes in Spain, Weddings in Spain 0 thoughts on “Nailed It, be warned!”

Here goes, probably sticking my neck out but really cannot warn our couples enough about wedding cakes and this is an actual from one of the weddings here this year,

a classic nailed it.

So advice, warning, whatever should I call it?!

I was involved in this wedding as the stylist and designer and worked with the bride on many elements of her wedding day.

There was a lot of attention to details, colours and design from the stunning outfits to the florals. We created beautiful paddle fans and a lovely Hand of Fatima table seating plan, had all the accessories to style up the cake table including stands and blush sequin table cover.

But, and a big but. I was not involved in the cake making decision.

On the day the planner was having kittens and whipped me down to the kitchens to show me the cake which had been dutifully copied by the catering company from the bride’s photo sent to them.

There were no words to be honest with what was presented to me, it was a huge slimey pulsating mess of almost quite neon colours and was so huge it would not fit on the pretty pink cake stand we had bought to present it. There was no way it was going to blend nicely with the blush sequin table cover our bride had hired, all I could do was pop in her cake topper and wonder what the outcome was going to be.

So my advice, if you want a beautiful wedding cake book a professional cake designer and don’t rely on the catering company to create the cake of your dreams, you could be in for an unpleasant surprise.

We all know it often comes down to budgets and if you think the catering company is capable of creating a masterpiece then of course this will save you a cost of approx 500 euros which a professional cake maker would charge to create something as beautiful as the above photo.

I would certainly recommend asking to see photos of previous cakes the caterers have made and perhaps photos of what was actually requested and the outcome before you commit to letting anyone other than a reputable and professional cake maker make your dream cake.

I am not going to name or shame just warn potential couples, check out the cakes!

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