Nervous about the big day? Here’s a special weekend to help you plan your wedding

    [caption id="attachment_2707" align="alignright" width="250"] Getting hitched? Get yourself on a wedding planner weekend to find out just how it's all done![/caption]     The sun is shining and it's wedding season! Of course wedding season 2011 is well underway, so we're talking about couples getting married in 2012! Yes, planning a wedding takes time, there's the guest list, the venue, the actual ceremony, the dress, the bridesmaids and their outfits, the rings, the cake, the music, the meal, the party afterwards..all this has to be organised and often well in advance. So, to get you on the right...

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Royal wedding done, Father’s Day done..so what’s the next celebration?

We've waved little plastic Union Jacks at the young royals, we've send Dad of tank driving for Father's Day and now we're wondering what the next thing to celebrate is...why, wedding season of course! [caption id="attachment_2697" align="alignright" width="250"] We're coming up for fun on wedding season and what wedding gifts will you be buying?[/caption] Lily Allen got hitched the other weekend and continued the Middleton theme of having a two-dress wedding (one for the ceremony and one for the reception dahlings) and next up is Kate Moss. Back in the 'real world' we're gearing up for a plethora of friends,...

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A picture tells a thousand stories…

[caption id="attachment_2685" align="alignleft" width="250"] What's left of the camera found washed up on the beach[/caption] Whilst munching our Coco Pops of a morning (other cereals are available) there's nothing we like more than catching up on a bit of news. Not all that doom and gloom stuff, but rather the unusual stories that make us raise our eyebrows. And here's one we spotted the other day that caught our eye. A man walking along a beach in Santa Cruz spotted what something shiny amongst the driftwood on the beach and realised it was a broken piece of camera. He found...

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Forget the Olympic Games, here’s some proper fun to be had in London!

[caption id="attachment_2676" align="alignright" width="250"] Beach volleyball at the Olympic Games - you didn't think we were going to use a pic of bikini-clad women did you?![/caption] We're guessing that like us, you didn't get lucky in the great lottery for 2012 Olympic Games tickets. No need to be glum, we've got a whole host of new ways to have fun and see the sights in London. Forget getting sand in your toes at the Beach Volleyball or craning your neck watching the divers jump from the 10m diving board - it's time for some serious fun, London style! Recently added...

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Margaretta and Peter’s day out with their feathered friends!

[caption id="attachment_2648" align="alignright" width="320"] Margaretta and her 'best gift ever' falconry day in Kent![/caption] Falconry is one of the all-time most popular gifts on Into the Blue, so we were delighted when Margaretta emailed to tell us all about her falconry day in Kent. Phrases like 'The best gift ever' and 'We learned such a lot' make us feel all warm and cosy inside, because it means we have one very happy Into the Blue customer! Margaretta even sent us some piccies of her and hubby's big day out and it looks like they had great fun meeting the owls...

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