Simply Second Time Lucky!

Sarah Pittendrigh Managing Director of Simply Bows and Chair Covers is getting married …… To her ex husband!

Sarah and Stewart grew up together as children whilst competing against each other with their ponies at local shows.

In 1995 they got married at Snods Edge Church and in 1999 their son William was born.  Along the way, they lost their way and Divorced in 2002.  However, they remained firm friends and supported each other through some very tough times, (Stewart losing both of his parents to Cancer and Sarah starting up her new business Simply Bows and Chair Covers following redundancy). Through this they both realised that they were meant to be together (nobody else would have them!) and decided whilst on a family break at the Faversham Arms, Helmsley to remarry next year at Close House Hotel, 10 years nearly to the day they Divorced. 

Sarah said, this time around it has been a breeze to organise the wedding as my best friends are all in the wedding industry.  Julia Noble from Noble Fine Art is taking care of the wedding stationery, Claire Young from Wedding Flowers for You is creating the flower arrangements, Simply Bows and Chair Covers will provide the Chair Covers, Bernadette from Dreamworld Cakes is creating the wedding cake and Elain Dodds, Sales Manager from Close House is taking care of the arrangements, all they need to do now is sort the Bridesmaids Dresses!  "Thank goodness we have been given a second chance." Said Sarah.

Simply Charity: CHUF Event at Close House Hotel

Around 300 small babies and children are operated on each year by the children’s heart surgeons at the Freeman Hospital. Heart problems, including Tetralogy of Fallot, are among the most common types of abnormality found in newborn babies. Many of them are tiny infants who, up until a few years ago, would not have survived. Out of 33,000 babies born in the Northern region each year, around 300 will require surgery and many more will require medical or outpatient treatment in the Children’s Heart Unit (Ward 23).

Not all children are born with heart disease. Viruses can severely weaken the heart and cause it to fail. The Freeman Hospital is one of only 2 hospitals in the UK that performs children’s heart transplants and that use mechanical hearts to keep these children alive until their heart either recovers or can be transplanted. Since 1987 over 250 children have received a transplant. Simply Bows and Chair Covers were only to delighted to be invited by CHUF (Children's Heart Unit Fund) and Close House Hotel to dress their fabulous Handbags and Gladrags Ball hosted by the one and only Ben Shephard!

Below are just a few photos of the fantastic marquee at Close House Hotel to wet your appetite!

Flowers by the fabulous Wedding Flowers For You

We are delighted to announce that the ball raised £34,000 which is amazing and in total CHUF have raised £160,000 to date in approximately 20 months from an original target of £120,000 which was seen as terribly ambitious!!! Simply Bows and Chair Covers and CHUF would like to take this opportunity to thank the North East for their generosity and continued support :)

Simply Weddings: Weekly Round Up

This week Simply Bows and Chair Covers will be heading out to dress more fabulous events and we can't wait to share all the photos with you next week. 

Don't forget to check back here each Wednesday for all the photo's of weddings and events dressed the previous week!    

This week events include weddings at the breathtaking Rockliffe Hall, Redworth Hall, Close House Hotel, Woodhill Hall, White Swan, As You Like It and also our first civil ceremony at the newly licensed Beaumont Hotel in Hexham.

Redworth Hall

Rockliffe Hall

Close House Hotel

Beaumont Hotel

White Swan

Woodhill Hall

For more information on any of the above venues or if you would like photographs of our range of work in these venues before the event pictures go live next Wednesday please do not hesitate to contact us via the Simply Bows and Chair Covers Contacts page

Simply Weddings: Weekly Round Up

This week Simply Bows and Chair Covers will be heading out to dress lots of fabulous events and we can't wait to share all the photos with you next week. Don't forget to check back here each Wednesday for all the photo's of weddings and events dressed the previous week!

This weeks featured events include weddings at the breathtaking Wynyard Hall, Close House Hotel and Rockliffe Hall; some of the finest venues the North of England has to offer.

Rockliffe Hall

 

Wynyard Hall

Close House

For more information on any of the above venues or if you would like photographs of our range of work in these venues before the event pictures go live next Wednesday please do not hesitate to contact us via the Simply Bows and Chair Covers Contacts page.