Well, the wedding season is now in full swing for us stationery designers…. and as well as the stylish weddings in this country, we are busy designing invitations for weddings around the world… four in Sydney, Australia, another two in Bahrain, several in Italy, Germany and Switzerland. That is the beauty of a business like ours – it can cross international borders so very easily! Although sending paper and board across the world can be an expensive business, so often our international customers ask us to post the invitations direct to all their guests, saving £££’s on shipping. Until family committments meant she had to scale back her business, we used to have an agent in New York, and for a few years did some wonderful weddings in Manhattan and Long Island….

Our shopping website is almost done….. we’re sorry its taken a while…. that’s the trouble, we get so busy with wedding invitations and run out of time for all the other projects we want to do…. I’m also seeing a fragrance designer next week to talk about bespoke scents for the bride on her big day… also gifts for the wedding party and beautiful vintage tea cups and saucers filled with scented candles that we plan to use as place settings/favours combined….. lovely!

We think these gorgeous glass bottles would make great favours for your female wedding guests…. fill them with chocolate coffee beans, sugared almonds… or maybe your favourite bath oil. We’ll tie the crystal chandelier with a ribbon to match the rest of your wedding theme. They are going to be available from our new shopping website – www.essentialbride.co.uk – which has taken us longer than we expected to get up and running – but we are nearly there now….. If you want these bottles before then you can call our office and we can take the order by phone….

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2012. We will be open again on 3rd January…. although we will be checking emails and messages daily and will respond to anything urgent…. Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all….. Heather x

We have made some improvements to our brochure…. larger photographs, more options, more user-friendly….! You can view online now – simply click the link on the menu bar. Or if you prefer, we can send you a hard copy by post – simply complete the brochure request form. We are working on a new photo-gallery – a whole separate website dedicated to photographs – to show you the many many options that are available within all our designs…. coming soon!

My talented brother, Andrew Marten, is about to launch this fantastic new product – instead of drinking a yoghurt drink to get your friendly bacteria every morning, now you can get it from chocolate – yes, really!! Chocolate that is good for you – Enjoy the best of both worlds with ohso probiotic chocolate. Delicious dark 53% Belgium chocolate to make you happy and your optimum daily amount of probiotic to help keep you healthy….. and only 72 cal’s per bar. http://www.ohsolovesyourtummy.com/