time to get organised - Emmy's wedding 20th July 2013

[EmmyReece]

So, finding what I wanted to have in my hair has been a bit of a nightmare

First I ordered a pearl and crystal headband that just didn't sit right on me.

Then I ordered a side tiara from Glitzy Secrets and it was way too tight behind my ears and was giving me a headache.

And finally I have settled on this stunning hair comb (which was the cheapest out of the lot)

https://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g126/emmyreece/IMG_0788_zpse56525af.jpg

Jewellery

Chris has been a sweetheart and when we first got engaged he bought me this gorgeous pearl and crystal necklace with matching earrings

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And my bracelet I actually won off a competition on facebook about a year and a half ago. It's from a company called crystabelle.co.uk and I think it's worth roughly £60 - £80 (or there abouts) I had my mum getting all of her friends involved and there was a few times where I thought it wouldn't actually happen, but it did and it is soooooo stunning, I don't think I could imagine wearing anything else

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[jkhkjnjhb8879]

Love all ur jewellery
Wish I had thought about hair combs instead of tiaras x

 

[dodgercpkl]

I love all of your jewelry Emmy!! So beautiful!

I was the photographer at my cousin's wedding yesterday and I was thinking of you and your soon to be here wedding!

 

[EmmyReece]

Soooo my wedding shoes arrived yesterday and I love how comfy they are, they give me a little bit of height and what's best is that they're wedges so I know I'll be able to walk in them. The only problem is that they don't look very weddingy in the slightest so I need to double check if my lovely friend can jazz them up for me.

I love them so much, that I've actually ordered a pair in black for my hen do and I'm going to stick crystals all over the wedge bit so that they look a bit more funky

I'm going to try and crack on today and get the invitations finished as they're really starting to bug me that they've not been done yet

 

[EmmyReece]

Oh and what colour nail polish would a fire woman wear? I was thinking pillar box red lol

 

[aly888]

Yay for shoes fingers crossed your friend will jazz them up for you.

As for nail polish, definitely red!! I can't wait to see your outfits

 

[EmmyReece]

we've got an appointment with our photographer on the 22nd of April I booked him when our first photographer had been playing us up, she wasn't getting back in touch with me, and was very vague about things, so I went on the hunt for someone new and came across ...

https://https://www.antjacksonimages.co.uk/

And from the word go, Ant has been fantastic, he's always got back to me the same day (unless he was at a wedding), and there's the added bonus that he's actually already photographed a wedding at our venue. I really am excited to meet him properly

 

[dodgercpkl]

Yay! That's great news!

 

[Tasha]

I love Ant's work and the added bonus that as he is the partner of a bnb'er you know you can trust him

 

[EmmyReece]

I love Ant's work and the added bonus that as he is the partner of a bnb'er you know you can trust him

Yep that's what made me go for it, I absolutely adore his photos, and the biggest bonus was (as you say) that he's the partner of a bnber so It made me snap him up as soon as we knew he was available

 

[aly888]

I too love Ants work. He was just too far away for us to consider booking him unforunately Always seeing his images on my Facebook timeline...I'll expect to see yours in a few months

 

[EmmyReece]

Yep I'm exactly the same, always love it when a new picture pops up. Did you see the one this week of the couple standing in the snow after their wedding? It was absolutely stunning

 

[Lauren25]

Wow his work it fab!

 

[Lisa84]

O wow em just had a look and his photos are stunning. You are gonna have some crackers. As you know with my wedding a good photographer was a priority for me and i dont regret what we paid for ours because the pics are stunning and really capture our day beautifully.

Good choice xxx

 

[EmmyReece]

I've ballsed up on the invitations and there's nothing that I can do about it On the back of some of them, where the pocketfold closes, they have dirty marks because they were all piled up and some of the ink from the front of the invitations has transferred over and absolutely nothing will get them off So I've just got to suck it up and if anyone makes comments I'll have to explain what's happened.

We're seeing our venue tomorrow morning and I am so unbelievably excited about it. The only downer is that we're seeing it with Chris' mum and dad and I just have a feeling that his mum is going to pick it all apart and moan about it

Though on a happier note, we've had our first wedding present bought. Chris' parents went into Bensons for Beds yesterday and have spent almost £1000 on a bed, headboard and delivery. The bed in itself should have been £1799 but they got it in the sale better than half price, so I want to get to Machynlleth early tomorrow so that we can get a thank you card from somewhere, unless I order one from moonpig or funky pidgeon So that's going to be arriving on the 10th of april

I want to try and think of some ideas for the ceremony to try and make it look a bit more decorated. Not too busy, but just a bit of extra oomph. I was considering getting some tealight lanterns from poundland and then I need to find 6 stands to hang them off and then I was thinking of having them at the doors to the bar, the beginning of the proper aisle and then either side of the table at the end of the aisle, but I'm not sure how they'll look with our theme

 

[Lauren25]

Ohh try not to worry about it, I bet most people wouldn't even notice let alone make a comment about it!

Ohh wow how nice of them to get you a new bed, bet you can't wait for it to arrive!

The tea light lanterns sound like a lovely idea! I know what you mean about wanting more in the ceremony but not too much, I'm the same but don't know what to do!

 

[EmmyReece]

some pictures I took at the venue today, and then I'll do a proper update on the next post

this is the only picture that I took inside but this is the room where we'll actually get married and where the reception will be

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[EmmyReece]

So, that went better than I was expecting it to. The only comment that we had (and that wasn't even as offhand as I was expecting) was how far back from the main road that it is. Oh's parents have both said that it looks lovely and how stunning it's going to look in July when all of the flowers are in bloom.

I've ordered the final bridesmaid dress today, so am pretty glad that's all finished, espescially as it's been a bit of a nightmare trying to find it in a size 12 So I still need to get the underskirts, am going to speak to the bridesmaids parents and see if they would be willing to buy their shoes as that's going to be an extra £150 at the very least.

 

[aly888]

The venue and the grounds look beautiful, and like your inlaws said, when the flowers are out it'll look even more picturesque.

 

[xemmax]

Lovely venue! I wouldn't worry about the invitations, I'm sure no one will notice