Hello, and Happy New Year to you all! Hope you had a smashing Christmas. As the calendar marks another new year, perhaps you’re now crossing off the days until your 2025 wedding. How is the planning going? Are you pretty much there? If you’ve still got some ‘to-dos’ on your list, fear not as this issue is packed with ideas as always. If, on the other hand, you had the opportunity to say ‘yes’ to a very important question over the festive season a huge congratulations to you! Let me tell you, you’ve come to the right place. When the time comes to shop for your dream dress, take a look at our bridal boutiques feature, introducing you to some of the region’s favourites. They’ve got plenty of tips for you and gave us a peek into the hottest styles for 2025. Speaking of the new year’s trends, we asked our Hot Topic experts for the inside track so turn to page 46 for some inspiration. We’ve also got a fab local shoot captured at the recently refurbished Queen Hotel in Chester for you to feast your eyes on for even more wedspiration. I hope you enjoy this issue and if you are tying the knot this year, don’t forget to get in touch to see it feature among our pages. You can reach me at kelly.andrews@ellismediaandevents.com. Enjoy and keeeep planning! Kelly x Kelly Andrews, editor The countdown begins EDITOR’S LETTER 7 ISSN 2052-0522 Your Cheshire & Merseyside Wedding is solely owned, published and designed by Ellis Media and Events Ltd. Whilst every effort was made to ensure the information in this magazine was correct at the time of going to press, the publishers cannot accept legal responsibility for any errors or omissions, nor can they accept responsibility for advert content, or of the standing of advertisers or by the editorial contributions. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher. Your Cheshire & Merseyside Wedding is published six times a year. 22 ITALIAN DREAM Passionate about Italy, particularly Lake Garda where they’ve spent many a happy holiday, Lucy and Matt included plenty of nods to this part of the world including olive tree centrepieces and limoncello favours. Win! https://jainebriscoe-price.co.uk 39 FLOWER POWER The Queen Hotel in Chester has recently undergone a stunning new refurbishment and I think this jaw-dropping feature wall is simply begging for a floral themed wedding. DESIGN 01376 535 616 artwork@county.wedding ACCOUNTS 01376 535 616 accounts@county.wedding MANAGING DIRECTOR Sarah Ellis | 01376 535 602 sarah.ellis@county.wedding EDITORIAL Deputy Managing Editor Kelly Andrews | 01376 535 611 kelly.andrews@county.wedding 83 WIN! A luxury break at The Glasshouse Hotel, Edinburgh 46 THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT “Beautiful bright colours will stay in demand for 2025 with an increase in high contrast designs to make a bold statement,” says Diane from Butterfly Road. Discover more over in Hot Topic. https://bigdayproductions.co.uk ADVERTISING Account Manager Amii Matthews | 01376 538 560 amii.matthews@county.wedding @CountyWeddingMagazines @CountyWeddings @countyweddingmagazine @countyweddingmagazines Visit us online at www.county.wedding and www.countyweddingevents.com www.georgiabethphotography.co.uk
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