Simply Charitable: We support The Sick Children's Trust

Simply Bows and Chair Covers work with many local charities to help them raise funds and make their events look spectacular!

Kristy Giblin who manages our West Northumberland and Cumbria office is also a member of the fundraising committee at Crawford House ran by The Sick Children's Trust as it is a charity close to her heart and has worked to raise nearly £2000 for them over the last year.

Kristy was invited along by The Sick Children's Trust to represent Simply Bows and Chair Covers at the Real Radio Xmas Party live with presenters Gary and Lisa on the air on Friday 16th December where they were raising funds for the charity and what fun she had.... She met some fabulous celebrities and chatted on the radio explaining what a great charity The Sick Children's Trust was and what people could do to show their support.

Gary and Lisa’s All Day Christmas Party was a sensational 12 hour marathon show in front of a live studio audience followed by The Three Wise Legends Christmas Special all to raise money for Crawford House.

Across the day Gary and Lisa were joined by Little Mix, Bob Mortimer, Michael Crawford, Amelia lily, Joe McElderry, Denise Welsh, Matthew Kelly, Liz McLarnon, Run Geordie Run and a host of other regional stars.

It was fun, it was family, it was North East. And a total of nearly £12k was raised!

 And here are a few photo's from the day....

The Little Mix Girls enter the studio

Gary and Lisa (The Real Radio presenters) with Caroline from The Sick Children's Trust and Kristy Giblin

Caroline from The Sick Children's Trust and our own Kristy Giblin

Jade and Perry from Little Mix signing The Sick Children's Trust Tshirts

Kristy on the microphone

Simply Hitched: A Simply Bows Real Bride: Lyndsey

Congrats to Simply Bows and Chair Covers' Real Bride Lyndsey and her new husband Chris, who got married at one of our favourite venues - Wynyard Hall.  We adored Lyndsey's fun and quirky wedding style and wanted to share it with you! 

Chris and I are both from the same home town Sunderland.  Two years ago we decided to make the move to the other side of the world and now live in Sydney, Australia. When Chris proposed on Christmas Day 2009 we both knew that in our hearts we wanted be married back at home in the North East with all our family and friends.  Although Sydney is a beautiful place we really love the rich heritage and beautiful grand buildings the UK has to offer.  When I first saw pictures of Wynyard Hall we knew instantly that it was the venue for us, just stunning. 

Wynyard Hall

Planning a wedding is never an easy task, but doing it over 10,000 miles away is even harder. We came back to UK 9 months before our wedding to meet with suppliers I had shortlisted online.  We met with Lucinda from Simply Bows and Chair Covers and we instantly knew that we were in good hands.  With lots of previous experience working with our Wynyard Hall we knew everything would be taken care of. 

Lucinda made the distance really easy to manage with prompt email communication and took the pressure away by dealing direct with the venue.  Lucinda had all the finishing touches from linen, charger plates, chair covers to fairy lights to make the venue look even more magical.   

We chose a silver theme as we wanted something sophisticated and complimentary to the venue decor.   Lucinda recommended some diamante brooches for our chair covers which added that finishing touch. We then carried the diamante theme through our wedding to add that glam touch. 

We also wanted to have a bit of fun by incorporated an Australian theme to the day too.....

Chris and the ushers arrived in a fantastic 1965 splitscreen combi camper van from Lovedubcars whilst our guest favours were personalised silver flip flops for the ladies and an Australian beer and stubby cooler for the guys.  

The day was just perfect and I would definitely recommend Lucinda and Simply Bows and Chair Covers to anybody getting married.  The finishing touches really made a difference and I cannot thank her and the Simply team enough! A class act!

Would you like Simply Bows and Chair Covers to make your wedding extra special? Contact us now for more information via our website contact page.