Why bulb type matters.

 Well now, I know a catchy title like that has dragged you in!  Bulbs may seem boring but the wrong bulb can ruin a photoshoot, video or the entire atmosphere of your event. 

Are you the type of person who can't abide the big light "turn it off" you shriek like Nosferatu cowering away from its full beam.  Can't get into the vibes on a night out and then realise it's the lighting.... Well we feel you.  I'm almost jealous of people that don't get hung up on the subtleties of the mood lighting situation.  But once you know, you know.

At Vowed and Amazed, the main bulb we use is the good old fashioned tungsten filament.  The glow is unmatched. The speed at which they flicker does not interrupt filming and most of all they are dimmable to suit all situations.  Don't get us wrong they have their downsides. For one the heat that comes off them. If we are hiring or creating for children's parties we always recommend our LED option, little hands and very hot bulbs do not mix. Filaments are also more delicate than LED and do not last as long. Not to mention the BIGGEST issue here... They aren't really being manufactured anymore! 

The glow of a traditional filament bulb is simply hypnotic and getting rarer by the day.

Let's talk about LED, real talk.  The glow does not compare to filament,  there is nowhere near as much spread of light.  Their flicker rate can be a real issue for photographers and filming.  Dimmable LED's are on the whole non existent or incredible expensive with quite a poor capacity to actually dim. HOWEVER they are much better for the environment, come in a large range of colours, cool to the touch for little hands, longer lasting and very durable.

So all in all, it really depends on what your needs are.  Talk to us and we can advise on the right option for your event,  be it colorful and cool LED party times or the subtle warm glow of a real filament bulb.

 

New website for our props and giant light up letters hire

Sooooo much behind the scenes work has been going on here at Vowed and Amazed, as we have been working with designer extraordinaire Becky Lord. I can't tell Becky enough how enjoyable she made the whole process,  which honesty is not the experience i've had with websites in the past.  I almost want to keep her secret but that just wouldn't be fair!

You can view our lovely shiny new site here Vowed & Amazed.  We just keep looking at it!

We also have a website shop launching in Jan.  It won't be as big a selection of 'to buy' items as before (but remember we also offer a bespoke build service on signs and props) but by goodness these select beauties are pretty joyful!  More on that in Jan.

We decided on a new site because wise we are no longer famed just for our giant hire letters,  but for so much more. Our neon and mixed media sign hire is going great guns and we are having so much fun designing new pieces, so we wanted a fresh site that gave centre stage to all of our fabulous event hire props,  not just our dazzling giant letter hire.

Maddy from SEO masters Making Your business Shine also had a helping hand and we are going to be working really hard on getting our google rankings where they should be, as the longest serving light up letter hire company we haven't been shining as brightly as we could when it comes to SEO, so time to start! 

Thank you so much Becky and Maddy and we hope al of our clients past, present and future love the new site as much as we do.

Merry Christmas all!  We'll leave you with an Christmassy snap of our large hire letters.

Love Caroline, Stuart & Team Vowed and Amazed xxx

Vowed and Amazed light up props galore and a new sister company

We are just terrible at keeping up with our blog!

We've been so busy with Vowed and Amazed.  We have had a lot of issues with less scrupulous companies making copies of our designs,  it's all enforceable of course but incredibly time consuming, draining and it really takes away form our favourite activity of just getting on and designing and building things. We aren't talking about light up letters of course, but our more heavily design pieces like our 'Til death light up sign.

To help discourage the design "borrowers" we are forgetting "simple" and going forward just designing and engineering the heck out of all of our new pieces, basically making them too fabulous to easily copy!

What else?!...

We've also been working on our new venture The Curious Collection Ltd. this is where we house our slightly more 'out there' designs.  Honestly it's the place we keep props for hire, that we are desperate to make, but maybe not so many people happen to want to hire!!
We are also using it as the main point for our bespoke designs for others. Do you need any bespoke fabrication of props etc?

The star of the collection so far is definitely the neon hoops for hire.

There was a great piece about The Curious Collection in Brides...

The Curious Collection tagline is Prop hire for the curious,  Fabrication for the fabulous.

Are you following our Insta? Follow Vowed and Amazed here.  The Curious Collection here.


V&A and TCC xxx

New light up things!

Hello there!

We've had as hectic a summer as ever with our giant light up letters, but we managed to squeeze in designing and fabricating a couple of new pieces and we've got more being built in our workshop currently!

Here is our new medium light up star, a bit more of a practical prop than our large star but looks excellent in a trio too!

Link to hire here!

And we are lucky enough to have a very talented friend named Amy that runs a fabulous calligraphy business called Myrtle & Co and we collaborated with her on our giant light up mirrors.  They are available to hire plain or get in touch with Amy for a calligraphy quote. Hire by clicking here!

And finally we bring the PARTY to you! 

These are the perfect size light up letter to adorn a mantelpiece, table, or on a bar! Smaller than our giant letters it's the perfect party piece. Hire here! 

Oooh and, and, and! our giant light up letters were used alongside Ricky Gervais and Brian May at the Animal Hero Awards and we featured on Strictly,  we'd worked with some of the dancers before so it was great to finally be on the show!

Keep an eye out for our new items coming soon fresh from the Vowed and Amazed workshops.

Love, V & A xxx

Pretty in Pink!!

We had a bit of fun shooting our Pink Lawn Flamingos the other day!  Hire available from a pair to a whole flock! 

These flamingos are the genuine “Don Featherstone” design (with his signature), cast from the original molds created in 1957 by Union Products in Leominster, Massachusetts.

Hire here www.vowedandamazed.co.uk

Making new things and moving!

Hi Y'all!

We've been a bit quiet on here lately! We moved offices and have had lots of bespoke pieces to make in our workshops.  Our giant light up letters are going great guns,  and we have added a new piece to our collection… a sit on moon photo backdrop,  it's pretty amazing if we do say so ourselves! 

It's a fun alternative to a photo booth and you can easily fit two people on the moon with room for more folks gathered around see www.vowedandamazed.co.uk for hire info.

We are currently working on two more fabulous photo walls launching soon hopefully! 

We are also working on a really dramatic light up sign,  can't say much as it is all hush hush but we can't wait to preveiw it.

We will leave you with some pictures of our work in the last few months.

Contact us at info@vowedandamazed.co.uk

Speak soon! Hopefully with images of our new pieces,  we are also working on a very exciting photo-shoot with some new pieces that for once we didn't build ourselves!  They are pink and pretty snazzy! Wait and see! 

Caroline, Stuart and the team at Vowed & Amazed

xxx

New website and shop yippee!!

We've got a new website and shop!  Check it out here…….

Light up letters, creative props and backdrops all at www.vowedandamazed.co.uk