The Best Wedding Keepsake & Memento Ideas

Photography by Mark Horton Photos

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Wanderlust Life Jewellery is a female-owned jewellery brand based on Devon’s Atlantic coastline that creates minimal, meaningful jewellery made by hand and charged with meaning. They produce handmade, personalised pieces to carry a message, capture memories and make the perfect wedding keepsakes for your wedding day! Using a combination of semi-precious gemstones, recycled silver and ethically sourced gold, their collections are sustainably made in the UK by a team of female makers. Choose a piece from the collection that resonates with you, and connects you to special memories made on your big day!

Wanderlust Life Jewellery

Gemini Clay Studio produces beautiful jewellery handmade from a home studio in Ayrshire, Scotland. Sophie is the talent behind the brand and lives with her husband, Callum, and German Shepherd, Heidi. She graduated as a Product Designer, however, she’s always had a real passion for jewellery and began making her own in 2021. After a lot of interest, she decided to start her own business and specialise in handmade, bespoke earrings for brides and bridal parties. Understanding your style and the vision you have for your wedding day, is integral to what Gemini Clay Studio’s do. After an initial consultation, Sophie will create mood boards and concept sketches. These ideas and specifications will be developed to produce a unique design just for you and can be kept forever as a beautiful memento from your special day.

Gemini Clay Studio

Olivia is a Surrey-based artist behind Bramble & Olive. At the heart of her art is nature! Bramble & Olive creates original artwork in different mediums from pencil drawings to oil paintings. The subject can be anything from pets, floral bouquets or your wedding venue. From as early as she can remember, Olivia has always loved painting. Her love of art blossomed at school and it has shaped her studies and career ever since. When she has a paintbrush in her hand or is cuddling her cockapoo, Noodle, Olivia is the happiest. Being entrusted to recreate moments from a wedding day is a huge honour. One of Olivia's favourite things is getting to know couples and discovering stories behind the artwork!

Bramble & Olive

The Custom Botanist, also known as Hannah, is based just outside of Manchester. With a unique alternative to the more traditional bouquet preservation options out there, Hannah draws your bouquet, table arrangements, or buttonholes using photographs taken on your wedding day. Hannah is a flower ADDICT and takes such delicate care with every piece she creates. She's the happiest when clients tell her they've cried (happy tears) when seeing their artwork for the first time. Using a combination of watercolour and pencil Hannah can perfectly match the colours from your original flowers exactly. And don't forget, the symbol for the first year anniversary is paper, so what better way to remember those beautiful bridal blooms than with a bespoke piece of artwork that will last forever!

The Custom Botanist

At WRD it we help you with what to say,
To loved ones on your wedding day.
From bespoke poem favours for your ‘I do,’
To bridesmaid poems written just for you!
Let us turn your story into a rhyming verse,
To add to your stationery or speech to rehearse.
Personalised poems can mean so much,
Make your guests feel special with the poetic touch.

WRD it

The Wedding Illustrator is a Somerset-based artist but travels to weddings in the UK and abroad to be able to draw your wedding day! The Wedding Illustrator starts drawing just before the ceremony and continues until the dancing is well underway, so there will be between 15-20 sheets of A3 drawings which typically include the ceremony, reception, wedding breakfast, cake cutting, first dance, music and dancing. The work is completed in the week following the wedding and along with an illustrated title page, the pages are presented in a bespoke portfolio made by a skilled bookbinder to match your wedding colour scheme as closely as possible. These will be sent by special delivery 4-6 weeks after the wedding.

The Wedding Illustrator

Sam is the sole founder and artist behind SO Resin Studio. SO Resin is one of the UK's leading resin artists specialising in wedding flower preservation. Sam has been a finalist two years in a row at the prestigious Wedding Industry Awards and has served over 600 brides and counting! Flower preservation involves many intricate steps to dry flowers and encapsulate them inside crystal-clear resin for you to enjoy for many years to come. SO Resin offers a variety of sizes to suit all budgets and offers payment plans to help spread the cost. Sam is based in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Once you reserve your date online (she recommends doing this 3-6 months in advance) you will receive expert packing instructions, her studio address and the next steps. 

Belvoir Flower Studio is an eco-friendly, independent floristry studio. We specialise in dried and preserved florals - creating beautiful everlasting designs for your special day. With bespoke wedding collections, they can work with any colour palette or theme, just get in touch…
When properly cared for, your flowers will last for years and years. We provide a care card with every order to help you keep your blooms in tip-top condition.

Belvoir Flower Studio

Bonito & Grace believes every moment in life is worth celebrating - and a wedding even more so! They have created a beautiful collection of unique headpieces to inspire and empower every bride to express their own personal sense of style and personality on their special day. The pieces have been designed to be more than just accessories - they are tokens of each bride's journey, a physical reminder of such a special day. Each piece is not just a beautiful headband or delicate hair slide, but an heirloom in the making!

Bonito & Grace

Written by Leah Blundell