Touchy felty

Why spend lots of money on flowers that are going to die? That is a question I have been dealing with. It seems like such a waste of money, and also such a shame to buy lovely fresh flowers that will die, only being kept alive by the photographers. But on the other hand I do love flowers, I have always planning to have white rose of Jamie a 'Yorkshire man' and lilies for me a 'Jersey lily'. Well I have finally found a solution that allows me to have the flowers I want and keep them forever, plus it is cheap!

I am lucky to have a very talented future mother-in-law who just loves felting.Read it carefully...F-E-L-T-I-N-G...the process and art of making felt. She has kindly agreed to make felt flowers for the wedding! This mean not only will the wedding be even more indie, it will also allow the wedding party to forever keep the flowers as a memento...they could be refashioned into a bracelet, necklace, garland or other decoration! Of course they can also simply be stored in a keep stakes box and looked at fondly every 5 to 10 years.

Either way I am very excited for this fuzzy touch, especially as it confirms my status as an offbeat bride!

2012

So it is now officially 2012, in fact it has been for almost a month. This of course means this is the final countdown towards my wedding. both very exciting and terrifying at the same time, as it remind me of how much i have left to do. However I am making steady progress, and with the help of friends and family everything should be ready on time. We have come up with a lot more crafty idea to make this a totally tailored wedding, at not too great a price. My vision for the wedding was always for it to be unique, one of a kind, the sort of thing that could never be exactly reproduced and would reflect myself and Jamie as a couple. With what i have planned I think this is exactly what I should end up with! 

As you may have guessed from the site, the wedding colour theme is pink, Jamie is very tolerant and supportive of me and his allowing the entire wedding to be covered in pinkness and hearts really is a shining example of what an excellent husband he will be. Most people who know me will be aware I don't do things by halves, in fact I tend to err closer to the side of extreme, so if you hate pink stay away from this wedding!! I am of course working hard to ensure that it doesn't all look like a giant marshmallow festival.

We have started buying a few items, so my giant list is getting some beautiful ticks. I am slightly nervous we still do not have two of the biggest items, the photographer and the dress. Hopefully by this time next month I will be blogging about the successful acquisition of at least one of those items. 

This weekend I will be starting to play around with some ideas for the centre pieces. I will also be pinning Jamie down to ask about table names and to buy our very special custom shoes!!! (Super exciting) Things are starting to move forward nicely x

STDs

Drum roll please......we have booked a date!! (and obviously a location) This has all been confirmed not only by the venue but also by the Superintendant registrar and deposits/ booking fees have been paid!

Obviously this is very exciting news, and I'm sure those of you reading this will be excited to know what the date is. However I am not going to reveal it as it would spoil my STDs (also known as Save the Dates). They are ever so cutes, and I think I will upload them to this blog once they have been sent out.

In order to save money I am sending them out with Xmas cards, and only plan on doing this for the time being for whole day guests (ceremony day reception and eveneing reception). It kind of makes them like golden tickets, as they are just slipped into a select few cards. Of course this does not mean it is easy. I wish I could invite so many more people, but the cost and venue unfortunately restrict the numbers. What a perfect story it would be if everyone got a golden ticket!

Anyone who does recieve one and wishes to book a room at the venue should contact me first, as I can give them a code to get a discounted rate. Although I would say that anyone who lives in Jersey would still have a cheaper day if they got a taxi home...as no where in Jersey is far!

D day (or should that be B day?)

Yes it is nearly time to confirm the date!

In the very near future (although I do not wish to say exactly when for safety reasons!) I will be journeying over to Jersey to view/ review 7 wedding venues and then book my wedding!

This is of course very exciting and it means things will finally start rolling, which after over 2 years of engagement feels well over due.

But it also makes it seem very real, which as well as being wonderful...is a little bit scary. After all, a wedding might just be a fancy party, but it is a one off event. Granted it is less one off than my eighteenth birthday party, as I can always renew my vows or hold a second wedding with the same husband. However, I feel much more pressure in booking and arranging my wedding than I ever had over a birthday.

I suppose this is because a birthday party does not have the same expectations as a wedding. There are many more set traditions and expectations surrounding a wedding, and people will be looking out for them. If you are going to alter or break any of these traditions then it can feel like a very big decision. This is ridiculous, and I can recognise that. Yet still I feel like I'm taking my future in my hands when I go to Jersey and hand over the deposit.

I shall let you know how it goes, and what my final descision is. After which you can expect a lot more activity on this blog, as my wedding begins to dominate my life.

x

That tops the cake

So I've been looking at wedding cake toppers and seen some pretty cool and unique ones! I would quiet like to find a Scott Pilgrim themed cake topper as that would tie in with another bit of wedding stationary.

However in the meantime please enjoy these awesome toppers :)

Meat and greet

Today's wedding idea is something some will enjoy and others will find controversial....

...myself and my hubby-to-be have been discussing the idea of having an ALL VEGGIE WEDDING BREAKFAST.

To some this is an impossible idea, people can not be expected to go without meat! You can not tell them what to eat!! Ludicrous! But hold on.....first of all I thought this was supposed to be about the happy couple? Secondly the amount of times as a vegetarian I have had to go out knowing I will have the least choice, knowing I will have to compromise my meal choices..surely my wedding day should be the one day I know I'm going to have a great meal, and not be the awkward alternative!

Also thinking logically where are the carnivores going to miss the meat? It is common for a starter to be meat free without causing a stir. And it is only in Friends that I have heard of a desert containing meat, and that was an accident! Therefore the maincourse is the only place it would be missed. And if my loved ones can not forgo meat for one course for me...well I am perhaps not truely a loved one of theres!!

So I think a veggie wedding breakfast could be a good idea. It will mean that I am not a meal afterthought at my own wedding. And I can have those I love most experience my food, I can share with them what I love...and after all isn't that what a wedding is really about?

Unity candle

Recently I've been thinking more about the ceremony part of my wedding. As it won't be a religious ceremony it will be quite short. But I have been exploring ways to make it a bit more special than just vows, great your done.

One that I particularly like is the idea of a unity candle. This is where you have a large candle which the bride and groom light using smaller indiviudal candles to show them coming together as one. The couple can then extiguish their individual candle or leave them burning to show although they are together they are still independt and have serperate idenities.

This seems like a really nice idea to me, and you obviously keep the candles afterwards as a keep sake. My thoughts are that if you did it a certain way you could have the central candle as a 'family' candle, so that when we have children thay have their own individual candle. Then all three/ four/ however many of us to light the central one, again replacing a religious ceremony but still making a special occasion to signify an important event.