Sweets for my sweet

Lovehearts.com has a beautiful collection of original wedding favours and gifts guaranteed to touch the hearts of your wedding guests. Make your day extra special with these unique and charming items, from napkin holders to personalised momentoes.

Why not choose to give your guests a roll of Love Hearts sweets as a favour, complete with a personalised message on the label? Or there’s the super-stylish bride and groom box which opens up to reveal hundreds of ‘Just Married’ Love Hearts and which can be kept as a memorabilia box for years to come. For more wedding day inspiration, visit www.lovehearts.com.

We’ve teamed up with Swizzels Matlow to offer one lucky winner a handmade Hamper Box filled with sweets, including three rolls of personalised Love Hearts. For your chance to win, simply tick the box marked ‘Lovehearts’ on the giveaway form.

For your chance to win, tick the box marked ‘Love Hearts’ on the giveaway form.

Five Wishes

We all have wishes and dreams, but turning them into reality often remains…well, just a dream. For Gay Hendricks, a chance encounter at a party turned his life around. A stranger told him to imagine himself on his deathbed and to consider this question: ‘Was your life a complete success? If not, then what would be the things you’d wish had happened that would have made it a success?’ The first wish that came to Hendricks’ mind was ‘for a loving, lasting relationship with a woman’. By the time he left the party, he had turned this wish into a mantra: ‘I enjoy a happy marriage with a woman I adore and who adores me’. Hendricks has been married to Kathlyn for 27 years. Not bad for a former commitment-phobe!

Five Wishes is the true story of Gay Hendricks’ journey towards fulfilling his wishes, written with honesty and humour – and in large print, so you can’t possibly miss a point. He has shared the success with his wife to become well-known relationship experts and co-authors of nine books, helping many to jump-start their lives. For more information, visit www.hendricks.com.

We have five copies of Five Wishes to give away. Just tick the box marked ‘Five Wishes’ for your chance to win.

For your chance to win, tick the box marked ‘Five Wishes’ on the giveaway form.

Free Speech

Being asked to make a speech at a wedding can be a terrifying experience. Standing up in front of so many people and talking confidently can be difficult. How long should you speak for? What should you say? Will people laugh? Worry no more. Unique Speeches will help to find the right words just for you. They will contact you to gather all the information they need to write you a fantastic and unique speech to impress any audience.

Unique Speeches pride themselves on making each speech they write completely individual and based around the details you provide them with. They never use template speeches and don’t recycle cheesy old jokes! The service is professional, personal and dedicated and they won’t rest until you’re completely happy with the speech they’ve written for you. For more information visit www.uniquespeeches.co.uk, email them at jamie@uniquespeeches.co.uk or call 07939 659 414.

One lucky reader will win a Unique Speech up to 15 minutes in length.

For your chance to win, tick the box marked ‘Unique Speeches’ on the giveaway form.

Passion & Attitude

‘We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing’ (Benjamin Franklin) is a fitting opening quote to Alan Murchison’s ‘Food for Thought’. The creative force behind L’Ortolan in Reading, Alan has poured every ounce of passion and experience into this book, and puts into perspective the idea that fine dining is very much a feast of tastes, textures and aromas as it is a work of art.

Alan honed his craft while working as Sous Chef for four years with Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons. In his foreword, Raymond says: “Alan is up there with the best of them. His true passion for food, creativity and attention to detail are second to none.”

Using only the highest quality seasonal produce is paramount to Alan and his team at L’Ortolan (www.lortolan.com), where guests are treated to a unique gastronomic experience, like the Chef’s Table, an indulgent 14-course for four that includes carefully selected wines.

The same attention to detail, impeccable presentation and aesthetic values are embodied in ‘Food for Thought’. At a glance, the recipes look fairly straightforward, but the real challenge is how to make it look like the image. That’s where the craft and talent comes in. And as Alan puts it, “the key attributes required for the success of a chef in my kitchen is Attitude and Passion”.

Combining Alan’s recipes and Mark Law’s beautiful images will certainly provide the inspiration. It also makes you appreciate all the hard work that goes into it. All you have to prove is your passion.

We have a copy of Alan Murchison’s ‘Food for Thought’ (worth £50) to give away to one lucky bride-to-be. For your chance to win, tick the box marked ‘Food for Thought’ on the giveaway form.

For your chance to win, tick the box marked ‘’ on the giveaway form.

Top of the Cake

The things we all remember at weddings: the beautiful bride, the handsome groom, the great venue, the best man’s speech and Uncle Bob’s embarrassing dancing! Now you can add to that list a fun and unique wedding cake topper from Fings 4 U.

The MiniMe is literally a handcrafted "mini-you" made by highly skilled artists who capture an uncanny likeness of the bride and groom, bringing this unique cake topper to life. Just choose any one of the wedding bodies, upload your pictures on to the website, (time to dig out those flattering photos!) and then four to six weeks later your MiniMe will arrive ready for the big day. It will certainly make your guests smile and will be something to cherish. It's also sure to last much longer than your wedding cake will! One glance at your MiniMe will bring back those fond memories. For likeness comparisons and to see the full range visit www.fings4u.co.uk.

For your chance to win, tick the box marked ‘MiniMe’ on the giveaway form.