Momentus Occasion

Finally today the Wedding Invitations that I have worked on for months are in the post and hurtling their way to our potential guests as I type. 

By the time any of my guests check this blog and see this picture, the invites will have hit the mat! 

Hopefully they will agree that my photograph doesn't do them justice, which is rather big headed to say given I made them myself!

Outlaws visit

After yesterdays visit from my future mother in law, sister in law and soon to be nephew, I think we may finally have a guest list sorted!!!!! Today I need to now reassemble the invites with all the new inserts written and we're there! It will be a huge relief to have them sent and to see the replies coming back in!!! 

New Year New Panics

Been a weird day today.. panic really setting in over the whole 16 weeks to the wedding worry!  Bit freaked out to learn today that now not only is my best mate not coming to my hen night as she is preggers but now my best gay mate isn't either.. Very sad today. Not that the hen nights are organised. Spent lots of the day sitting and cutting new invite inserts and trying to get back on track! Think Greg's family are coming to lunch tomorrow so hopefully we will sort out once and for all the guest list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just feel that once this is sorted then some fun might start again! Miss the dress shopping.. want to see my dress again! Poo.. bad mood all around. Luckily I have a lovely man who came home and gave me a kiss and made me feel loved again. xxx

Four months and counting...

Christmas day was exactly one year that we got engaged, and brings us to exactly 4 months until the wedding. There are still guest list issues to resolve but it seems we are getting there.. just a few more conversations with Greg's mum and my mum and we might be final! The invites are due to go out in the New Year so I must hurry!!!

Oh my god oh my god!!!!

You won't believe this but today after not much thought we have changed our wedding!!! 

It's still the same date... but instead of it being a civil ceremony at Ewell Court House, it's now a church wedding, followed by the reception and party still at Ewell Court! And this is the church where I was christened and my parents were married!!!!! And our wedding day is 4 days before their anniversary. 

It's all so perfect and unbelievable! Greg hadn't wanted a church do previously, mainly because he is so shy and he thought it would be more scary! After much debating the timing of our day and me getting more and more worried that we would be rushed (with the ceremony starting at 4pm and this meaning our party wouldn't be kicking off til 8.30pm and ending at 11pm if all went to plan) he has changed his mind and is giving me my dream! 

I can't say how thrilled I am, especially as I think it's fate that the church that is so special to my family isn't booked up!! 

Anyway now I have the joyful job of reprinting all my inserts for the invitations that I just finished making!!! aaaah!!! Not to mention calling various suppliers to tell them of the change!!!! 

With the Wedding being earlier I know now that our day will be much smoother and less of a mad panic!

Invite Mania!

Been working flat out on the Wedding invitations and pleased to say they are finally nearing conclusion!!!!!!

A few more to make... just for the ones I have yet to confirm names on, and envelopes to stuff with invites and info sheets and meal option sheets and then ready to go!!!! 

So exciting!!!

Finally I can tell.. I've been nearly bursting!!!!

There is a big reason why some time ago my plans changed regarding bridesmaids! And finally I am allowed to tell why!!! Sarah my best mate who was to be chief bridesmaid is now pregnant!!! She's now 13 weeks which means she would have been very close by the time of the wedding and so we decided better to make her a guest who can relax than making her work her butt off!!! 

Anyway congratulations honey! Very pleased for you, and hoping you will still be able to enjoy the hen night (the one you can!) and the wedding!  Still need you around!!!

Guest List update

Finally, following more discussions with Greg's parents and mine, we seem to have a final guest list! We are at about 90 people which is where we had to be, and I think finally everyone is happy! Now Greg just has to finalise his Best Man and I need a few more surnames and addresses and we're done! Already feels good though to have this much sorted! Just need those surnames! 

Phew! It's all coming together

Wedding Rings Arrive!!!!

Oh my god.. our wedding rings were delivered today and I am just so thrilled with them! Given we designed them ourselves, with the owner of the company that made them, there was always that fear that they wouldn't be what we expected... but they are just perfect! 

From the pictures you can't see the detail. They are the same, just mine is not as wide, and both have a princess cut diamond in, with the wedding date engraved around the outside in roman numerals.

When I tried mine on with my engagement ring it just makes the diamonds pop out and dazzle! 

Can you tell how pleased I am? Just wish I could wear it now!

Long time no blog...

Yes it has been a silly amount of time since I updated my blog, but then I have been busy and actually the wedding has taken a back seat to the house in the last few weeks. We've managed to get the living room into a liveable state now, and even ordered some new sofas which should be coming in the next few weeks. 

Mum and I met with Aidan Tierney our caterer last week and went through all the plans for the day and made some decisions on scrummy food! Greg and Dad opted to let us make all the decisions as we knew what they favoured at the tasting. Aidan was brilliant and he helped us work out the timings for the day, and gave us ideas for drinks. We choose the linen, and the plates that we will be using (actually Greg chose them beforehand), we even chose the way we wanted our napkins to be folded! 

Now we're just waiting for the costing and the menu to arrive so we can go ahead and prepare choices sheets for all our guests! Phew! 

Catering Capers

On thursday evening we went to meet with our caterer Aidan Tierney of Tierneys Caterers, to have a tasting! Our party consisted of us, and mum and dad, and we really werent sure what to expect!

We drove to Oaks Farm in Shirley near croydon, along with about 30+ other couples/parties, all hungry! We found a beautiful room laid with ten different tables, with different ideas for decoration,theme, plates, glassware, different napkins folded, all set to give us ideas. We had canapes and were then seated at our tables, 10 to a table, and were seved a delicious main course of lamb, with roasted mini herb potatoes, with some other variety of potatoes, and a range of veg. This was then followed by an even more delicious plate of three mini desserts, and all accompanied by plenty of wine.

It really was a lovely evening and gave us great opportunities to meet other couples also getting married. For Greg this meant he could chat to grooms and realise that I am not the only nutty bride out there! and to hear how other people are doing their thing! I think Greg had a new found appreciation for my organisation after this!!

Great night! Next step making our choices!!!
x

Six months today....

Six months today we will be getting wed... guess how we feel? It's also one and a half years today that we met! It's been a perfect day so far today, and we have actually spent a considerable amount of time with the owner of a wedding ring design company chosing and designing our own wedding rings. They are now ordered and paid for, and will be on their way to us in a few weeks. We've gone for 18ct white gold to match my engagement ring, a unique style band made by this company, rounded but squared off also, with one small princess cut diamond, (unusually as my engagement ring is brilliant cut, but with a square setting) and around the band, our wedding date in roman numerals engraved. So really this post is all about special dates to us! Today has been one of those days I realise just how lucky I am.

xxxx

Happy Friends

A very good friend of mine today told me that he/she is thinking of getting married. Don't want to give anything away on here, but just to say that I am thrilled, and thrilled to be taken into their confidence! My wedding mags are yours when I am done with them!!! (albeit with lots of tiny bits cut out!!)

Can't wait!!!

xxxxx

Honeymoon booked!

Finally after much searching and trawling through website, and travel brochures we have found a lovely hotel in Crete which we have booked, and which fits all of our wish list!

Greg decided he wasn't up for travelling too far so our destination had to be short haul. I was desperate to have somewhere with a private pool, and luxurious room. I really want this honeymoon to be beautiful! My first choice would be the Maldives, but I would hate the flight so I understand that Greg doesn't want to go that far!

We did like the look of the Atlantica Imperial in Rhodes, and although the hotel does have some private pool's they are just so expensive! We also liked the Lindian Village in Rhodes, but again so expensive and only bed and breakfast!

So when I found Sensatori in Crete by accident the other day, imagine my delight when I realised we could have either a swim up room, or a private pool!!!! We have piped for a private pool for just that bit more privacy and found out that the private pool's are on the roof.. so they sound amazing!!!!

Even better, we fly the friday following the wedding so we have tons of time after the wedding to be packed and relaxed before we jet off!!!

Organising Odds

Mum and I have luckily had the odd chance in the last week to have a few chats and get a few little bits sorted which has been good! It's amazing how many people's surnames you don't know, and addresses you lose throughout your life! Compiling the guest list has been hard work! Still we are more or less sorted as long as Greg's side sticks to the guests we know about... if that changes then I need to rethink a few!

Still.. this weekend has largely been a wedding free zone. I have lots sorted now, and am getting to the stage where I can't organise much more until other things happen! Thats what frustrates me most but I guess it is good, or I would have everything done, and then would probably want to change it all just before the big day!

We had some great news though that Greg has finally sorted things out and got himself a best man!!! Yeah!!! His very good friend Homefield has happily accepted the role! I havent met him yet, but am looking forward to it soon!

Night Night Sleep tight

xxx

Magpie Vintage tops my expectations!

Ordered a couple of items of jewellery from a lovely company online called Magpie Vintage which specialises in vintage items of jewellery, and jewellery made from vintage items. So excited about it! I ordered them on Tuesday night and they arrived at work today! Really beautiful! Excited to find such a lovely company, and such a nice lady who owns it!

Check it out...

http://www.magpievintage.co.uk/index.html

Evening Visit to Ewell Court House

Just got back from another lovely visit to Ewell Court, with my friend Steven who will, if all things work out, be singing during our Wedding Ceremony. We went to visit tonight to check out the acoustics in the room and work out what will be needed equipment wise! Lovely to show someone else the beautiful place we will be wed! And very strange standing in the room, now it's all coming together, imagining what it will all be like!

Vacancy Filled!!

Great news! My little brother Ben has agreed very happily to MC our wedding! He'll do the introducing and the starting of the speeches, and help organise the whole day! So pleased to have him involved and his help will be invaluable on the day! I told him we've asked him as he has a biggest mouth! heheh!!!

So excited!!

Bridesmaid Dresses!!!

Finally the day arrived and Rachel, Scarlett,Mum and I went off Bridesmaid dress shopping! After finding out recently that Courtney was too shy to be a bridesmaid, and Sarah couldn't be one, we had a smaller party than planned... but it was great fun!

Rachel is a big girl like me, and our search was largely around trying to find a shop with a dress to fit to try on! It's absolutely appalling that shops that profess to be specialising in larger sizes call holding one size 22 bridesmaid dress specialising, especially when Rachel isn't that big!!!

Anyway.. we did manage to find a dress that sort of fitted enough to decide that we loved it for Rach, and the most beautiful dress for Scarlett, which will be in pink and ivory. Scarlett spent the whole day saying I want the pink dress, bless her, not understanding that just because one dress isn't pink that we can't have it in pink!!! Anyway she will be thrilled when it arrives!! I'm very excited too to have another thing sorted, and the day start to be coming together! My girls are going to look so beautiful!

Sparkling Shoes!!!

Bought my wedding shoes a while ago, and they are so cute! Decided wasn't going to go the traditional bride route on the shoes... can't wear heels and wanted a pair that were sparkly and pretty and that I could wear again! Found these in Next, would you believe it!!! I think they're perfect!