Wedding decoration DIY- part 4

I have given most the details on the big day including lots of detail on many of the things I made. This final post covers the finishing touches from the table plan and table decorations to the gifts. The table plan! I actually found this a really hard thing to decide on- being farmers everyone …

Pampers Premium Protection

Pampers recently launched a new premium protection nappy claiming to have the softest comfort and unbeatable skin protection- it's even backed by the British Skin Foundation- so what's all the fuss about? As part of the Pampers squad I was recently sent a goody box full of new Pampers premium nappies to test out- Henry …

Wedding decoration DIY- part 3

Every wedding I have been to has had a paper guest book, and I always think its such a shame when there are empty pages and only half the book gets filled.  As we weren't having a big wedding I decided to do something different and made a wooden guest book that could be displayed …

Wedding decoration DIY- part 2

As well as the signs I made several things for the tipi including- milk churn displays, confetti bucket, tipi decoration inside, table plans and a guest book. Milk churn displays: To make some displays around the tipi I cleaned up some old milk churns. Two of the farm fields are SSI (special scientific interest) and grow …

Wedding decoration DIY- part 1

We had our wedding at the farm so it seemed only fitting to do a lot of the decoration ourself. From the table plan, to flower decorations, signs and the Tipi decoration, it was all hands on deck.  As we planned well in advance I used the summer to pull things together and then friends …

Wellies of choice

Everyone knows the foot wear of choice for a farmer is the classic green welly! That being said there are so many makes, versions and colours available now a days. During the summer we both wear boots but for the most part of the year in Britain we wear wellies so I thought I would …

The day I became a farmer’s wife- part 2

The reception was held back at the farm in one of the fields. We had an area set up for parking and camping and then mowed a walk way across the field to the tipi. We had one large tipi, one small tipi and a catering tent off the back. We put a smoking area …

The day I became a farmer’s wife- part 1

On the 16th September- I officially became a farmer's wife. We were getting married in my local village before heading back to a farm field for a DIY rustic style wedding in a Tipi. We had organised everything ourselves and tried to do as much as possible to save some money as well as making everything more …