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.

Party booth!

This is something I REALLY want for my wedding and I'm quite frankly amazed to find a company that actually does it...in Jersey!!

A real life PHOTO BOOTH for hire!!! Would be a nice way to commemorate the evening and jazz up the guest book!

Though it is a little bit pricey I think it might be worth it? Will have to have a think and see how it effects the overall budget!

But still, how cool is this?

Queen of Hearts

Here is a sneaky look at my first offical wedding purchase!! My tiara!

It was on sale and it was the last they had in. Actually they had to get it from another store as they had none left in the warehouse and of course...it matches my wedding colours ^_^

Flower power

I'm rather into the idea of having a flower arch for the ceremony, we could get married under it, how cute and hollywood is that! Although I'm sure on how much they cost, which could quite quickly change my mind!!

We could also use it in the reception, perhaps as decoration behind the top table or over the entrance?

Whatever arrangement/ contruction of flowers we end up having there will be white roses and Jersey lilies to reflect myself and my husband to be...perhaps some stargazer lilies as well.

I've made an enquiry with a flower company in Jersey so I'll have to report back on whether the cost has put me off an arch...

The beginning of the beginning

Things are getting very exciting!!


- The wedding rings have been chosen.

- The venues are being narrowed down and explored.

- And budgets are being discussed.



Current venues in the running are:

• L'Horizon Hotel
• St Brealde's Bay Hotel
• Private proerty venue over looking St Ouen's bay
• Sommerville Hotel
• Hotel Cristina
  

I will issue an update on which venues are still in the running as desicions are made.

October will see us making a trip over to Jersey to decide upon venues and that is when the count down starts in earnest and the deadline is set....I can not wait!!!