Weddings are emotional. Even the ones where everyone holds it together and nobody cries. 

We've been to weddings where the grooms could hardly speak for tears, so overcome with emotion and love for the woman standing before them and ones where I have been in floods of tears myself.

I love that you can bring emotion and sentiment into every aspect of a wedding. 

No more so than in these wonderful creations by one of our bestest friends. 

Timeless bouquets you can pass down from generation to generation. 

I wish I had known about these when we got married. I have several pieces of jewellery from my Granny I would have loved to have incorporated into my bouquet. I actually wore my Grandpa's mother's L pin inside my dress on my day, as I was named after her. 

I gave the same pin to my brother on his wedding day. 

It made me feel they were with me, with us. 

I am so proud of my friend for starting her business, creating these masterpieces. 

There is so much time and effort involved in each one, and each one bespoke to that special bride.  

I am so happy to say that Timeless Bouquets have offered to donate one of these magnificent bouquets to a lucky bride benefitting from the help of The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation.  

For the brides and grooms helped by this incredible charity, emotion is a given at their weddings. That when one of you is terminally ill, having that magical moment to walk down the aisle, which may have seemed like an impossible dream, could be the most emotional moment of your lives.

I think it's so special to be able to use sentimental bits and bobs to create something spectacular. That when lovingly pieced together by someone with talent, can create a new family heirloom for generations.

Take a moment to like Timeless Bouquets on Facebook (it's great to support new start ups) and take another to donate whatever you can to The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation. £5 can mean crossing off a wedding cake (to cover petrol). Every tiny bit helps so spare £1 and do your good deed of the day.  

Please leave a comment if you are interested in more details/prices. This is a bespoke service and one that deserves individual attention. 

These beautiful bouquets can even be matched to your colour scheme! 

My boys are not huge soup fans. So although they did attempt to try the sweet pumpkin soup I made in little cups, it was definitely not a hit. 

I love the taste of pumpkin and coconut together and I'd love them to share this enjoyment, especially at this time of year. It's good for them to know that a pumpkin isn't just to decorate and leave by the front door! 

Like most children (and grown ups) they adore chips!

So here is our Halloween version. Pumpkin fries with caramelised coconut sprinkles, served best in paper! 

Ingredients: 

• Half a large pumpkin makes 4 small servings
• Dark Musovado sugar
• Desiccated coconut

The ingredients aren't in exact quantities as I ground a handful of the sugar and coconut together in the pestle and mortar and then simply rubbed the pumpkin chips in the mix before I lay them on a baking tray.

Heat your oven to 180 degrees/Gas Mark 4. Prepare your pumpkin by deseeding the flesh and cut the pumpkin into more manageable pieces. Peel your pumpkin skin off and chop your chunks of flesh into chip shape batons approximately the width and length of your index finger.

Rub in the ground coconut and sugar mix and rub generously. Place on a baking tray and cook for 40 minutes until they are golden and have crispy edges. You can add a drizzle of olive oil if you'd like, but the sugar gives a great sticky texture.

No pre cooking involved and absolutely delicious! 

A hit with everyone in this family! You could make a more grown up batch by added some flaked chilli.

Out of all the wonderful weddings we have been invited to, every single one has been in the spring, summer or early Autumn.

I have a wardrobe bursting with summery "wedding" dresses, that teamed with a big fascinator and a pashmina are staple guest outfit combinations!  

We have our first winter wedding invitation for a lovely couple (the groom I have known since he was born) in December and it has thrown me into a spin.

The thing with a winter wedding is you are more likely to be inside, if the weather is unkind, but in being inside you are less likely to need to be covered up and cosy! I also can't bear wearing black to a wedding, as I always think colour makes the newly weds' photos so much more cheerful! 

There are some lovely wintry dresses online (who has time to try 10 on with a toddler in tow?) and these are a few I picked out available. 

I love love love the red number as it would work for Christmas festivities too. The colour scheme of the wedding is purple and silver so although I adore the blue belted number, I may end up looking like an older bridesmaid! 

Which is your favourite? Would you go for a hat or a fascinator?! 

This post was kindly sponsored by John Lewis