Bouquet charms without photos

Cherish memories of your loved ones without using a photo. Some couples prefer not to have a photo on their memory charm, preferring  to remember their loved one with thoughts and words only.  The "In Loving Memory" section of my shop includes a selection of bouquet charms that reflect this sentiment.  Find the selection here In Loving Memory - Shop

Personalise your wedding flowers with a sentimental bouquet charm

Acknowledge and include an absent loved on your special day by adding a personalised photo message charm to your wedding bouquet flowers.  The tradition of adding a photo frame or memory  locket to a brides bouquet is a relatively modern idea. Some engaged couples may feel uncomfortable arranging a big celebration - when the most important guest cannot be there.  I carefully design and hand make all of my charms to reflect this sentiment and hope this personalised keepsake will bring some comfort on the big day.  Bridal Bouquet Charms UK has the most extensive range of  personalised bouquet charms available.  Each memory charm is lovingly made to order in the UK using high quality glass pearls, crystals and rhinestones. Bespoke requests are always welcome

Browse my shop to find that sentimental wedding day accessory

Bridal Bouquet charms UK Shop

Special Next Day Delivery £8.15 UK

Wedding bouquet charms including Free UK postage

Bespoke designs hand made in Wales with free second class UK delivery.  An upgrade to special next day delivery can be made at the checkout. Many of my wedding bouquet charms can be personalised with the names of your loved ones.  Message charms can be customised to include your wedding date or a few special words to bring comfort as you walk down the aisle.  If using the free first class service then please let me know if your charm is urgent and I will try my best to dispatch it quickly to you.  As ever please drop me a line if you have any questions.  Thank you xxx

Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

As with most other ordinary people around the globe I am horrified by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  The Disasters Emergency Committee has launched the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to provide food, water, shelter and healthcare to the refugees and displaced families.  Here is a link to their website. 
Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

I have added an Angel for Ukraine to the shop to help raise funds for this appeal.  The full sale price will be donated to the appeal. Here is the link if you would like to purchase this charity item.  Thank you  Angel for Ukraine

Brexit - VAT and import taxes

Hello, my bridal bouquet charm venture is a very small and specialist operation - just me in fact!  As such, I am well below the VAT threshold - so am not VAT registered.  Since Brexit and more recently since the beginning of this month (July 2021) European buyers will be responsible for payment of any local taxes or VAT on their purchases. Unfortunately I don't have the facility to charge this at checkout as I am not VAT registered.  The postal operator in the relevant country will send a request for payment before delivery can be made.  This may include a small handling fee. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.  Thank you for your understanding, Rachel x

Bespoke Wedding words

Explore the huge range of bespoke and personalised wedding bouquet charms in my shop. I am always happy to experiment with new designs! The latest addition is the Bespoke Wedding Words charm. This is a twin frame photo charm with an additional centre frame to which I will add your own few chosen words.  Bespoke Wedding words bouquet charm

Why not have a browse - and if you are looking for something different then please drop me a note and let me design a bespoke charm for you. Thank you

Easy tagine recipe to serve your vegan wedding guests

Cater for your vegetarian and vegan wedding guests with this tasty main course tagine.  Easy to prepare in advance, it will keep hunger at bay and allow your friends to enjoy the celebrations

Ingredients

•  4 large onions
•  1 can of chickpeas
•  1 can of chopped tomatoes
•  Vegetable stock cube dissolved in 300ml of water
•  300 g of mushrooms
•  100g dried & chopped apricots
•  Olive oil for browning the onions & mushrooms
•  4 cloves of garlic
•  2-3 teaspoons of paprika - the more the hotter!
•  1 teaspoon each of turmeric, coriander, ground cumin, cumin seeds and cinnamon.  Salt and pepper to taste
• Olive oil for frying

Method

Cut the ends off your onions, and then cut in half - top to bottom. Peel and slice into semi rings.

Heat a generous amount of olive oil in the bottom of a frying pan and add all the onions along with all the spices and crushed garlic. Keep stir-frying for about 5 minutes, turning the onions over until they are soft, browned and mixed with the spices.

Tip the chickpeas including the canned water into a large casserole type pan (to be used on the stove top not in oven).

Add the chopped tomatoes and vegetable stock.

Transfer the onions into the larger pan and bring to a slow simmer.

Chop up your mushrooms and fry in the frying pan.  Whilst these are browning chop up the apricots and add to the casserole pan. Once the mushrooms have browned then add them to the main pan.  Add salt and pepper to taste. 

Serve as you please with rice or couscous, also delicious side dishes of broccoli and baby potatoes

Brides gift lucky sixpence and Chimney Sweep charm

Many wedding traditions can be traced back through Folklore - with stories and tales being passed down through the generations. There may be a blurring of detail at times - but the heart felt traditions march forward with gusto.  One such tradition is for the Bride to walk down the aisle with a sixpence in her left shoe - thought to bring good luck and prosperity! 
It is also considered  lucky to see a chimney sweep on your wedding day.  The origin of that belief evolves from 3 different tales - involving kings, horses, carriages & a stray dog! A curious incident indeed! In 1066 King William of England was enjoying a peaceful walk along a road when an out of control carriage hurtled towards him. Luckily, a quick thinking chimney sweep was able to push the king out of the way, thus overting tragedy. The grateful king declared that chimney sweeps were lucky and commissioned one to attend his daughters wedding.  The second tale involves a chimney sweep who fell off a roof and was rescued by an engaged lady who pulled him into her room.  They subsequently fell in love an were married - though perhaps not so lucky for her first love!  A more recent tale relates to a time in King George 111 reign around the 1800's.  He too was saved by a chimney sweep who managed to calm the kings horse after it had been spooked by a stray dog.  Whatever the origin - it all makes for a good story!  

I have combined these wedding day good luck charms into a gift set for the bride and groom. Available to order here Lucky Sixpence

Australia - GST exemption threshold

Customers in Australia will be use to prices being inflated by the 10% goods and services tax. On July 1st 2018 this tax was extended to cover low value imports.  I am happy to inform my Australian customers that I am not required to add this tax to your purchases.  As a small UK business I am comfortably below the A$75,000 threshold.  If you make your purchase directly from my website then I will not need to charge you the GST.  This is not the case if you make your purchase via a selling platform such as Etsy or Amazon. These platforms do not benefit from the threshold exemption and will have to add GST to your purchase price. So, if ever there was a reason to support a small business this has to be a good one!  There are of course lots of other good reasons such as unique personalised designs and a genuine welcoming of bespoke order requests! 

Keepsake gift for your daughter on her wedding day

Are you struggling to find a keepsake memento to mark your daughters wedding day? Perhaps you would like to present her with a special verse personalised with her wedding date? The Brides key ring gift set might be just the answer.  A message bouquet charm for the Bride complete with pretty "Love" charm that can be transferred to a keyring after the wedding.  Weddings are emotional times for everyone - including Mums and Dads!  The old saying about not losing a daughter but gaining a  son in law is a positive way of embracing family change.  There is enough love to share - here is a little verse for such times.

A Wedding 

Day wish for a 

Daughter True

Sharing your love

as you Say I do

This is just an idea, the gift set is also available with a blank frame for you to choose all your own words If you have something special in mind - please drop me a note and I will check if your own words will fit the frame.  Please click on the link below to see this pretty addition. Thank you xx

Wedding Date Bouquet Charm

Personalised Wedding Day Poem

I always welcome bespoke charm requests - this includes changing the standard name personalisations to perhaps something closer to your heart. Grandad may always have been known as "Pops" or "Gramps" or even "Grampy" here in Wales! You will have your own fond memories and perhaps a family or pet/cherished name that you wish to be incorporated into your bouquet charm . Please let me know - as I can usually add the name into one of the message or poem charms.  I will send out the version of the Poem that is ordered....but will happily customise on request.  It is also possible to mix and match the colour scheme of the poem charms. Some of them are printed with a small amount of coloured floral detail underneath the verse. Others are in a black and white format with just a little heart underneath.  I am more than happy to mix and match the frame or locket with whichever version of the poem you prefer. There is no one right answer - as they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I enjoy creating beautiful charms that I hope bring some small comfort and fill a little gap to make your Wedding Day feel more complete.  Please do get in touch if you have a special name in mind. Thank you, Rachel xx

Traditional in loving memory bouquet charm

This traditional verse charm is now available in the pale ivory pearl and crystal colour scheme. Add your photo to the heart shaped picture frame and keep the memory of a loved one with you on your wedding day.  A template with instructions to help you shrink your photo to fit the bouquet charm frame will be sent with your order. All photo frame charms include glue dots to help you secure your photo, you are of course free to use your own glue if you prefer, but the dots are sent for convenience!  The locket style charms don't require glue or dots as the photos sit very securely in the locket recess.  All of the frames have a generous recess so your photo sits back in the frame and not proud. This gives a very pretty portrait painting effect to the charm.  The bouquet charms are just one small part of your wedding plans - I wish everyone best wishes and luck for the big day. I have a very fast turn around time for the charms with orders often being sent out the same day. This can be very helpful if you forgot to order your bouquet charm and still want to include one on your big day.  Special Delivery upgrade is also available at the checkout for £5.99.  This gives guaranteed next working day delivery but will need signing for. First Class post is also very fast and if you place your order before 1pm and let me know that it is urgent then I will try my best to post it out the same day for you. First Class isn't guaranteed but the charms do often arrive the next day....and I always keep my fingers crossed for a fast delivery.  Thank you xx.     In loving memory heart photo frame

Navy Blue Photo Frame Bouquet Charm

In response to a bespoke request, I have added an "in loving memory" memorial bouquet charm to the "something blue" category of the shop.  I've married it up with navy blue beads and a heart shaped picture frame.  Please ask if you would like a different colour or frame combination and I will happily personalise a charm for you!  It would also look lovely with a photo locket - perhaps a project for another day! Why not follow the link below and have a look. Thank you x

Navy Memory Heart

Something Blue Ideas for your Wedding Day

Are you struggling to think of a something blue to bring good luck to the Bride on her Wedding Day? You may be familiar with the old English rhyme:

Something old

something new

something borrowed 

something blue

and a silver sixpence in her shoe

The something blue is to symbolise pure love and fidelity. I have a special "Something Blue" selection of wedding bouquet charms available with beautiful blue beads and ribbons. A thoughtful gift to the Bride to be. If you are looking for just a hint of blue then the blue ribbon option is available across the whole range of lockets and picture frame charms.  To see the "Something Blue" design ideas please follow the link  Something Blue Bouquet Charms Thank you x

Personalised Heart Photo Bouquet Charm

The lastest addition to the shop is a Personalised Heart frame Bouquet Charm complete with a Wedding Day Poem where you can add the name of your loved one. There is space for the addition of a single name on this charm. Please message me first if you require more than one name adding and I will come up with a design to suit.  Please click here Named heart bouquet charm

Multi frame Bridal Bouquet Memory Charms

Many of the designs in the shop are to display a single photo of a loved one.  The photos can be displayed in open frames or held close inside a locket charm.  The single locket charms each hold up to 2 photos.  I also have a range of double locket (4 photos) or multi frame designs....accommodating up to 6 photos.  The latest addition is the "Waterfall" design for either 4 photos and a Wedding Day verse or 5 blank photo frames. Each of the strands are on a separate ribbon bail....which allows you to slide it along the ribbon and thus achieve the desired spacing. Even when the bails are bunched together there is still some separation and thus visibility of the photos.  Please remember that I'm not able to offer the photo printing or fitting service, but do send instructions and glue dots to help you resize and fit your own pictures. I have a very fast turnaround time with UK orders typically being received within 2 days of the order being placed. Thank you x

Bespoke Personalised Bridal Bouquet Charms

If you are looking for a personalised message charm then please use the link at the end of the page to visit the Bespoke Personalised Named section of the shop where there is a choice of single and double framed charms to choose from.  A nice idea is to add your wedding date into the Wedding Day Poem. You may also like to see the "Dad walk with me" charm which is made to order and includes your own wedding date. You may of course prefer to use a few of your own words to honour a friend or relative. Many Brides take comfort from having a small memento of a loved one with them as they walk down the aisle. These charms make thoughtful gifts and sentimental keepsake.

Personalised Bouquet Charms

Best Friend Bouquet Charm

I'm always happy to create a personalised charm for the Bride to be.  I have a couple of Wedding Day Poem charms with a little verse to reflect on memories of a loved one.  I was recently asked to create a verse to remember a Best Friend. This has now been added into the shop and is available with a single heart shaped photo frame. Instructions and glue dots are sent with each order to help you to resize, print and fit your own photos to the blank charm.  

Shared memories

Together in dreams

With me today

Felt but not seen

Best friends

Forever & always

 Here is the link to find this in my shop - Best Friend Bouquet Charm

Mum & Dad Bouquet Charm

Thank you xx