SEVENS AND TWELVES

MODERN/ SUSTAINABLE/ SERIOUSLY COOL

WHAT DO WE DO?

WE SOURCE OLD VINYL RECORDS THAT NOBODY WANTS AND CRAFT THEM INTO BEAUTIFUL WEDDING DECOR AND DETAILS.

WHO ARE WE?

WE ARE ANT AND KATIE, A MUSIC LOVING, RECORD COLLECTING COUPLE. WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR SEVENS AND TWELVES WHEN PLANNING OUR OWN WEDDING IN 2019. WE KNEW WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE OUR LOVE FOR RECORDS INTO THE WEDDING BUT COULDN’T FIND ANYONE PRODUCING WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.

WE DECIDED IF WE COULDN’T PURCHASE WHAT WE WANTED, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THEM OURSELVES! WE WENT THROUGH OUR OWN RECORD COLLECTION, PULLING OUT REGRETTABLE PURCHASES AND OTHER UNWANTED RECORDS AND TURNED THESE INTO PLACE SETTINGS. THE RECORDS WERE COLOURED TO MATCH THE COLOUR SCHEME OF OUR WEDDING AND EACH RECORD PERSONALISED, MEANING THEY WERE ALSO GIFTS/FAVOURS FOR OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TOO!

RECEPTION

OUR GUESTS ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE RECORD FAVOURS/GIFTS. WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE REACTION TO THEM. SOME OF OUR GUESTS EVEN FRAMED THEIR RECORDS AND HAVE THEM ON DISPLAY AT HOME.

FROM DIY TO BUSINESS

TWO YEARS AFTER OUR WEDDING, WE SET UP SEVENS AND TWELVES SO THAT OTHER MUSIC LOVING COUPLES COULD HAVE THESE AMAZING PIECES AT THEIR OWN WEDDING. WE ALSO SUPPLY VINYL TABLE NAMES, TABLE PLANS, GUEST BOOKS AND ANYTHING ELSE WE THINK WE CAN REPURPOSE FROM RECORDS.

THE PROCESS

WE LOVE WORKING WITH CREATIVE COUPLES TO HELP BRING THEIR VINYL THEMED DREAMS TO LIFE AND HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS AND OPTIONS TO HELP WITH THE PROCESS. WE KEEP COUPLES UPDATED ON PROGRESS TO ENSURE THE DESIGN AND APPEARANCE OF THE RECORDS IS EXACTLY AS THEY WISH.

WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?

WE ARE BASED IN DERBY BUT OUR RECORDS WILL TRAVEL ALL OVER THE UK.

WHY THE NAME “SEVENS AND TWELVES”?

RECORDS ARE MOST COMMONLY MANUFACTURED IN 2 SIZES, 7 INCH (SINGLES, SOMETIMES ALSO CALLED “45S” BECAUSE OF THE SPEED THEY ARE PLAYED AT, 45 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE) AND 12 INCH (ALBUMS/LPS BUT ALSO SINGLES TOO). THAT’S WHERE WE GOT THE NAME FROM!

A LITTLE INSPIRATION …