Doing away with waiters serving traditional canapés, grazing tables (usually featuring cheese, meats and fruits), are presented like a work of art, ensuring your guests never go hungry and your Instagram will never be without likes.

The perfect way to get the party started for your guests with hilarious prizes and the best selection of music! Now available for private hire.

For a flower so beautiful, there’s no need for fussy foliage; opt for a single Sunflower, Peony or Rose as a simple, yet stunning, bouquet.

Give guests a chance to let loose a little with a temporary tattoo bar. Who knows what they will choose…and where they will put it!

Who better than your nearest and dearest to leave you some words of advice for married life?

Whether it be a pet’s name or the key to a happy marriage, advice cards will set you off to a great start. After all, Grandma knows best!

Not the traditional tiara and veil kind of girl? Then why not rock your own style and go for a personalised statement leather jacket for your big day?! It’ll help create some amazing photos and will act as a keepsake for years to come!

Envelopes of confetti are a fun touch to any order of the day and provide you with amazing photos! Place a handful of confetti in a glassine bag & attach the envelope with ribbon around the order of service to finish.

Let’s treat the Gents for once – or anyone who enjoys a little liquor with a cigar to mark the occasion? Prosecco stations have taken wedding tends by storm… so why not personalise things a little further to suit yours and your guest’s tastes! A whiskey or rum bar teamed with a cigar – quite the mark of a lavish affair if ever there was one.

We all know that whilst wedding speeches are such a personalised part of your big day, there are certain ‘go-to’ phrases and words that you can guarantee will be part of the part of the prose. Instead of the typical bets on how long the speeches take, why not liven things up a bit with a game of bingo!

Do you feel that your wedding wouldn’t be the same without your four-legged friend by your side? They are the perfect companion to get your guests to ooh and aahh when they walk down the aisle.

Is your wedding location a little out of the way? Add a lovely hand-drawn map of the local area into your wedding invites, detailing where your wedding venue is, any nearby hotels and pubs, landmarks and even local transport links and road names. A personal touch which is very helpful for guests not from the area!

Milk and cookies are very of the moment for weddings, whether you’re serving them in lieu of cake, or just as an extra dessert, a buffet option or appetizer, nothing goes better  together than cookies and milk. Well, brides and grooms go pretty well together too I suppose.

Instead of your guest all listening to a single song, they can each be wearing light- up headphones tuned into one of three channels, picking the vibe those appeals to them most in the moment. It creates a super interesting dance party as everyone is experiencing different music.

Biting flies, mosquitos and other unwelcome guests can put a huge damper on your day. Keep your guests kitted out and prepared for a day in the sun (hopefully!) – little handy pocket size sun lotions and bug sprays perfect for a wedding day in the sunshine

Geofilters are creative overlays that capture where you are or what you’re up to in a Snap! Create your own, and surprise your guests in the location you choose.

Keep little ones (and grownups!) entertained with your very own petting zoo. Who said you can’t have a unicorn at your big day?!

To have and to hold in case you get cold.. Don’t let the weather discourage you from an outdoor ceremony, guests can wrap up and enjoy the views.

With Autumn fast approaching, why not make the most of what the season has to offer by painting pumpkins for your table centrepieces!

Why not extend the party outside? Make the most of our stunning outdoor spaces and beautiful furniture and create an outdoor “living room”. It makes for a perfect chill out area on those long summer nights or wrap up in blankets on a chilly winters night!

Guarantee some hilarity by getting your guests to draw a picture of themselves to create a one of a kind table plan! When you send out your wedding invitations, add a little piece of homework by asking your guests to return a small sketch along with their RSVP. Voila – this becomes your table plan!

The Sparkler Send-Off is great for any wedding!  Give each guest a sparkler (or two), light them up, and parade out of your reception area through a friend and family filled tunnel! Amongst the cheers, laughter, and smiles will be sparkling lights leading you and your loved one towards your very bright future. Bonus, the Sparkler Send-Off also makes for amazing photos you’ll be sure to treasure forever!

If you’re looking for something a little different to the traditional fruit cake or Victoria sponge, and even to the increasingly popular tower of cheese, how about a burly pork pie?! You know it will go down a treat with your guests once the drinks are flowing and it’s a great quirky addition to your evening catering.

Give your wedding that extra added “sparkle” by privately hiring your own beautiful diamonds and jewels for your special day without having the million pound price tag! They will be sure to give the WOW factor and provide beautiful photographs that not only last a day rather a lifetime! As we all know…. “Diamonds are a girl’s best Friend” 

We have so many amazing outdoor features it would be a sin not to use them! In the winter why not provide blankets and marshmallows around the fire for late night chats under the stars and fairy lights to reflect on the day. In summer get married on our wedding hill or the terrace. Our grounds are your oyster!

Why not help your guests with quirky additions to your wedding day depending on the season – in and outdoors!

Spring – Courteous and classic umberellas to cover your guests from April showers or tropical rays!

One of our favourite new trends is the wedding piñata!

Get your guests to fill it with messages, predictions or words of wisdom & have fun smashing it on your 1 year anniversary!

Collect photos of your parents, grandparent and siblings who have been married before you and display both yours and your partner’s families side by side on your big day.

Our big green cabinet in the garden suite screams out to have all of your frames displayed inside it and your table plan can sit right next to it making sure guests don’t miss out on the nostalgia!

Let your guests create their own confetti before the ceremony with a DIY confetti bar – be sure to include lots of colours and textures!  Great fun and makes for excellent photos (who doesn’t want to be covered in glitter?!)!

Add an extra element of fun to your big day and create a lasting memento at the same time with a video guest book. Capture congratulatory video messages by inviting guest to chat, share memories or even sig as the video messages pile up as the night gets going!

For those lovely Easter Weddings, make their personalised favour a keeper… and useful for those morning dippy eggs!

Give your reception drink a bit of a makeover and pimp your prosecco! With so many fun and delicious extras from mixed fruit & berries to brightly coloured syrup’s – you could even try gold glitter to make it sparkle!

Something a little different from the usual and a sure way to get all your guests talking!

A great way to capture all those hand-written memories of your special day from your loved ones is with a guest book – a beautiful keepsake for the years ahead. However why not try something different to the traditional book and instead have a wishing tree; individual tags decorated how you like, each written with a personal note from your nearest and dearest.

A practical approach to help ladies keep their shoes as good as new, while still being able to enjoy a glass of Pimms out in the grounds.  A subtle little accessory to prevent grass stains and ‘heels sinking’ into those beautiful lawns and gardens over the Summer period.

If creating a personalized experience is an important part of your wedding planning, consider custom-made menus at each seat. Paper place mats replace a classic menu card. Love this look but need it to work on a budget? Order an online template that you can print and cut at home to save big.

Practical bespoke printed coasters are a fun way of making sure drinks are not cleared from the tables while your guests are enjoying themselves on the dance floor – they can also take them home as favours.

Before your big day, gather a wooden box, a bottle of wine (or the alcohol of your choice), and two glasses. Write love notes to each other and seal them away.

Keep the box sealed until a special anniversary. Then, break open the box and remember what it’s all about!

If you’re looking for a quirky reception entrance and want to break away from the traditional confetti, why not give your guests bubble wands instead! Brilliantly fun for the happy couple and all your guests, which look fantastic on your photographs. Decorate with a ribbon or tie to match your colour scheme and bring a touch of magic to your special day!remember what it’s all about!

Give your guests the chance to make their own bespoke button holes and get creative with corsages with a DIY flower bar for when guests first arrive. Ask your florist to put out a few sturdy basics such as roses or chrysanthemums, lots of brightly coloured ribbon (and a few buttons or sparkly bits if you like!) and some instructions, and let the guests do the rest!

Let’s give the canapes a really comfort food feel with this Beer & Burger arrangement – still holding style and presentation but really giving your wedding a homely, hearty reception.  Cheers!

Looking for something whimsical to bring your wedding photos to life?

Look no further than latest fun craze of colourful Smoke Bombs. Their pretty plumes in all colours of the rainbow can add a unique dreamlike quality to any wedding portrait.

LOVE the idea of a meaningful message on the bride’s shoes…

It’s such a special little touch! It could be a secret only the bride knows about, the perfect photo opportunity or a fortune telling exercise

Make your table stationary really personal using simple ideas!

Have Photo Place Cards! What could be more fun that using photos instead of place cards – find silly and fun photos of every wedding guest and use them instead of a traditional name card.

Write down a “marriage bucket list” activity that Bride and Groom can do together to strengthen their bond and love!

Rainy weddings are good luck but why not make the most of it and ask someone to collect some rainwater for you in a cup, and then funnel it into these tiny vials for tiny sentimental mementos of your very gorgeous, very rainy wedding day.

If your feet are tired and sore, grab a pair and dance some more!

An easy DIY task for any bride an adorable basket of Wedding Dancing Shoes, aka. flip flops.

Some couples don’t want to throw the bouquet, while others would prefer not to wait until the ceremony for their first look. If you’re a couple who just can’t image partaking in speeches, a cake cutting or even a first dance… don’t do it! It’s your wedding; you can skip what you want to.

Give your guests a helping hand the morning after the night before with a ready-made hangover survival kit!
Paracetamol for those poorly heads, coffee for a much needed caffeine fix, mints for boozy breath and maybe even some plasters to help achy feet – your guests will be ever so grateful!

Create a unique hashtag just for your wedding for guests to use on Social Media
Or why not use our screen and projector to create a tweet wall?!
Something to document your day and keep forever!
#happyhashtagging! #love #newtonhall #weddinginspiration!

Create a personalised aisle runner including all of your milestones throughout your relationships.
As your guests take their seats they can have a walk down memory lane and see all of the steps you have taken to get to your wedding day!
From your first date, moving in together and that all important proposal, it’ll all be there as you walk down the aisle!

Save your bouquet in a modern, elegant way that will blend in with any decor. With plenty of DIY option online this shadow box frame is such a simple and easy way to preserve your wedding flowers forever.

In those last few hours in the run-up to the biggest moment of your life the last thing you want is to be trying to give guests directions, or help Uncle Bob locate his lost trousers…make sure you’ve got a directory of contacts that your guests can call if they need a hand with anything while you relax, enjoy a glass of fizz and get ready to walk down the aisle!

If you are looking for an alternative wedding guest book, why not give a Jenga Block a try? A perfect way for your guests to help build happy memories of your special day in a fun and unique way!

Give your guests a truly original and perfectly personalised keepsake from your big day with a uniquely stylised broadsheet, printed on real newspaper!

Why not add a bit of fun & games into your wedding day with a Fantastical Fairground Theme.
Think Coconut Shy’s, candy floss carts and maybe even a hook a duck… Perfect for keeping the big and the little kids entertained throughout the whole day.

Singers Incognito will burst onto your wedding day with an undercover show which will blow you and your guests away!
Working alongside the real waiters and catering staff, Disguised as a waiter or waitress, chef, photographer, or even one of your own guests, your wedding guests won’t have a clue what is about to hit them!

To make your day even more fun, how about some out-of-the-ordinary entertainment to keep your guests happy while you enjoy yourself? Giant board games (particularly a giant ‘operation’), racing car simulators and ‘Grab a Grand’ machines are some of our favourites. Or a coconut shy, can can, hoopla and shooting gallery make a great summer fete wedding vibe.

Fancy something a little different for your big day? Bring out your inner craft with these bouquets and buttonholes made from old books and save some money in the process. A really effective alternative to fresh flowers and something that you can keep forever! Use your favourite book for that added personal touch.

Give your guests a favour that will remind them of the special day they were part of every time they crack open a cold one! These rustic bottle openers also double up as unique place card settings, and could be made extra special with a personal engraving.

If fruitcake or vanilla sponge doesn’t do it for you, put a twist on the tradition with an ice-cream cake or a tower of cheese.

Let’s face it, you will more than likely need to take a seat after a swift shot!

Why not really start the party with this shot-set table plan?

It’s cool, it’s daring and it’s very beneficial to those dance moves soon to come.

Kids deserve to have a bit of fun at your wedding, so why not keep them busy whilst making memories too?!

Give the kids all manner of crafty supplies and get them to make a wedding card for you and your future spouse! They will have hours of fun and you can keep them and look back on them in years to come!

Make sure your guests know all of the important bits on your big day (when they’re getting fed, where they are sitting, where the guest book is, how to use the DIY photo-booth) by giving them a practical guide to your wedding day – guaranteed to make them giggle!

Instead of the typical guestbook, why not add some extra eccentricity and have your friends and family leave their messages using an old-fashioned typewriter? Use sheets of long paper and after the wedding tie them into a scroll with a ribbon for a stylish and sentimental keepsake.

Why not have your wedding rings flown in by owls? These expertly trained birds will fly across the room to the (gloved) hand of the best man or the groom, delivering your rings with style and charm.

Why did they call him Mad? He had the best tea parties ever, surely? And while we can’t absolutely promise the White Rabbit (sometimes he runs a bit late), we can equip you with all you need for the maddest tea party ever; just make sure you’re in time!

Hey, hey – grab your grass skirt and get into the groove – this is partying Hawaiian stylie. Okay, we don’t insist on the grass skirts, but we do go in for some very large cocktails (take one water melon, hollow out, fill with delights, insert straw, drink – get the gist?).

At Newton Hall, we love everything a little bit extravagant, a little bit groovy grand. Venture into our Costume Room and you can be all that and more – and your photos will be absolutely unique.

Why not make your wedding just that little bit more quirky and opt for a vintage theme? if your crowd like to dress for an occasion, ask them to dress for the theme, and we’ll source the music and décor to match.

We heart the wedding blog www.rocknrollbride.com for vintage inspiration.

The only venue in the north east who offer fantastically chic French farm house tables, which require no dressing at all, but if you prefer feel free to dress them how you like.

Everyone likes to make an entrance, and here at Newton Hall we are eager to make your special day even more magical by giving you the feeling of walking on the clouds.

Here are just a few of our fabulous options

Northumbrian Tapas Menu

Northumbrian Hog Roast Feast

Fish and Chips

Newton Hall Seafood Banquet

Enormous Sharing Deserts

BBQ

Newton Hall Taste Bud Ticklers

Themed Menus

Mad Hatters Tea Party

Gone are the days of a simple ‘order of service’ on a chair… people are really saying it with quirky and fun-loving phrases to lighten the mood for that oh-so nerve racking ceremony. Let’s let the giggles rise and take the edge off things for a moment before the beautiful Bride’s big entrance…

Whether you use an old family recipe or your favourite store-bought variety, hot cocoa is a great addition or alternative to a coffee bar for your winter wedding.  Having lots of options for toppings and add-ons as well as complementary sides like cookies or candies all make for the perfect hot cocoa bar!

Let’s keep that relationship with your significant other healthy, connected and exciting by remembering to go on a date once in a while – and who better to give you plenty of dating inspiration than your wedding guests…

Let your guests give you their date ideas for you to enjoy throughout your wonderful years of marriage.  Give it a try!

When you already have a lovely home and lots of lovely things in it you don’t really need traditional wedding gifts. However, asking for money can sometimes feel a little awkward! How about a charming little poem on your invites? Guests will certainly get the message, but in a cute, polite, and less direct way!

Imagine the cupcake bar of your dreams, full of delectable palm-sized treats for your guests to graze on. The “Build It” cupcake bar allows your guests the opportunity to create their own personalized cupcake! Easy + fun – I love it!

Now that you’re newly engaged and planning your big day, it’s time to propose to your wedding party. Make it a moment they’ll never forget with a personalised present, they’ll be lending a helping hand throughout your planning so spoil them with a sweet gesture.

A perfect and fun little game for your guests to play, allowing them to interact with each other and break any awkward silences that may occur!

Keep your rings safe in the run up to your big day in a personalised cushioned box. You can even use it post-wedding on the odd occasions you need to off your ring, knowing it is safe and sound.

Yes, Doughnut Walls are now officially a thing! A fun and unique way of displaying your sweet treats. The last couple of years have seen Donuts taking over from cupcakes and cookies as the sweetest treat to spoil yourself with. These epic treat filled walls are a great decor feature and conversation starter for guests and make great edible wedding favours.

If like us you get a thrill out of the little details, have you thought about some personalised cocktail napkins? Add some fun facts about you and your partner, your monogram or some cute quotes and use these at the bar, with your wedding cake, and with your evening snacks.

The trick that works every time to make your guests want to take pictures with funny heads: make available an instant camera. Ask your guests to strike a pose and leave their photo in a wedding scrapbook for you to keep for years to come

Give your guests a little extra something with a Wedding Bathroom Basket. What on earth is a bathroom basket I hear you say?! It is essentially a basket placed in your reception venue bathrooms full of first aid items and often-needed practical goodies to help your guests with any mini emergencies they may have.

Gift your bridal party with their very own, personal toast flute. A little keepsake reminding them of their important role in your big day… plus if they put their drink down, they’ll always know which is theirs. Bonus!

Whether it accompanies a theme for your big day or you are simply going for the super VIP edge, a red carpet arrival will certainly WOW your guests.  Such a bold statement as they approach your wedding venue will ensure they know they are in for a magnificent day that you’ve taken such time and care to plan. After all… if it’s good enough for Kate.

What better way to start your journey into married life than with a globe full of well wishes from your closest friends & family? Make it even more personal by marking all the places you have been together – not forgetting the honeymoon!