Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend" What did you get up to" Anything festive" My weekend involved 2 Christmas parties, a 4-year old’s birthday party, Christmas tree shopping and 2 Christmas fayres, so I am feeling well and truly festive now….bring on Christmas!!

We are starting the week with a trip to Portugal for some lovely summer sunshine, which is much needed at this time of year! The lovely Josine and Daniel held their beautiful rustic chic wedding in the most gorgeous of settings and filled it with green foliage, blue and white flowers and so much charm and love. I just love the ceremony arch made of foliage. What a stunning backdrop to feature in this ceremony. Big thanks to Adriana Morais for the images. Uncomplicated, genuine, beautiful, light, happy, full of love….the most amazing day we could have ever hoped for!

Josine and Daniel were married on 18th June at the Alqueva Lake close to the Monte followed by a reception that took place at Monte Falperras, Mourão, Portugal. ‘We wanted a special place, away from the commercial venues. This place is owned by friends of ours, which means we could do a lot by ourselves and shape our day as we wanted it to be. Monte Falperras is in the beautiful Portuguese region of Alentejo ? we immediately fell in love with it. Not only does it have a great garden with a view on the nearby Alqueva lake, the house itself is also very beautiful and comfortable. We...