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About The Added Extra

Extras. Cheshire

£

£500 - £1000

We believe we provide the added extra to any party or event to suit all occasions. We aim to create fabulous event decoration offering guests great talking points and unique photo opportunities. With our Neon signs and Floral displays, we certainly achieve this. We offer 4Ft LED letters in classic white, Rustic metal and our new Rustic wooden range.  We have also added several new backdrops to our collection.  Everyone loves a selfie and we don’t disappoint there! We attend several weddings with our selfie mirrors, and with our fun props and experience staff members to man, it we ensure your guests have a great time. This is one of our favourite parts of the job as we get to see the happy couple celebrating their big day. We cover all of Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside.

Previous Weddings

Being in Cheshire we are very lucky to be surrounded by some lovely wedding venues of all kinds set in the gorgeous countryside. We are privileged to be involved in many weddings each year but our selfie mirror lets us get even closer as we get to personally attend the after parties. We get to meet the wonderful couples and all their guests so we could reminisce all day about the funny moments we see, but the weddings that I often think about are the ones that have a sub plot to them.

Wedding 1

The first of our favourite weddings was once that we attended at Crewe Hall. They had really gone for it. From us alone they had their surname spelt out in 4ft LED letters, a fancy sweet cart and our fantastic Selfie Mirror but beautifully, it was all arranged through friends. It was only when we got the humbling experience of meeting the groom that we found out their story. Heartbreakingly, the groom had Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and his battle was coming to an end. Your initial thought is to be sad and even feel sorry for them, however, there was such a positive energy in the room, it was inspiring and infectious. We quickly realised they were eager for pictures on our Selfie Mirror and as I watched the groom’s friends still “taking the micky” out of him and seeing that they didn’t make it about the illness, there was no feeling of pity but pure joy, their friend was marrying the woman he loved, it could only fill you with the joy they were feeling in that moment. Weddings are such a personal moment in someone’s life but on this day, I felt I was invited into this moment and with every picture that was printed, it was properly treasured and didn’t receive the usual drunken glare and then drunkenly scrunched in their suit pockets. They knew it could be the last photo and there was no sadness, or even “macho” man behaviour, just pure affection and appreciation for the groom and his new wife, whilst we all silently reflect on our own fortunes. I was humbled to be chosen to do this wedding and that they trusted us to do it right. Though it’s strange to think what could be seen as such a sad occasion is actually one of my favourites as I saw first hand the love felt through family and friendship.

Wedding 2

We all know COVID has been a nightmare for the whole wedding industry and my heart goes out to all of the couples that have to keep rearranging and then rearranging again. You can still see brides even now losing heart in the day they have wished for their whole lives, through no fault of their own. Recently, we had one bride who was so determined to get married after her 3rd wedding date was postponed, she actually did, in front of 13 guests at the Courthouse in Knutsford, just before Christmas.  For personal reasons it felt amazing to do a wedding for the first time in 8 months and coincidentally it was the venues first as well. So behind the scenes there was already a bit of a buzz. I was happily setting up their surname in lights when in came a lovely bubbly, excited bride. Due to the day being so intimate I would never normally be greeted by the couple as we set up early in the morning but naturally there was less to do and she had time to come and see the venue. We, the venue and the other suppliers all had a really good chat with the bride and had a laugh, the bride was so excited to finally have her day and we were all so pleased for her. Despite all the bad news of 2020 you could see she loved her future husband with all of her heart and simply the vows took presidency over the “big day”.  We see so many couples wanting the big day of partying and celebrations and sometimes forgetting the reason behind it. There was a kind of purity to the day, with a hint of an “up yours” attitude to COVID-19. It was nice to learn about the couple when on a normal occasion I may never have seen them.

Favourite Wedding 1

Crewe Hall, Cheshire

Favourite Wedding 2

The Courthouse, Knutsford

Reviews

Take a look at some of our reviews from our previews clients.

Olivia Robinson
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Absolutely LOVED our surname in lights, they looked INCREDIBLE and were the perfect backdrop for our day! We had great communication from them and a swift change of date when we had to move our date back in March. Thank you SOO much!!! Xx
Chloe Wood
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Fantastic set up, such friendly people! Very easy to accommodate and the attention to detail is amazing! Fantastic deals. 
Thanks once again for making my sons birthday!
Samantha Meadows
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An amazing company who go above and beyond to be helpful. We had a booking during COVID and they did everything to help during the stressful planning. Such a lovely team and Zoe was fabulous through out. Highly recommend!
Libby Nolan
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Wow! Great service, so quick and easy, responsive and flexible - the products were exactly as promised and picked up/ dropped off as arranged. Couldn’t ask for anything more! 100% will use again and highly recommend!
Toni Birkin
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Brilliant service from the guys at the added extra. Nothing was to much hassle. What we hired made the venue look so special. Thank you so much. Would highly recommend!
John DoeJames Coates
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Fantastic company! Very professional approach from start to finish. They made the whole process of hiring everything super easy! The sweet cart and light up letters are great! And the selfie mirror is just bundles of fun. Everybody at the party enjoyed all the props and pictures are fantastic quality Katie & Paul where really fun and helpful working with the mirror when we hired it. Would highly recommend to anybody for any occasion.
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FAQs

We started in event hire early 2016 and have grown consistently year on year ever since.

We initially started in just the Cheshire area but this has now extended to the Lancashire, Derbyshire and Merseyside areas as well. We work closely with many venues of all kinds whether it be for a barn wedding, outdoors in a tipi or a hotel wedding.

In 2019 we managed to hit our target of 120 weddings in one year on top of our other events that we do, and had it not been for COVID-19 in 2020 this would have been well exceeded.

Yes we do and we are able to invite them to our showroom to see how our items are made and even offer a display of what it would look like on their special day. We have fabulous members of staff that are happy to walk them through the showroom and look at all they wish to see while answering any questions that they may have. It’s actually one of our favourite parts of the job. It’s great to speak to the couple, learn about them, and really make the items bespoke to their special day.

We ask for £50 to hold the items wanted for the chosen day and the balance is due 28 days before the event. If cancelled due to COVID-19 then naturally we offer a full refund or assist in moving it to a new date at no extra charge.

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