wedding update

three gorgeous shawls from alice, all shimmering they are, photo does not do them justice, they are lovely :o) two deep purples and a silvery one.

two lovely baskets from hen, for the flower girls.

everything is very nearly sorted now, i just need to buy flowers to make into three bouquets, and two little possies to go into the baskets with a little teddy and butterflies. james needs new shoes, which i will be getting next weekend, paul and james shirts are washed and pressed ready.

my hen night tonight, and pauls stag night next week then its the wedding. how quick has that come round.............

nicki came and trial ran my hair do for the day, will look lovely :o) and discussed how to do the girls hairs, so they are sorted out :o)

brought some jewelery for me, i was going to wear pearls but the necklace and earrings we found are just perfect for my dress, which will be properly unvealed to you all after the wedding, cant put a pic up before incase paul sees it, as its a surprise for on the day :o)

my wedding head piece finally finished

well finally finished my head piece, all handmade ribbon flowers each sewn onto the ring, had to get more ribbon to finish it, but finally complete. and im quite happy with it, just need those clear combs to attach to stays in my hair for the day :o)

more wedding prep updates

i have two of these butterflies, for the two little girls to go in their baskets with flowers


these are the youngest bridesmaids head wear

mine still under construction, need to make few more ribbon roses then put it all together with ribbons coming down the back .

wedding bits

Have a look what arrived in the post today for me, a wonderfull, beautiful ring cushion and two bolero tops for stevie and katie, arnt they all gorgeous :o)

these have been lovingly made by Anne from silversewer Big Thankyou Anne :o)

and these lovely gorgeous earrings and necklaces are also hand made by the lovely Goldy from folksy these arrived the other day in these little silver heart boxes, so another big thankyou to goldy :o)

wedding prep update no2

these are the bridesmaid dresses, need the girls to try them on then can alter and hem etc.

paul now has his suit and shirt :D

ive just ordered and paid for my dress.......... woo hoo ............ 14 days and counting down to delivery LOL

one of my friends is making my little bag to go with my dress :o)

i have ribbons arriving ........ which are all gorgeous, cant wait to make them into bows and curly bits for the bouquets and curly bits and wrapped round for my head garland and wrapped round the bouquets, and and ............. getting so excited now. only 4 months to go.......... 4 months will be here in no time.

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i still need to name and address wedding invites, will do that sometime this week, Paul has treatment tomorrow at 2pm, so normally wacked out till sunday, so gives me thursday at home sorting things out, also james doesnt come home from school thursday till 4.15 so thats an extra hour too :o)

i also need to print out instructions for the bolero tops, mark them out into patterns then can get chiffon fabric and send off to anne, so she has time to do them for me :o)

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so thats all for now, will keep you updated :o)

wedding preps and bits and pieces :o)

well thank fully the wedding preps are now all nicely coming together, thanks to some lovely friends i made this last year or so, and also to our families :oD everyone is brilliant and so caring, and helpful and just plain lovely :oD

so a BIG THANK YOU to all that are helping me :oD

i now have the bridesmaid dresses, friends are making bolero tops and also shawls for me.
jewelry is being made for me for the bridesmaids.
i am borrowing a blue garter from another friend, which means
"something borrowed" yes
"something blue" yes
"something old" yes
"something new" yes
what else??? o yes, my dad is paying for the disco , and has also brought james' outfit Just the waistcoat to sort out now :o)
pauls parents are paying for the reception and hall :o)
we have paid for the ceremony and all booked :o)
my mum is buying my dress, i need to order it this week :o)
the cake is being sorted by my mum :o)
the car has been arranged for me by another friend, whos brother has a white wedding car :o)

i am making the bouquets for the bridesmaids and myself, also my garland for my head :o)
we need to buy pauls suit, should hopefully get that monday :o) as there are sales on sales on with suits where i went today with my dad for his.

other wonderful friends are sending me ribbons, purple, lilac and silver........ these are being used for my head garland and also for the flower arranging in the bouquets and tieing of them :o) so a piece of everyone will be with me on the day.

and another lovely friend is making us a ring bearing cushion, james will carry this up the aisle with me :o) she is also doing the bolero chiffon tops :o)

the one major thing left to save for is our wedding rings, so that will be the next step :o)

so other than shoes and a few bits and pieces i think we may be nearly there.

ive made the wedding invites, just need to name and address them, then they will be sent.

o i need to also make three matching ties for paul, my dad and mike -pauls son (who is best man)
i am waiting on my dress for these, as can then get as close a match to colour as possible. also if i cant find a silver fronted waistcoat then will need to make or commision someone to do this for me, as never made waistcoats before LOL

ok think thats everything up to date ................

yes that is what ive been up to since last posting, as well as the normal numerous hospital visits, but i wont bore you with those.

o yes tomorrow the three of us, paul, me and james are off to see snow white and the seven dwarfs at the marlow theatre, canterbury. i brought the tickets before christmas as a surprise for paul and james, it will do the three of the world of good to have a family day out , and it fell on the right weekend aswell with pauls treatments so couldnt be better.

ok thats me for now i will try and post more, it just all gets a bit crazy round here LOL