Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to help you plan the perfect winter wedding.

Prep All Parts
Fitness trainer Mark Anthony just launched a six-week podcast to download to iTunes, so there is no excuse not to move it. Regular facials at The Organic Pharmacy (169 Kensington High Street, W8 6SH; 020 7376 9200) will give your skin a glow; the girls at Kamini (14-16 Lancer Square W8 4EP; 020 7937 2411) will get your eyebrows into shape (you’ll need to grow them out first).

Give guests time to prepare, too: order bespoke laser-cut invitations (pictured above) from Cutture (269 Wandsworth Bridge Road, SW6 2TX; 020 7751 8395) and send them out well in advance.

Cut Artful Corners
Investigate helpful tips for making wedding favours, thank-you cards, place settings and more in Khris Cochran’s new book, The DIY Bride Crafty Countdown. On a tight budget? Enlist Isabella Weddings — the former party organiser offers an affordable consulting service giving brides advice and support, and, most importantly, access to her contacts.

Buttercream in All Forms
Wedding cakes from Maisie Fantaisie are elegant in chocolate fudge topped with buttercream. Not into tiers? Love to Cake will make you a Welsh wedding sheep (pictured right), a green hedge cake or something else wildly untraditional (and delicious). OnlyRoses is a one-stop shop for flowers: hand-tied bouquets of Ecuadorian roses are available in 30 varieties; table settings come in cubes, vases or elegant spheres that will look perfect next to Chateau Midas wine bottle candles.

For the Forever Moments
Jessie Chorley’s hand-bound and -embroidered wedding memory book makes every moment a small treasure. And a framed photo of dawn on the day of your wedding captures the start of something special.

The Best Is Yet to Come
Pack your personalised lingerie into bespoke Williams British Handmade luggage (pictured left) and head off on your honeymoon. You’ll see what we mean.

Want more? Try our spring 2010 and autumn 2009 wedding guides for additional inspiration.

Photos: Courtesy of Cutture; Courtesy of Love to Cake; Courtesy of Williams British Handmade