Welcome to episode 12 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. This is the final episode of this season and for the finale, I am chatting to the very lovely Beth of Beth Haxby Cakes. Beth is a hugely talented cake designer and creates beautiful cakes and dessert tables for weddings in the UK. Beth has built up a business from scratch and her cakes are highly sought after for their elegant, delicate buttercream designs and for the care and attention she gives to her clients. I can always spot a Beth Haxby cake as she most definitely has a signature style which helps to attr ..read more

Welcome to episode 11 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast, this is the penultimate episode of the season! And on this episode, my guest is the powerhouse that is the fabulous Faye Cornhill. If you are in the UK wedding industry, you will probably know of her already as she is such a well known figure and inspiration to the wedding creative community. But for those who aren’t familiar with her, Faye is a wedding photographer, a business coach, she is the founder of the Wedding Business Club and the author of ‘I Do’. This podcast episode was recorded earlier on in 2022 a ..read more

Welcome to episode 10 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. On this episode, I am chatting to the incredibly talented Elspeth Tull, the owner and founder of London-based Blume Studio. I feel like Elspeth exploded onto the scene with her floral heavy designs and signature style and not surprisingly has been named one of the UK’s best floral designers by both The Wed and Sheerluxe. I love her fresh and modern creations, her talent and skill are immense  and I can always spot her work as it’s so distinctive in colour and texture.  Standing out in a very busy mar ..read more

Welcome to episode 9 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. On this episode, I am chatting to the soulful Annabel Beeforth, who is the owner and founder of UK wedding blog, Love My Dress. During 2020, Annabel also established What About Weddings, a UK-based political campaign, with Jessie Westwood and Tamryn Settle to help support wedding suppliers with the challenges that the pandemic was causing for the UK wedding industry. Although the UK wedding industry has resumed work, the What About Weddings also brought people together and provided a community for wedding creati ..read more

Welcome to Episode 8 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. I am hosting the lovely Katya Valentina, a UK based bridal hairstylist, who is known for her ability to craft effortless and beautiful bridal hairstyles. On this episode, Katya shares her story about how she started her business and the ways she grew her business through using social media. I love hearing the stories of fellow  wedding suppliers from different parts of the industry and learning about how we all serve couples in our own different ways - yet are still working within this same creative wedding ..read more

Welcome to Episode 7 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. I’m thrilled to share this episode with you as I am hosting the very lovely Cristina Ilao, a dear friend of mine who is a UK-based fine art destination wedding photographer. Cristina left behind a secure and lucrative job as an accountant in the financial services sector to follow her dreams and last year, she took the leap to go full-time with her wedding photography. She shares her thoughts on what made her finally commit to leaving that secure job to become a full-time wedding creative and talks honestly abou ..read more

Welcome to Episode 6 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. On this episode I am hosting Pierra Goff and I know  that the release of this episode has long been awaited for by Pierra’s fans. Pierra is a UK-based wedding photographer and burst onto the wedding scene a few years ago. Her business, Pierra G Photography, has grown rapidly and her style of romantic, dreamy photography has become highly sought after by couples having UK and destination weddings. Pierra has had her work featured in countless wedding blogs and along with Russell also offers workshops to budd ..read more

Welcome to Episode 5 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. I know this is a long awaited episode for some of you as I am hosting the wonderful Suzanne Brady of Cove Cake Design. Suzanne is an inspiring business woman and cake designer, based in Dublin Ireland and through her consistency for her cake style and brand messaging, she has cultivated a luxury cake business with a high-class reputation.  Suzanne has had her work published in Vogue, Brides and Martha Stewart Weddings - the kind of prestigious publications that many of us aspire to have our work featured in ..read more

Welcome to Episode 4 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. I’m so excited to share this episode with you as I am hosting the fabulous Eleanor Rice, the editor of Your Day magazine. Eleanor oversees the editorial content across both the magazine’s digital and printed platforms. It was such a pleasure to host Eleanor and hear her talk passionately about the ethos and values of this new wedding magazine. Eleanor and her team are looking to share meaningful and inspiring content to their audience, where story telling is at the heart of what they do. The magazine contains go ..read more

Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. On this episode I am chatting to the incredibly talented wedding stationer, Grania O’Brien of Ink & Paper. Grania made a career switch to embrace the beautiful and traditional craft of letterpress printing and during this episode she shares her story of how she’s grown her business into one that’s highly respected and one where her luxury wedding stationery is highly sought after. She shares advice on steps she’s taken that she believes have helped to get her where she is today. We talk about the importance ..read more