Clare Designs

21/01/2025

💫 My brand new blog post is all about how to make your wedding feel as ‘you’ as possible 💫⁣
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Having planned our own wedding a few years ago, I know how easy it can be to fall into all the ‘but we need to do this’ traps 😳⁣
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From calling in favours from loved ones to including them in your ceremony, there are looooads of ways you can make sure your wedding is as much of a reflection of you two as possible ♥️⁣
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If you’d like to chat any of them through, always feel free to get in touch 🤩⁣
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Head to the website if you fancy a read, and happy planning!⁣
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Love Clare xx⁣
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PS. Yes that’s us on our wedding day 😝 (apologies to for cropping and zooming in 😬😅)

17/01/2025

About a year ago, I was getting messages asking me if I had a wedding anniversary poem ♥️⁣
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At the time I didn’t, but I wrote one ♥️⁣
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It’s available in two versions: Happy First Anniversary, and Happy Anniversary ♥️⁣
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Pop it into a double-frame with a picture from your wedding, and that’s your gift sorted ♥️

16/01/2025

🎊 Celebrations 🎊 are 🎊 in 🎊 order 🎊 for I have FINALLY worked out how I want my blog to work, and this morning I’ve uploaded my MONUMENTAL first post 🥳⁣⁣
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💁🏻‍♀️ SO, strap in for aaaaaaall the wedding planning checklists, guides and tips to come, starting with my ‘how to order your wedding invitations’ guide 🤩⁣⁣
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👏🏼 I’ve broken down all the tasks you need to complete to make this part of your wedding planning as easy breezy as possible ✨ ⁣⁣
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💌 Download it for free - no need to sign up either - and if you have any Qs after going through it please let me know! 🥰⁣⁣
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Lots of love (and happy blog launch day),⁣
Clare xx

15/01/2025

✨ I wish you could pick these up and feel how silky and smooth they are 🤩⁣
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👏🏼 Remember I can change the colour of these place names to suit you, and the backs are personalised with your names and wedding date 💫⁣
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💁🏻‍♀️ I’ll also arrange them all into your tables before sending them to you, so all you have to do is hand them over to whoever is setting your tables and that’s another job done 🙌🏼⁣
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💫 If you know you want to order your place names but you’re not sure how many you’ll need yet, get in touch and I’ll get you booked in and organised! 🤓⁣
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💌 And as always if you’re unsure about anything at all please get in touch and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can ♥️

13/01/2025

💌 I absolutely love that my personalised poems are such a big part of the business now 🥹 ⁣
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Due to increased demand for them, I’m simplifying the ordering process, to make it easier for you and me 🥰⁣
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I’ll post my availability on my stories every week, but essentially if you know you want one, I’d recommend you order through the website as early as possible ♥️⁣
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I’ll chat more about them soon, but for now if you have any Qs please let me know and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can ✨⁣
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Love Clare xx

11/01/2025

🗓️ A date for your diary! 🗓️ I’m going to be again for their Wedding Exhibition on Sunday 18th May 💫⁣
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♥️ It’s SUCH a fab opportunity to see the place all set up like it would be on the wedding day (it’s a working bar/restaurant/events space, so if you’re considering it for your wedding day, it’s definitely worth coming along on days like this!!)⁣
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✨ There’s always a lovely mix of suppliers as well, like hair and make up, a 360 photo booth, jewellers, a ‘wedding nanny’ for the kids, and also, of course, your wedding stationery 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️⁣
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👉🏻 And if that’s not convinced you, there’s also plenty canapés and a glass or two to keep you company 🥂 (just remember to bring me up a glass 😏😅)⁣
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✨ I’d love to see you there and then for a chilled afternoon of wedding chat! 🤩⁣
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Clare xx

10/01/2025

💫 I loooove these so much - I can do them in any colour to suit your day, and can also add on your own message to the backs 🙌🏼⁣
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♥️ They’re such a good thing to put on your ceremony seats before the ‘I do’s start - they get people chatting about what’s to come for the rest of the day, and they also tell people when they’re getting fed 🤣🤩⁣
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✏️ I can change the illustrations to suit your day perfectly, and you can go for a matching big board if you fancy 💫⁣
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If you’d like some for your day, get in touch or order them straight from the website 🥳

08/01/2025

Hiya! Me again, with a little update on upcoming changes to 2nd class shipping costs (UK) ✨⁣
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1st class and large stationery shipping costs will remain the same for now 💌⁣
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I hope you can understand, and please feel free to take advantage of the lower cost until the end of the month! 🙌🏼⁣
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Love Clare xx

07/01/2025

Hiya! It’s time for one of these again I’m afraid 🤣⁣
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January’s always MAD with new messages/enquiries, and I always liked seeing the face behind the business so apologies, here you go 💁🏻‍♀️🤣⁣
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If you don’t already know, I’m Clare (the one on the right 😉), and I design wedding stationery and write poetry ✨⁣
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I set up the business in 2019 after being sick of hearing myself talk about it, and it’s easily one of the best (and scariest) decisions I’ve ever made 😬⁣
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I’ve won a few awards for my work over the years 🥹 and I’d absolutely LOVE to work with you 🤩⁣
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If you fancy a chat, message me on here or email [email protected] - I can’t wait to hear from you! 🤩⁣
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Lots of love,⁣
Clare xx⁣
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(PS. No, I did not get consent from my husband to share this pic, and I KNOW - I got it off Vinted, £3! 😏😅)

06/01/2025

Hiya! ♥️

I hope you all managed, like me, to take some time off and enjoy the festivities 🥂🪩

I’m officially back at my desk, and working through all your orders, emails and messages 🙌🏼

Thank you so much for your patience as always!

If you have any Qs at all please get in touch ♥️

Love Clare xx

11/12/2024

Hello ♥️

25/11/2024

Since I started the business in 2019, we’ve moved house 5 times 🫠 (it was all very consensual/work-related for Colin 😅) Which has meant 5 different ‘offices’ (slash working from the spare room/kitchen table/local coffee shop for most of it 😅🙋🏻‍♀️)⁣⁣
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As anyone who’s rented knows, you can’t just decorate/paint/make any changes you want, so I’ve always felt that my work spaces were *fine*, but just not very *me*⁣⁣
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We’ve just moved again, but this time to a house we’ve bought 🥹🥹 and HONESTLY, I’m so excited to PAINT SOME WALLS, and make myself a wee office of my Pinterest dreams 🤩⁣⁣
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Please feel free to tag me in any and all home office decor-related posts, and I promise to spam your feeds with all the agonising decisions 🤩🥹♥️

15/11/2024

Feeling exhausted, overwhelmed and potentially broken - but also excited, lucky and eternally grateful 🥹⁣⁣
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Thank you so much as always for your patience and understanding while we bought and moved into our first house - I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated the flexibility of working for myself more than I do right now! 🤗⁣
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Please don’t hold back if you want to chat about anything at all - I’ll just probably be a bit slower than usual at replying 🥰♥️⁣⁣
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Lots of love as always,⁣⁣
Clare xo

23/10/2024

High praise for one of my favourite/bestselling poems 🥹🥰🙏🏼✨

22/10/2024

🥹♥️ thank you so much Steven & Sean! 🥹✨

11/10/2024

Hiya! ♥️

Remember if you’re after a bargain, I have Seconds available for almost every printed poem 🙌🏼

These ones are all packed into their protective wrappers, which means on first check I thought they looked absolutely fine ✨

If you can’t find what you’re after on the website, always message me and I’ll happily check what I have for you! ♥️

www.claredesigns.co.uk/collections/seconds 💌

04/10/2024

Wrote a poem, hoped people liked it, now having to order hundreds every time I restock 🥹😭🩵

www.claredesigns.co.uk/products/will-you-be-my-something-blue ✨

17/09/2024

Hiya! ♥️

If you’re interested in a personalised poem in time for Christmas, I’ve just opened up a few slots on the website, so you can book it in now 💌

Remember your poem can be about anything at all - it doesn’t have to be wedding-related ♥️

As always if you have any Qs at all please just get in touch and I’ll do all I can to help you out! 🥰

Lots of love,
Clare xx

www.claredesigns.co.uk/products/personalised-poem ✨

Based on information that you send over to me, I can write you a fully personalised poem for any occasion. It could be used as a reading at your wedding ceremony, as a speech, a birthday/anniversary gift, or however you'd like to use it ♥️