Unique Touches We love it when brides and grooms show their true personalities in the little touches they add throughout the day. For example, funny cufflinks, bright-coloured shoes, unusual buttonholes and fun cake-toppers.

Etsy Weddings The ultimate marketplace for unique, handmade and vintage peices for your wedding day. You’ll find items from all over the world and many vendors also do custom made-to-order designs.

Mismatched bridesmaids We all know that women come in many shapes, sizes and  complexions so it’s safe to say most bridesmaids will not look the same. We love it when   brides are willing to  embrace these differences and choose unique dresses for their bridesmaids. Sometimes it may only be a simple change of colour or shade for each bridesmaid, or maybe it’s a slight alteration in the design of each dress. Whatever the difference, we love it when bridesmaids get to show off their individuality!

Dessert bars What can we say? We love desserts! How can you go wrong with a buffet of gorgeous, sweet, mini treats? Guests absolutely love them and they also look great in photographs.

Photography by Michelle-Leigh Photography

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Ms Gingham says: If you have no ideas about your wedding, this is a good place to start. Etsy is like a huge inspiration board so to avoid getting overwhelmed, make sure you start a style file. You can read about style files here.

Michelle says: “I am a photographer for Michelle-Leigh Photography and I just got married to the most wonderful man on the 2nd of July 2011. It’s the second time around for us and we both have kids, so now we are a big, happy, crazy, blended family of six. Our wedding was a vintage style High Tea in an old homestead, with a very kid-friendly vibe.”

Michelle shared her own beautiful High Tea wedding day with us here.