Champink Weddings & Events

02/10/2023

It’s time to say goodbye….. 💕

After 12 years of wedding planning we have decided to say goodbye to Champink.

A business we have loved and grown and enjoyed every moment working together side by side. We have had highs and lows, but working together has been a dream come true. However we have decided now is the time to move on.

Since the pandemic so many small businesses have suffered and at this time we both went on to other opportunities and taken on different job roles which can be both demanding and time consuming.
Last year, post pandemic, was our busiest year to date, endless nights and weekends away from our families. The pandemic really made us think what is important in life.

It’s with this in mind we want to make the most of our time with our children, to watch them grow, strive, make memories and achieve great things just like we did with Champink.

Being a wedding planner is really hard work but so so rewarding, we have had some amazing couples throughout the years, some we will cherish for life.

We want to take this opportunity to also thank some of the amazing suppliers we have worked with, especially Lee Rushby Sara Carlin Maya Kemp
Sara Erasmus Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa
And the lovely Tracy Butterfield and and so many more.

It’s an end of an era, but the start of a new one. It’s been a pleasure

With so much love 💗

Jo & Sarah ###x

02/10/2023

It’s time to say goodbye….. 💕

After 12 years of wedding planning we have decided to say goodbye to Champink.

A business we have loved and grown and enjoyed every moment working together side by side. We have had highs and lows, but working together has been a dream come true. However we have decided now is the time to move on.

Since the pandemic so many small businesses have suffered and at this time we both went on to other opportunities and taken on different job roles which can be both demanding and time consuming.
Last year, post pandemic, was our busiest year to date, endless nights and weekends away from our families. The pandemic really made us think what is important in life.

It’s with this in mind we want to make the most of our time with our children, to watch them grow, strive, make memories and achieve great things just like we did with Champink.

Being a wedding planner is really hard work but so so rewarding, we have had some amazing couples throughout the years, some we will cherish for life.

We want to take this opportunity to also thank some of the amazing suppliers we have worked with, especially Lee sara Maya
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And the lovely Tracey Butterfield and and so many more.

It’s an end of an era, but the start of a new one. It’s been a pleasure

With so much love

Jo & Sarah ###x

28/12/2022

Sarah and I would like to extend our best wishes to you all across the festive season 🥂🍾

It’s been a rollercoaster year for us, starting with the joy of Sarah giving birth to her little miracle baby Georgie after a pretty hard fertility journey and rough pregnancy, but she’s 8 months old now and doing great!

Like any small business it’s been hard coming out of a Pandemic which really hit the hospitality and wedding sectors. Which meant we both had to take on additional working roles to work alongside Champink and our families.

We did have a very busy summer with many of our couples finally getting to enjoy their special day, and it’s been great to share their journeys with them leading up to and on the big day and wish them the best for the future 💞

We were able to go back to some amazing venues and work with some of the best suppliers the UK has to offer. We haven’t had much time to be on the network circuit but appreciate all the suppliers who continue to recommend us. 🤗

Who knows what 2023 has to offer but we wish you lots of joy, happiness, love and above all kindness.

Love Jo & Sarah

20/09/2022

A throw back to last weekends wedding at the award winning

We worked alongside one of the best Jewish caterers who had a great team on the day plus beautiful staging and lighting from

The large mix of floral arrangements created a beautiful visual and scented masterpiece with the wow factor!

So much detail and planning went into delivering Eli & Robs special day, the sun shone down on the chuppah and the amazing mix of musicians had the guests dancing till midnight!

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08/09/2022

We are saddened to hear the news of the passing of our gracious Queen, Elizabeth ll 🕯 A lady who dedicated her whole life for our country and did so much good in the world and has left an amazing legacy. 💔

A beautiful lady, mother and grandmother, she will be sadly missed.

A sad day for the nation and across the world.

Our thoughts are with her family at this time. RIP Ma’am ❤️

“Grief is the price we pay for love” ~ Queen Elizabeth

21/08/2022

Our emails are currently down…..

Apologies if you have tried to email us recently, we have now reported it with our host and hopefully will be back up and running shortly.

Apologies if you have sent us an email and we have not responded, please can we ask you to resend it to [email protected] for the time being.

The joys of modern technology!! 😬

You can also message us through Facebook and Insta.

Apologies for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience

Champink HQ 💕

25/07/2022

𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝑔𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝒹 𝒶 𝓉𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝓊𝓍𝓊𝓇𝓎, 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒶 𝓌𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉.

It doesn’t have to be big bold statement pieces, but by adding small touches can really give a more sophisticated look and look very stylish and mixed with the right lighting can be romantic too 🥰

If you have a venue/room with so much character and features already, you really don’t want to take away from the charm of the room.

So think about your table centrepieces using tall or low displays, like gold candleabras or small gold stands for your floral displays, add gold t-light holders for extra glitz try: 👉🏻

You can also use gold cutlery, glassware and charger plates, check out 👉🏻

Also, incorporate it into your stationery including your menus, place cards and table plan.

Remember less is more 💛

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24/07/2022

𝑀𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒮𝒾𝓂𝓇𝒶𝓃 & 𝒜𝓃𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝑜𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝒶𝓎.
At the 23/7/22

We’ve had the pleasure of planning their wedding for the past two years, when they pandemic hit we had to push it back another year.

However we were finally delighted to welcome both Simran & Andrew and all their wedding guests from America this weekend for a beautiful historic English country wedding 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 💕

It’s always great when the wedding couple are so in love and relaxed and their wedding party were so much fun 🤩 we loved the American party vibe mixed with an indian fusion for the evening.

☀️ The sun was shining and their outdoor ceremony was emotional and heartwarming outside in the beautiful landscaped grounds, followed by cocktail hour, dinner and fireworks before the party got underway! 🍾🥂

We wish you both all the happiness in the world and for the future and wish them and their guests all a safe flight back to the states.

🌟 We couldn’t have pulled it off without a dream team of suppliers: thank you! Your all amazing 🥰
Flowers
Hair:
Photography:
Video
Crockery
Fireworks:
Bagpiper:
String trio:
Dhol drummers:
Dj:
Cake:
Nanny service:

13/06/2022

Congratulations to the newly weds Mr & Mrs Daniels 💕

We were so happy to be part of this lovely couples Jewish wedding at the yesterday.

It’s been an amazing and busy wedding journey with this lovely family and been great getting to know them all and seeing all the hard work and planning come together which turned into such a wonderful day! ☀️ we loved how their guests liked to party!

The sun shone down on their big day and we were joined by some amazing suppliers and a special thanks to the amazing florist who we couldn’t have done it without you and as always, waved your magic wand - the venue looked beautiful - thank you! 🥰

More pictures to follow!
we can’t wait to see the professional shots from 📷

💜 👈🏻 check out this fab stationer!

some amazing food served by the fab team at Itzik! 🍽

🎤 this band certainly got the party started! 🎵

04/05/2022

So you may have wondered why our socials have been a tad quite lately…… well this is the reason 👶🏻 💕🎀

We would like to introduce you to baby Georgie Nancy Porter born on St George’s Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Sarah and Spencer have waited many years for this little miracle and both Sarah and baby are doing well despite a few post pregnancy health issues 🥰

It’s been great having a new baby in the family and we are getting so much joy from her already and looking forward to making memories our mini Champinker!

26/01/2022

16/01/2022

𝒥𝒜𝒩𝒰𝒜𝑅𝒴 𝐵𝐿𝒰𝐸𝒮…. 💙

Happy new year!
It’s been a busy start to 2022, lots of client consultations taking place and final planning for our spring/summer weddings. ☀️

Today I’ve been getting ideas to incorporate Blue 💙 into a wedding, whilst keeping it romantic.

🔹Navy blue is a bold colour, so keeping it to a minimum is important. Mixing white flowers and finishing touches of gold or glass can really complement the colour and can be very luxurious.
🌸Blush pink can really tone down the bold colour whilst keeping it visible and traditional.
🦋My favourite is using more of a pastel blue, hydrangea flowers are great for this! Mixing it with the lilac and white and adding rustic wooden touches can keep it subtle, soft and romantic.
💧Sky blues are great if used as an ombré effect to mix with other shades of blue, this can be fun and matching your stationary and cake can complement the theme.

So don’t let your January be Blue, why not be creative, try different alternatives and visit a florist to start creating some ideas of your own.

𝐼’𝒹 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈, 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝒹𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓊𝓈 ☺️

23/12/2021

Great to be back today 🎄❤️

After postponing their wedding for another year we were delighted to meet our clients from America today to finally get the exciting wedding planning journey underway!

We can’t wait to host their wedding day next year at this beautiful historic English venue with some great suppliers including 🥂🍾

And wow check out the beautiful Christmas decor 😍

Merry Christmas one and all xx

17/11/2021

𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝟣𝟢 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝓁𝒹! 🎈

It was ten years ago we decided to step out of the box and our comfort zones and start doing something we loved - 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇! 🥰

Sarah had already been working 10 years planning weddings for a venue and Jo was working within the corporate and community events planning, we took our skills, passion and love for planning into making a business for ourselves!

And created ＣＨＡＭＰＩＮＫ- the name CHAM (Sas loved a glass of something bubbily! And PINK Jo’s favourite colour) 🍾💗

Who would have thought that was 10 years ago!! We have had such fun along the way. Meeting some amazing people and having the pleasure of working with our very special couples. ❤️🧡💛💚💙

We’ve also made some amazing connections and friends within the wedding industry. An industry full of love and committed like-minded people. And have the pleasure of working with some fab venues! A big shout out to 🌟

We’ve learnt a lot, had ups and downs and covid really hit our business hard! But we keep on going…. Because we absolutely love working together!

We both bring different things to Champink, sarah is a great planner and can visualise a create magic in a bare room! Jo works with the venues and suppliers and does alot behind the scenes (don’t ask Sarah about marketing or social media!) 🤣 But on the day we work together to ensure all our clients have the best day ever!

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝟣𝟢 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈! 🍾🥂

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15/09/2021

𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐿𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝐿𝒪𝒱𝐸 💕

Champink are celebrating 10 years and have been overwhelmed by the love of some of our clients.

After a pretty hard year for many in the wedding industry and those who have been waiting to get married it’s lovely to receive such great feedback and to spread some love around 🥰

🗺 We are also pleased to now extend our service into Warwickshire and Oxfordshire as well as Herts, Beds & Bucks and surrounding areas.

So if your looking for Full or Partial wedding planning, On the day co-ordination or Venue styling please get in touch.

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28/08/2021

Spot the nosey Parker! 🦚

Today we are back at Pendley Manor for the lovely Charlie & Graham’s wedding, despite 4 postponements the couple have finally said ‘I Do’ and we would like to wish them and their lovely family a very special day and many happy returns for the future 💖

Whilst setting up we were surrounded by the fellow furry residents who were very interested in what we were doing….. or they were just keeping an eye on us! 🤣

This lovely venue has so many peacocks on sight and lovely to see them again 🦚

Today we were joined by the lovely Bloomfield's

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04/07/2021

𝕎𝕖𝕕𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 💕

It’s felt like a life time since we were able to attend a wedding and finally be able to see all our planning become a reality!

We were fortunate enough to be back at this weekend for the Wedding of Audrey & Graham. 🍾🥂

What I love most about my job, is to see two people so in love, who have met their soul mate and are destined to be together forever get to say I Do💖

We’ve had such fun on the planning journey with them and despite postponements and changing the plans to abide to venue and COVID restrictions 🙄 it turned out to be such an amazing day. ☀️ 💍

It’s so great to be back! Doing what we love. I had forgotten just how much walking around we do on the day, it’s definitely an evening for the foot spa!

17/06/2021

Champink are proud supporters of national Pride Month Supporting wedding equality for all the LGBTQ community. 🌈

We are supportive and fun wedding planners based in the UK and love to co-ordinate same-sex weddings and be part of a beautiful wedding journey.

𝐿𝒪𝒱𝐸 𝐼𝒮 𝐿𝒪𝒱𝐸 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

So, whether you are getting married, converting your civil partnership to same-sex marriage or holding a civil partnership ceremony we ensure every couple has their dream day! 🌈 🥂🍾

Same-sex marriage has been legal in England and Wales since March 2014 and has seen an increase in weddings year on year. 🍾🥂

“𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒾𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅, 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝒹𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉”

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15/06/2021

𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒶𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒸𝑜𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇!

I’ve read so many variations of the ‘new’ government guidelines with regards the extension to the covid restrictions I feel like my head is going to explode 🤯

Despite the restrictions being lifted on capacity numbers, venues are still having to work in a covid social distance manor, so depending on the size of the venue a lot of them are still working to 50% capacity.

I’ve had lots of telephone calls today, the hardest was to my current Bride & Groom advising the day that they had to postpone from last year to this, still won’t be what they had planned. I felt so emotional having to have this conversation, so sad for them, sad for all the couples in this situation, for all the suppliers still losing out, sad for the amazing hardworking people at the venues who are constantly having to keep up with the changes and for the wedding industry as a whole! 😭



𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 💕

Champink are always here to support you if you need to have a chat or talk through your wedding 😘

28/05/2021

With life slowly getting back to a new normality, we are excited to see that Weddings are back!!

For some of us wedding suppliers, we eat, breathe and sleep weddings and that is from the passion we have for the industry in which we work, plus the lovely clients, suppliers and venues we work with.

So if your looking to start your wedding journey, need inspiration & support or looking for an experienced and fun wedding planner to work with, then look no further then Champink Weddings!

www.Champink.uk

For a Free wedding consultation get in touch 🥂🍾

Let’s get back shouting about weddings 😁

21/04/2021

𝒱𝑒𝓃𝓊𝑒 𝒟𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔/𝒮𝓉𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒾𝒸𝑒.... is just one of the services The Champink Team can offer. 🥂🍾

Knowing your venue is being decorated to exactly how you want it and every little detail is being carefully placed you will have complete peace of mind knowing it’s all in safe hands.

💕 We also meet and greet and oversee the supplier set ups and work with your venue to ensure you have the perfectly decorated venue ready for the arrival of you and your guests.

We can also recommend suppliers to suit your vision, theme and budget and give your support and inspiration where needed.

Our venue styling services include weddings, special occasions. Parties and corporate events.

Contact us today for a quote 🥳

16/04/2021

📢 𝐸𝒳𝒞𝐼𝒯𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒩𝐸𝒲𝒮!! 💓

ℍ𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤.......

Champink have been awarded with the Outstanding Wedding Planners awards with The Wedding Emporium - Wedding Industry Awards for Outstanding Planning. 😍

The Wedding Emporium – Wedding Industry Awards brings together businesses within the wedding industry across the UK. Wedding industry business owners have suffered this year with the pandemic and The Wedding Emporium – Wedding Industry Awards wanted to honour key players and recognise the contribution of business owners within the wedding industry.

Champink are a twin sister duo based within the 4 counties and as we reach our 10th anniversary of trading as Champink we are so proud to have been recognised for this wonderful award 💕 like many other wedding suppliers we have been hit hard by the pandemic but have continued to work hard and support couples of have also had to postpone and rearrange their big day. 🌈

𝐿𝒪𝒱𝐸 𝐼𝒮 𝒫𝒜𝒯𝐼𝐸𝒩𝒯, 𝐿𝒪𝒱𝐸 𝐼𝒮 𝒦𝐼𝒩𝒟 💓

Thank you to .wedding.emporium for this award x x🏆

09/04/2021

Such sad news to hear of the passing of His Royal Highness Prince Philip.

Our thoughts and condolences go to the and to Her Majesty The Queen.

73 of marriage, companionship and love, is remarkable ❤️ he will be deeply missed by his family and the country.

Rest in Peace Prince Phillip 🕯

#2021

04/04/2021

𝒲𝒾𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒶 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝐻𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝐸𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 🐣

Whatever your plans this Easter weekend we hope it involves lots of chocolate! In my (nearly) 40 years I’ve only ever met 1 person who doesn’t like chocolate 🤷🏼‍♀️

❓❓𝒲𝐻𝒜𝒯’𝒮 𝒴𝒪𝒰𝑅 𝐹𝒜𝒱𝒪𝒰𝑅𝐼𝒯𝐸 𝒞𝐻𝒪𝒞𝒪𝐿𝒜𝒯𝐸 🍫

Mine would have to be it’s literally mouth watering 🤤 I’m also a huge fan of nutty chocolate!

All this talk of chocolate this morning is making me hungry....

So I’m off to eat some chocolate! 😍

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23/03/2021

𝒲𝐸𝒟𝒟𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒢𝒪𝒜𝐿𝒮 - 𝒜 𝒱𝐸𝒩𝒰𝐸 𝒪𝐹 𝒫𝒰𝑅𝐸 𝐵𝐸𝒜𝒰𝒯𝒴 🥰

We absolutely love this venue Danesfield House Hotel and Spa based in Buckinghamshire

It’s an elegant yet grand venue surrounded by simplistic luxury, sophistication and romance.

We love going back to this picturesque venue there’s so many beautiful areas and rooms to see and the grounds are stunning.

We’ve had the pleasure of wedding planning here for a couple which was such an amazing day and we’ve also enjoyed the afternoon tea (highly recommend!!) ⭐️

So if looking for a venue to wow your guests then check it out!