STAMPEDE IMMINENT: ROCK N ROLL BRIDE MAGAZINE ISSUE 6 IS ON SALE TODAY!

Over 750 of you have already pre-ordered the latest issue of Rock n Roll Bride magazine, but that doesn’t stop me shouting from the rooftops that the Jan/ Feb edition is in shops today!

Fancy flicking through 165 beautifully designed pages packed with inspiration and ideas for your alternative wedding? Look no further!

 

As always, this issue features 11 fantastic real weddings, all of varying styles and budgets. We have a gorgeous retro beachy wedding, a punky Brisbane bash, a colourful Las Vegas elopement and one that took place in an abandoned furnace… And that’s just for starters! The weddings in this issue are definitely some of my favourites so far and you won’t have seen them anywhere online before. In fact, if you don’t find at least one amazing idea from this bunch I will eat my very large hat!

 

As always the issue also features two awesome DIY projects. We’ll be showing you three super easy ways that you can decorate a high street wedding cake and there’s a tutorial onthe bridal accessory of the moment – a flower crown made of real blooms.

The ‘Dear Kat’ article is all about helping you overcome the post-wedding blues, and there’s another piece that will help you navigate the muddy waters of choosing your wedding party. Rebecca Hoe-Hale of the A Most Curious Wedding Fair has written all about how you can stay true to yourself when wedding planning, and body positive activist Harnaam Kaur has penned something all about learning loving that beautiful bod of yours. The pictures accompanying her article were shot exclusivity for the feature by Lisa Devlin and they are stinking stunning!

Finally, we’ve collaborated with Plan UK, the global children’s charity, on a school themed photo shoot to raise awareness the world’s biggest campaign for girls’ rights’ and to end child marriage. Flick to page 140 to find out how you can get involved by giving their wedding favours at your wedding.

  

You can pick up a copy in WhSmiths, Sainbury’s and some independent newsagents. If you have trouble locating one, or you’d simply prefer to order one online, you can still do that too. Remember copies always sell out very quickly online so if you’d like to get one, do not dilly dally! The magazine costs £4.99, we ship worldwide, and postage to UK addresses is still completely free.

If you prefer, you can also now subscribe* meaning you will never, ever miss an issue! All subscription payments are processed securely through PayPal on a rolling basis which means there’s no big upfront fee, £4.99 (plus shipping if you are outside the UK) will automatically come out of your account every other month.

So what are you waiting for? Start the year off right and grab your copy today!

.Rock n Roll Bride magazine is committed to accessible, affordable advertising options for kick-ass alternative wedding suppliers. Adverts in the next three issues (Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/ Aug) are now available and prices start from a miniscule £50. For information and rates email magazine@rocknrollbride.com. Please include a little bit about you and your company plus your website URL in your message

*We can accept new subscribers for as long as the current issue is available to buy online. Once the stock is sold out, subscriptions will be frozen until the next issue is released.

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Summer Al Fresco Wedding in Napa Valley

This prayer book has been carried by the women in the bride’s family on their wedding days since the 1800’s. It’s the kind of heirloom that makes our hearts swell, and the entire day planned by Laurie Aronsperfectly follows suit. Starting with a stunning paper suite by Anticipate Invitations and calligraphy byCurlicue Designs and ending with an incredible celebration thanks in part to Zephyr Tents and Paula LeDuc. The wildly talented KT Merry told the story of the day, and you can peek at all her images insideThe Vault.

From The Bride…Rhys and I met 10 years ago on a snowy night in New York City. I was a 19-year-old student at Columbia and Rhys had recently graduated from Duke and moved to New York to work as an analyst at CitiGroup. We first encountered each other at the bar of an underground, candlelit nightclub that neither of us had ever been to before nor ever went back to (it’s long since closed). We left the club together, and as we were hailing a taxi, a truck drove by blasting dirty New York street slush all over us. Rhys gave me his coat and put his arm around me, and we hurried into a taxi together to warm up. And the rest is history. We had an instant connection, and in retrospect perhaps it was fate, but at the time we could never have imagined that 8 and a half years later we’d be walking down the aisle.

Rhys proposed 7 years later in the snow on New Year’s Day in Antarctica. It was the most spectacular, breathtaking proposal on a snow-covered mountainside at the end of the earth. That night as we made our way down the coast of Antarctica, the idea of getting married in Napa was brought up and we all knew that was the place to do it. Rhys and I go to Napa every year with my family and it’s become a very special place for us, and it just felt right. The perfect place to bring together all of our loves: food, wine, travel, the outdoors.

The wedding was a total dream. Our ceremony was held under an oak tree as the sun set behind the rolling hills in the distance – the sun was in my eyes behind Rhys’ head and it created a truly surreal, cinematic image as we said the vows we wrote for each other. There are many moments from my wedding that I will remember for the rest of my life – walking down the aisle on my parents’ arms carrying a prayer book that the women of my family have carried on their wedding days since the 1800s, hearing Rhys’ vows, our first dance which was performed by our best friends, my father’s speech that had everyone cracking up, dancing to late-90s hip hop with my best friend.

One of my favorite moments was right after the ceremony, Rhys and I snuck away with KT to take some photos in the vineyard at sunset. We were buzzing with excitement and energy and just overflowing with love and were so grateful for that quiet moment alone to revel in our happiness (and take some breathtaking photos).

Our favorite thing to do together is to travel, so when it came time to plan our honeymoon, we knew we had to go all out. After much debate, we landed on a safari in Kenya followed by diving in Seychelles. While the wedding was truly the best day of my life, it was on our honeymoon that I felt married for the first time. Especially when Rhys asked the lodge manager at Mahali Mzuri if we could keep the Masai warrior rubber ducky that came in our room for our future children.

We wanted to give something back as a part of our honeymoon. We discovered that the safari lodge where we stayed in northern Kenya, supported a local school, and so we reached out to the owner of the lodge to see if there was anything we could do to help. We came up with a plan to bring an individual solar-powered light to every family in the school – about 250 lights – so that the children wouldn’t have to rely on expensive and extremely dangerous kerosene lamps to study after dark. We thought Rhys was going to speak with a small class of the older students about the importance of solar electricity, but when we arrived at the school, the whole town had turned up for a massive celebration. We were in awe, I mean truly floored, and the outpouring of gratitude and love from this community. Passing out the solar lights and meeting the children and their families was one of the absolute best moments of our honeymoon, and helped set the tone for our marriage – we can’t wait to spend a life together seeing the world and giving back to it in any way that we can.

Article Source:http://www.stylemepretty.com/2016/01/07/summer-al-fresco-wedding-in-napa-valley/

Bouquet Breakdown: Blush + Peach Portugal Wedding

When I hear the name Sofia Ferreira of Brancoprata, I know a wildly beautiful bouquet is in my near future. Especially when it is captured so gracefully by André Teixeira. And this one? Well, it’s explosion of soft peach, blush and ivory that instantly washed a smile over my face. See the wedding it made it’s debut at here and get the pretty recipe below!

Blush + Peach Portugal Wedding

• “Duchess de Nemours” Peony
• “Cafe au Lait” Dahlia
• “Vuvuzela” Rose
• “Tiffany” Peach Rose
• “Europe” Astilbe
• Eucalyptus Populus Foliage
• Olive Foliage
• Italian Ruscus
• Vintage lace ribbon

From Sofia Ferreira, Brancoprata… We strongly believe that each bouquet has to be unique, and a true reflection of the bride’s personality! No two women are alike, so why should we design two similar bouquets? That’s why it’s so important for us to built a relationship with our brides before they tie the knot! To get to know what they love, what makes their heart beat faster, what are their expectations for the wedding day! It’s such a fun way to connect with them, get to know them, so when we design their wedding, we actually know the person, not just the client!

Our process is quite simple, we always ask our brides to chose some inspirational words and images, we then start to focus on the color palette and the importance of different textures and sizes! We don’t like to do small bouquets, it’s like when we are making them, they have a life of their own, they are in total control, that’s why we love to do them so much! At the same time we feel our brides trust us and our own vision, 100%… 200% actually, and until this day, all of our bouquets were a complete success!

To work with Jennifer (this particular bride) and to design the bouquet was a great experience, she has exquisite taste, and she was very specific about her inspiration for her wedding day! The fact that she designed all the stationery and paper details, help us in a early stage, to get to a color scheme and even a mood board for the entire wedding inspiration. According to the bride, one of the must haves was olive foliage, that we forage in a nearby field, and since it was a hot Summer day, before their portrait session, we changed the Cafe au Lait Dahlias that were already wilted. This way the entire bouquet looked fresh and ready to be photographed, after one of the most hottest days of the year! This is without a doubt, one of our favorite bouquets from 2015.

Article Source：http://www.stylemepretty.com/2016/01/02/bouquet-breakdown-blush-peach-portugal-wedding/