Bunting, Bunting!
It’s all very well making a shed load of bunting, but it would be useless if we didn’t actually know how long to make our lengths! So off we popped to Fabrica to hang a length of bunting and see how...
View ArticleFaux or Photo Booth?
When we looked around Fabrica the other day, we started thinking of ideas to “hide” a big set of doors that are used to bring in the giant exhibitions that are sometimes installed. I loved Mrs. Pin...
View ArticleThe Silver Sixpence
Ooooh that Miss Lemur! I swear, we’re like the same person sometimes. Proposals, bunting…always writing about things at the same time. This post has been sat waiting patiently to be published, and when...
View ArticleHow to Make 500 Metres of Bunting
I’ve talked about making the triangles for the bunting, and how we established how long we wanted each piece to be. Next up it was my turn to make an eight-metre length of bunting on my own. My mum...
View ArticleDisneymoon
Is it weird that I started researching our honeymoon before we even got engaged? Throughout our entire relationship one thing had become very clear—we wanted to go to Disney World. I have been...
View ArticleInvitations
I pride myself on how calm I have been throughout this entire planning process. Things have just fallen into place, and other things that could have been a big deal just haven’t been. But all that...
View ArticleMy Wedding Ring
For me, the wedding ring was the easiest thing out of the entire wedding planning. My mum had a simple plain gold band, as did both my grandmothers. I never thought for a second that I would want...
View ArticleHis Wedding Ring
My wedding ring was the easiest decision in the entire wedding process. Jack’s? Not so much. He initially wanted a ring with a wooden inlay, and it was absolutely beautiful. Rich mahogany or ebony set...
View ArticleBridesmaids’ Dresses: My Predictions
My bridesmaids are all very different. Different hair colours, skin tones, heights, and sizes. Bridesmaids’ dress shopping is going to be tricky. You see, the dress that seems to suit most people is a...
View ArticleA Day Out in London
With saving for the wedding, I haven’t had a proper day out almost six months. We used to go out loads, just the two of us, but all that has come to a halt whilst we put those pennies towards our...
View ArticleKeeping Warm
We haven’t really decided what we’re doing for our send-off at the end of the evening, but we do know one thing for certain—we’ll be walking back to the hotel. It’s a five-minute walk away, so not a...
View ArticlePop Quiz: As a Guest
Pleasing your guests. Everyone’s family is different, but we ultimately all have this same problem. Hopefully, we all know our guests well enough to make these decisions ourselves, but the hive is...
View ArticleSuits for the Men
As Jack takes his time sorting out his bespoke suit, someone has already got theirs! In all honesty, I’m not bothered if the men in the family all have matching suits. As long as they’re either blue or...
View ArticleThe Bridesmaids’ Dress Journey
On Good Friday there is a tradition where I live to walk up Rivington Pike—the summit of a large hill on the Pennines. This has always been my favourite tradition, and I would walk up that hill come...
View ArticleCake Surprise
I think it’s official. I love the girl making our wedding cake. Not only is Tess of Chatter Cakes just lovely, but she’s also incredibly accommodating and, despite being really busy the other week, she...
View ArticleSay Cheese!
So we moved some things around, got a little bonus that I wasn’t expecting, and BOOM. Photo booth. Words cannot even express how excited I am about this. When I first started planning I was a little...
View ArticlePost-Engagement/Pre-Wedding Party
The thing about only having five family members is that lots of our guests don’t actually know each other. It’s not like we all get together at Christmas or attend family gatherings together. We see...
View ArticleDisneymoon: An Extra Surprise
When I first looked up prices for Disney, they were at their peak. I had no way of knowing this, though, so for our budget we calculated that we’d be able to spend two whole weeks at Disney World....
View ArticleVideographer
I wanted a videographer right from the start. I love videos and, whilst photographs will be the primary way we remember our wedding, a video would give us the chance to see things that we missed, and...
View ArticleOur Hotel Suites
When I last went to look at the hotel, I went in the evening. It was all a bit dark and I didn’t get to see my room bathed in glorious daylight. But last weekend we went back! This time we went to look...
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