There's something magical about being able to incorporate a special family heirloom or antique into a wedding. For me, I am "making over" the same veil that both my mother and my grandmother wore when they were married.
I've ordered my veil, just a single layer, fingertip length white one. I intend to have a dressmaker add my mother's veil layers to it when the veil arrives, in about 10 days time.
I also inherited, from my paternal grandmother, my great-aunt's engagement ring. While it is gorgeous, the style is not something that is "me". I want to get a jeweller to melt the ring down into a plain gold band, and set the diamonds into it. A simple wedding band, that will match my engagement ring.
What was your something old? Or, what will it be?
Sunday 19 February 2012
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Decisions, in pictures
My Dress for the ceremony in Vanuatu
My boquet-white roses (From Special Occasions on FaceBook), bridesmaids to have something similar, but smaller
Ceremony & Honeymoon:
Sunset Bungalows, Port Vila, Vanuatu- check out their website
Photographer ( in Perth):
Terence Boylen Photography
Hair & Makeup (in Perth):
Flawless Flair-Nicole Hare, Napoleon Perdis certified makeup artist
Travel agent for ceremony & honeymoon:
Small Guide Travel/Go Vanuatu
My gown for our reception in Perth ( the arms are adjustable and interchangable, which is great because I don't like the way its's styled on the model)
Sunset Bungalows, Port Vila, Vanuatu- check out their website
Photographer ( in Perth):
Terence Boylen Photography
Hair & Makeup (in Perth):
Flawless Flair-Nicole Hare, Napoleon Perdis certified makeup artist
Travel agent for ceremony & honeymoon:
Small Guide Travel/Go Vanuatu
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Ramblings of a tight ass bride....
Reception options:
Number 1 (depends on if our house is built in time)-
Informal reception at our home. Think homemade finger foods, lots of champagne, round tables with white tablecloths, candles and lots of large bowls filled with an assortment of fresh fowers.
Cake, speeches,toasts and a viewing of the ceremony in Vanuatu for anyone who missed out.
Relaxed, fun. Sums up us in a nutshell.
Number 2 (if we don't have a large enough space at our home)-
Breakfast Champagne reception- we're off to the Hyatt for Keelin's hens breakfast this weekend, and for $35p/h, you get a full buffet breakfast ( danishes, muffins, croissants-the works), and champagne.
Easy!
We'd obviously "do" speeches etc there too, but the beauty is that there's someone else to worry about finer details such as decorating and "is there enough food?".
Depending on how our saving goes this year (have to remember it IS only February at the moment), we may very well be able to go with option one...
We shall see!
Number 1 (depends on if our house is built in time)-
Informal reception at our home. Think homemade finger foods, lots of champagne, round tables with white tablecloths, candles and lots of large bowls filled with an assortment of fresh fowers.
Cake, speeches,toasts and a viewing of the ceremony in Vanuatu for anyone who missed out.
Relaxed, fun. Sums up us in a nutshell.
Number 2 (if we don't have a large enough space at our home)-
Breakfast Champagne reception- we're off to the Hyatt for Keelin's hens breakfast this weekend, and for $35p/h, you get a full buffet breakfast ( danishes, muffins, croissants-the works), and champagne.
Easy!
We'd obviously "do" speeches etc there too, but the beauty is that there's someone else to worry about finer details such as decorating and "is there enough food?".
Depending on how our saving goes this year (have to remember it IS only February at the moment), we may very well be able to go with option one...
We shall see!
Wednesday 8 February 2012
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