Pop Up Wedding Village

It was an absolute delight to attend the first Pop Up Wedding Village organised by the super talented Honeysuckle & Castle and Save the Date Magazine. Held within the beautiful grounds and rustic Riding School at National Trust Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. It was a mixed weather day with heavy rain showers jumbled up with a good dose of sunshine, but thoroughly enjoyable in all respects. The traders attending this event are outstanding with so much creativity and talent.

All you need is LOVE

Ride in style with this super VW camper from Campervan Weddings. I would love to own one of these & to have stunning interior like this one would be a dream come true.

Vintage red double decker Routemaster Bus Bar

How delightful is this classic silver blue metallic Daimler called Charlotte from Dennisson Classic Cars

Inside Peaktipis, a glamourous and fabulous alternative to a traditional looking marquee

Delish with their Victorian strongman themed dessert table & cake pops, Victorian Fairground cake by Danielle Gotheridge. Intended to return & purchase some of these goodies to bring home but didn’t get chance.

A whole stand of gorgeousness from Love Lucy Designs

Emily Wisher is an artisan florist who works with in season British flowers, the smell of these cut blooms was devine

Richie Muir, superbly talented musician and vocalist

Sugared Rose with her delightfully decorated cakes

The Greenary, a boutique florist from Derbyshire who also decorated the gorgeous Cakey Wakey cake with fresh flowers (photo bottom right)

Exquisitly decorated Cakey Wakey cakes

Baroque Couture design bespoke wedding dresses and accessories, this stand was so magical and twinkly.

Superb invitations and stationary by Enchanting. Custom design your invites, place cards & table names with different coloured satin ribbon, pearl, crystal adornments & lace

Mocha Mila serves quality coffee and traditional sweets from an adorable vintage caravan.

Adam Thomas & the Souljers all singing, all dancing musical trio

Beautiful baked designed and decorated cakes, naked cakes and cupcakes from Helen Alborn Cakes

Mobile cupcake bar from The Poppy Trading Company their team arrive at your event with their naked cupcake bar ready for you to choose your frosting and topping

Birds in the Attic had a stand full of lovely quirky gifts., the little feather buttonholes are simply brilliant.

Fabulous top floral designer Orchis floral design

How about a spot of Crafternoon Tea for your Hen party before going out in the evening. Create things & eat cake before going out in the evening, turning your hen party into a full day of fun

Lee Garland Wedding Photograph captures beautiful relaxed photographs of your special day.

Green Kitchen Cakes  bake beautiful delicious cakes for weddings and special occasions, iced, buttercream or naked like this one.

The Bay Tree Hire Company tress decorated with twinkly little lights and lovely organza bows

Delightful and delicious Yummy Little Cakes

Exquisite dresses from Charlotte Thompson Bridal 

Superbly talented and quirky Mad Philomena event stationary styling & props

Olive Creations specialise in personalised gifts for every occaision

HBA Photography are a super talented husband and wife team

Mobile Fish & Chip van

Beth Anne Fletcher photography

Paul Martyn entertainer singer and saxophone player

Stunning flowers from Nadia Di Tullio, the headpieces were gorgeous

If I have missed linking your business in any of the photos featured please leave a comment and I will include it asap. Apologies to anyone at the event not featured in this blog

More photos can be seen here  or via the website: Susan Guy Photography

Steampunk – Claymills Victorian Pumping Station

Over the festive period I made a visit to Claymills Victorian Pumping Station, excitedly the Pumping Station was in steam. (Check the website for forthcoming steam days)

In 1885 the pumping station was completed and pumped sewage from Burton-upon-Trent to farmland 3 miles away. The site closed in 1971 & restoration work began in 1993.

Fabulous blacksmith onsite,  Hayley Powell from Forever Forged

Fantastic Victorian workshops with a great collection of tools, pincers & spanners

There are four large beam engines by Gimson of Leicester, 1885, these are  in pumping house C-D.
The heat smell and steam was overwhelming but nice.

Gimson & Co builder’s plaque on the cylinder casing of ‘C’ engine. Climbing the stairs to gain access to the top floor was quite a challenge with a camera bag as they are quite narrow.
It was worth it though, watching the beams go up and down was mesmerizing

Beautiful light switches and giant cogs

Boiler House shoveling coal to provide power to the engines

Deep in the basement is a bathroom with small bath that workers and families used on a rota basis.
I can imagine how much of a luxury a hot bath with running water must have been, instead of a tin bath in front of the fire.

A fabulous museum and well worth visiting, especially on the days when it’s in steam.

 

Hot Rods and Classic cars come to town

For Fathers Day the hot Rods and Classic Cars came to Loughborough.

A gorgeous day with gorgeous cars what more could men want… actually alot of women and kids were admiring the super shiny vehicles. There’s my lack of car knowledge showing straight away. I liked them cause they were shiny, not because of the their engine size, horsepower or whatever it is!!