So far I love these two and I am definitely leaning more towards Nadia than Sleeping Beeauty. Planning on going to visit again with MOH and OH (who is going to wait outside as he taxi's us around) and once I have decided... He is going to step in and then see if he can haggle the cost because, that's him lol
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CommentAuthorFlossie
Oooooh I LOVE Nadia.. absolutely stunning and you look so gorgeous wearing it! I personally think Nadia suits you more than Sleeping Beauty.. but then I do just love MS! Good luck on the haggling!
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CommentAuthorJennK
Love them both! But I prefer sleeping beauty on you, the shape of the top I think is more flattering personally :)
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CommentAuthorFlossie
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Mmm yeah I see what you're saying MrsK.. I think the shop of Sleeping Beauty is more flattering but as a whole, I love Nadia. When are you planning on going back? :)
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Hopefully soon. Trying to figure out first if I can get at least two BMs together with FMIL or just go with BM who lives locally who can maybe take a short video of me in the dresses to show the others. The MS dress made me feel like more of a bride and was very easy for me to move in even though the dress was two sizes smaller whereas the SB dress felt more like a princess dress and toned down my boobs. There's also a £300 difference in price with the MS being the least costly but that's not an issue really.
This is going to be tough :-/
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Just get both and have a dress change half way through the day ;)
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CommentAuthorAprilS61
I think I prefer Belle and Sleeping Beuty. I think overall, I would choose the SB. Gorgeous detailing, and I'm not normally into flowers but the purple detail really is gorgeous. And I am in love with your invitations!! Your theme is making me slightly jealous! X
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Thanks April, I'm really happy with how my invites have come out. I loved Graphic design in Hugh school and college and I just didn't want to leave this in the hands of someone else.
Lol I wish I could afford both! Maybe I'll win the lottery lol
One option I can do is because, like you, I love the purple flower detailing is getting a really nice purple flower (or three) on a belt around the waist in the Nadia dress. Met up with MOH to tonight at a fellow colleagues engagement party and discussed visiting the two shops on the same day and seeing what happens. Just wish they were from the same shop to try them back to back.
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CommentAuthorJessica29792
Ohh the Nadia dress is gorgeous! I want something similar but in a mermaid/trumpet style dress. That dress suits you loads as well and you look very happy in it :) Also, your invitations are amazing! Did you do them yourself? x
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Hi Jessica, yeah I made them myself with a little inspiration from another invite I saw. I love both the dresses so it's going to be a tough choice and I have until October to decide as the shop with the SB dress is going to be changing over to an X sample selling shop only after mid Oct.
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CommentAuthorJessica29792
Do you have any slight preference over the other on any of the dresses? Personally I think the Nadia one looks more feminine, but I am slightly biased as I am wanting something similar for my dress. Either way, both dresses look very flattering on you. You must be very arts and crafty as the invitations look really professional and very good! I am thinking of making my own invitations as well as decorations and everything for the wedding, as much as possible. I have even got a new vintage sewing machine which my nana has bought me so that I can start sewing things for it. Very exciting! x
CommentAuthorAprilS61
Personally, I'm not fussed on the flower on the nadia dress, however without I think it's still lovely. which are you favouring the most between them? I would definitely try them on in the same day. Measure by which gives you the biggest smile!
Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
I think it's going to have to be April lol.
I love making things and a lot of what is going into the wedding decor is going to be hand made either by myself or with friends.
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CommentAuthorAprilS61
I wish I was that creative!
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CommentAuthorJessica29792
That is the same for me Victoria, I have just bought a load of different fabrics in the colours I have chosen for our wedding and going to experiment making some bunting with it before I buy more. I am hoping that it turns out right. I plan on making most, if not all, of the decorations for our wedding. Luckily enough I have plenty of time and plenty of crafty people in the family (on both sides) to help me x
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
It's great when you have people to help you. Add wine and you have a good night
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Decision has been made! Tried on both dresses again with MOH present and even she noticed that when I tried on one of the dresses I didn't feel as happy as the first time I wore it. So, it's official. I have chosen my dress.
I am going to wear the Alfred Angelo Sleeping Beauty Dress!
I just loved it on, I felt wonderful, comfortable and happy wearing it to the point where if it wasn't for the size being too small and length too short I would have paid the money there and walked out in it. Now I just need to contact the shop and tell them lol
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CommentAuthorAprilS61
Lovely! That was my fave :) congrats on picking your dress :D x
Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15
CommentAuthorJessica29792
Oh congratulations on choosing your dress, it is lovely I must admit. I bet you can't wait until the big day now! You're going to look amazing! x
CommentAuthorFlossie
Yay congratulations on finding 'the one'! So exciting! :)
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CommentAuthorTeresaC54
its gorgeous :) Love the whole theme of your wedding too - sounds like its going to be an amazing day!
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Getting measured up this Thurs evening so quite excited. OH is coming as he wants to try haggling some money off as I'm not that great to be honest.
Now that I have found The One it's made it really REAL and I'm feeling really excited!
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CommentAuthorAprilS61
Getting THE dress makes it so much more exciting haha. Im looking forward to my alterations next after christmas lol x
Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Videographer booked! Managed to persuade the OH that it was something we would probably regret later not having and after chatting with recently married friends he too agreed. It takes us a little over budget but it just means that we need to haggle harder and work some extra overtime which I am more than happy to do.
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CommentAuthorIrishbride2be
i love your save the dates! and the sleeping beauty dress is so beautiful i was originally going to go for that range of dresses and try them on but i fell in love with a ronald joyce instead xx
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CommentAuthorJessica29792
Congratulations on booking the videographer Victoria, I am sure once the day has come and gone and you receive your finished product, your OH will love it! I was talking to my h2b about it but he doesn't like the idea as he said it will pick up on all the little things that you don't want it to and it is expensive. We aren't even sure we will be able to afford a proper photographer either :( We will have to keep looking though. Do you have much more to book/organise? xx
CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Still quite a few things left to sort out such as
Kilt Hire Bridesmaids dresses and accessories (already picked just need to order them) Dance floor hire DJ Flowers Bouquets Hair and Make up OH's wedding ring and a whole bunch of little things like centrepieces, photo booth background etc
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CommentAuthorJessica29792
The rest doesn't seem like it would take too long for you to sort out though, it seems like you have a lot sorted already! And you still have 9 months to go :) xx
CommentAuthorFlossie
Victoria, are you doing your own photo booth?
Not much left to go! Everything will soon fall into place :)
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CommentAuthorIrishbride2be
its just tying up all the loose ends, iv just got the niggly bits left to go! xx
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
We pretty much wanted the last few months to be as stress free as possible. Finding the DJ is going to be hardest as OH suffers from Hyperacusis so if their audio quality is bad he will pick it up quickly. Some DJs we've experienced so far have such poor audio skills it causes my OH physical pain and that's not an exaggeration but we also don't want a band.
Flossie: our photographer is a husband and wife duo and are happy to take the pics for the photo booth but we're building the backdrop and supplying the props :-)
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CommentAuthorFlossie
Ahh fair enough, that sounds good :) we are going to make our own. There is a lovely spare room in our venue that is wall to wall in old bookcases with old books which we thought would make a lovely backdrop anyway and fit our 'vintage' kind of theme. We looked into buying a polaroid camera which in itself isn't tooooo expensive, but the film is just outrageous! So we will probably just use our digital camera or ask guests to use their mobiles and upload to FB/Insta etc. with our own hashtag so we can easily get hold of them afterwards, print them off and put in a book :) so we just need to buy props really! xx
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CommentAuthorAprilS61
What's hyperacusis Victoria? I've not heard it before but it doesn't sound very nice.
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CommentAuthorJennK
I've studied hyperacusis but never come across someone who suffers from it who wasn't older and had spent years in the music industry, fascinating stuff :)
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Yeah it's why he took a while to diagnose. They initially thought he had tinnitus but he didn't have the trade mark ringing in his ears. He did work in a bar for about 4 years where he would work right next to the stage for live bands followed by working in BT business tech support so he was on the phones a lot. Doc's think he was overexposed to certain frequencies used in phones/speakers which resulted in him developing the condition. At one point it was so bad he could hear all noise at the same level so he eventually managed to get a different job where he wasn't overexposed to electrical noise frequencies for long period.
He's a lot better now but we have noticed that when we go to weddings/bars/night clubs he starts having mild symptoms after a few hours so the evening reception is going to be crucial where music is concerned that we get the right DJ with good sound equipment and who doesn't have an over enthusiasm for talking over the music which happened a lot at my sisters wedding reception so he spent the majority of it outside with some of my male cousins chatting.
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
On additional news as of yesterday afternoon...
THE FLIGHTS ARE BOOKED FOR HONEYMOON TO ORLANDO!!!!!!!!!
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Got our pictures pack from our engagement session, posted a link on my wall but here is our favourite one.
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CommentAuthorMrsEmmaP
Ahh they are gorgeous photos, looks like you had a fab time! I've got my engagement session on Saturday and I'm quite nervous about it! x
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CommentAuthorFlossie
Aww lovely photos!!
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CommentAuthorElinor Claire
That's a lovely photo. We had a pre-wedding shoot, and it was great fun. We got some lovely photos out of it.
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Awe Emma I know what you mean, I was nervous as well because I don't like having my picture taken however we had a good laugh with ours and though I needed constant reminding that I can actually smile I relaxed after a while. We've used the panoramic of us in Meadow Park with the sunset to send out personalised Christmas cards via Vi$ta Pr1nt since they turned out so well. Was actually my FSIL idea :-D
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CommentAuthorMrsEmmaP
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I've been looking at other peoples sessions on our photographers website and I don't really know what I'm worried about! I do hate having my picture taken though and always end up with a stupid face when I'm trying to smile haha! Ah that's such a good idea, bet they look gorgeous! I am hoping we can get ours back before Christmas as I want to get one of them put on a canvas for H2B as a present :)
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CommentAuthorJennK
Pictures are lovely! Had a sneaky peek on the link :)
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Thank MrsK2b :-D
Emma, speak to your photographer about what you're concerned about and they will work with you and talk to your OT throughout, crack jokes be yourselves. Saying that everyone told me this and I was still nervous lol
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CommentAuthorTheNewMrsBarrett
What a lovely pic! Xx
CommentAuthorInDreamland
That is a beautiful picture!
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Thanks :)
Sorted out photobooth today, found the perfect company but initially they were too expensive. After some negotiations with us having our wedding on a Monday and explaining we are stretched already they agreed agreed to drop the price by £250! So glad we got that sorted out as I didn't want to rope in my actual photographers to do it because I wanted them focused on everyone else. I also really want a photo strip guest book as something else to look back on so excited about that too :-D
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CommentAuthorFlossie
That's great Victoria. Great saving! :)
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CommentAuthorAprilS61
What a great saving! Makes you wonder how they can warrant those prices anyway doesn't it!
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CommentAuthorVictoriaL46
Yeah. We just couldn't justify the total cost as it meant paying £200 an hour for their services! Granted they are bespoke but we just couldn't afford the full price.
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