Few missed weeks - The up's and down's

Hello to my readers, you must have wondered where i had gone. Three missed weeks; has it really been that easy for me to cave and get bored. No! Don't be silly.

The last few weeks have been rather hectic and as with the prep for any wedding we have our up's and down's. All i can say is thank goodness they have happened now and not this time next year.

So we will start with an up - i have had some progress with a hair stylist. Actually this was something i believed i would have to research A LOT but it happened to fall right in front of me on my screen. You see in it's own little way Facebook can be useful. So i have made no decisions but i can say i like what i see. After receiving a their wedding package i believe it's one more thing on a list, as long as me, that has stepped in the right direction. So Katie if your reading at some point i will be phoning you for a chat. :)

Then we move to negative - my 'are you fricking kidding me' moment. As a lot of you close to me know, i have suffered from a bad back for quite some time. After intensive physio for over 6 months it hasn't got better and unfortunately in the last 2 it's got quite crippling and is making me quite immobile. The reason for a scan has shown is a herniated disc(heart falling to the floor moment - i'm only 23 !) After a quick consultation it looks like i am going down the surgery path. SURGERY !!! I'm not going to dwell on this in my wedding blog as i have tried not to dwell on it in real life. There is a problem - i'm fixing it. Thank goodness this hasn't happened next year. At least with recovery time comes more time to plan.

My final positive for the wedding came the Saturday before i headed to Gran Canaria for my sisters 21st birthday. Me and Luke went to visit our church. I think that last part sums it up - it was our church! On a beautiful spring day the sun was shining on the quaint country-like church.On arrival we met Eileen who told us the whats what of church weddings. We walked it through, finding out some special moments of the ceremony itself and we got a chance to picture what it's going to be like standing there in just over a years time.

There are lots of rules to getting married in a church one of which i have already mentioned in a previous blog, that we will be attending church once a month for a year. There are also things like the Banns forms that have to be filled in completely right. It should be about now that i tell that this went completely to plan until we got home spoke to my Dad and realised i got his middle name wrong. I am now sat here waiting to pluck up the courage and phone Eileen to tell her the form that can't be wrong - is in fact wrong.

Well only me hey!!!

The important thing is that we left feeling excited. That we are not copying anyone, that this is our wedding unique to us, in the place we want to be.

So from future surgery, a holiday, wedding hair research and the church visit it's been so busy. The theme of weddings will continue this week as Luke's older sister will be getting married on Saturday. The excitement she must be feeling right now must be huge!! I'm sure i will have lots of ideas and things to comment on next week. Of course along with photos. So don't worry the blog won't fizzle out there's is much to discuss.

Wedding Stationary - The Do's & Don'ts

The Do's                                                   The Don'ts


This week i got a sample through of a wedding invitation design. When me and Mum went to the National
Wedding show i realised there is a specific part of the wedding planning that i seem to be quite fussy about, and that is wedding invitations. I go along the lines of elegant yes, frilly no. These days it wouldn't surprise me  to see the box invite like in the movie Bridesmaids where a butterfly flies out - no don't get any ideas.

Wedding invites cost money. When you think of stationary you want it all to match - who knew there would be so much. The standard stationary list consists of
* Save the date
* The Invitation
* The reply card
* Order of Service
* Name cards

I know not all of these are required but it's things you don't even know exist!!! What am i made of money?

Save the date - Are these a new invention? Basically an invite for the invite ... What's the deal with that!!!! Would i do it, probably yes haha. Only due to the sheer fear that i would hate to lose precious guests because they were unsure. As a counter argument i must admit i cannot remember some friends dates of their weddings this year and they did send me 'save the dates.' DON'T WORRY GIRLS - they will be in the diary somewhere. So actually i'm on the fence about them, if i decide to make them how do i make them creative? Do i send them at the end of this year when everyone is filling in the new year calendars. Or do i take the route of harassing people so they know damn well not to book anything on the date of my wedding.

Anyway back to the sample invitation. I found myself saying - no and that's hideous, that's to frilly to almost everything i saw at the show. However, one caught my eye - now i'm not going into detail as i need to leave some things as a surprise but there were things i would change and things that were perfect.

So now i have a decent copy of an invitation  the question is - Do i save the cash and DIY or pay to get them done professional. People i have spoke to seem to be 50/50. Firstly how much will DIY actually cost me? I need to purchase the card, decorative bits, need to print them. I'm not actually the most creative person in the world so being dainty and delicate might not work hmmm... or do i fork out big money for a professional to take it - figuring that i still will need to pay for postage as well.

Thank goodness i don't need to decide yet.


We are at the stage of collecting ideas and next week i will mention my new world of Pinterest but the pressure is soon going to loom again. Next stop photographer and band.