Friends

Here are some of the lovely people that we adore and have helped us along the way!

Photographers

Steve Atkins Photography - Photographs of our beautiful Vintage Dorset countryside, crockery and cake

Courtenay Photographic – incredible engagement, wedding & pregnancy photographer in Dorset with a fun and very lovely blog

Angela Vincent - lovely wedding photography in Dorset

Anushe Low – Award winning London photographer specialising in weddings and people

Andrea Ellison - fabulous quirky photographer covering the North – venures south for special people!

Food

MoorethanCupcakes - food food and more gorgeous food

The Dorset Catering Company – lovely food for occasions, friendly service from Claire and her team

Sgt Bun – our scones are baked to perfection by expert baker Ian

Ourganics – for beautiful herb and floral salads, grown without chemicals in Dorset

Sharp Events – Dean and his team are wedding food experts – but also fabulous event managers!

Country Markets – used to be called the WI cake stand – but now all these ladies make cakes for Country Markets

Stationery & Wedding extras

Knots and Kisses – wedding stationery with a vintage feel

Sweet Dreams for You - sweetie cart pic n mix from the delightful Celia

Dorset Vintage Wedding Cars - Jon and his beautiful old fashioned cars in Shaftesbury

Hitched.co.uk

Venues

Norburton Hall – fabulous vintage venue in West Dorset run by the lovely Karen and Dave

Dorset County Museum – for historic inspiration and a great event venue

West Compton Manor – a gorgeous traditional wedding and events venue plus B&B accommodation near Dorchester

The Boat that Rocks-a fabulous venue with wonderful food and a great service based at Portland Marina

East Close Country Hotel - one of our favourite venues in Christchurch perfect for vintage weddings and Georgian styling

Lulworth Castle – Gorgeous wedding venue in Dorset

B+B Weymouth – Glorious Georgian four star boutique hotel in Weymouth from the famous chain

Website Design

SGIS and TizeDesign – who host and designed our gorgeous website

Networks we like

Dorchester & South Dorset LETS -our Local Exchange Trading System

Networking Mummies Dorset – a friendly Dorset based group for business mums

Womens Action Network Dorset – WAND – A free network for like-minded enthusiastic women to join in and organise events. WAND is open to any women aged 16 + living or working anywhere in Dorset

The Co-operative Membership – the Co-op is supporting vintage traders in Dorchester

Local events and services sites West Dorset Community Visit-dorset Visit-Weymouth Where Can we Go? Real West Dorset Mags for Dorset

Vintage people and other lovelies

Eileen Soper Illustrated World – The ginger pop shop and all of those famous five adventures

The Raggy Rat - traditional handmade soft toys and costumes

The Hen House - hen party venues and ideas from across the land

The Cherry Closet Vintage Fashion, Boscombe

Mary at Princess-Mimi for Vintage Fashion in Dorchester

Retro Camping – try Dorset Dubbers or Dorset Dub Hire to hire gorgeous VW camper vans for your holiday, event or honeymoon in Dorset – or go the whole way and try Honeybells Bell tents – fabulous!

Vintage Tiaras by Julia Beazley – gorgeous!

Beau Frippery - for vintage jewellery

Tatty Bojangles – retro and vintage hen night ideas

Charity

Eve appeal – a charity tackling women’s cancer’s