Links

If you're planning a wedding, civil partnership ceremony, corporate event, party or other social occasion, here is a list of web links which you may find useful...

Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties

GoBananas
GoBananas is committed to putting the best parties together. We can also help with giving you bachelor party ideas if you are stuck on what to do.

Balloons & Decorations

Important Occasions
Helium balloon decorators for Coventry and Warwickshire.

The Balloon Lady
Balloon decorations to add the finishing touch to any party.

Beauty & Make-Up

The Beauty Company
From the aisle to the red carpet, hair and make-up to dazzle.

Bouquet Preservation

Precious Petals
3D bouquet preservation and pressed flowers, family-run business.

Bridal Accessories

Aye Do
Beautiful jewellery and wedding accessories.

Bridal Wear

Buyweddinggowndress.com
Design your own dress or buy from a range of custom designs. Also, outfits for bridesmaids and the mother of the bride.

The Bridalwear Company
Designer and manufacturer of bridal wear and accessories.

Cakes

Debbie's Sweet Art
Wedding, christening and birthday cakes, based in Surrey.

Have Your Cake And Eat It
Lancashire-based company, individually-designed creations.

Gill Judd Cakes
Scrumptious creations for weddings, birthdays and other occasions.

Car Hire

First Impressions
Vintage car hire for special occasions, Staffordshire & West Midlands.

Caterers

Plyvine Catering
From intimate wedding catering to banqueting, Midlands-based.

Caricatures

Wicked Caricatures
Professional mix and mingle on-the-spot caricatures by Luisa Calvo

Chair covers

Chairstyle
Chairstyle take any ordinary room and make it beautiful. Wide range of colours, one-to-one service, free fitting.

Chimney Sweeps

Lucky Chimney Sweeps
Genuine working sweeps, dressed in Victorian costume!

Chocolate Fountains

Chocolate Pipe Dream
Chocolate Pipe Dream provides chocolate fountain hire throughout Kent, Hertfordshire, Essex and London.

Chocolate Fondue Fountain
Sales and rentals of chocolate fountains for weddings and parties.

Discos and DJs

Blackbox Discos
Friendly and flexible disco service based in North Wales.

Dressmakers

Fairytale Occasions
Custom-made and alterations dressmaker service.

Favours

Goweddingfavours.co.uk
Unusual and delicious chocolate dragee flowers and chocolate butterflies with favour boxes, wedding dress boxes and organza bags to match.

Frenchfavors.com Online ordering of handmade, personalised wedding and Christening favours, freeze-dried petal confetti and wedding decoration.

"I Do" Wedding Favours
Handcrafted favours, Welsh celtic love spoons a speciality.

Fireworks

Selstar Fireworks
Buy fireworks online, display organisers for weddings and other events.

Gifts & Gift Lists

Wrapit
The wedding list service for big choice and personal service.

Hairdressing

Weddinghair.com
A site dedicated to you and your wedding party's hair styling needs.

Hats

Jane King Couture Hats
Looking for something different for a wedding or a party? Start here.

Horse Drawn Carriages

Wreake Valley Carriages
Get you to the church on time - and in style! Midlands based, UK coverage.

Ice Sculptures

Global Ice
Sculptures, carvings, and vodka ice luge for your special day.

Jewellery

Peridot Lovers
Loose peridot gemstones in large sizes only.

Bridal-Jewellery.co.uk
Wide range of jewellery for the bride, bridesmaids and mother of the bride.

Magicians

Mike Keech
Professional magician for weddings, parties etc. UK coverage.

Marquee Hire

D&K Marquees
Weddings, family celebrations or corporate events.

Menswear

Suitors of Buckingham
Specialists in men and boy's formal wear sale and hire.

Mobile Bar Services

Capability Events
Bars for weddings and parties, quality brands, UK coverage.

Other entertainers

The Untamed Edna Experience
Comic actor Simon Whitehouse as Dame Edna Everage, the world's greatest gigastar and an international phenomenon.

Party Suppliers

Partystuffonline.co.uk
Huge range of party supplies for all occasions including invitations, balloons, tableware, decoration, favours, helium gas and much more.

Piano sales and hire

JB Piano Services
Piano sales and hire in the West of England. Note that I can also liaise directly with this company on your behalf for piano hire.

Vale Pianos
Piano sales and hire in Worcestershire and the Midlands. Note that I can also liaise directly with this company on your behalf for piano hire.

RAC Pianos
Based in the south of England, this company has a large selection of new and used pianos for sale.

Photographers

Wedding Photographer London
Rik Pennington is based in Greenwich and specializes in contemporary & reportage wedding photography. The documentary style focuses on telling the story of the wedding day as it unfolds in an unobtrusive and candid way.

SOS Photography
Photographer Dave Rogers offers a friendly service for your most special day - magic, emotion and detail with images that will last forever.

Surrey Wedding Photographers
Paul Johnson is one of London and Surrey's leading wedding photographers. In 2008 Paul was voted MPA Photographer of the Year for London and the South East.

Wedding Photographer Index
Get some help with choosing a professional photographer with this helpful site.

Our Wedding Memories
Useful site putting couples in contact with photographers in their area.

Visionista Photography
Specialising in wedding, prom, ball, event, theatre, portrait, art and many more forms of photography.

Steve & Sarah Mills Photography
Nottingham-based wedding photographers offering a fresh, contemporary style which combines the best of traditional and reportage photography.

Contemporary Wedding Photography
Contemporary Wedding Photographers, Freeman Photographics, specialise in creative wedding photography.

London Wedding photographers
James O'Brien is one of the UK's leading wedding photographers with a contemporary reportage photography style, covering weddings throughout London and the South East.

Stag and Hen weekends

Spy Games
Enter the world of spies and secret agents, take part in spy training using surveillance gadgets and spy weapons

Treasure Hunt
Hunt for treasure - treasure & scavenger hunts are ideal stag, hen or corporate events in the UK and Europe - fun, dynamic and inclusive

Better Weekends
Loads of locations and activities, to ensure that your stag or hen weekend is a truly memorable occasion.

Stag Weekends
Everybody needs to party sometime, and with gobananas you can pretty much party all the time. We have partners all over the UK whose only interest is giving you a good time.

Budapest Stag Weekend
A stag weekend in Budapest is a fantastic way to send the stag off in style - A tailored package from Stag Republic is designed to suit any stag party.

Eclipse Leisure
Tour operator specialising in Stag and Hen Weekends, Hen Nights and Stag nights in the UK and Europe.

Stationery

Partycat.co.uk
Custom printed wedding invitations, wedding announcements and bridal shower invitations.

Special Day Invitations
Great range of wedding invitations and other stationery for your special day.

Memento Wedding Stationery
Handmade and personalised stationery for weddings and other occasions.

Tiaras

Frenchtiaras.com
Online ordering of exquisite crystal and pearl bridal tiaras Worldwide shipping.

Crystabelle
Made to order tiaras and complementary jewellery by Crystabelle. Crystabelle are regularly featured in Wedding Ideas and Perfect Wedding magazines. View our entire range in our online shop.

Petals and Pearls
Beautiful hand-made tiaras for any occasion.

Toastmasters

Peter Moore
Toastmaster and Master of Ceremonies based in London. Town crier to the City of Westminster.

Videos

Rich Video
Digital filming, friendly and unobtrusive. Based in Cheshire.

Wedding Planning

Weddings Cornwall
Free information and advice, to help you plan the perfect wedding in Cornwall.