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Design a Wedding Venue Competition – Harriet Jones’ Entry

Friday, June 18th, 2010

A veritable Victorian feast!

This beautiful Victorian wedding by Harriet Jones, from Walsall, was definitely one of our favourite designs.  We love the idea of an outside reception in the grounds of a stunning Victorian house!  We’ll let Harriet explain where she got her inspiration from. (more…)

Our “Design a Wedding Venue” winner unveiled!

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Michelle Zarfas’ stunning purple-themed wedding venue in a beautiful walled garden really stood out as a winning design from amongst the entries in last months Design a Wedding Venue competition.  We loved her Spring inspired design and were very impressed with the attention to detail – we would have been more than happy to sit down with a glass of bubbly and listen to the speeches! (more…)

Planning and Building the Gazebo, by Sherpa

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Sometime in early July 2007, I received a request from my friend Little Sun, asking if it would be possible for me to make her a Gazebo.  My reply was: “That should be possible, but what is a Gazebo?”  She replied, “A garden house or a teahouse, but in an English way.”  I thought, that should be possible and as I had a month off work, the project came at just the right time.  So I decided to create an outline and get started!

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Shop Spring Sale!

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Visit The Dolls House Emporium in Ripley, Derbyshire and Houghton Hall, Carlisle this month to take advantage of the Shop Spring Sale!

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Design the Wedding Venue!

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Our Bride-to-be, Naomi, has finally found her dress and she thinks she’s got the venue in mind, but can you help her with the decor? Enter our competition to help her!

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