Thanks Emz, I will have a look and see what I can find. I have found some lovely pictures of Fan art as well so I will test them out a bit closer to the time and see what looks best.
CommentAuthorKathleenO17
I had not thought about button tops for the morning off such a great tip. I have today ordered some personalised dressing gowns and slipper sets for the morning off and the card and envelopes for my day invitations. I need a distraction from all the food and drink around as I am joining Sl1mm1ng Wo3ld on Saturday in order to try a lose a bit of weight before going dress shopping next year. Planning on shopping in April but I keep seeing nice photos of dresses as I follow some of the shops on FB so it is getting more and more tempting to go in and try some :) x
CommentAuthorLynseyH10
A long shirt had crossed my mind for getting ready.
Been to see my Nan today, came home with a collection of jam jars ready to decorate after Christmas.
CommentAuthorDuostar
Talked to OH about getting the dress for my bridesmaid. He's all "are you sure you want to get it so early?" I think I actually laughed out loud. Really didn't mean to... honest.
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CommentAuthorStaceyH989
My OH was like that to start with he was like we don't need to do anything now do we? I burst out laughing but after booking a few suppliers he has realised that we can do most things as early as we like.
I don't think my OH even knows what is and isn't booked, he has just left me to get on with it, as long as hit bits are left, best man, suits etc then he is happy.
CommentAuthorDuostar
I did explain it to him that if we see things that will fit in with themes and colours etc we need to get it there and then otherwise it might not be there closer to the time. He understood then
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CommentAuthorWizbit89
So! I gave the favors a dry run without the ribbon and name tags today.. i think they're really cute.. all the boys dont get it haha!! Pics in my decoration album any opinions much appreciated xx
CommentAuthorLynseyH10
I love the favours! I need to learn how to bake Welsh cakes for my favours. That's a task for after Christmas!
CommentAuthorDuostar
Loving that the favours are in a clear pocket. Makes them look very tempting. I can imagine that they'll look even better once the ribbon etc is on it.
I've added a line for my P1ntr3st on to my profile, if any of you lovely ladies want to have a nose. Feel free to follow me too :)
I'm trying sitting in a chair right now, so fed up of lounging around. Resting is not all it's cracked up to be!
I've found a glass dome this morning on a well-known craft shop website with 20% off, so ordered that for the centre piece on the Disney table. Making life difficult for myself and making each centrepiece different for the theme of the tables. Luckily we shouldn't have too many tables for the wedding breakfast. 5 at the most. So hopefully won't be too much work!
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CommentAuthorLynseyH10
I have to find vintage books by certain authors for our tables. Sounded a really good idea at the start of our planning now it's driving me mad looking for hardback books.
CommentAuthorLynseyH10
My shoes arrived yesterday! Picture in my bridal attire folder if anyone would like to see. They are gorgeous!
CommentAuthorDuostar
They are awesome Lynsey, proper princess shoes! I need to find some. Not sure where to get pretty flat shoes from. Me and the OH are the same height, don't want to be taller than him on the day. Plus, I have very weak ankles, would be turning my foot over all day in heels!
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CommentAuthorLynseyH10
They are fairy tale shoes! I'm in love! My lovely fiancé bought them for me.
I'm short so need heels.
They are a little tight at the moment, will have to break them in over the next year. The next size up would have been far too big. Will need to persevere for a little while I stretch the shoes out. It's just tight on one toe! Argh! Will need to get a second pair of shoes for later in the evening.
Went to a wedding fayre with my mum today. She got a little carried away and booked a photo booth. It wasn't in the budget at all but mum said she will pay. It will be fun. We get 3 hours, unlimited prints, a photo album, and a DVD of recorded messages. It was £395 which is a lot cheaper than others I have seen at fayres.
CommentAuthorDuostar
Do you have an airing cupboard? Stuff the shoes with socks as much as you can and put them in the airing cupboard. The heat helps stretch them out and means you don't have to pace up and down your lounge trying to wear them in. Not as much anyway!
Photobooths are so much fun! Sounds like you got a bargain.
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CommentAuthorLynseyH10
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Thanks for the tip! They are on the top shelf of the towel cupboard. I know the heating pipe is right underneath that cupboard so will give it go!
CommentAuthorDuostar
It's definitely worked for some of my shoes in the past, it's the heat of your feet that makes them stretch, so in theory it should be alright! Fingers crossed.
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CommentAuthorWizbit89
Shoes are lovely and i will definitelt find that pin page. I am obsessed with it i ppros lose half my life to pinning lol.. dug out my ribbon and did a make shift tag so will add a picture but yes i love the clear box too think it looks a bit more fun xxx
CommentAuthorStaceyH989
Hi Ladies,
I am loving all the shoes and favours they all look fab!!! I received my sample pocket fold and had a go at putting a ribbon on it. Wanted to work out how much paper I would need to buy for things like the order of service etc has anyone made a booklet on publisher before can't get the pages in the right order.
Going to pick up the bridesmaids dresses on Thursday and also have purchased the post box for the cards, managed to find a nice wooden one on amaz0n for 12 so will be painting it and it locks.
Really want to start doing all the little bits now but don't know if I should wait or not.
CommentAuthorShellbell
Is that the Cinderella Ir3gul4r ch0ic3 shoes you have Lynsey xx
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CommentAuthorLynseyH10
Yes they are IC shoes! My mum absolutely hates the shoes, I love them! We are chalk and cheese. Lol
CommentAuthorEmmaM1435
I haven't even thought about shoes yet. I don't know what to do about my shoes because I am so much taller than my OH, I wanted to wear sandals/flip flops but she says I walk really differently. I don't want to look like the BFG next to my wife on my wedding day lol.
We took our mums to see the venue yesterday for the first time, they LOVED it!
CommentAuthorDuostar
I'm going to be looking for flat shoes too Emma, my OH is the same height as me and I don't want to be taller than him on the day. Plus I have weak ankles, so I'd end up turning my ankle over if I wore heels and falling over going down the aisle knowing my luck lol. I'm looking at ballet flats, rather than sandals. Our wedding is in April and I don't want to get literal cold feet hehe.
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CommentAuthorWizbit89
Hey lovelies!! I might try abd do a dry run of my invites this weekend. I havent actually decided how in going to decorate the outside yet but i want to have the plan set so im ready to do them next year.. i spent llas weekend confirming the guest list and writing out the addresses on envelopes ready for xmas cards to go out which hold the save the dates.... have just realised the cards ive bought have to go as large letters which is a bit of a bugger as more expensive lol.. but meh!!
CommentAuthorStaceyH989
I have put a picture of my shoes on my profile, OH is taller than me as are most people I literally got the short genes in my family but with my shoes I'm almost the same height.
Hey Wizbit, I'm gradually piecing together my invites I will upload a picture when finished, will be a very rough run just to get ideas down, I'm going for a pocket fold and don't have all the bits I need yet but have most so will see how it goes :)
How are you all doing with saving money for the big day.... we aren't doing so well at the moment so really need to get ours bums in gear.
CommentAuthorDuostar
Hope you're getting plenty of practice in those shoes Stacey, they are truly a skyscraper of a shoe. Pretty though!
I'm tweaking my Save the Dates today, OH asked his mum about inviting the extended family and his brother is inviting them, so we will be too. So now we have a list! Now we're just dithering over whether to invite children or not. But we don't need to know that bit for the save the dates, so don't have to make that decision yet!
We've been lucky and had some money from both sides of the family to help out with the wedding. Although I think we only got as much as we did from my parents because my nan sadly passed away in February, so mum had some money from the sale of her house. But I kind of like the idea that it means my nan has a hand in sorting out the wedding even though she's no longer with us. As I'm sure she would have liked to be involved if she were still with us.
I haven't done final budgets for everything, so I think we will need to have some extra money for some of the little bits... I probably should sort that out...
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CommentAuthorStaceyH989
I'm wearing them when I can so I gradually break them in should be fine with 18 months to go haha :) but I have tricks to keep them comfy like gel pads and I also have purchased some of the stopper things you put on the heel that stops you sinking in grass which makes them much easier to walk in :)
CommentAuthorDuostar
I've seen those things you're talking about for heels, hope they work!
I think I've come up with a final draft for the save the dates! Added it to my photo album would love to hear what you think.
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CommentAuthorStaceyH989
That looks brilliant Emma, so creative it reminds me of the Great Gatsby theme
CommentAuthorDuostar
Thanks Stacey, our venue is a 1920s cinema. So I thought it covers both bases. OH approves too, so just need to print them out and hope they look as good on paper as they do on screen.
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CommentAuthorStaceyH989
How lovely! I've just put a picture in the DIY creations of my rough draft of how my invites will look.
CommentAuthorKathleenO17
Love the save the dates Emma
Stacey the invites look really nice, I'm going for that sort of style as well.
Ordered all the card and ribbons this week but did a trial the weekend to see how the colours etc will work. I'm tempted to make them straight away but also torn as I know I've still got ages before they actually need to be issued but I like to be organised ha I'm lucky that my MOH has offered to help as she made her own too as i'm not very crafty x
CommentAuthorStaceyH989
I'm exactly the same Kathleen, you can make the base of the invites and some of the inserts now and then there are some you can leave till closer to the time. So with ours I won't be able to complete the menu inserts until we have done the tasting but I can do everything else because it won't change. (hopefully)
CommentAuthorWizbit89
Hi All,
I haven't posted in about 2days and I feel as though I have been gone for ages! Shoes Shoes Shoes is all I can say! Those heels! I wouldn't last an hour...
Save the dates are pretty much completed and I spent the whole of Sunday Pre addressing the xmas card envelopes, I have my reprinted cards from V1$ta arriving tomorrow so I can start filling the envelopes and figuring out how much the postage is going to cost **cringe**
I started a blog today!! which is scary, never blogged before but I have found that I have really enjoyed keeping you guys posted on where I am at with the wedding stuff so thought I could do the same with a blog and just cover whatever I am upto whether it be wedding, weight loss, craft etc. if you fancy a read I would be really appreciative of any feedback as I am a complete noob.. not sure if I am allowed to share on here though so may put the link in my profile.
I am in love with my favors just need to make proper tags, and I have found pics of my invites as I was making the pocketfold outers so that has all been added to albums too!
much love hope all is going well xx
CommentAuthorDuostar
Oh Wiz a blog is awesome, I do one on my weight loss and mention stuff about my crafts etc too. I'll put a link in my profile too and I'd definitely like a look at yours!
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CommentAuthorDuostar
I'm just getting some samples of different greens to print my STDs on. Just got ridiculously excited that there are sparkle card options from this place... I think I need help!
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CommentAuthorLynseyH10
Wow ladies! So much catching up to!
Stacey the invites are lovely!
Emma your STD are great!
Wiz a blog sounds fab.
Not much to report here. Busy with work this work, have been coming home absolutely shattered. Hoping to crack on with the mini bunting this weekend. I only have two bunting wreaths to make. My jam jar collection is coming along nicely. Will need to look at lace shortly so I can start decorating those.
I think I will mention to the OH about starting the invite inserts soon. We seem to have so much on right now between work, wedding and children.
CommentAuthorShellbell
Evening all. My shoes were the first thing I bought when we started planning the wedding lol. xxx
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CommentAuthorDuostar
There aren't a lot of places you can go and be told your STD looks great hehe
My mum has been collecting jars for me, I have no idea how many she's got hopefully she hasn't gone too crazy!
I think I've found our cake maker! Someone that lives locally to our venue so it won't have to travel far either.
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CommentAuthorStaceyH989
Shellbell I did the exact same thing with my shoes they were the first thing I had brought but they were just being discontinued. Thanks for the kind words on the invites ladies, just a quick draft at the moment the bows are going to be the pain in the back side to do but I'm sure I will manage.
Great news on the cake maker Emz.
Liz I will definitely check out your blog your should pop a link on your profile.
CommentAuthorWizbit89
I've put it on my wall but I am not really sure where to put the link!! I got my shoes quite early on too! I really wanted some IC and found my glittery ones just by chance when I was out with my sister shopping. I think my new STD cards arrive today so I can finally get envelope stuffing and I can weigh them to find out what the postage will be and then we can get those send from Dec 1st (not any earlier because of xmas cards lol) Has anyone else got a very expensive and un necessary addiction to wedding magazines! I have literally just ripped out the useful and good pics from about 40 mags and thrown them out thinking jees what a load of ads and rubbish, yet I still buy them every month! I just cant help myself :( xx
CommentAuthorStaceyH989
I did to start off with not so much now as we have an idea on how we want everything. I decided to just g00gl3 search instead it was cheaper :)
CommentAuthorDuostar
I put the link for mine in my scrapbook, if any one wants to have a read of my ramblings.
I've bought a few Wiz, but like you I realised it's lots of ads and really not a lot that's useful. I've had a couple bought for me too, I'm not going to turn those away!
My addiction is just buying stuff generally at the moment, bought most of my Christmas presents and now I keep buying things for me... It's not good! I have a big order from a hobby shop coming this week, although that is mostly stuff for christmas... I think.
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CommentAuthorKathleenO17
Yes I buy them each month but as you say most are just the same old rubbish... I like w3dd1ng 1d34as as they feature readers weddings in. You can get so many ideas from reading what other people did especially those that may have had a smaller budget
will have to catch up with the blogs at some point, I like to be nosy :) x
CommentAuthorStaceyH989
I was using them for ideas at the start and cutting the parts out but I did notice that there wasn't really a lot of true budget brides if that makes sense, all the weddings seemed to be ones where they had a really large budget.
CommentAuthorStaceyH989
So excited for today I get to go and collect my bridesmaids dresses found them on pr3l0v3d all the right size and colour and only 70 for all three :) x
CommentAuthorWizbit89
Stacey! I envy you for the Bmaid dresses haha! I have budgeted plenty for these but I am finding my colour extremely hard to find, peacock green / Blue. The only place that had them was W3d26 and they are currently changing their bridesmaid lines so I have no idea what they will have in when I need them.. Not sure when to buy either as no idea when my sisters will decide to stop growing lol! My Cards for the STD finally arrived today so I will spend the evening stuffing envelopes with those, I am keeping hold of a few of the save the evening cards as not sure who we will necessarily want there in 2 years time, friends and colleagues could change..
x
CommentAuthorStaceyH989
Try and find some in taffeta as your will be more likely to find a peacock colour that way.
CommentAuthorDuostar
Sounds like you got yourself a bargain Stacey! Hope the collection goes well today.
Personally, I wasn't going to bother with save the evening cards at all, just send out evening invites nearer the time. But for the same reason, I don't know who I'm going to want at the reception part yet. People that I'm friendly with right now may have moved on etc by the time that comes around.
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CommentAuthorKathleenO17
What a bargain Stacey, great deal for the bridesmaid dresses.
We only sent save the day ones out as we haven't really finalised the evening guest lists yet. Plus there may be some we can bump up from evening to day so we kept it quiet that we were issuing them x
