Do you fancy saving part of your wedding cake to use as a 1st anniversary cake or even a Christening cake? We love this age old tradition at National Vintage Wedding fair and in todays blog we show you a few tips that can help you do it successfully: Firstly, it may sound obvious bit […] Read more…
The purpose of a receiving line is to allow the hosts and other members of your bridal party to officially welcome and be introduced to all your guests. It is a wedding tradition that has been at weddings from Victorian times onwards. At that time, with manners so important, it was the only way to guarantee that […] Read more…
The wedding cake is an ancient tradition dating back to Roman and Medieval times. Back then a stack of buns would be used instead of a tiered cake but the symbolism was still the same. Over the centuries there have been many traditions created surrounding the cake and it still remains an important aspect of any wedding. But would […] Read more…
At a church wedding, as guests walk in, the ushers will often ask, “Bride’s side or groom’s side?” Etiquette tells us that in Christian ceremonies, the bride’s guests and family sit on the left, while the groom’s family and guests sit on the right. But why is this? Tradition tells us that hundreds of years […] Read more…
The tossing the wedding garter is an time old wedding tradition. In days gone by, the bride and groom had to show proof of their wedding consummation and in order for it to be proven it was common to have people like family and friends come into the room with the couple on their wedding […] Read more…
In early Roman times, wheat was the grain of choice for the wedding ceremony, as wheat, not rice, symbolized fertility. The virginal bride carried a sheaf of wheat in her hand throughout the ceremony, or wore a garland of wheat in her hair. Instead of the bride tossing a bouquet, as is traditionally done today, […] Read more…
In weddings of the past the bride and groom, who up to this time would of lived separately, would usually leave their wedding early and go straight to their honeymoon. Their exit was the cause of much celebration with more confetti throwing, cheers and their discovery of a decorated car. The honeymoon was seen as the beginning of their married life […] Read more…
We all know the rhyme – ‘Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’ but did you know it has a fifth part? ‘…and a sixpence in her shoe.’ The something old represents the brides past, the something new represent her new life with her husband, something borrowed would be borrowed from a happily married woman to get […] Read more…
Telegrams. STOP. Always used to be read at weddings. STOP. Better than a ‘With Regret’ card. STOP. Were a great, fun part of the speeches. STOP. Could be quite cheeky. STOP. Looked beautiful. STOP. Sort of miss them. STOP. source Telegrams were common forms of correspondence for various special occasions right from the time the first message […] Read more…
In todays wedding memories we remember when all wedding cakes were separated by columns. Its is surprising how quickly things fall out of favour and in the last 10 years it has become quite rare to see cakes separated in the way. Replaced by stacked cakes and wedding cake stands that make the tiers ‘float’ […] Read more…
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