Cheryl Cole Vintage Style Headband Comb - X Factor!

Headbands with the X Factor!
Just launched the LHG Designs - Celebrity Style Hair Accessories. Mum of one Louise Graham, 32, is ensuring the ladies in the UK have Cheryl Cole's X Factor style this party season.

Louise who set up http://www.weddingandbaby.co.uk/ almost a year ago, had been focusing on the wedding market. However, Louise has designed her own range of hair accessories that can come straight from the aisle to the dance floor!

Louise Graham, of Wedding and Baby and the designer of the LHG collection says: “Vintage style has been very popular over the last year in the wedding buisness, but thanks to Cheryl Cole wearing a vintage style headband on Saturdays X factor it shows how transferrable the style is. I have been inundated with people asking for celebrity style designs, it has blown me away. You can be sure this party season is going to be vintage headbands galore”

Not only does Louise's designs have the X Factor they also have an ethical value too. Louise having set up the business during a recession realised people are looking for value for money. With this in mind her "Casey" headband, similar to the style worn by Cheryl Cole in the X Factor has an extra twist. This headband is multipurpose, as it can be converted into 3 brooches and worn again and again. So after the party why not give the brooches as Xmas gifts! It really is that simple, anyone can convert the design at home.

Headband owner, Casey Hill , says: “I contacted Louise asking her to design me a celebrity style vintage headband. She worked on various designs for me and was very patient. The finished design just blew me away, and I am honoured that she has now made it into a collection with a design named after me. I feel like a superstar wearing the Casey headband. It's a real head turner and I love it!"

The range is being launched on the website this week and includes headbands, combs and cuff bracelets. There is also the option to hire the collection as well as buy.

Find out more:
Contact
Louise Graham on 07748628797 email http://uk.mc230.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=weddingandbaby@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.weddingandbaby.co.uk/


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Media notes:
For media enquiries about the LHG Collection, please contact:
Louise Graham, Designer, 07748628797
Images and products are available for features.

Perfect for the christmas party season.

About the Casey Headband
LHG Designs - Casey Tiara / Headband which converts to brooches (silver)
Description: Limited edition vintage style wedding tiara/ headband . Co-ordinating antique silver tone comb designs are also available.
About the Collection: LHG Designs is a limited edition collection of celebrity style wedding accessories that can be converted into wearable keepsakes after the special event.


Casey Headband

Casey Comb


Vintage Floral Leaf Headband

SECC

Well it has been a while since I managed to get a chance to do a blog entry - to say I have been mobbed is an understatement.


In the preparation for the run up to the SECC the planning was endless - but I had a lot of fun and got to meet some lovely people, both brides and other business owners.





As always wedding and baby was set up by myself in order to give the personal touch. I truely believe that every customer should have as long as they need to decide on exactly what they are looking for and I am here to assist them with that. Listening is a huge part of what I do, and I was actually thanked by a bride at the wedding fair for this. She was overwhelmed by it all, but I knew exactly what it was she was after and she thanked me for listening to her and understanding her.





At wedding fairs like this I don't get the opportunity to speak to my customers at any length, but for those who I did manage to get a longer chat with I had a mother in tears at how beautiful the idea was! As well as quite a few brides looking round the whole show and then coming back to me to say how my designs were the best they had seen. For that positive feedback I am eternally grateful, it lets me know that my hours of work are worthwhile.





If you have been or are planning an appointments with me, I would hope that you feel that you have all the time in the world and there certainly is no pushy sales. It's just not my style.











Another huge thank you goes to Mareike Murray for photographing my new designs - her images are just wonderful and capture the vintage theme excellently. In due process I will be adding these to the site - athough already 2 of the one- off deisgns have been sold from the collection!


If your looking for a photographer for any reason give her a shout http://www.mareikemurray.com/


Vintage Inspired Juliet Cap / Birdcage Veil
Victoriana
Stunning vintage style lace Juiliet Cap. Made using round, and marquise set rhinestones. Available with a birdcage veil attached.


Our designs would not have been complete without some beautiful dresses - these are from http://www.dragonflydressdesign.co.uk Lisa Cochrane is a fantastic, young and fresh designer who can create the dress of your dreams. The dress design shown above is Munroe from her 09/10 collection. The Munroe dress design is also in issue 18 (out now) of the The Best Scottish Weddings magazine http://www.thebestscottishweddings.co.uk

More image to be added so check out our home page and sign up to our mailing list.



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Real Life Bride (Grecian - Vintage theme)

We were delighted to be able to create some items for Jen's wedding at the end of July. They had a beautiful setting, getting married on the beach at Luss.

We created their Stationery, the Brides Headband, Bridemaids Vintage hair comb and the Mother of the Brides Hair comb and necklace.

These are just a few of their stunning photo's.

Here at wedding and baby we are often asked about how to hide the actual headband. Jen who is a hairdresser, shows us how her hair covered the headband!

Children's Parties

We have been busy in the month of June so only managing to do an update now.
Today we were celebrating Rowen's 10th birthday with a jewellery party. These girls were so well behaved and polite - well done girls. They also made some stunning bracelets. We had a good time and hope that they enjoyed it too.


We have also attended Katy's 6th birthday where she had a group of friends from for a jewllery party. Again these girls ( some of which were only 4 years old!), made some lovely creations. Well done girls.

More updates to follow.

June Newsletter

What a glorious weekend - hope that you all managed to enjoy some of the sun.

At wedding and Baby we managed to down tools for a short time and enjoy the weather.

June is an ultra busy month for us, as we are in full swing of the wedding season and birthday parties.

So busy in fact that this newsletter will be quite short!

Events - not to be missed

Sat 13th June 10am - 4pm Accord Summer Fair - we will be doing crafts for children. As well as having a few of our handmade jewellery and hair accessories on display.

Fascinators

Just a reminder that it is not too late to hire, buy or get a bespoke fascinator made for a wedding or race course. One of our recent bespoke designs is shown below

Wedding WebChat
We offer a personalised service throughout the year, but if you would like to chat with us then keep Fri 3rd July 4.30pm - 5.30pm free. More info coming soon.

Enter your e-mail address to register for our webchat and to get our top tips emailed to you.

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Tom Farmer Photography

If you are still looking to book a photographer for your wedding - give Tom Farmer a call. We met Tom at a recent wedding fair, where he offered to take photographs of some of our fascinators. We were delighted that we could get the chance to display some of Helen's work on real models. Tom's work is fantastic and we are over the moon with the images. But most of all he is a really nice guy to speak to. If you have a look on out home page you will see some of his work. www.tomfarmerphotography.co.uk

Thanks also goes to Peaches Weddings for the stunning dresses and model. If you love their designs call them on
Tel: 01360 551302 Westerton Workshop, Killearn, Glasgow, Lanarkshire G63 9LE

Speak soon

Louise x

Barshaw Park

Just back from Barshaw Park where Charming Angels Children's Jewellery & Craft making parties had a stall at the Make a Wish Foundation's Pram-a- thon. We had a great day, although it was sunny it was EXTREMELY windy.

PC Plum from Balamory and Raymond from Me Too were there and came over to our stall a few time - here are the photo's to prove our claim to fame!

Thanks to everyone who visted our stall and made an item. We hope that our donation to the charity was a little help to them.

x

May Newsletter

Wedding and Baby Newsletter May

Thankfully the weather is getting that little bit better. We hope that it stays that way for the numerous events we are attending this month.
WEDDING FAIR – Sun 3rd May 12pm -3pm Eagle Lodge Bishopbriggs-FREE
WEDDING FAIR – Sun 24th May 1pm – 5pm Glynhill Hotel Paisley - FREE

For those of you who are local to these hotels we would love to see you there. We will be displaying a small range of our Tiaras, Jewellery and our collection of Fascinators. Some of our Stationery may be on display at the Glynhill Hotel.
We are also offering a 10% discount on all items purchased or appointments made on the day.

Can’t make our wedding fairs no problem. For the MONTH OF MAY we are offer 10% off all Tiara’s, Jewellery and Fascinators purchased online! Just quote “NEWSLETTER” in an email to us and we will do the rest. weddingandbaby@yahoo.co.uk

CHARMING ANGELS – Has got a new website!
We felt it was time that charming angels has a site of it’s own so here it is – www.charmingangelsparties.co.uk
NEW PACKAGES
Our Credit Crunch package lasts 45 minutes and children get to make a bracelet, or a small craft item. For more details visit our new site www.charmingangelsparties.co.uk

EVENTS
BARSHAW PARK PAISLEY – SUN 17TH MAY 12pm
You can see us at Barshaw park on Sun the 17th May from 12pm where we will be doing short craft and jewellery making workshops for the kids. This is in aid of the Paisley Pramathon that will be taking place that day to raise money for Make a Wish Foundation.
We will be charging £3 to make a craft/jewellery item and a percentage of our taking will be donated to this worthwhile cause.
We are also offering a £10 discount on any parties booked on the day.
You may be aware we were running a survey recently about children’s parties. We have read your feedback and have responded. We have now launched a mini version of our parties that is penny friendly.


BABY WON’T SLEEP – SUPERMAMMY
Here at Wedding and Baby we always like to report on local businesses that we have used personally. This month we want to recommend Donna at Supermammy – if your child doesn’t sleep, she is god send. Those local to the SECC in Glasgow may have seen her at the Baby Show, and if you are swithering about booking her don’t – just do it.
We took part in a trial she was running about sleep training. Our son at 3.5 years still didn’t sleep through the night, in fact he was in our bed most nights. I had bought the sleep training books, done the controlled crying, sleep fairy, reward chart you name it nothing worked.
Donna made up a personalised plan for our son and in the first week he was staying in his own bed. By week 3 he was sleeping all night. He now even gets up and goes to the toilet during the night by himself and sometimes we don’t even know. We are so proud of our son in his progress and can’t thank Donna enough. She didn’t teach our son to sleep, she taught US to teach him. I really can’t express my thanks to her enough. Prices start at £50, but I would highly recommend the £175 package.
Check out her website for more details http://supermammyscotland.com/