Every bride wants to look her best on her wedding day, and this usually means having bridal hair and makeup done. There was no question about getting my hair done – by my usual hairdresser. As for the wedding makeup, I had no idea whether I wanted to DIY or book a makeup artist. I wanted to look like a magical princess but I also hate when you get your makeup done at a makeup counter and
When pricing wedding flowers, I was really shocked at the hundreds of pounds that they would cost. We agreed on a friend doing them, but when we found that we couldn’t get what we wanted for under £200, I decided that I would attempt to make the bouquets myself. If it all went horribly wrong then we could fall back on getting a florist involved. I was surprised not only how easy they were to make,
Wedding photography is a massive expense on your wedding day, but we managed to get our wedding photography for free. That’s right, free! As most of you will know, I love entering competitions online. When we came back from Florida after Tony proposed, there was a letter on the doormat telling us that we had won a wedding photography package from Sparkes Photography. I had intended on any wedding related prizes being offered to my
When choosing what Tony and his groomsmen would be wearing for the wedding, we had no idea where to start. Would we be buying the suits? Hiring them? We had heard horror stories about many formal wear hire places, including Moss Bros. So when Debenhams came highly recommended we decided to give it a try. Debenhams use Sort My Wedding Outfit to arrange the suit hire. The idea behind Debenhams’ Sort My Wedding Outfit is simple
Planning our wedding has been a roller coaster of emotions. I finally lost it about two weeks before the big day, throwing an almighty strop, similar to a toddler’s tantrum. I have cried a lot, laughed a lot and felt so stressed out. I can look back at laugh at it now but hindsight is a wonderful thing. There is so much to do We set our wedding date for 18 months after we got engaged,
This post has taken a long time to put together – trying to find the right balance of sharing our special day without a. revealing too much and b. boring you. There’s also so much that I’m proud of and wanted to share. I hope I’ve managed to strike the right balance, and I hope you enjoy this post! I will be posting about specific parts of our wedding in much more detail throughout the coming
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