Come & Visit Us at Doonbeg Golf Club

This Year on Saturday the 12th of December & Sunday the 13th of December, the Courtyard of the Lodge at Doonbeg Golf Club will be transformed into a Wonderful old World town square, a Christmas market following in the grand tradition of cities like Vienna, Munich & Prague, featuring stalls stocked with retail items ranging from fine wares to handmade crafts and Christmas treats. It is your chance to enjoy stress free shopping in a traditional festive environment.

We will be there with a wide range of festive wreaths, bouquets and table arrangements , so why not drop by and say Hello, we would love to see you. Admission is FREE and there will also be Carol Singers and of course the man himself will be there to keep the younger ones Happy!

The Market will be open from 10am - 8pm in Saturday the 12th of December

and from 10am - 6pm on Sunday the 13th.

Looking Forward to Seeing You!

Easy Christmas Bouquet Idea

Recently, I have heard lots of Brides discussing the merits of having flowers for a Christmas Wedding and should they be silk or real as many florists seem to have problems supplying them. Personally I never had a problem with getting flowers at Christmas time, but when I came across this idea, I just had to share it with you as I think it is easy enough for most people to chance making themselves and can be made way in advance and you could even scent it if you are organised enough! I think it would only be enhanced by adding some flowers to it (silk or real) white roses, orchids or even carnations would be beautiful and of course you could colour co-ordinate the ribbons to match your colours. To scent the pine cones you would need to have them at least 8 weeks in advance of when you want to make the bouquets, put them into a shoe box lined with a roll of cotton wool and add some drops of essentail oil in the scent that you like, you can get a cinnamon scent, rose scent, pine etc. Cover them with some more cotton wool and leave in a hot press or somewhere warm, take out every couple of weeks and top up the scent, after a few weeks they will maintain the scent, these are also really good for christmas potpourri.
Then simply wire the pine cones and group together to make the bouquet, add some pretty lace and some ribbons and you're good to go! You could also have your florist make these up for you, any good florist should be able to do them. And of course you can keep them and use them as christmas decorations next year!

Easy Christmas Centerpiece

Materials Required:

■Cylindrical vase or clean empty can
■Two sided tape (found at most hardware or scrapbooking stores)
■Rubber band
■Candy canes
■Wide ribbon (must be wider than rubber band)
■Roses
Instructions:

1.Wrap the two sided tape around the vase/can once approximately halfway down the vase/can. (The two sided tape will help keep the candy canes from sliding out from under the rubber band.)
2.Slide rubber band around the vase/can.
3.Begin inserting the candy cans behind the rubber band.
4.Tie the ribbon around the vase/can taking care to cover the rubber band with the ribbon.
5.Fill with water and arrange roses.
Another “Bride Idea”: Use mini candy canes and baby food jars or small fruit cup cans to create small individual vases which can serve as place cards. Just attach a label with your guests’ names to the ribbon

Winter Wonderland anyone?

Ooooooh! O.K. so I admit, I love Christmas! and although I love the summer and the sunshine it's somehow nice to get back to crisp cold days with a lovely fire inside! (although I do hate the rain!!) But this time of year I get alot of brides asking about Christmas weddings and winter themes, what can we do to make it different? Well you can do alot! You can go for a lovely silver and blue theme as above or an equally beautiful red and gold theme (maybe I will do that tomorrow? Check back!) And although I think that the picture on the bottom left (with all the Christmas trees) is a little in the extreme, you could achieve something a bit more subtle by using the same idea. let your imagination run wild! Think Fog machines, and lighting effects with snowflake filters, beautiful iridesent snowflakes on the tables and lots of fairy lights. You can make beautiful and not very expensive table centers by using some of the plants that are available such as small christmas trees with snow or gittered finish and put lots of pincecones and t lights around the base of them, If they come in plain pots just spray paint them in a colour to match your scheme. Or how about some nice glass hurricane jars filled with baubles and fairylights? Put a cracker at each place setting and you could also pick up some inexpensive chocolates in the shape of christmas trees or snowmen (the type that you hang on trees) and tie one to each napkin with a piece of ribbon. Of course if it all seems like it's just too much work, we would be happy to do it for you! Check back tomorrow for the red and gold theme!