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Ten years of memories

ten years of memories This year marks 10 years since Hanami Dream was founded. Each month in the build up to the 10th birthday of Hanami Dream in July 2024, I'm taking a look at how the business has...

Ten years of achievements

ten more years of experience and accolades This year marks 10 years since Hanami Dream was founded. Each month in the build up to the 10th birthday of Hanami Dream in July 2024, I'm taking a look at...

Ten years of blogging

ten years of blogging This year marks 10 years since Hanami Dream was founded. Each month in the build up to the 10th birthday of Hanami Dream in July 2024, I'm taking a look at how the business has...

Back to school – the ABCs of the leap day

happy leap day There’s an extra day to play with this year as 2024 is a leap year. So we will have the pleasure of the 29th February for the first time again in four years. (Not sure I was that...

Top Autumn 2024 colours from Pantone®

Crazy weather I'm beginning to think that the warmer weather of last week was 'false spring' and led me in to a false sense of warmer months being imminent. Because this week, we are back to the...

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Celebrating 10 years of Hanami Dream

Celebrating 10 years of Hanami Dream

where it all started This year marks 10 years since Hanami Dream was founded and it has evolved quite a bit since those first few tentative steps in to working for myself. For starters, the logo looked a bit busier and more floral back then, plus the focus of Hanami...

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Thank you, January!

Thank you, January!

wish it had been longer I feel a bit cheated out of the whole of this month. With the children going back to school later than usual I lost one and a half weeks at the beginning of the month before I could even hit the ground running. I heard lots of people saying...

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1924 vs 2024

1924 vs 2024

trends through the decades I love looking back through the decades at trends and events (even the recent past) which can provide such inspiration and insight. Previously, I looked at real weddings over the years in my 'weddings through the decades' series on my...

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Wedding venue review: The Upton Firehouse

Wedding venue review: The Upton Firehouse

The Upton Firehouse wedding reception venue I had the pleasure of visiting the Upton Firehouse socially in the build up to Christmas last year and was blown away by the quality of the food. As someone with (sometimes tricky) dietary requirements I'm often nervous...

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Wedding venue review: Ashmolean Museum

Wedding venue review: Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum wedding venue review You'd be forgiven if you didn't realise that you could get married at the magnificent Ashmolean Museum in Oxford - there are some wonderful unknown venue options on offer right on our doorsteps. Licensed wedding venues In 1995,...

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Wedding venue review: Caswell House

Wedding venue review: Caswell House

Caswell House wedding venue Caswell House is a wedding venue that almost needs no introduction due to its overwhelming popularity. A beautiful one stop wedding shop, where you are taken in hand and don’t need to worry about anything. The day I looked round started as...

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Ten years of memories

Ten years of memories

ten years of memories This year marks 10 years since Hanami Dream was founded. Each month in the build up to the 10th birthday of Hanami Dream in July 2024, I'm taking a look at how the business has changed and different aspects that have shaped the business to where...

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Ten years of achievements

Ten years of achievements

ten more years of experience and accolades This year marks 10 years since Hanami Dream was founded. Each month in the build up to the 10th birthday of Hanami Dream in July 2024, I'm taking a look at how the business has changed and different aspects that have shaped...

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