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    • Elinor Claire
      CommentAuthorElinor Claire
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    I love the ice cream bike. We ended up simplifying our cake, it looked fine and no one knew what was originally planned.

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    30th August 2014 was the best birthday ever.
    It was the day that I became Mrs. Dixon.

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    • AprilS61
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    Thanks girls. We've got another idea lol. Good thing is OH seems to coming up with the ideas so im pleased he's keeping interested. His mum booked his transport for the wedding last night too. His parents, brother and his wife and 2 best men are going in a Ferrari over 2 trips, and Adams going in a one seat Lamborghini. He's rather excited haha.

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • CommentAuthorJessica29792
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    Wow, I bet you feel like a right princess! Your venue is stunning and your dress is very suited to it! What kind of theme are you going with? x
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    • AprilS61
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    Thanks Jessica! I can't wait! We didn't really have a theme but then ended up with lots of bows and Swans (invites, place cards, cake topper) as my new name will be swan.

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    • CommentAuthorJessica29792
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    Aww that would be a lovely touch to the wedding :) it really would be themed around you and your h2b then! What colours are you going for? :) x
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    • AprilS61
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    We've gone for turquoise :) the colour of the favour boxes on an earlier page somewhere! X

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • CommentAuthorJessica29792
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    That sounds like a gorgeous combination with the swans! :) There are so many things you could do with that combination as well! Have you been on p1nterest to look at ideas? x
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    • AprilS61
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    I've got quite a bit on pinterest it there's nothing else I can really use it for lol! Everything's all booked now so it's just a waiting game really! X

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • CommentAuthorJessica29792
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    Ohh very exciting! Good luck with it all :D x
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    • AprilS61
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    Thank you! X

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    I've just had a call to say my bridesmaids dresses are here! I'm so excited! 2 of 3 are here anyway, last one due in feb/march.

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • JennK
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    Eee how exciting!

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    • Elinor Claire
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    Ooh exciting! I bet you can't wait to see your bridesmaids in them.

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    • WelshBrideBethan2015
      CommentAuthorWelshBrideBethan2015
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    Well done on winning the ice cream cart :)
    Very exciting about bridesmaids :)

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    • AprilS61
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    So these are my bridesmaids dresses! They are much brighter in person, I love them!

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    Also got pictures with my veil as I'd not tried it before but the pictures are dark and don't show the full length of the veil, plus they are pretty much see through anyway lol!

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • CommentAuthorJessica29792
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    Ohh those bridesmaid dresses are lovely, the colour is beautiful as well! And I love your dress and veil, it looks very princessy! x
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    • Flossie
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    Love the colour of your bm dresses.. beautiful x

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    • JennK
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    That colour of the BM dresses is stunning!! :)

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    • AprilS61
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    Thanks girls! I'm so happy with them! Not only is is it favourite colour but I think it's really bright and a bit different as you see a lot of the same colours in weddings lately so like that it's something different as well :) x

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    Wow, as if I haven't been on here since September!

    Having looked at my original list...

    We have:

    Venue - includes food, bridal suite and DJ - £2400 paid
    Paid deposit on registrar and gave notice - £208 left to pay
    Bought my dress and all accessories (veil, shoes, tiara, hoop)
    Paid 50% on bridesmaids 2 out of 3 dress in the shop
    MIL paid deposit on suits and is paying the balance
    Deposit on photographer (again, in laws are paying for photog)
    Favours and boxes - Building the boxes in March, if we can wait that long!)
    Invitations sent out - a couple left who I've had trouble meeting up with
    All day guests RSVPs are sorted (apart from one family) if they do come, we will have 64 day guests including ourselves and photographer
    Have my jewellery, but currently on the lookout for a new bridal set as I now want pearls!
    Hair and make-up sorted for a fab price of £50, myself and 3 BMs! A huge discount as its a friend and doing it as our wedding present and is only charging for the second girl's wages!
    Hair trial booked for 15th February (hopefully make-up trial too, but will double check that)
    Cake topper
    A colleague was orignally borrowing us her car - MIL has since booked 2 sports cars and paid deposit (MIL paying balance)
    ^ Said colleague is making our cake for free!
    Place cards
    Disposable cameras
    Personalised Mrs & Mrs sign for top table
    Rough table plan
    Flowers - paid in full
    Lingerie
    Entertainment booked - candy cart deposit paid - £100 left
    - photobooth and 3x sessions by live singer (also singing first dance) - £250 left to pay
    Booked room for me and BMs night before
    Venue dressing (sashes, centrepieces) is booked - £195 left to pay
    Rings bought much cheaper than we thought! £299 for mine and £249 for OHs
    Had our food tasting and decided our courses
    I have bought gifts for the BMs, OH needs to buy for the men! We have 3 thank you bouquets for the mothers, also for the person making our cake for free!
    Guestbook bought

    Chosen some of the music:
    Elbow - One day like this to walk down to
    Tom Odell - Grow old with me for first dance

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    So I had my first fitting on Saturday!

    Love my veil!
    Love my veil!
    Excuse the face lol?!
    Excuse the face lol?!


    My veil has pearls scattered over it too which you cant see from the picture.

    My dress is being taken in by about 2 dress sizes, and my hoop about 10" lol!

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    I'm hoping to have this for my hair trial on 15th Feb. The hair is something I've changed my mind on a lot but I've finally decided this is my favourite :)


    This is the BM's hair (with the white rose instead)
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    • MrsEmmaP
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    Your dress is gorgeous!! x

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    • Flossie
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    Ooooh loving seeing these details! You look amazing in your dress and I love the hair you have chosen.. I'd love something like that but I don't think I have enough hair lol. Love your bm's hair as well x

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    • AprilS61
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    Thank you! I was amazed as I'd never seen anything like it before. In the middle between the layers it has sequins too but you cant see them!

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    You've got enough time to grow your hair if you need to!

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • Flossie
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    It's long enough, just not thick enough!! It's rubbish x

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    • AprilS61
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    You could try extensions? :) x

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • MrsEmmaP
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    I'm the same with my hair! It's so thin and I just can't find a style that I could have :( x

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    • AprilS61
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    Mines really thick so majority of the time curls drop out or just don't hold at all! x

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • MrsEmmaP
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    I used to have really thick hair but I started dying it when I was around 13, which I really regret as it is so thin now and I hate it :( x

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    • Flossie
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    I've always had very fine hair, hate it. To my amazement loads still falls out as well haha I'm gonna end up bald by the time I'm 30!!!

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    • MrsEmmaP
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    Oh mine always falls out, it's only a strand or two at a time but it gets everywhere, drives OH mad haha! Wish there was something I could do to thicken it up!

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    • AprilS61
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    Here's our Disney touch

    Table numbers
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    Garter - (looks better spread out)
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    Also wanting these for the tables in our colour but the lady hasnt replied
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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • MrsEmmaP
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    That's fab! I love disney but OH wouldn't let me have it in the wedding so we don't really have a theme now lol x

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    • AprilS61
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    I was quite lucky mine let me have a little touch of it actually! I think he let me because he wanted his Cars table along with the other obvious boy disney films! It was supposed to be traditional princess couples :( Haha x

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    Here's my new bridal set!
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    • AprilS61
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    So I had my hair and makeup trial today! I LOVED it and it was so much fun. I kept my eyes closed the whole time my makeup was being done so it was a surprise and didn't see until my hair was finished. By the time it was done I was too scared to open my eyes with excitement/nerves!

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    My hair

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    Ignore the tag on my tiara still!
    Ignore the tag on my tiara still!
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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    One of my BMs also had her trial as she has thick hair too.

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    She had her makeup done too but we ran out of time so didnt get a photo as she only put a base coat on and didnt do the eyes or lips.

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • AprilS61
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    While I'm here, I also have one more photo from my dress fitting on Saturday! (We'd just come straight from our facial so no makeup and have a weird face in it!) My cousin likes this photo as she said when you zoom in you can see my MIL smiling at me :) I was practising my 'sitting down' with the hoop lol!

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


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    • DonnaH39
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    Gorgeous-you look amazing


    I love that style for your bridesmaid hair as well... I'd pinch it but all of my bridesmaids have short hair




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    • KatieH
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    You look stunning! Love your hair and make up too. What did you have done first? Hair or make up? x

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    • AprilS61
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    Thank you! I loved it! It was airbrush makeup too so was so strange! It was like a spray tan gun in font of my face but it didnt feel like anything was going on, just felt like cold air on my face, was quite interesting!

    My only doubt was that I didnt have much colour on my cheeks, but the gun kept blocking at the beginning. She managed to finish it all off and then when it was working again to do my cousins base coat so added some extra colour to my cheeks so felt much happier with it!

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    • Mrs M Wade
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    April you look lovely. Hair and make up really suits you x

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    • AprilS61
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    She curled my hair first and put it in rollers to set and cool. Then she did my cousins hair, my makeup and finished my hair off. My hair took a long time though, didn't time it but it was long lol.

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    • KatieH
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    I've booked a make up artist and she does airbrush which I really want to try. Won't have a trial until next year though. x

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    • Mrs M Wade
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    Lol have the nerves set in yet for the big day now you've had your trials and OH on his stag do x

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    • AprilS61
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    No still not nervous! Only thing I'm nervous about is crying on the day lol! When I opened my eyes my face just beamed up. Was so much more exciting that I hadnt seen any of it after the rollers so had it all shock me at once. It's the most like a bride I've felt I think! x

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    Mr & Mrs Swan 04/04/15


 

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