Our incredible member contemporary cake designer CakeBuds is hosting an exclusive tasting day
Being held at her headquarters on Saturday 31st August

APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED – PLEASE CALL TO BOOK WITH Liz or one of the team

Your Tasting Consultation is a fantastic opportunity for us to meet and discuss the design of your wedding cake in relation to the size, shape and decoration. You can look at my display cakes to get a feel for what certain cake decorating techniques look like in real life and most importantly you will be able to taste a selection of cake flavours from my menu.

A Tasting Consultation for 2 people costs £30 and includes:

• A one hour session
• 3 cake flavours of your choice
• 1 surprise cake flavour of my choice
• Tea/coffee
• A mini bottle of Prosecco for each of you to enjoy at your consultation (or to take away with you to enjoy later)
• 3 hand drawn cake sketches with accurate quotes sent to you within 7 days following your consultation. This will help you to visualise what your wedding cake will look like and to take away some of the guess work! If you go ahead and book your wedding cake with me following a Tasting Consultation, the £30 fee will be deducted from your final balance.

Why should brides and couples attend?
This is a great opportunity for couples to not only meet me, to ensure I’m the right cake maker for them, but also to sample a selection of my cakes to ensure they are happy with the quality and flavours before deciding to book their wedding cake with me.

Are you providing any special offers to attendees?
If couples book their wedding cake with me following a Tasting Consultation the £30 consultation fee will be deducted from the final balance.

This is definitely an event not to miss!
Sunday by appointment only

Email us on info@cakebuds.co.uk to make your personal appointment.

Is there a ticket price? If, so how much?
A Tasting Consultation Costs £30 per couple. Additional guests can attend at a cost of £5 per person, with a maximum of 4 people attending a consultation. Additional flavours are available at a cost of £10 per flavour. If you go ahead and book your wedding cake with me following your Tasting Consultation the £30 fee will be deducted from your final balance.

Liz ~X~

“What a cake! Liz created the most beautiful wedding cake for our winter wedding. She really listened to our thoughts when we first met and designed a really unique cake with so much texture and a look that really felt like us. Not to mention it tasted amazing!  The design process to the finished product was so cool to see because she really stayed true to the vision she had. Everyone also said that the cake was simply stunning! Thank you so much – you are incredibly talented!! x” ~ Jodie

Image Credit – Lahu wedding photography

The Abbotstone Club is situated in a recently converted barn in the middle of stunning Hampshire countryside, and provides collaborative coworking workspace for the HWC.

At the moment, we are opening once a month on a Monday, on a trial basis to see how everything develops, but we are hugely confident this will become a much LOVED and utilised environment and space.

Basically we are taking modern co-working and dedicating it to you – the Hampshire wedding industry.

The UK’s number one best-selling bridal magazine is coming to life.

You’ll gain direct access to the entire Brides team, the very people who style the fashion stories, create the lavish reception shoots, design those glossy covers and work on every bespoke element that goes into all the stylish weddings.

Chat to the team about all your planning dilemmas, from the venue to the honeymoon, the team will be on hand to give advice.

Crafting your way to a stunning day in one of the expert sessions, join a DIY décor workshop and don’t forget to book a seat at the beautifully styled bridal catwalk show. Enjoy a range of dresses from the floor-sweeping number, a picture-perfect princess style, simple chic shift or form-fitting fishtail. All the exquisite fabrics and details you can imagine.

Olympia London is delighted to host Brides The Show, one of the most beautiful events in the London entertainment calendar. Looking for inspiring ideas on things to do in London? Browse our website and the join the 1.5 million people who visit the show each year.

IS THERE A CATWALK AT BRIDES THE SHOW?

Yes. The Brides the Show catwalk runs at regular intervals throughout each day of the Show and is styled by by Brides Fashion Director, Bryony Toogood. Catwalk tickets are included with ‘Entry + Catwalk’, and ‘VIP’ tickets, but not with ‘Entry Only’ tickets. For a guaranteed seat in the priority VIP seats, book VIP tickets.

ARE THERE PLACES TO EAT AND DRINK AT BRIDES THE SHOW?

Brides the Show offers a fantastic day out for brides and their friends. There are a number of food and drink options onsite.

The UK’s number one best-selling bridal magazine is coming to life.

You’ll gain direct access to the entire Brides team, the very people who style the fashion stories, create the lavish reception shoots, design those glossy covers and work on every bespoke element that goes into all the stylish weddings.

Chat to the team about all your planning dilemmas, from the venue to the honeymoon, the team will be on hand to give advice.

Crafting your way to a stunning day in one of the expert sessions, join a DIY décor workshop and don’t forget to book a seat at the beautifully styled bridal catwalk show. Enjoy a range of dresses from the floor-sweeping number, a picture-perfect princess style, simple chic shift or form-fitting fishtail. All the exquisite fabrics and details you can imagine.

Olympia London is delighted to host Brides The Show, one of the most beautiful events in the London entertainment calendar. Looking for inspiring ideas on things to do in London? Browse our website and the join the 1.5 million people who visit the show each year.

IS THERE A CATWALK AT BRIDES THE SHOW?

Yes. The Brides the Show catwalk runs at regular intervals throughout each day of the Show and is styled by by Brides Fashion Director, Bryony Toogood. Catwalk tickets are included with ‘Entry + Catwalk’, and ‘VIP’ tickets, but not with ‘Entry Only’ tickets. For a guaranteed seat in the priority VIP seats, book VIP tickets.

ARE THERE PLACES TO EAT AND DRINK AT BRIDES THE SHOW?

Brides the Show offers a fantastic day out for brides and their friends. There are a number of food and drink options onsite.

Join us for a Cup of Social Coffee

Image credit – Angela Ward-Brown

The UK’s number one best-selling bridal magazine is coming to life.

You’ll gain direct access to the entire Brides team, the very people who style the fashion stories, create the lavish reception shoots, design those glossy covers and work on every bespoke element that goes into all the stylish weddings.

Chat to the team about all your planning dilemmas, from the venue to the honeymoon, the team will be on hand to give advice.

Crafting your way to a stunning day in one of the expert sessions, join a DIY décor workshop and don’t forget to book a seat at the beautifully styled bridal catwalk show. Enjoy a range of dresses from the floor-sweeping number, a picture-perfect princess style, simple chic shift or form-fitting fishtail. All the exquisite fabrics and details you can imagine.

Olympia London is delighted to host Brides The Show, one of the most beautiful events in the London entertainment calendar. Looking for inspiring ideas on things to do in London? Browse our website and the join the 1.5 million people who visit the show each year.

IS THERE A CATWALK AT BRIDES THE SHOW?

Yes. The Brides the Show catwalk runs at regular intervals throughout each day of the Show and is styled by by Brides Fashion Director, Bryony Toogood. Catwalk tickets are included with ‘Entry + Catwalk’, and ‘VIP’ tickets, but not with ‘Entry Only’ tickets. For a guaranteed seat in the priority VIP seats, book VIP tickets.

ARE THERE PLACES TO EAT AND DRINK AT BRIDES THE SHOW?

Brides the Show offers a fantastic day out for brides and their friends. There are a number of food and drink options onsite.

Guests Cafe Sessions ticket for September

Hotel Du Vin, Winchester

We are really excited to be hosting these fantastic cafe sessions events monthly.  The event kicks off at 10.00 for coffee and starts officially at 10.30.  We are delighted to provide tea and coffee and some nibbles. Join founder Tasha Newland at a meet-up for like-minded entrepreneurial Hampshire based wedding suppliers. Don’t be late getting your ticket.  See you there!

Topic

How to juggle the constant demands of Social Media – hacks, ideas, support and innovation!

Some of the topics covered throughout this month and at this cafe sessions are

How to set boundaries and manage your tasks, daily, weekly and monthly planning, Social media takeovers and why they are a great idea, Share the love – taking steps to be an influencer (we can all do it), video quickies (ha ha!) – a must do for all modern brands, customers polls and why its good to RESPOND to people!

About the Hampshire Wedding Club

HELLO!

Do you see value in joining a group of like-minded wedding entrepreneurs?

People who work together to elevate each other, and each other’s businesses? Highlighting the amazing capabilities we have in the Hampshire Wedding Industry?

Creating a compelling and inspiring online destination for couples choosing to marry in Hampshire. Growing our connections and businesses together with integrity and originality.

Collaboration and unity is the future, competition and isolation the past. We look forward to seeing you soon…

OUR KEY MESSAGES FOR BRIDES

The Hampshire Wedding Club help couples planning a wedding in our glorious county to tell their own love story by gathering the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

Hampshire offers endless opportunities for couples to celebrate their marriage, but it can be difficult to locate trusted, local wedding specialists ~ The Hampshire Wedding Club helps couples planning a Hampshire Wedding to find the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

The Hampshire Wedding Club enables couples to find trusted wedding specialists, whatever theme of wedding they are planning ~ We have over 10 years of industry experience and only recommend talent we have worked with and trust implicitly.

The Hampshire Wedding Club is a place to be inspired and share ideas ~ Our regular features and events hosted by industry experts are a place to meet both wedding specialists and other couples.

ABOUT TASHA

If I was to share a few simple truths with you, they’d be that I think everything happens for a reason, cake can be eaten at any time of the day and I’ve always dreamed of living by the sea but seagulls get on my nerves. However, I also believe that in life, you should always be courageous. That’s why I started The Hampshire Wedding Club. I’ve been a wedding photographer for years and I adore how passionate my industry is and how inspiring the creative people around me are. Before I started my own photography company Ikonworks, I worked for international brands such as Verizon, Porsche, Game and Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an executive assistant. The perfect grounding for starting up and running my own show – multitasking, organising and attention to detail are in my DNA.

But here’s the thing, above all I subscribe to the mantra that doing what you love makes you happy. So seeing a gap in the wedding industry, I thought it was high time I started pulling together the fantastic creatives and professionals I’ve worked with. I wanted to create an interactive, inspiring and beautiful online portfolio for brides and grooms that not only showcases all the fabulous wedding industry talent we have in Hampshire, but also acts as a revolutionary social space and digital lookbook for wedding creatives. That’s how The Hampshire Wedding Club was born.

When I am not shooting weddings, hosting events or running The Hampshire Wedding Club, I’m Tasha who is married to Martin and mum to Sam and Abby – our two lovely, funny, feisty kids. Most days you’ll find me surgically attached to my desk or curating love stories through a lens but I can often be found on the side of a rugby pitch or grabbing a quick coffee before going on a webinar. I can’t survive without coffee.

Venue to be confirmed, 26th September 2019

I’ve been thinking a lot about my book club lately, and how its never quite gotten off the ground. It’s always something that I have felt needs justifying, or explaining. Made even worse by skimming over an article recently stating, “reading had become too social and how it should be a private experience”. What a bunch of bananas.

“Some of the busiest people on our planet are also avid readers. Reading sparks your creativity, helps you grow your understanding of complex problems. It grows you intellectually, while at the same time, reading is a very relaxing activity. But how do we make time to read? News articles report that we are reading less and less.

This months book is The confidence code; the science and art of self-assurance – what women should know by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

Here is a link to Amazon, although we support bookshops too!

About the book

Review

“The Confidence Code belongs in the bagof every woman in America. It combines groundbreaking scientific research and firsthand accounts from the world’s most powerful woman.” (Joanna Coles, Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan)

“How do we make the most of our talents, skills, and interests? This book demonstrates that it’s not enough to know what we’re doing; our confidence is a key factor in our success. Fascinating reading for every woman who wants to take her life to the next level.” (Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project)

“Kay and Shipman shine a perceptive light on the crucial role that confidence plays in the ability of women to succeed. They offer women practical advice and the vision of a more hopeful future.” (Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, and author of Lean In)

From the Back Cover

Confidence. We want it. We need it. But it can be maddeningly enigmatic and out of reach. The authors of the New York Times bestseller Womenomicsdeconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a blueprint for bringing more of it into our lives.

Is confidence hardwired into the DNA of a lucky few—or can anyone learn it? Is it best expressed by bravado, or is there another way to show confidence? Which is more important: confidence or competence? Why do so many women, even the most successful, struggle with feelings of self-doubt? Is there a secret to channeling our inner confidence?

In The Confidence Code, journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman travel to the frontiers of neuroscience on a hunt for the confidence gene and reveal surprising new research on its roots in our brains. They visit the world’s leading psychologists who explain how we can all chose to become more confident simply by taking action and courting risk, and how those actions change our physical wiring. They interview women leaders from the worlds of politics, sports, the military, and the arts to learn how they have tapped into this elemental resource. They examine how a lack of confidence impacts our leadership, success, and fulfillment.

Ultimately, they argue, while confidence is partly influenced by genetics, it is not a fixed psychological state. That’s the good news. You won’t discover it by thinking positive thoughts or by telling yourself (or your children) that you are perfect as you are. You also won’t find it by simply squaring your shoulders and faking it. But it does require a choice: less people pleasing and perfectionism and more action, risk taking, and fast failure.

Inspiring, insightful, and persuasive, The Confidence Code shows that by acting on our best instincts and by daring to be authentic, women can feel the transformative power of a life on confidence.

About the Author

Katty Kay is the anchor of BBC World News America, based in Washington, DC. She is also a frequent contributor to Meet the Press and Morning Joe and a regular guest host for The Diane Rehm Show on NPR. She’s the author, along with Claire Shipman, of two New York Times bestsellers, Womenomics: Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better and The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know. In addition to her work on women’s issues, Katty has covered the Clinton administration sex scandal, four presidential elections, and the wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. She was at the Pentagon just twenty minutes after a hijacked plane flew into the building on 9/11—one of her most vivid journalistic memories is of interviewing soldiers still visibly shaking from the attack. Katty grew up all over the Middle East, where her father was posted as a British diplomat. She studied modern languages at Oxford and is a fluent French and Italian speaker with some “rusty Japanese.” Katty juggles her journalism with raising four children with her husband, a consultant. Visit Katty online at www.theconfidencecode.com.

Buy it at the start of the summer and we’ll see you in September.  Once you have signed up to the book session, we will give you access to a page with a note-taking download, a prompt sheet and a questionnaire to lead you through the book.

Love x

About the Hampshire Wedding Club

HELLO!

Do you see value in joining a group of like-minded wedding entrepreneurs?  People who work together to elevate each other, and each other’s businesses? Highlighting the amazing capabilities we have in the Hampshire Wedding Industry?  Creating a compelling and inspiring online destination for couples choosing to marry in Hampshire. Growing our connections and businesses together with integrity and originality.  Collaboration and unity is the future, competition and isolation the past. We look forward to seeing you soon…

OUR KEY MESSAGES FOR BRIDES

The Hampshire Wedding Club help couples planning a wedding in our glorious county to tell their own love story by gathering the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

Hampshire offers endless opportunities for couples to celebrate their marriage, but it can be difficult to locate trusted, local wedding specialists ~ The Hampshire Wedding Club helps couples planning a Hampshire Wedding to find the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

The Hampshire Wedding Club enables couples to find trusted wedding specialists, whatever theme of wedding they are planning ~ We have over 10 years of industry experience and only recommend talent we have worked with and trust implicitly.

The Hampshire Wedding Club is a place to be inspired and share ideas ~ Our regular features and events hosted by industry experts are a place to meet both wedding specialists and other couples.

ABOUT TASHA

If I was to share a few simple truths with you, they’d be that I think everything happens for a reason, a cake can be eaten at any time of the day and I’ve always dreamed of living by the sea but seagulls get on my nerves. However, I also believe that in life, you should always be courageous. That’s why I started The Hampshire Wedding Club. I’ve been a wedding photographer for years and I adore how passionate my industry is and how inspiring the creative people around me are. Before I started my own photography company Ikonworks, I worked for international brands such as Verizon, Porsche, Game and Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an executive assistant. The perfect grounding for starting up and running my own show – multitasking, organising and attention to detail is in my DNA.

But here’s the thing, above all I subscribe to the mantra that doing what you love makes you happy. So seeing a gap in the wedding industry, I thought it was high time I started pulling together the fantastic creatives and professionals I’ve worked with. I wanted to create an interactive, inspiring and beautiful online portfolio for brides and grooms that not only showcases all the fabulous wedding industry talent we have in Hampshire but also acts as a revolutionary social space and digital lookbook for wedding creatives. That’s how The Hampshire Wedding Club was born.

When I am not shooting weddings, hosting events or running The Hampshire Wedding Club, I’m Tasha who is married to Martin and mum to Sam and Abby – our two lovely, funny, feisty kids. Most days you’ll find me surgically attached to my desk or curating love stories through a lens but I can often be found on the side of a rugby pitch or grabbing a quick coffee before going on a webinar. I can’t survive without coffee.

The Abbotstone Club is situated in a recently converted barn in the middle of stunning Hampshire countryside, and provides collaborative coworking workspace for the HWC.

At the moment, we are opening once a month on a Monday, on a trial basis to see how everything develops, but we are hugely confident this will become a much LOVED and utilised environment and space.

Basically we are taking modern co-working and dedicating it to you – the Hampshire wedding industry.

Our incredible member contemporary cake designer CakeBuds is hosting an exclusive tasting day
Being held at her headquarters on Saturday 19th October

APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED – PLEASE CALL TO BOOK WITH Liz or one of the team

Your Tasting Consultation is a fantastic opportunity for us to meet and discuss the design of your wedding cake in relation to the size, shape and decoration. You can look at my display cakes to get a feel for what certain cake decorating techniques look like in real life and most importantly you will be able to taste a selection of cake flavours from my menu.

A Tasting Consultation for 2 people costs £30 and includes:

• A one hour session
• 3 cake flavours of your choice
• 1 surprise cake flavour of my choice
• Tea/coffee
• A mini bottle of Prosecco for each of you to enjoy at your consultation (or to take away with you to enjoy later)
• 3 hand drawn cake sketches with accurate quotes sent to you within 7 days following your consultation. This will help you to visualise what your wedding cake will look like and to take away some of the guess work! If you go ahead and book your wedding cake with me following a Tasting Consultation, the £30 fee will be deducted from your final balance.

Why should brides and couples attend?
This is a great opportunity for couples to not only meet me, to ensure I’m the right cake maker for them, but also to sample a selection of my cakes to ensure they are happy with the quality and flavours before deciding to book their wedding cake with me.

Are you providing any special offers to attendees?
If couples book their wedding cake with me following a Tasting Consultation the £30 consultation fee will be deducted from the final balance.

This is definitely an event not to miss!
Sunday by appointment only

Email us on info@cakebuds.co.uk to make your personal appointment.

Is there a ticket price? If, so how much?
A Tasting Consultation Costs £30 per couple. Additional guests can attend at a cost of £5 per person, with a maximum of 4 people attending a consultation. Additional flavours are available at a cost of £10 per flavour. If you go ahead and book your wedding cake with me following your Tasting Consultation the £30 fee will be deducted from your final balance.

Liz ~X~

“What a cake! Liz created the most beautiful wedding cake for our winter wedding. She really listened to our thoughts when we first met and designed a really unique cake with so much texture and a look that really felt like us. Not to mention it tasted amazing!  The design process to the finished product was so cool to see because she really stayed true to the vision she had. Everyone also said that the cake was simply stunning! Thank you so much – you are incredibly talented!! x” ~ Jodie

Image Credit – Lahu wedding photography

Join us for a Cup of Social Coffee

I found the inspiration to create this event after a very overdue catch up with a dear friend of mine visiting from Sweden.  She told me how much she loved the way her new wedding industry colleagues did the “social thing”.  She left the UK to live in Stockholm with her husband just after they married, and she says she is NEVER coming back… I believe her, she radiates such glorious happiness these days.

She said that they preferred not to translate a very traditional word “fika” because they don’t want it to lose the significance and for it to become a mere coffee break. She said it was one of the first words she was taught, right after tack (thank you), and hej (hello).

She said that we were really bad at Fika, and she said that I should change that within this awesome group we were building for both brides and suppliers.

So we are planning something that is much more than just having a coffee.  We want to create a legitimate reason to set aside monthly moments for quality time talking all things wedding, time to support you with your questions, concerns, and frustrations.

I love the fact that she said Fika can happen at any time, morning as well as evening. It can be savoured at home, at work or in a café. It can be with colleagues, family, friends, or someone you are trying to get to know. It is a tradition observed frequently, preferably several times a day.  AMAZING!

She also said that it should also be accompanied by sweet treats… Cakes and cookies are ideal.  She said that Swedes appreciate the good things in life.

Just after Charley left I got an email from a friend, which further confirmed why something like this is needed.  I have asked her if it would be ok to share a little section with you;

“We are getting married in August, (my boyfriend proposed 10 months ago on my birthday), and I was so excited.  What I thought was going to be a fun journey of excitement has turned into a complete nightmare. Everything guest lists related has turned horribly political, my mum-in-law has decided to vet everything we are planning, and is totally erasing the lovely girly side of planning a wedding…. I was really looking forward to planning, shopping, going on my hen weekend, making favours, but nobody is interested, and I literally have no one to talk to, bounce ideas off or just chat to.  My H2B’s (I had to look that up) sister is a bridesmaid (she’s 24).  She seemed excited for the first 10 minutes, but now really does not care. Even my Chief Bridesmaid is uninterested, she won’t organise a hen do, go look at bridesmaids dresses or come along to florist appts. She even asked me when the wedding was because she wanted to book a holiday and couldn’t remember. I feel like my only friend at the moment is my fiance, but with the way his Mum is being, I am starting to lose his interest as well.  He just wants an easy life as he has a full on job, not that I don’t.  Tash, I love what you are doing, but I want to find a way of getting together with more brides and do some girlie fun stuff.  Do you think you can have a go at organising something? Love you loads, Melly” xx

I am hoping that you don’t all feel like Melly, but I am sure there are elements of her experience that you can relate to.  When I put the below graphic on the home page to our brides’ website, I did not just shove a bunch of words together.  I honestly believe we as an industry must start to better support our clients in a community, and look after the connections we preciously nurture supporting you from the day you get engaged to the day you say I do, and beyond in some cases.

So if this sounds interesting, and you would love to come along then simply book a ticket so we can count our numbers, and we will see you there.  Any questions let us know.  Come and enjoy a cup of social coffee with us, or tea, or wine, or water.  We are here to support you.

Love

Tasha xx

Image credit – Angela Ward-Brown

Cafe Sessions guests ticket for October

Hotel Du Vin, Winchester

We are really excited to be hosting these fantastic cafe sessions events monthly.  The event kicks off at 10.00 for coffee and starts officially at 10.30.  We are delighted to provide tea and coffee and some nibbles. Join founder Tasha Newland at a meet-up for like-minded entrepreneurial Hampshire based wedding suppliers. Don’t be late getting your ticket.  See you there!

Topic

Creating and inspirational, effective and vibrant presence online.

Some of the topics covered throughout this month and at this cafe sessions are

How to work on having clarity, conviction and consistency, why listening to your limiting beliefs will reflect and affect your online engagement, how to talk to your ideal customers – beyond all the claptrap, why you should bring all of you to the table, why you should give yourself a chance to experiment, and how to communicate your unique values.

About the Hampshire Wedding Club

HELLO!

Do you see value in joining a group of like-minded wedding entrepreneurs?

People who work together to elevate each other, and each other’s businesses? Highlighting the amazing capabilities we have in the Hampshire Wedding Industry?

Creating a compelling and inspiring online destination for couples choosing to marry in Hampshire. Growing our connections and businesses together with integrity and originality.

Collaboration and unity is the future, competition and isolation the past. We look forward to seeing you soon…

OUR KEY MESSAGES FOR BRIDES

The Hampshire Wedding Club help couples planning a wedding in our glorious county to tell their own love story by gathering the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

Hampshire offers endless opportunities for couples to celebrate their marriage, but it can be difficult to locate trusted, local wedding specialists ~ The Hampshire Wedding Club helps couples planning a Hampshire Wedding to find the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

The Hampshire Wedding Club enables couples to find trusted wedding specialists, whatever theme of wedding they are planning ~ We have over 10 years of industry experience and only recommend talent we have worked with and trust implicitly.

The Hampshire Wedding Club is a place to be inspired and share ideas ~ Our regular features and events hosted by industry experts are a place to meet both wedding specialists and other couples.

ABOUT TASHA

If I was to share a few simple truths with you, they’d be that I think everything happens for a reason, cake can be eaten at any time of the day and I’ve always dreamed of living by the sea but seagulls get on my nerves. However, I also believe that in life, you should always be courageous. That’s why I started The Hampshire Wedding Club. I’ve been a wedding photographer for years and I adore how passionate my industry is and how inspiring the creative people around me are. Before I started my own photography company Ikonworks, I worked for international brands such as Verizon, Porsche, Game and Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an executive assistant. The perfect grounding for starting up and running my own show – multitasking, organising and attention to detail are in my DNA.

But here’s the thing, above all I subscribe to the mantra that doing what you love makes you happy. So seeing a gap in the wedding industry, I thought it was high time I started pulling together the fantastic creatives and professionals I’ve worked with. I wanted to create an interactive, inspiring and beautiful online portfolio for brides and grooms that not only showcases all the fabulous wedding industry talent we have in Hampshire, but also acts as a revolutionary social space and digital lookbook for wedding creatives. That’s how The Hampshire Wedding Club was born.

When I am not shooting weddings, hosting events or running The Hampshire Wedding Club, I’m Tasha who is married to Martin and mum to Sam and Abby – our two lovely, funny, feisty kids. Most days you’ll find me surgically attached to my desk or curating love stories through a lens but I can often be found on the side of a rugby pitch or grabbing a quick coffee before going on a webinar. I can’t survive without coffee.

Venue to be confirmed, October 24th 2019

I’ve been thinking a lot about my book club lately, and how its never quite gotten off the ground. It’s always something that I have felt needs justifying, or explaining. Made even worse by skimming over an article recently stating, “reading had become too social and how it should be a private experience”. What a bunch of bananas.

“Some of the busiest people on our planet are also avid readers. Reading sparks your creativity, helps you grow your understanding of complex problems. It grows you intellectually, while at the same time, reading is a very relaxing activity. But how do we make time to read? News articles report that we are reading less and less.

This months book is How to be an overnight success – making it in business by Maria Hatzistefanis (Founder and CEO of Rodial)

Here is a link to Amazon, although we support bookshops too!

About the book

Review

“You are not born an entrepreneur. It’s a skill that you learn along the way.”

When the skincare company Rodial launched its cult ‘snake’ serum, the press quickly called the business an ‘overnight success’. However, Rodial’s founder Maria Hatzistefanis had been toiling for 18 years, building the company from scratch in her bedroom. Now, the beauty boss sets out to demonstrate in this very accessible book that its success stemmed from sheer hard work, tireless efforts and a lot of patience.
Fashion-loving Maria set out with a dream to build a beauty business and – despite not excelling at school, and being fired from her first job – she has achieved it. She did it by dreaming big, working hard, surrounding herself with the best, taking risks, creating buzz and building her own personal brand, which is now a favourite with high-profile models and media personalities including Poppy Delevingne, Daisy Lowe and Kylie Jenner.

Buy it at the start of the summer and we’ll see you in September.  Once you have signed up to the book session, we will give you access to a page with a note-taking download, a prompt sheet and a questionnaire to lead you through the book.

Crucially, she believes anyone can do this and her book, brimming with good sense, great advice, tips and secrets – all presented in an easy, friendly style – shows how.

Love x

About the Hampshire Wedding Club

HELLO!

Do you see value in joining a group of like-minded wedding entrepreneurs?  People who work together to elevate each other, and each other’s businesses? Highlighting the amazing capabilities we have in the Hampshire Wedding Industry?  Creating a compelling and inspiring online destination for couples choosing to marry in Hampshire. Growing our connections and businesses together with integrity and originality.  Collaboration and unity is the future, competition and isolation the past. We look forward to seeing you soon…

OUR KEY MESSAGES FOR BRIDES

The Hampshire Wedding Club help couples planning a wedding in our glorious county to tell their own love story by gathering the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

Hampshire offers endless opportunities for couples to celebrate their marriage, but it can be difficult to locate trusted, local wedding specialists ~ The Hampshire Wedding Club helps couples planning a Hampshire Wedding to find the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

The Hampshire Wedding Club enables couples to find trusted wedding specialists, whatever theme of wedding they are planning ~ We have over 10 years of industry experience and only recommend talent we have worked with and trust implicitly.

The Hampshire Wedding Club is a place to be inspired and share ideas ~ Our regular features and events hosted by industry experts are a place to meet both wedding specialists and other couples.

ABOUT TASHA

If I was to share a few simple truths with you, they’d be that I think everything happens for a reason, a cake can be eaten at any time of the day and I’ve always dreamed of living by the sea but seagulls get on my nerves. However, I also believe that in life, you should always be courageous. That’s why I started The Hampshire Wedding Club. I’ve been a wedding photographer for years and I adore how passionate my industry is and how inspiring the creative people around me are. Before I started my own photography company Ikonworks, I worked for international brands such as Verizon, Porsche, Game and Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an executive assistant. The perfect grounding for starting up and running my own show – multitasking, organising and attention to detail is in my DNA.

But here’s the thing, above all I subscribe to the mantra that doing what you love makes you happy. So seeing a gap in the wedding industry, I thought it was high time I started pulling together the fantastic creatives and professionals I’ve worked with. I wanted to create an interactive, inspiring and beautiful online portfolio for brides and grooms that not only showcases all the fabulous wedding industry talent we have in Hampshire but also acts as a revolutionary social space and digital lookbook for wedding creatives. That’s how The Hampshire Wedding Club was born.

When I am not shooting weddings, hosting events or running The Hampshire Wedding Club, I’m Tasha who is married to Martin and mum to Sam and Abby – our two lovely, funny, feisty kids. Most days you’ll find me surgically attached to my desk or curating love stories through a lens but I can often be found on the side of a rugby pitch or grabbing a quick coffee before going on a webinar. I can’t survive without coffee.

MEMBERSHIP

You can find out about how to join the Hampshire Wedding Club here or by cutting and pasting this link http://bit.ly/Hello-howareyoutoday.

Join us for a Cup of Social Coffee

Image credit – Angela Ward-Brown

Cafe Sessions for November

Montagu Arms, Beaulieu

We are really excited to be hosting these fantastic cafe sessions events monthly.  The event kicks off at 10.00 for coffee and starts officially at 10.30.  We are delighted to provide tea and coffee and some nibbles. Join founder Tasha Newland at a meet-up for like-minded entrepreneurial Hampshire based wedding suppliers. Don’t be late getting your ticket.  See you there!

About the Hampshire Wedding Club

HELLO!

Do you see value in joining a group of like-minded wedding entrepreneurs?

People who work together to elevate each other, and each other’s businesses? Highlighting the amazing capabilities we have in the Hampshire Wedding Industry?

Creating a compelling and inspiring online destination for couples choosing to marry in Hampshire. Growing our connections and businesses together with integrity and originality.

Collaboration and unity is the future, competition and isolation the past. We look forward to seeing you soon…

OUR KEY MESSAGES FOR BRIDES

The Hampshire Wedding Club help couples planning a wedding in our glorious county to tell their own love story by gathering the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

Hampshire offers endless opportunities for couples to celebrate their marriage, but it can be difficult to locate trusted, local wedding specialists ~ The Hampshire Wedding Club helps couples planning a Hampshire Wedding to find the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

The Hampshire Wedding Club enables couples to find trusted wedding specialists, whatever theme of wedding they are planning ~ We have over 10 years of industry experience and only recommend talent we have worked with and trust implicitly.

The Hampshire Wedding Club is a place to be inspired and share ideas ~ Our regular features and events hosted by industry experts are a place to meet both wedding specialists and other couples.

ABOUT TASHA

If I was to share a few simple truths with you, they’d be that I think everything happens for a reason, cake can be eaten at any time of the day and I’ve always dreamed of living by the sea but seagulls get on my nerves. However, I also believe that in life, you should always be courageous. That’s why I started The Hampshire Wedding Club. I’ve been a wedding photographer for years and I adore how passionate my industry is and how inspiring the creative people around me are. Before I started my own photography company Ikonworks, I worked for international brands such as Verizon, Porsche, Game and Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an executive assistant. The perfect grounding for starting up and running my own show – multitasking, organising and attention to detail are in my DNA.

But here’s the thing, above all I subscribe to the mantra that doing what you love makes you happy. So seeing a gap in the wedding industry, I thought it was high time I started pulling together the fantastic creatives and professionals I’ve worked with. I wanted to create an interactive, inspiring and beautiful online portfolio for brides and grooms that not only showcases all the fabulous wedding industry talent we have in Hampshire, but also acts as a revolutionary social space and digital lookbook for wedding creatives. That’s how The Hampshire Wedding Club was born.

When I am not shooting weddings, hosting events or running The Hampshire Wedding Club, I’m Tasha who is married to Martin and mum to Sam and Abby – our two lovely, funny, feisty kids. Most days you’ll find me surgically attached to my desk or curating love stories through a lens but I can often be found on the side of a rugby pitch or grabbing a quick coffee before going on a webinar. I can’t survive without coffee.

Cafe Sessions Guests ticket for November

Hotel Du Vin, Winchester

We are really excited to be hosting these fantastic cafe sessions events monthly.  The event kicks off at 10.00 for coffee and starts officially at 10.30.  We are delighted to provide tea and coffee and some nibbles. Join founder Tasha Newland at a meet-up for like-minded entrepreneurial Hampshire based wedding suppliers. Don’t be late getting your ticket.  See you there!

Topic

Audits! Systems, focus, blend and productivity audits, why, how, what and when?

Some of the topics covered throughout this month and at this cafe sessions are

Discuss 15 productivity tips, how to create sustainable systems, having blend or balance – WTF is the difference, community over competition and why I believe in it so much, why your business needs a systems audit, dealing with inbox overwhelm and why you must treat your business like a business.

About the Hampshire Wedding Club

HELLO!

Do you see value in joining a group of like-minded wedding entrepreneurs?

People who work together to elevate each other, and each other’s businesses? Highlighting the amazing capabilities we have in the Hampshire Wedding Industry?

Creating a compelling and inspiring online destination for couples choosing to marry in Hampshire. Growing our connections and businesses together with integrity and originality.

Collaboration and unity is the future, competition and isolation the past. We look forward to seeing you soon…

OUR KEY MESSAGES FOR BRIDES

The Hampshire Wedding Club help couples planning a wedding in our glorious county to tell their own love story by gathering the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

Hampshire offers endless opportunities for couples to celebrate their marriage, but it can be difficult to locate trusted, local wedding specialists ~ The Hampshire Wedding Club helps couples planning a Hampshire Wedding to find the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

The Hampshire Wedding Club enables couples to find trusted wedding specialists, whatever theme of wedding they are planning ~ We have over 10 years of industry experience and only recommend talent we have worked with and trust implicitly.

The Hampshire Wedding Club is a place to be inspired and share ideas ~ Our regular features and events hosted by industry experts are a place to meet both wedding specialists and other couples.

ABOUT TASHA

If I was to share a few simple truths with you, they’d be that I think everything happens for a reason, cake can be eaten at any time of the day and I’ve always dreamed of living by the sea but seagulls get on my nerves. However, I also believe that in life, you should always be courageous. That’s why I started The Hampshire Wedding Club. I’ve been a wedding photographer for years and I adore how passionate my industry is and how inspiring the creative people around me are. Before I started my own photography company Ikonworks, I worked for international brands such as Verizon, Porsche, Game and Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an executive assistant. The perfect grounding for starting up and running my own show – multitasking, organising and attention to detail are in my DNA.

But here’s the thing, above all I subscribe to the mantra that doing what you love makes you happy. So seeing a gap in the wedding industry, I thought it was high time I started pulling together the fantastic creatives and professionals I’ve worked with. I wanted to create an interactive, inspiring and beautiful online portfolio for brides and grooms that not only showcases all the fabulous wedding industry talent we have in Hampshire, but also acts as a revolutionary social space and digital lookbook for wedding creatives. That’s how The Hampshire Wedding Club was born.

When I am not shooting weddings, hosting events or running The Hampshire Wedding Club, I’m Tasha who is married to Martin and mum to Sam and Abby – our two lovely, funny, feisty kids. Most days you’ll find me surgically attached to my desk or curating love stories through a lens but I can often be found on the side of a rugby pitch or grabbing a quick coffee before going on a webinar. I can’t survive without coffee.

Venue to be confirmed, November 28th 2019

I’ve been thinking a lot about my book club lately, and how its never quite gotten off the ground. It’s always something that I have felt needs justifying, or explaining. Made even worse by skimming over an article recently stating, “reading had become too social and how it should be a private experience”. What a bunch of bananas.

“Some of the busiest people on our planet are also avid readers. Reading sparks your creativity, helps you grow your understanding of complex problems. It grows you intellectually, while at the same time, reading is a very relaxing activity. But how do we make time to read? News articles report that we are reading less and less.

This months book is A tribe called bliss; breakthrough superficial friendships, create real connections, reach your highest potential

Here is a link to Amazon, although we support bookshops too!

About the book

The benefits of having a tribe are undeniable. Women with strong social circles are living longer, happier, and healthier lives compared to those who lack connections. Today, we live in an über-connected era, in which anyone is able to make thousands of friends with the swipe of a finger—yet the way we are connecting leaves us feeling mistrustful of women, jealous, disempowered, fearful, misunderstood, and ultimately defeated. We are often left believing that success is a solo, isolating endeavour or, worse, that it is reserved only for the ruthless, physically blessed, or self-absorbed.

Inspired by Lori’s own journey through loss, loneliness, and disconnection and her fears of remaining an outsider and of never reaching her dreams, A Tribe Called Bliss details how Lori shed unfulfilling, surface-level friendships and discovered her untapped potential. Step by step, she lights the way to show you how you can achieve deep, meaningful relationships that accelerate and support your highest potential while providing the tools to ensure unshakable faith in yourself and your journey.

A Tribe Called Bliss is the way to lock in lasting, positive change and connect you to your soul’s calling once and for all. This practical, timely book is for everyone seeking to discover her authentic calling, release her fears, and reach her next level. Lori provides the tools and contextual self-work exercises to develop the self-awareness and mindfulness that is the key to a lifetime of blissful happiness.

Come join Lori Harder and embrace a new way of being, belonging, and building community by forming your own tribe . . . A Tribe Called Bliss.

Review

In this book, Lori offers a step-by-step guide to lifetime connection, sisterhood, and support. We can’t do big work in the world without a little help! The pathway to success requires a community, and Lori is committed to helping others create one of their own. But these days finding a tribe can be very overwhelming because many of us live in less tightly knit communities and spend so much of our time online. It’s easy to feel disconnected and separate from others. That’s why Lori’s book is so important. A Tribe Called Bliss will hook you up with the spiritually rooted friendships you long for and the support you need to live up to your highest potential.  GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN
Owner/CEO Gabrielle Bernstein, #1 New York Times Best Selling Author, International Speaker, and Spirit Junkie

About the author

Lori Harder is a leading expert in the field of fitness, transformational work, mindfulness, and self-love. As a self-made millionaire, successful entrepreneur, network marketing professional, author, cover model, and three-time fitness world champion, she offers a carefully curated set of practical tools to promote sustainable health, spiritual well-being, and financial freedom. She is the creator of the Earn Your Happy podcast and the author of A Tribe Called Bliss.

Love x

About the Hampshire Wedding Club

HELLO!

Do you see value in joining a group of like-minded wedding entrepreneurs?  People who work together to elevate each other, and each other’s businesses? Highlighting the amazing capabilities we have in the Hampshire Wedding Industry?  Creating a compelling and inspiring online destination for couples choosing to marry in Hampshire. Growing our connections and businesses together with integrity and originality.  Collaboration and unity is the future, competition and isolation the past. We look forward to seeing you soon…

OUR KEY MESSAGES FOR BRIDES

The Hampshire Wedding Club help couples planning a wedding in our glorious county to tell their own love story by gathering the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

Hampshire offers endless opportunities for couples to celebrate their marriage, but it can be difficult to locate trusted, local wedding specialists ~ The Hampshire Wedding Club helps couples planning a Hampshire Wedding to find the most unique and extraordinary wedding specialists in the area.

The Hampshire Wedding Club enables couples to find trusted wedding specialists, whatever theme of wedding they are planning ~ We have over 10 years of industry experience and only recommend talent we have worked with and trust implicitly.

The Hampshire Wedding Club is a place to be inspired and share ideas ~ Our regular features and events hosted by industry experts are a place to meet both wedding specialists and other couples.

ABOUT TASHA

If I was to share a few simple truths with you, they’d be that I think everything happens for a reason, a cake can be eaten at any time of the day and I’ve always dreamed of living by the sea but seagulls get on my nerves. However, I also believe that in life, you should always be courageous. That’s why I started The Hampshire Wedding Club. I’ve been a wedding photographer for years and I adore how passionate my industry is and how inspiring the creative people around me are. Before I started my own photography company Ikonworks, I worked for international brands such as Verizon, Porsche, Game and Morgan Stanley for 16 years as an executive assistant. The perfect grounding for starting up and running my own show – multitasking, organising and attention to detail is in my DNA.

But here’s the thing, above all I subscribe to the mantra that doing what you love makes you happy. So seeing a gap in the wedding industry, I thought it was high time I started pulling together the fantastic creatives and professionals I’ve worked with. I wanted to create an interactive, inspiring and beautiful online portfolio for brides and grooms that not only showcases all the fabulous wedding industry talent we have in Hampshire but also acts as a revolutionary social space and digital lookbook for wedding creatives. That’s how The Hampshire Wedding Club was born.

When I am not shooting weddings, hosting events or running The Hampshire Wedding Club, I’m Tasha who is married to Martin and mum to Sam and Abby – our two lovely, funny, feisty kids. Most days you’ll find me surgically attached to my desk or curating love stories through a lens but I can often be found on the side of a rugby pitch or grabbing a quick coffee before going on a webinar. I can’t survive without coffee.

MEMBERSHIP

You can find out about how to join the Hampshire Wedding Club here or by cutting and pasting this link http://bit.ly/Hello-howareyoutoday.