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Welcome to LND Events

Ellen Davies, Founder

Hello! I’m Ellen and I’m so pleased you stopped by. I am a Yorkshire born and bred event planner with a love for creativity! It holds a special place in my heart, alongside: my dog, my horse, music, films and the great outdoors. I feel each of these passions help me become the best moment-maker and story-teller I can be.

Why I Plan Events?

When I create memorable and cherished experiences, I feel honoured to play such a special role in those moments. I’m dedicated to transforming your dream occasions into a reality. After all, it’s my ultimate wish to build meaningful and lasting relationships with the people I work with.

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I love blending affection, creativity and sparkles to ensure our events are inspiring, memorable and (most of all) fun for everyone involved.

Are you ready to brew up brilliance? I’ll pop the kettle on and let’s make magic!

Ellen Davies, Owner LND Events

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Old and New As part of Kate Cullen’s #storyfin

Old and New

As part of Kate Cullen’s #storyfinders challenge, this week is ‘old and new’.

In Kate’s ever helpful, own words “you might look at new and old products, your new versions of old favourites, or you might talk about old ways of working compared to your new ones this year.”

Despite the prompt, I’ve really struggled all week thinking on how to visually show this. People work with me for my experience and advice but how to show that on platforms such as this, is really hard.

However last year I was honoured to be asked to fully plan a wedding which became one of my last of 2021. The couple were dream clients that said yes to every idea I came up with and so I designed them a rustic, Nordic, winter, wedding wonderland!
This first image is of the ceremony barn before guests arrived.
The venue @barmbyfieldbarns will always be very special to me as it’s where I started wedding life and the week before this wedding was due, my FB memories popped up with the very first images I had taken of the barns when I was helping the owner design his website.
The ceremony barn is a hard one to photograph. When you’re in there, everything is so beautiful you don’t need to over style it but images do have a tendency to make it look quite bare. That said, if you swipe to see the original image back in 2014!! I’m sure you’ll agree that I’ve learned a lot on how to do shoots and how to fill your space better!

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New Beginnings As part of Kate Cullen’s #story

New Beginnings

As part of Kate Cullen’s #storyfinders challenge, this week is ‘new beginnings’.

I understand why January becomes all about new resolutions. It’s a clean slate and as such, a new beginning so with that fresh start, I set myself aspirations.
We all lead busy lives and I don’t want to beat myself up if I don’t stick to something but it’s always good to aspire to be or achieve more in our own journeys.

This year for me is about being more visible. We’ve spent the last year or so quite literally locked away that I’ve forgotten my socialisation skills 😊
I want to meet more people, see and do more things, talk more (some people who know me well could be forgiven in thinking I couldn’t possibly talk more than I already do) and write more.
Cheers to that!

📸 @amyfaithphoto

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Reflections I’ve decided to take part in @kate

Reflections

I’ve decided to take part in @katecullenstyle instagram challenge to try and make myself accountable to my own grid.

I alluded to it on my last post but I’ve barely shown up on here in the last year so I am easing back in with a weekly post.

The grid is a funny one. Barely anyone scrolls down anymore so it’s felt a bit pointless but I realise that by not posting, it makes me as a creative business person, look rather lacking in creative moments!

Also since I started my #lndlushlist every weekend, I myself have spent a lot more time looking at my feed and taking time to appreciate other peoples posts.

Did you see the Reel I shared too? From instagram themselves saying timelines are retuning to chronological order for those you follow….. so maybe looking at peoples grids will be a thing again?

So here we are, both a metaphorical reflection and a literal one from a few years ago at a wedding I coordinated at Scampston. Taken by @leahweddings

#weddingplanner #weddingplanning #eventplanner #eventplanning #weddingcoordinator #weddingcoordination #storyfinders #reflection #reflections #scampstonhall #modernbrides #moderngroom #moderncouple #yorkshirebased #northyorkshireplanner #eventsbylndevents #weddingphotos #instagramchallenge #weddingplanninguk #yourdayyourway

Hey!! Happy New Year’s Eve. Any exciting plans

Hey!!

Happy New Year’s Eve. Any exciting plans and resolutions?

I don’t really make resolutions as they’re so easily broken but I do try and use January and the months leading to spring to get some more business clarity (not that those goals always last either).
I use the time to hold outstanding meetings, write up blogs on the weddings I covered in 2021 and generally try and get as much organisational admin done as possible as once weddings start again, it’s so easy to neglect those things….. I mean you’d be forgiven for thinking I’ve not actually done any work this year if you looked at my grid!

2022 is set to be one of my busiest years yet so a heartfelt thanks to all of you who have put your trust in me to assist you and of course to those of you who already did!

Have a great one and I’ll see you on the other side x

R&R I don’t really share my own pictures on my

R&R

I don’t really share my own pictures on my grid as quite frankly, I’m dreadful at taking them.
However after 10 days of being ill with a stupid cold that knocked me for six, I took some much needed time out in Norfolk and the beaches were just so beautiful, it was hard even for an amateur like me, to take a bad shot.

Today I’ve cleared the inbox, caught up on some RSVP management for a client and sent three quotes out as well as going to a PT. 💪🏻

Now time to catch up on all the niggly tasks like updating this place with actual, gorgeous event pictures!

#eventplanning #eventplanning #weddingplanning #weddingplanner #eventsbylndevents #restandrelaxation #timeout #beachlife

Happy Monday! Not quite the weather I hoped for

Happy Monday!

Not quite the weather I hoped for this morning as I head to Scampston to oversee a photo shoot….

Yesterday saw me working another @bridesupnorth fair at @grantleyhall_

Thank you to Julia for trusting me to help run it without her being there and also letting me have a stand of my own.

What have you got planned this week?

#weddingplanner #eventplanner #irunevents #eventsbylndevents

What a day!! It’s been great fun helping @brid

What a day!!

It’s been great fun helping @bridesupnorth at their annual Wedstock event… my first one with the team and what a privilege to have a stand there too.

Let me know if you picked up a postcard or some sweets.

Next week I’ll be running their Grantley Hall event with @dreamboatsandcarousels so come say hi to us.

#eventplanner #weddingplanner #eventlife

When you’re sent this and it’s just the previe

When you’re sent this and it’s just the preview 🤯
So blown away by @wheelandspoke it’s always a pleasure working together.

How to cram four days worth of work into seconds o

How to cram four days worth of work into seconds of time!
Thank you @vickymartin93 and @alastairadam for letting me be part of your magical wedding, I want to do it again!

Also with thanks to:
@willsmarquees
@stemsdesign
@joedodsworth_photography
@graystarlingdesigns
@marleyrose_cakes
@thehogandapple
@elizabethjamesevents
@newyorkbrassband
@coldbathbrewing
@elitetoilethirecompany

For being wonderful suppliers to work with and make the day perfect.

After 20 months of no events, I can’t tell you h

After 20 months of no events, I can’t tell you how exciting it is to start receiving professional photos of things I’ve been involved in again. (As a rule I don’t share my own on my grid as I am such a bad photographer).

I first met Claire and Frank back in February 2019 when they booked me to fully plan their 2020 wedding… we know how that story went but it just meant I got the pleasure of their company for a year longer.

We designed a celestial theme with constellation designs on the stationery and cake. Navy satin linen with matching seat pads for the chairs and then the contrast of deep pinks for the florals as a nod to Claire’s favourite colour.

The wedding took place at Rudding Park which was a very different vibe for me but with one of the loveliest couples to work with and a host of fabulous suppliers involved, the day was a huge success.

📸 @martin.phelps.weddings

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Saturday 💕 After years of gaining experience o

Saturday 💕

After years of gaining experience of working in lots of different wedding settings and offering advice along the way, last year I decided to make Venue Consultation an official service and since then I’ve been working with two wonderful new places.

From around June last year, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Catherine & Stuart the owners of @sedgewellbarnweddings their family, their existing team who work on other parts of the business and then of course work alongside amazing industry suppliers who’ve helped us all bring this new venue to life.

You may have seen it from me managing the first Yorkshire @modernloveweddingsuk fair but on Saturday we hosted our first wedding which was nerve wracking but ended on such a high, knowing everything went to plan.

There’s always room to develop and there are more plans afoot at the venue before the 2022 season kicks off with the more continuous weddings there but thank you Mr & Mrs Thurland for putting your trust in us and thank you to the following suppliers for making the first wedding there, a total success.

📸 @wheelandspoke

Catering @domskitch
Bar @louisiannasmobilebars
Florals @yvonnedenniseventflowers
Cake @heidi_bielby
Waterfall lights @charlotte_lltw
Evening food @bistroguyyork
Second shooter @jackmakinweddingphotography
PR @vsmconsultancy @vsmweddings_events

#throwbackthursday To our third and *final weddi

#throwbackthursday

To our third and *final wedding of the year at @scampston a few weeks ago.

It was an absolute pleasure to coordinate the reception of the new Mr & Mrs Nash (and their bridal squad).

Originally George was going to row down the lake to meet Katie on the bridge for their ceremony which I was super excited about, but like almost everything in 2020, plans had to change and the couple opted for a personal ceremony back home before coming to celebrate their reception as the first restriction lifted wedding on the grounds.

* This wedding was set to be the last at the venue but we’ve all loved having them here so much again, myself, the venue owner and team have tweaked packages and will be offering something new very soon!

📸 @ron.photos

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Now you see me….now you don’t! The role of a

Now you see me….now you don’t!

The role of a planner to coordinate your day should be to work hard around, in-front and behind the scenes BUT you don’t really notice them on the day because you’re too busy having fun and everything is running smoothly!

I love this visual representation of that by @dannycooper_photography who asked me to ‘floof out’ (technical name) the veil as there was zero wind the other week but then he’d photoshop me out 🤣🤣

Also just one of the many jobs we’re ready and happy to assist with.

#weddingplanning #weddingplanner #eventplanner #eventplanning #weddingcoordination #weddingcoordinator #weddinghelp #weddinghelper #onthedaycoordination #modernweddings

My heart is bursting To be able to share an actu

My heart is bursting

To be able to share an actual REAL wedding on my grid again….. it’s been a year since that last happened and they were memories of 2019!!

It’s been an absolute pleasure to have been back at @scampston for my first three weddings in over 20 months although tinged with sadness as it’s the venues last ever three.

Here is the amazing @kguest1994 and Matthew, who were an absolute dream to work with, looking all kinds of awesome!

📸 taken by @cluskeysmith who it was great to catch up with again too.

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