Entertaining Children at a Wedding

Keeping your young wedding guests amused can be a challenge. Here are some tips for ensuring that wee guests enjoy themselves at your wedding reception:


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Decorate kids' tables with a paper table cloth to avoid damage to the more expensive cloth version. Provide crayons and let them color on the table cloth.

Place crayons, coloring books and fun stickers on each table to inspire creative play.

Create a kid-friendly centerpiece for each table. One idea to try: lollipop displays. Use white craft foam to make the lollipops stand up in any type of shallow container. Simply cut the foam to size and make sure it’s a little bit shorter than the container. Stick the lollipops into the foam, then pour on a layer of candy or popcorn to hide the foam.

Make sure that children are fed in a timely manner with age-appropriate food options. Let children participate in the toast by having kid-friendly cocktails or another appropriate beverage.

If you'll have favors as part of your reception table settings, place favors on each child's setting that will occupy them such as customized wedding coloring books, toy cars or bubbles or mini gumball machines.

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Samlesbury Hall, Civil Ceremony, Wedding of Chris & Emma Walmsley

The weather was totally perfect for such a special wedding day and Samlesbury Hall looked utterly magnificent.

The girls were all getting ready in The Bridal Lodge at Salmesbury, which is a perfectly self contained gate lodge a stones throw away from the main building.

Jason did the Flower Design bouquet holding lesson and pinned on Jan's corsage.

A beautiful Flaming Parrot Tulip in one of the designs. Everything was spot on from the glorious "Rolls Royce Phantom" to the amazing photography team of Steve & Stephanie Ashton.

“Blue Bell Wood”

These are our thoughts and inspirations behind the planning of Emma & Chris's wedding day.

The colours are to be bright and bold, Deep Rich Reds, Bright Blues, Vivid yellows and mellow soft ivories, fresh greens and hints of lavender.

I wanted to recreate a wild wood and lovely spring garden atmosphere using lots of woodland materials such as Blue Bells, Forget me nots and Mosses, to re-create the feeling of the blue bell wood next to your home.

Samlesbury Hall has strong design features the fabulously vivid stained glass windows, the bold wooden beams and masculine panelling, Minstrels galleries and Portraits.

Consequently the flowers for both ceremony and more particularly in the dining room need to be tall and bold

The Groom, Chris, just putting the finishing touches to his speech, Chris's Boutonierre was especiallu designed for him at to compliment his tie, we've used a sprig of Lily of the Valley, Lemon Oncidium Orchid, Blue Delphinium heads and an Illios Rose.

Boys & Toys

This fabulous Silver Phantom, really is a very special car, rumour has it that it was once owned by Richard Chamberlain Our gorgeous bride Emma arrives and is helped from the car by Lyndsay from Samlesbury Hall. The team at Samlesbury are quite lovely and seriously helpful.

Emma & her Dad Nick.

Emma was so serene all day.

The Bridesmaid's Bonnie and Sarah and Mum Janette arrive.

All the ladies had special created corsages to compliment the wedding out fits.

The Groom & The Best Man pace the ceremony space














The Registrars table in the Chapel at Salmesbury Hall

We dressed the windowsills in the chapel with fresh foliages and lanterns

THE BRIDAL BOUQUET
The bouquet we created for Emma was in a “Flower Design” hand tied style with Lily of the Valley, Blue Bells, Forget me Nots, White Lilac, Illios Roses, Lavender, September Flower, Eryngium, Merlot Germini, Fresh Rosemary, Jasmine & Ivy Trails. The bouquet was be finished with a white tulle handle and royal blue ribbon

Steve Ashton working on capturing the perfect shot

In the Parlour we arranged flowers on the Champagne table and on the easel

The Registrars design then became the top table arrangement in the Great Hall at Samlesbury.














The Cake was decorated with fresh flowers that complimented the bridal bouquet perfectly

The table centres were in heavy iron Chalices & Candelabras

Creative Cover Hire had done a magnificent job of the chair covers

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