With couples seeking to sustain that first flush of newly-wed feeling in increasingly creative ways, the wedding industry has responded with a bevy of solutions to stir memories, capture moments and make material the sweetest reminisces that will help those treasured moments to last a lifetime.
PARTY POSTERS
The brainchild of artist and illustrator Moose Allain, fill-me-in party posters from his 'World of Moose' creative collection are an alternative to the wedding guest book, producing a personalised piece of fun art for couples as a treasured keepsake of their day. Simply pick your design for guests to colour in and add their personal messages at your reception, and frame the results for a unique memento of your wedding that will be sure to make a vibrant centrepiece for your home. Currently available in two sizes, both posters are big enough to allow several people to draw at the same time and are sized to fit standard frames - making it an ideal surprise gift for your spouse.
www.worldofmoose.com
ART AND SOUL
For a magnificent memento of your day that's as bespoke as it is brilliantly creative, Nigel Mason will capture your wedding on canvas with artistic flourish. A range of options is available for commissioned pieces, including having an on-site artist for the day to produce a sketchbook full of stunning pictures. His remarkable talent for immortalising key moments and characters from the day will provide you with picture-perfect paintings that will make gorgeous gifts or a centrepiece in your marital home as cherished reminders of your love.
https://en-gb.facebook.com/nigelmasonidoart
WORD UP
Immortalise your love story in words and place it amongst the favourite from your personal library with The Wedding Reporter's innovative story-telling service. Emma Woodhouse promises a 'literary legacy' of your day by crafting non-fiction stories that tell the spellbinding tale of your wedding with detail accuracy and creative flair. Reporting directly from the day and the people involved, Emma recounts the mood and events to produce a personal love story in a beautiful hardback book that ensures your own great classic fairytale.
theweddingreporter.co.uk
FACE IT
The caricature artist is one of wedding world's top trends of the moment. Fashionable and fun, what better way is there to infuse an extra dose of frivolity than to have your nearest and dearest represented in this quirky medium? Luke Warm's tremendous tally of caricaturing services range from wedding stationery and place settings to on-the-spot drawings, providing an entertaining and engaging feature that also serves to generate memorable wedding favours, rib-tickling gifts and inimitable keepsakes of a distinctively different day.
www.caricaturesbylukewarm.co.uk/caricatures/wedding-caricatures
IDEAS DIRECTORY
Relive memories and create priceless pieces of art courtesy of your wedding's well-wishers with these inspired ideas...
Say it with flowers: Preserve your bridal bouquet or buttonholes
Memory box: Collect poignant items from the day such as confetti, cufflinks, garter, pictures and place settings to put into a box for an instant re-flooding of memories at whim
Dust off the dress: Indulge in a Trash the Dress photo shoot, create a picture from cut offs or transform it into a new item of every-day clothing
Get crafty: Make and/or design your own pottery, place mats, glassware etc
Pen power: Write your own personal poem, vow or lyric for your love, then frame the words via calligraphy, graphic art or embroidery
Make love and music: Record 'your' song - or better yet - compose your own and put onto a CD with other music from the event to create a special soundtrack of your day
Art attack: Ask an illustrator or local artist to draw scenes from your day such as the couple or venue, frame your bespoke stationery set/guests' greeting cards, or opt for a session of post-nuptial portraiture. Use your guests as artists - ask them to use their thumbprints to create a 'guest tree', or paint their own mini masterpieces with an appointed art station at your venue
Sign away: Find a quirky and personal alternative to guestbooks by instead using a surfboard, musical instrument, your favourite records, pebbles, Polaroids, vintage typewriter notes, luggage labels, post-its, messages in a bottle...
Snap shots: Hire a photo booth and cram it with your own personal props such as your favourite fancy dress outfits, old toys/games, or signs made especially for your guests (www.handsomemomento.co.uk)
Sunny days: Find prime position in your house for a spectacular sunrise shot of your wedding day (www.thedaythat.co.uk)
Movie magic: Hire a videographer and discuss different ways to create a unique film from the footage such as an MTV music video, Rocky-style montage, mini romcom or funny film trailer
words Hannah May
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