Today's featured venues:

Beach Wedding - Paphos, Cyprus

Cathedral in Rome - Rome, Italy

Black Pearl - Valletta, Malta

Conservatory Gardens - New York, USA

This week's featured venues

Ibiza Cloud 9 Roof Top - Ibiza

Gentilini Winery - Kefalonia, Greece

Kybele - Bellapais, North Cyprus

All Locations - Koh Samui, Thailand

Up, Up and Away - Hot Air Balloon Wedding Over Tuscany?

Tuscany with its landscapes and historical sites, offers a great opportunity for hot air ballooning. The surrounding areas of Florence (Chianti, Mugello valley) or Siena (Crete Senesi, Pienza, San Gimignano, Montepulciano), Volterra and the north of Maremma (etruscan archeological sites) represent some potential areas for unforgettable flights.

We can arrange additional balloons for your guests. Or you can choose to have the ceremony on the ground and then just the couple take off.

The balloon wedding might be a better option for a couple eloping, so for just the two of them, alone, in Italy for their wedding and honeymoon.

We suggest you fly early in the morning or afternoon, when winds are calm and gentle. Flight duration can last from 45 minutes to 1 hour or an hour and a half, depending on the speed and direction of the wind.

After the flight, in the best tradition of ballooning, pilot and crew will be glad to offer a "champagne cheers" to our wedding couple and a personalized memento of flight.

Email us for further information: info@weddingsabroad.com

A few random thoughts from me.....

Inspired by some articles I was writing today for a new wedding site - exciting news to come on that soon (watch this space) - I realised it has been some time since I shared my fabulous finds.

I came across these unusual wedding favours, perfect for all weddings but ideal for the destination bride! Love the accompanying text on the Caesars Wedding Favours site :-)

"Shore up your event plans with these beach themed spreaders as your event favors You’ll really “sea” what a difference great favors can make when you add these unique beach-themed spreader favors to your event tables. "

For further details check out http://www.caesarsweddingfavours.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d965.html


It's no secret that I adore, love and worship the work of my friend Natalie, who makes the most amazing cakes, large and small!

So beautiful and I love the use of the flowers on the miniature cakes, along with various textures. These cakes are works of art and perfect for any celebration...check out Natalie's fabulous array of birthday cakes too. Make sure there are no small eyes around if you check out the "adult" cakes - Nat had a weird request the other week, the proof can be seen in her gallery - let's just say many people dined out on the story of her "special" cake last week"!

Based in Mill Hill, NW London, Natalie bakes and ices delicious cakes and then individually hand decorates them to your specifications with elaborate sugarcraft modelling to the theme of your choice.

Click here to see a selection of Natalie's Creative Cakes in her gallery or email her mail@nataliescreativecakes.com

Another personal recommendation is for a fabulous company www.candy-spa.com - more to come about their products in the coming weeks, but for now check out the site.

Special offer too -

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from Oct 14th until Oct 23rd 2009.

Go on spoil yourself......