Rock n Roll Bride - The ultimate guide for alternative brides

Kat

Think Beyond the Wedding Favour: Personalise Your Wedding with My M&M’s®

Kat

June 11, 2018

Wedding favours get a bad rap but they are a great way to personalise your wedding tables. M&M's offer an amazing personalisation service, where you can choose the colours of the chocolates to match your theme and then add a logo, phrase or even a photo to the top of them! I obviously had to try it out and I think our logo looks so cute on the pink M&Ms. Even Gareth was like "Oooh these have our logo on them!" when he saw them. Crowd pleaser all round.
Read more...

Revamp, Restyle, Reveal: Our Kitchen Reveal!

Kat

May 17, 2018

You're doing the kitchen... in four weeks!?!?" That was pretty much the standard response we got when telling people about our insane plan to gut and basically rebuild our entire kitchen in a month. So why the ridiculous time frame? Well, we were invited to take part in Revamp, Restyle, Reveal - a challenge with ten bloggers, nine sponsors, one room (of our choice) and four weeks to make it over... And well, apparently my husband and I are suckers for punishment.
Read more...

Pastel Perfection: Style Me Sunday for Rock n Roll Bride Magazine

Kat

Devlin Photos

May 16, 2018

Nothing says ‘spring wedding’ quite like a pastel colour scheme, but the idea doesn’t have to result in something syrupy, wishy-washy or overly traditional. Those delicate, girly hues can still be Rock n Roll - all it takes is an injection of fun! So throw on a buttery soft biker jacket, some chunky accessories and your favourite kicks, but most importantly always remember to rock a carefree ‘this is my wedding and I’m going to have a damn good time!’ attitude!
Read more...

Rock n Roll Bride Magazine: Issue 20!

Kat

April 26, 2018

Is planning your wedding turning out to be a massive drag? Are you struggling to choose your suppliers, arguing with your family over your ‘wacky’ ideas and tearing your hair out wondering how the hell you’re going to get all those DIY projects done on time? No matter how chill you might be in everyday life, there's just something about planning a wedding that makes even the coolest of babes have at least one meltdown. And it's not your fault! It's a stressful time anyway but the majority of wedding media only perpetuates that myth that this needs to be "the happiest day of your life" and that if it's not perfect you'll regret it forever. This is exactly why I started Rock n Roll Bride in the first place - to cut through the bullshit and share ideas and advice that would actually help you plan your wedding.
Read more...

Rock n Renovation: Revamp, Restyle, Reveal!

Kat

April 22, 2018

Wow that's a lot of words beginning with R right there. I am so very VERY excited about this project though so all that alliteration is worth it to share the news! Revamp, Restyle, Reveal is an interiors challenge which I was asked to take part in by interior designer Lisa Dawson (I mentioned her in my favourite interiors Instagram accounts a few months ago, isn't it funny how these things always come full circle!?) and blogger extraordinaire Bianca Hall of French for Pineapple. The concept is simple: 10 bloggers, 9 brands, 1 room, 4 weeks. It's kind of like Changing Rooms meets 60 Minute Makeover but without Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Linda Barker or Peter Andre (didn't he present 60 Minute Makeover for a hot minute? It's probably quite shameful that I know that). 
Read more...

The Man I Married

Kat

Camera Hannah

April 12, 2018

How exactly do you condense ten year's of marriage into a few simple sentences? The ups, the downs, the soul-crushingly hard times and the heart-elevatingly good ones? It's almost impossible not to just reel off clichés about how he's my rock, my reason for living, my soulmate and my best friend. But I've come to learn over the years that clichés are clichés because they're true. All of them. And Gareth is all those things and so much more.
Read more...

Transforming My Wedding Dress for Our 10 Year Anniversary

Kat

Camera Hannah

April 9, 2018

In four days Gareth and I will celebrate our TEN YEAR wedding anniversary. I can't quite believe it! A DECADE. With such a momentous milestone coming up, last year I started to think about ways we could celebrate. While moving over the summer, I pulled my wedding dress out of the back of my wardrobe to bring it over to the new house and I realised, bar a few photo shoots at the start of my blogging career (anyone remember these?!) it's pretty much sat there, collecting dust and getting all moth-eaten, since then. It's actually kinda sad when you think about it. You spend such a happy, important day in this dress and then it's either sold on, trashed or, like mine, relegated to the back of a closet.
Read more...

The First Bridal Collection from Collectif: Wedding Dresses for Under £70!

Kat

April 6, 2018

One of the thing I'm most proud of with Rock n Roll Bride is our position to encourage brides to do whatever they want for their wedding. We're not in the habit of passing judgement on who you marry, how you marry, and definitely not on how you spend your money. Want to drop £3000 on an incredible designer gown? Do it! Prefer to get something handmade by an independent British designer to your exact specifications? You go girl! Or maybe you're the kind of babe who wants to run out to the high street and grab the first dress that takes your fancy? This is your wedding and you do it your way!
Read more...

Faux Flower Bridal Bouquets from Crown & Glory (+ Win a Set for You and Your Bridesmaids!)

Kat

Marianne Taylor

April 4, 2018

My best babe Sophie sure is clever. Crown & Glory have been synonymous with flower crowns for as long as I can remember (and they're the only flower crowns worthy of wearing IMHO) but for spring/summer 2018 they're offering a brand new floral bevvy to get excited about - faux floral bouquets! And the tagline, bouquets you won’t want to toss, could not be more perfect!
Read more...