I love how there is a circle of calm around the Bride and Groom in this picture. I think it stands for how fast your wedding day can go by and how you should stop and take a step back from it all to enjoy it.
Ok so it’s been two weeks since I saw Flower Fayre and I still haven’t received a quote from them. Yeah I know people are busy and the postal services are on strike (which has only been since yesterday!) but you’d have thought I would have heard from them by now?
Ever since I started planning this wedding I made a little note to myself, that if someone took too long to answer me I wouldn’t bother with them. I think it’s just rude and not a great impression to give off to a potential customer.
Meanwhile last weekend Jennie, the lady who I saw first, rang me to double check I had received her quote and to ask whether I had any questions. I expressed my worry about her being on her own and asked what would happen if she were to fall ill and not be able to fulfil the order. She reassured me that she has plenty of capable florist friends who would gladly step in to help. I told Jennie I was waiting for another quote before making up my mind, but in all honesty I think I already have.
This is the bouquet I saw in Jennie’s book and fell in love with. Apologies for the bad quality, I took the picture using my phone.
Our wedding day will be held in two rooms at Nailcote Hotel. Ceremony in the room with the staircase and the reception in the marquee. As part of the package Nailcote Hall will supply chair covers, for one room only. We’ve decided that as we will only spend a small amount of time in the staircase room we’d rather have the chair covers in the marquee.
That said, the chairs in the staircase room are… nasty! As seen here…
Our wedding day will be held in two rooms at Nailcote Hotel. Ceremony in the room with the staircase and the reception in the marquee. As part of the package Nailcote Hall will supply chair covers, for one room only. We’ve decided that as we will only spend a small amount of time in the staircase room we’d rather have the chair covers in the marquee.
That said, the chairs in the staircase room are… nasty! As seen here…
I’ve seen this idea a few times and I think it looks amazing!
Nailcote Hall do provide us with printed menus for each table, but I’m pretty sure they’re not going to match our theme. I was always going to do my own menus but how cool would it look if they were on chalkboards?!
I just need someone with nice hand writting to write them all out… Hayley? 
I’m not sure whether this is a good or bad thing! I’ve already made my first purchase (I only registered yesterday!)
Etsy is where clever people sell their amazingly beautiful handmade goodies, and people like me buy them! eBay is soooo last week!
Unfortunately and frustratingly I can’t tell you what I’ve brought! Too many Bridesmaids read this! 
Here are a few of my favourite Etsy things at the moment.
Bird Clutch Purse from the Print Tree Shop. Alice in Wonderland Paper Cut Quote from Mr Yen.
Little red Christmas hearts Framed picture from Sarah and Bendrix. And They Lived Happily Ever After Sign from The Back Porch Shoppe. Fancy a Brew? Tea Towel from Mr PS Shop
Another big and very exciting job we have to sort out when Has gets home is our honeymoon! We know flights are at their very cheapest once they are first realised, which is typically a year in advance, so come the end of November/beginning of December we’ll be booking them up!
Has and I love America, especially New York but during our years together we’ve visited other places like Orlando and Las Vegas. When ever we look to go on holiday it’s always to America. So you’d expect nothing less from us to spend our honeymoon there.
Our idea at the moment is to spend 3 weeks travelling around the USA. Starting in Seattle and ending up in New York, just in time for Thanks Giving.
We hope to leave the Sunday after the wedding with a direct flight to Seattle. Spend a few nights there exploring the 90′s grunge music scene, where we can visit venues that bands like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Sound Garden or Temple of the Dog played, visiting the first ever Starbucks Coffee Shop and admiring the views from the Space Needle.
Next to visit would be Anchorage in Alaska. I have wanted to go to Alaska for a long time, it looks so breathtakingly beautiful. We plan on taking a few trips to get us out of the city and in to the wild! One of the tours I’d looked at was a Winter Sleigh Ride. We would be taken through the snow laden forest in a horse drawn sleigh to a cabin where we can enjoy hot drinks and food. It sounds very romantic! Hopefully, if we’re lucky, we will also be able to see the Aurora Borealis! (The Northern Lights)
After all that cold we’d need warming up! So we want to head off to Honolulu in Oahu! After researching Oahu I have found us some amazing things to do, such as climbing Diamond Head! An extinct volcano that dominates the island and provides spectacular views! Another thing which looks amazing is Hanauma Bay. There we can snorkel with tropical fish amongst the coral.
We then intend to fly off to Las Vegas and spend a few more nights at the Bellagio Hotel in a fountain view room! When we were in Las Vegas last we said that when we came back we would almost definitely stay at the Bellagio. I remember walking up the Strip to the hotel to see the fountains. It was like they had waited for us, as about 30 seconds after we got there they started performing to “Viva Las Vegas” Seriously the hair stood up on the back of my neck and I had goose pimples all over my body. It was such a impressive site!
Has has always had a love of the Southern States and in particular Texas, therefore it only seems fitting that we visit on our Honeymoon. Another obsession of Has’ is films. He enjoys most genres but his utmost favourite is Horror. Therefore whilst we are there we want to visit the Alamo Drafthouse.
Only 11 days to go
I wasn’t going to include a map with my invitations. Nailcote Hall is in the middle of nowhere so it was going to be hard to scale a map to show the details of the country lanes around the hotel and where it was in comparison to the M42.
