SCENT-SATIONAL! How can we decide on a room scent for our wedding venue? Meet the expert: Sasha Lord is the founder of Lords Fragrance House based in Oxfordshire. Sasha says: Scents have a powerful link to memory, so choosing a fragrance carefully will evoke the special moments of your special day. A personal approach will create a unique experience tailored to the specific theme, style and overall ambience of the wedding. The wedding’s location, venue and style play a crucial role in determining the scent to enhance the day. Culturally and geographically, whether you’re getting married in Berkshire, Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire, these factors should influence your aromatic choices for distinct fragrance preferences. Couples should look at where they are getting married and how they can encapsulate the essence of each space, the flowers, the setting and surrounding landscape, and even seasonal nuances. Their choice of fragrance should resonate emotionally and evoke the special significance of that chosen place, to capture long-lasting memories of the happy feelings associated with their wedding. Wedding scents have traditionally focused on the couple’s fragrance, but you can create a lasting memorable experience for everyone by scent-scaping throughout your wedding day. Carefully curating fragrance with candles, diffusers, essential oils and even scent sachets around your spaces will evoke specific moods, emotions and themes. Like visual elements, such as flowers and table settings, scent can contribute to the overall ambience and create an instant memory of the joyous day! https://lordsfragrancehouse.com www.facebook.com/lordsfragrancehouse www.instagram.com/lordsfragrancehouse LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Why should you book a live illustrator for your wedding? Meet the expert: Helen Ridley is a live wedding and events illustrator and workshop tutor based in Reading, Berkshire. She creates bespoke, hand-painted watercolour illustrations of couples and their guests, and other special details on the wedding day. Her fashion portraits take just five to ten minutes to complete, and all wedding guest portrait packages booked include an A4 bridal couple portrait created in her studio. Helen says: Live Illustration is a super-fun way to entertain your guests during the quieter moments in your wedding day, from drinks after the ceremony to the moments between your wedding breakfast and evening reception. I’m an illustrator who can create watercolour portraits whilst your guests pose live, or I can work from reference photos so that guests can mingle and have a drink, enjoy their meal and come and collect their portraits later in the day. This means that I can create a beautiful gallery of the illustrations as I paint them which makes a great focal point at your celebration. There are many good reasons to book a live illustrator at your wedding. It’s fascinating to watch and creates a real talking point for your guests and a unique type of big-day entertainment. Your loved ones will receive a unique keepsake of your wedding day that always looks stylish and flattering and captures your guests’ outfits in a beautiful fashion illustration. www.helenridley.com/live-illustration www.facebook.com/helenridleyillustration www.instagram.com/helenridleyillustration www.fayehedges.com www.fayehedges.com 60
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