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Those poems on the back of the chairs are lovely! Think I may steal the mob and fob ones if you dont mind? xx

hehehe

I have gift/memory boxes for our mums that are personalised and to put in them so far are

One of the womens favours (silver compact mirrors)
A small crystal rose (our theme)
A sandlewood hand fan in case they get hot
A personalised hanky
A silk scarf in case they get cold
A crystal heart keyring
A personalised candle
All of which are favours so cost around £3 each apart from the box which was £15 as is solid wood and painted and decorated!

Then after the day they can also put in
A copy of the menu
A copy of the order of the day
Their copy of the invite
Their name tag, rose and personalised napkin
Their napkin ring and glass charm
One of the photo frames that was used for the memory table

and anything else they want to put in :-)

Will post a pic of the boxes once Ive ordered them

Next is my all time fav so far. After two years of looking this is NOTHING like what I thought i wanted lol
But I honestly think it is stunning and captures EVERYTHING I want my day to reperesent, modern classic romantic and vintage all wrapped up in one GORJUS dress!
I think THIS will be my dress but I have 3 years to go so we will see when its time to order hehehe

These are the cufflinks I designed for the men to wear


They will also all be wearing these

I have found myself OBSESSED with looking at wedding pictures, the different styles etc are fantasic................Heres a few that have given me inspiration..................See my albums for the rest!

My maids will all be in black dresses with red shoes

LOVE this idea of a coloured pettiecoat so was debating to have a red one BUT my shoes are blue so im undecided

We will have LOADS of kids at the wedding (how could I not hehehe) So im hoping they do weird and wonderful things like this for my photographer to capture

Im having these I do stickers on my shoes so I would like a FUN way like this to show them off in pictures

All my men will be in red socks to match the girls shoes ;-)

Ooooo wednesday I pay off the last of my shoes and pay for my memory box so they will be here soon CAN'T WAIT!
Then i pay for my napkin rings and glass charms the week after.
Next month (may) I will pay for our videographer in full (see my £99 bargain thread) and start the payment plan for my jewellery the month after (June) that then its my photographer hehehe! Exciting

When we first met we went to a car show and saw a car that we both turned round and said if we ever got married this would be THE car we would have on the day!
So of course when we got engaged we booked it straight away hehehe
We even got it half price as we are only having it go one way and for photos




OH and Ive commissioned someone to paint this car outside our venue with pots of red roses for h2b's wedding present :-)

Ok Ive sorted out the ;ast of matt's presents today so he has 3
1

2, A lady is painting our wedding car outside our venue with pots of red roses here and there
and
3, a grooms survival kit.
I brought an army mess tin to put everything in

and this is what I have in it so far (need to make the tags for everything still tho).........
Boxer shorts that say under new management
Coffee .. For the morning after the night before
Bouncy ball..to help you bounce through the day
Deflated balloon..to remind you there's no pressure
Candy watch..to make sure your on time
Tissues.. For when you first see me!
Shot glass + mini JD.. To steady your nerves
Deodorant..to keep you smelling great!
Stick of Gum - To help us stick together no matter what
Puzzle Piece - You are an important part of my life
Mint - You’re worth a "mint" to me
Eraser - Because everyone makes mistakes
Crayons - To colour our future bright & sunny
Toothpick - To pick out the good in me
Button - Sometimes it's best to "Button" your lip
Paper Clip - To help you hold it all together
Socks (RED that say groom) - To stop you getting cold feet.
Pearl cravet pin
Red rose cufflinks that all the men will be wearing

Hiya been reading your awesome plans, could you give me the info on the cufflinks and personalised napkins please?

One word........................WOW

that boquet is amazing!!!

they are both beautiful!! i thought you had put the deposit down on the crystal one??

After my dissapointment earlier with my love sign Ive been on the look out for another one
well I found this

Which I think is gorjus.
I'd have to paint it myself which I'm really nervous about as I'm rubbish at that sort of thing but what do you think???

on your wall sweetie

On your wall hunni, Ive done his fb page as all his deals are on there!
I don't think he has the £99 deal on at the moment, looks like he does it once a month tho so maybe worth waiting???
He does do different deals for the same package so depends on your budget..............and if your the 100th new customer to book you'll get it for free (not sure how many customers he has tho, he just says over 90 tut lol)

I can't at the mo as on my phone hunni but will later
In the meantime if you look on my wall its on there somewhere................maybe on the 2nd page!

Ok Ive been talking to my friend whose done quite a few bits for me (not only for the wedding but gifts for the kids and others) and shes going to do me the above and decorate in my theme for me.
Shes going to do the mr n mrs and Love signs in black with clear crystals and red roses to decorate and then the cake and sweets shes going to do in white with black crytals, pearls and red roses!
So I think I'm sorted hehehe

Shes also doing my memory boxes for me (one each for the mums and a bigger one for me) and my one is nearly done but shes keeping it a secret til i get it tut lol


EDIT forgot to say Matt is going to repaint the white section of the love sign we have so it doesnt look as "rough" as it does now and he had the idea that we could take it along to our engagement shoot and use it as a prop :-)
I love my man so much because he knows I love the little details hehehehehe


OR

Ive found these BUT they are £5 a letter

totally love love love your shoes hun, also really loving the mr and mrs and think it will look great. I am thinking of getting a set adn putting red crystals all over it x

those shoes are amazing!!! :D

oh that box is lovely :)

My tree tag and pen holder came today

Its beautiful but then I'm biased hehehe
will take pics once h2b has gone to work

The box that will be on the table alomg with our tree birdcage and table plan to hold the tags and pens in

That pic is rubbish :-(
will get a better one in the morning

Hehehehe
If you need anything let me know

that mood board is fab.
did u create it on the computer?? im rubbish with technology lol