Elegant Vintage Inpirations: The Wedding Boutique

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Today I'm teaming up with my spotlight sponsor for the month The Wedding Boutique to share some gorgeous vintage style wedding inspirations. 

I am so in love with the beautifully intricate tiaras - and those lace up shoes! The barefoot jewel sandals would be perfect for a beach wedding, I love the glitzy bohemian feel they have to them.

The Wedding Boutique is a UK based wedding wonderland with an amazing stock of everything from dresses to tiaras, shoes, and other finishing touches in a huge range of styles. All the beautiful pieces above can be found on their online store. They also have a new bridal blog page with the latest news and tips from the frontline of the UK wedding industry. It is an absolute pleasure to have such a wonderful company on my sidebar for the month! 

Any Brides-to-be out there? Let me know what you think. 

x Rachel 

This is a sponsored post, all opinions are my own. 

Sponsor Pointless Pretty Things in December

What a lovely December day it is in London today. I'm pretty excited because I have got a lot in store for the blog this month! A big ambitious christmas crafty project that I will be sharing tomorrow, tutorials galore, handmade gift guides plus the usual arty antics. 

Fancy sponsoring Pointless Pretty Things in the busiest blog month of the year? My spotlight spot has already been snapped up this month, but I have plenty of great value Medium and (not so) Little spots left! This will be the last month of 2013 rates so now is the perfect time to snap up a deal. I'm particularly interested in showcasing some lovely handmade shops on my sidebar, so if that's you and you are interested feel free to pop over on to my advertising page and have a look! 

I've spent the morning unashamedly listening to Christmas songs and making rocky road to take to my theatre company's Christmas/Thanksgiving party tonight. Feeling very happy and festive - I hope all of you are too! 

Happy December, 

x Rachel 

Medium Sponsor Spotlight: The Paper Emporium

I love it when a sponsor comes a long that is completely up my street both in their branding and products. This is true of The Paper Emporium - my medium sponsor this month and a new shop obsession of mine... Amy, the talented artist behind The Paper Emporium, creates gorgeous bespoke stationary for weddings and events and also has a great collection of greetings cards in her online store. I am in love with the foiled skulls and the silver kitty - plus she has a new personalised Christmas card set that I definitely have my eye on. 

Pop over and have a browse, I know you'll fall in love too! 

x Rachel 

Sponsor Spotlight: Crafter's Companion

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If you are anything like me and get genuinely excited by craft tools, get ready... I love promoting clever ideas on the blog, and that's why I'm so excited about introducing you to this months spotlight sponsor: Crafter's Companion. This UK founded company has taken the crafting world by storm over the last decade and have picked up numerous awards for their innovative products. 

The product in particular that gives me that "oh no I NEED IT" feeling is the Ultimate Pro (pictured above). It's a 10 in 1 crafting tool that you can use for hand-making cards, envelopes, boxes, ribbons, pop-ups, embossed paper... All neatly packed away in a carry case for easy storage and creativity on the go. I love that it also includes a paper trimmer and scoring tools - this video explains it better than I do. As a card maker and paper craft dabbler myself - I'm convinced! 

The website carries a whole range of crafting essentials like this from the clever brains of Crafter's Companion and other brands. Also on my wish list is these clever Rock a Blocks for stamping... So useful! 

Has anyone else tried any of these? What do you think? 

x Rachel 

This is a sponsored post - all words, opinions and geeky excitement are my own.