Wednesday 2 December 2015

THE WINNING FORMULA!

This year, we decided to take the gigantic step of entering into the Kent Wedding Awards.  We had to submit 1000 words telling them all about our business, who we are, what we do,  how we started.  We also submitted samples of our ever popular 'Football Kit' stationery, 'Destinationery' for our couples getting married abroad and lots of other samples of previous and current designs.  The winners of the awards were announced at a ceremony in mid-November and WE WON!  We are now the proud owners of a beautiful trophy made of solid glass and a lovely silver star, engraved with Pennies from Heaven Designs as winners of the 'Stationery and Favours' category for 2015.  We are obviously so thankful but also chuffed to bits we won.  We have served well over 100 couples in the three short years we have been creating and it looks like 2016 will be yet another busy year for us.  So, we would like to thank you all so much for your support and hope that we can continue to give value for money and good service we are known for.  Now for showing off our trophy - how beautiful is this?! 

Friday 13 November 2015

And here's the news .....!


We have good news and bad news, first the bad news.  We do apologise for any inconvenience but we are closing for the whole of December.  We will be available to answer enquiries and securing bookings, however, we will not be processing any orders until January 2016.  The first half of the year is most definitely our busiest and our diary is filling fast so if you need wedding stationery, it is best to enquire sooner rather than leave it - we don't like to disappoint.
Ways to contact us:
penniesfromheaven@virginmedia.com
www.facebook.com/penniesfromheavendesigns
And here's the good news!  Last night it was announced that we are The Kent Wedding Awards' Wedding Stationers of the Year!  We have worked tirelessly for nearly three years building our family business and we are so appreciative of this award. Although unfortunately we could not attend, we know it was a great event and there are some very worthy winners.  For all details, here's their website http://www.kentweddingawards.co.uk/winners.htm
So thank you to all friends, family and our fellow wedding suppliers for all your support.  We will endeavour to continue the high standard of service we have set and look forward to working with you, for you in the coming year.
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Christmas is-a-coming!


And weddings don't stop there!  
We have a couple of not exactly Christmas weddings, more 'winter' themed.  The nearer one to Christmas we created in the summer.  How bizarre concentrating on snowflakes and silver glitter invitations in the hot weather?!
We were really proud of these creations, they also wanted inspiration from Beauty and the Beast.
Very close up day inviteWe are sure we succeeded as we know the Bride & Groom-to-be, Abby & Daniel, were pleased as punch with their wedding stationery.  And now we are creating co-ordinating table stationery for their day to be held at Cooling Castle Barn here in Kent.
Front of suites
Here are some photos of their wedding stationery.  They were semi-pocketfolds with embossed snowflakes on the front and inside, finished with diamantes, a beautiful rich purple ribbon and stunning snowflake diamante embellishment.
Invite suites
We really enjoyed creating them as we love 'winter' too and now we look forward to creating their Table Stationery.

Welcome to our world ....


Welcome to our brand new blog for our little wedding stationery business, Pennies from Heaven Designs. We will be showing you our latest makes, sharing tips on choosing your perfect stationery and giving you tips to help you with table stationery.  We have been running this little cottage industry for nearly 3 years now.  We are a husband and wife team - Daren is a Graphic Designer with over 25 years experience and I have been papercrafting, making cards and other pieces of art for over 12 years. In the height of the recession, times were tough and over the years we often had thought about what business to start together.  Why ever didn't we think of stationery before?! I literally sat up in bed one November and shouted "wedding stationery"!!! I had every faith we could make it a success with the aid of Facebook and Twitter although Daren was less convinced! However, I started to research and research and eventually Mr Halfpenny said YES!! And so on 1st January 2013 Pennies from Heaven was born. It's been a long hard slog, working many hours of every day including weekends but it's been so worth it so far.  We have now exhibited at a few wedding fairs here in Kent which have been really enjoyable, especially getting to know other wedding suppliers.  So, so far so good! Thank you for reading, please feel free to follow and enjoy the wedding stationery journey with us.