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About this booklet. Thank you for visiting us at a Bridefayre wedding fayre, hopefully you picked up some great ideas, possibly enjoyed a drink with us and we hope to see you again soon. In this booklet are some of my very best wedding contacts, honest, decent suppliers who I believe will give you excellent service at a fair price. No-one has paid for a listing in this booklet. everyone here is someone you will meet at a Bridefayre wedding fayre in 2016. Website addresses are correct at the time of printing if you have trouble contacting anyone, MY email address is Stands@bridefayre.com. I have not listed most email addresses because usually the ones I have are personal email addresses and... Sorry for the tiny type - there's a lot to cram in!
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Congratulations! It's Exciting isn't it? You are enjoying what should be the highlight of your life. I believe that planning a wedding should be fun, sampling, testing, trying on and then choosing the suppliers to help you create the most memorable day in everyone's year. You'll find that most wedding suppliers are in business mainly because they love weddings, and who wouldn't want to make a living from what they love? Finding scammers and idiots is actually quite hard, but I wanted to use this page to remind you of a few things that you already know ... • If something sounds too good to be true, it is! • A long and complicated contract is never there to protect YOU. Be prepared to read it all or walk away. • Everyone is an expert on facebook. Meet your suppliers face to face, grill them and make sure they know what they say they know. • Paper RULES! You NEED written confirmations, paper receipts and copies of the contract signed by all parties, emails and calls, facebook PM's and texts aren't worth the paper they aren't written on. • The cheapest is NEVER the best. • A "Limited time only special offer" is usually a lie, and usually from someone struggling to get work, ask yourself why that would be.
You'll have a great wedding and I hope this booklet helps you find some great suppliers. Merv Sheldon - Bridefayre.com
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Wedding Venues! Wow - what a choice you have now, you can have a humanist wedding in a private forest or a full blown Cathedral and castle affair. It is a deeply personal choice and this is just a list of my venue partners for 2016, with a few of my own observations. Always select a venue appropriate to your budget, your guests budget (consider taxi costs and bar prices) and, often overlooked, a venue that's just the right size, preferably, just a tiny bit too small (always a better atmosphere that way). I genuinely love all of these as wedding venues, each has a lot to offer and one of them will be perfect for you. Listed Alphabetically.
Alfreton Hall Alfreton DE55 7AH - 01773 838200 An "exclusive use" venue with 300 years of history. Featuring a ballroom, a drawing room and a private bar and guest bedrooms for the wedding including the most amazing honeymoon suite. This stately home in the middle of Alfreton is a real joy and offers you the full "Downton" experience.
Brewery Tap & Marquee, Burton on Trent DE14 1NG - 01283 466234 As part of the National Brewery Centre, the Brewery Tap offers a superb opportunity for wedding guests to sample an unrivalled range of beers whilst enjoying the atmosphere of one of the three function suites. Pride of place is the huge Marquee, perfect for larger weddings and includes the arrival in style in the white carriage pulled by the Bass shire horses.
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Burton Town Hall Burton on Trent DE14 2EB - 01283 508547 An impressive "main room" that wouldn't look out of place in a cathedral, some smaller modern suites and the attraction of a fully working rare Wurlitzer organ. The town hall has something for everyone and is possibly the best "budget" venue in the country for large weddings offering a totally blank canvas in terms of decor, catering and entertainment.
The Glade at Rosliston Forestry Centre DE12 8JX - 01283 563483 A unique wedding location with elegance and more than a little "wow". Through an enchanted forest down a secret path, The ceremony is conducted in a pretty wooden gazebo and your reception will be held in the accompanying large marquee, which is situated within the private glade. Tailored to your requirements, the Glade is a venue like no other.
Grange Banqueting Suite, Derby DE23 6FN - 01332 771770 A large venue, a hidden stately home in the city with beautiful gardens and a most unique wedding chapel (for up to 300 guests!) The Grange has two function suites to seat between 20 and 200 diners and is Derby's best kept secret venue. The Grange is yours exclusively on your wedding day and the guests rave about the food and the excellent service.
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Hallmark Hotel Derby Midland Derby DE1 1SQ - 01332 299992 A smart "Railway era" hotel just outside Derby city centre. The hotel offers four possible function suites for 20 - 160 diners, guest rooms and excellent transport links. Summer weddings enjoy the use of the private garden and winter weddings enjoy the cosy atmosphere of this very stylish Victorian establishment. The venue caters for all budgets and offers a most reasonable "package" deal.
Hallmark Hotel Mickleover Court Derby DE3 0XX - 01332 523642 A stylish modern hotel with three ground floor function suites catering for weddings of all size. The atrium and entrance make for some of the most amazing photo shoots and the "vanilla" stylish interior lends itself to your decor plans. Excellent parking and road links, close to the Derbyshire countryside and a leisurely sunken lounge bar make this a hit with guests.
Holiday Inn Derby-Nottingham Sandiacre NG10 5NJ - 01159 210541 A modern hotel with fantastic road links, perfect for a wedding with a large accommodation requirement and lots of car parking. You'll be impressed at the excellent value for money this venue offers and the Holiday Inn breakfast with all the guests present the next morning is a must. Both Nottingham and Derby are within 15 minutes by road with the Nottingham Tram service just up the A52. Even the airport is just 15 minutes away.
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Lion Hotel, Belper DE56 1AX 01773 824033 A coaching inn at the very heart of this Derwent Valley Heritage town and has been since the 1700's. Now brought tastefully up to date, the hotel has bags of style and charm but is still a vibrant hub. Perfect for weddings of around 50-100 guests, this is our smallest wedding fayre venue but Belper is such a centre for quality weddings you'll find everything you need locally.
Littleover Lodge Hotel DE23 4AN - 01332 510161 At the very edge of Derby, the hotel is enjoying a reputation for excellent hospitality and service and has long been associated with fine dining and comfortable surroundings. An exclusive use venue with great road links, the Littleover Lodge is modern, stylish and personal and offers private chalet accommodation on site.
Wedding fayre dates - See inside back cover.
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Your own Venue Notes.
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Wedding Suppliers Some suppliers offering multiple services may be listed twice. Not all suppliers have a website, many home based businesses don't use them and even some smaller retail units have never needed one, where I have no website, I have listed an email address.
Beauty and Hair Makeup, Hair, Nails Fozia Zaman Make-up Artist Make-up By Sophie Downing GM Travelling Hairdressing
www.fb.com/foziazaman81 www.makeupbysophiedowning.co.uk gillmitchell73@gmail.com
Product Suppliers Carla -Forever Living products Clair -Forever Living products Laura - Slimming world rep
Carla_Logan@hotmail.com www.ClairAherne.flppro.biz/shop lauradethick@gmail.com
Bridalwear Allison Louise Bridal Emily Jane Bridal
www.allisonlouisebridal.co.uk www.emilyjanebridalwear.co.uk
Candy Buffet Celebration sweet cart Sweet Treats UK Sweet-a-fayre
www.celebrationsweetcart.co.uk www.sweettreatsuk.com www.sweetafayre.co.uk
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Cars Beetle Weddings Camper Weddings Capital Limousines Chic Wedding Cars Execulink Wedding Cars Legacy Chauffeurs Nightingale wedding cars
www.californiancampers.co.uk www.idocamperweddings.co.uk www.capitallimos.co.uk www.chicweddingcar.com www.execulinkweddingcars.co.uk www.legacy-chauffeurs.co.uk www.nightingaleweddingcars.co.uk
Catering Cibo Fresco Sweet-a-fayre
www.facebook.com/Cbpizzas www.sweetafayre.co.uk
Entertainment Options Caricaturist Andy Gilbert Caricatures
www.eventscaricaturist.co.uk
Disco/DJ GC Events Leslie Ball Wedding DJ
www.gcevents.co.uk www.leslieball-weddingdj.co.uk
Live music Natalie Nightingale Linsey Hardy The Baskervilles Hot House
www.natalienightingale.com www.facebook.com/linseyhardy88 www.fb.com/TheBaskervillesBand www.hhmusic.co.uk
Magician Anthony Chan Starman Magic
www.anthonychan.co.uk www.facebook/starmanmagic
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Floristry Avant Garden Fletcher's Floral Studio Funky Florists Royces Flowers Sarahs Floral Studio The Blossom Branch
www.avantgardenevents.co.uk www.fletchersfloristofDerby www.funkyflorists.co.uk www.roycesflowers.co.uk www.fb.com/SarahsFloralStudio www.blossombranch.co.uk
Jewellery Lucky-sixpence.com Perfect jewellery South hill designs
www.lucky-sixpence.com www.perfect-jewellery.co.uk www.southhilldesigns.com/yourmemories
Photobooths Capturing Memories Instant image
www.capturingmemories-photobooths.co.uk www.instantimagephotobooth.co.uk
Photography Camilla Wright Chapel Studio Chris Loneragan Electra Films E-Pic Field Photographic Gemma Yeomans Infinite Symmetry John Booth
www.camillawrightphotography.com www.chapelstudiophotography.co.uk www.clphotography.co.uk www.electraphotography.co.uk www.e-picphotographer.co.uk www.fieldphotographic.com www.gemmayeomansphotography.co.uk www.infinite-symmetry.com www.johnboothphotography.co.uk
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Jonty Howe Kevin Matthews Kim Caroline Lisa Barry Martin Cheung Neil Bennett Ross Walker Samantha Whiting Victoria Dolman
www.jontyhowephotography.co.uk www.kevmatthewsphotography.co.uk/ www.kimcarolinephotography.co.uk www.lisabarryphotography.com www.martincheung.co.uk www.neilbennettphotography.co.uk www.rosswalkerphotography.com www.samanthawhiting.co.uk www.victoriadolmanphotography.co.uk/
Postboxes Avant Garden Horseshoe Weddings
www.avantgardenevents.co.uk www.horseshoeweddings.co.uk
Stationery By Personal Request Che Chic Stationery Sally-Ann's Wedding Boutique
www.bypersonalrequest.co.uk chechiccards@hotmail.co.uk www.sally-anns.co.uk
Travel Travel Counsellors
www.travelcounsellors.com/mandy.oldknow
Venue Dressing Ambience (Burton) Ambience (Derbyshire) Avant Garden Horseshoe Weddings Redshine design
www.ambiencevenuestyling.com www.ambiencevenuestyling.com www.avantgardenevents.co.uk www.horseshoeweddings.co.uk www.redshinedesign.co.uk
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Venue Dressing Props (Signage, Love Letters etc) The Daisy Shack Laser Cut with Love The Dancefloor Company GC Events Leslie Ball Wedding DJ
www.thedaisyshack.com www.lasercutlove.co.uk www.thedancefloorcompany.co.uk www.gcevents.co.uk www.leslieball-weddingdj.co.uk
Video Services Electra Films
www.electrafilms.co.uk
Wedding Cakes Cameo Cupcakes CocoaBake Dewdrops Eclat Bakery Icedco Kate's creative cakes
www.cameocupcakes.co.uk www.cocoabake.co.uk www.fb.com/dewdropsfresh www.fb.com/eclatbakery www.icedco.com www.kateskreativecakes.co.uk
Wedding Planner Perfect Weddings
www.perfectweddingsnottingham.co.uk
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MY WEDDING SUPPLIERS
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Wedding Fayre Dates See www.bridefayre.com for updates JANUARY 10th - The Holiday Inn at Sandiacre 17th - Alfreton Hall 24th - The Grange Banqueting Suite, Littleover, Derby. 31st - The Hallmark Hotel Midland Derby MARCH 13th - Hallmark Hotel Mickleover Court 20th - The Marquee @ the Brewery Tap APRIL 3rd - Alfreton Hall 10th - Burton Town Hall 17th - The Lion Hotel, Belper 24th - The Grange Banqueting Suite, Littleover, Derby. MAY 15th - The Glade at the National Forestry Centre JULY - Wednesday evenings 13th - Alfreton Hall 27th - The Grange Banqueting Suite, Littleover, Derby. SEPTEMBER 11th - Hallmark Hotel Mickleover Court 18th - The Marquee @ the Brewery Tap 25th - See us at the Derby Velodrome IDo show. OCTOBER 2nd - Littleover Lodge Hotel 9th - The Glade at the National Forestry Centre 16th - Alfreton Hall 23rd - Burton Town Hall NOVEMBER 6th - The Grange Banqueting Suite, Littleover, Derby.
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