Tuesday 8 October 2013
Wedding day
This happened! A perfect night was had by all, and I plan to update this blog for a final time union our return to Australia. Cheers from Mr and Mrs Peters!
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Tonight
We fly out of Perth tonight!
It is surreal we are here, to be on the very verge of our wedding.
We get married 4 days from now, and in a few hours, we are out of here for 7 glorious days. Many family members are already there, and their photos are simply exquisite.
We are beyond thrilled to finally be going, however I am a little nervous about having my dress in my normal luggage. Nightmares about losing the dress have been occurring over the last few nights!
Over and out until we are married,
Emma and Royce :)
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Food, glorious food!
The whole blog here was conceived to show that a wedding CAN be done on a relatively small budget.
Because of the unconventional way we are having our wedding ( overseas ceremony but informal reception in Perth), trying to keep all of our guests happy has been hard, bordering on very expensive. Royce and I have decided to go with a low-key post ceremony party in Vanuatu, with drinks and nibbles following the ceremony, followed by a very special surprise!
The cost for this is coming down as more and more people are finding they can't join us! It's a little sad, but at the same time, our bank account is screaming " THANKYOU"!
We got stuck on what to do both reality and etiquette wise, and were going to go with a catering company who specialised in platters. We were looking at approximately $2,500 for 100 people, plus easily another $2000 for drinks on top. Add in decorations, hiring of furniture, crockery and cutlery and things were getting waaaaaaay out of hand!
I opened my email account on Monday, to see a "group discount" site offering a deal to have an event catered for 50 people for just $399. That equates to $2.50 a head. Royce and I are planning to pick up two of these babies, add our own green salads, and viola!
Two course meal with alcohol for $2000 for what could possibly be 100+ people.
The Budget Bridezilla inside of me is happy tonight!
My only real advice to brides wanting to keep their costs down is to keep an eye out for these offers on sites such as Scoopon, or All The Deals, or Living Social. Living Exclusive also do really great deals on alcohol as well.
You never know what you might pick up!
Because of the unconventional way we are having our wedding ( overseas ceremony but informal reception in Perth), trying to keep all of our guests happy has been hard, bordering on very expensive. Royce and I have decided to go with a low-key post ceremony party in Vanuatu, with drinks and nibbles following the ceremony, followed by a very special surprise!
The cost for this is coming down as more and more people are finding they can't join us! It's a little sad, but at the same time, our bank account is screaming " THANKYOU"!
We got stuck on what to do both reality and etiquette wise, and were going to go with a catering company who specialised in platters. We were looking at approximately $2,500 for 100 people, plus easily another $2000 for drinks on top. Add in decorations, hiring of furniture, crockery and cutlery and things were getting waaaaaaay out of hand!
I opened my email account on Monday, to see a "group discount" site offering a deal to have an event catered for 50 people for just $399. That equates to $2.50 a head. Royce and I are planning to pick up two of these babies, add our own green salads, and viola!
Two course meal with alcohol for $2000 for what could possibly be 100+ people.
The Budget Bridezilla inside of me is happy tonight!
My only real advice to brides wanting to keep their costs down is to keep an eye out for these offers on sites such as Scoopon, or All The Deals, or Living Social. Living Exclusive also do really great deals on alcohol as well.
You never know what you might pick up!
Sunday 24 March 2013
Coming Up
April 23-
April 23-26-
April school holidays- (April 19th-May 6th)
- First wedding dress fitting and alterations. I will have my mum with me for this, which is wonderful!
- And while we're at it, we are also looking at a way to attach Mum's antique veil to the veil I brought.
April 23-26-
- Zoe is coming to Perth to be measured up for her dress for the wedding. The supplier doesn't have the dress we are after in stock, but we will at least know what size to have ordered. We're looking at $370 for it, but it will look amazing on her! Here's the link, and we're looking at the blue pattern with a navy sash. http://www.lizfields.com/Product/Bridesmaid-Dresses/Long-Strapless-Style-352/#collection_type:viewall Also going to have the option to have spaghetti straps with it.
April school holidays- (April 19th-May 6th)
- Royce, his best man and I will be having a look at some different styles of outfits for the wedding. I am hoping it will be straightforward enough to find navy dress shirts and black pants. Linen for both would be great, but as long as they're light and breathable.
- Royce and I will also be doing our gift registry at Myer. It will be great!
- I am also hoping to be able to have a little road test of some different cupcake recipies to choose which one to use for our Perth reception. I really should order the cake cases and decorations for it while we're at it... Looking at navy cases, and pearlised navy blue sugar balls to go on top. Can't wait to do a test run of them!
- Going to purchase and trial some heavy dury anti-humidity foundation ( Clinique) to test out while I have time for my skin to freak out or not with it!
- Getting my shoes altered so that I can wear them properly!
- Choosing jewellery and shoes (and headband) for the reception. Can't decide between diamonte and black jewellery.
- Begging/borrowing/stealing yellow fairy lights
- " " tables
- Marquee
- Table cloths
- Getting the backyard finished in the new house!
- Deposit paid for caterers
Sunday 6 January 2013
Vanuatu reception
The other day, Royce and I finally worked out how we are going to host a simple, inexpensive reception following our sunset wedding ceremony at Tamanu on the Beach in Vanuatu.
The drink situation,we still have to work out, but we are having a cocktail style service with a choice of
-mini jacket potatoes with sour cram and chives
-teriyaki beef lettuce cups
-bacon and kuala rostis
-chicken ballantines
Based on our current guest list, we are looking at approximately $1000 to have the whole restaurant, wait staff, and simple decor throughout. For that price, we are pretty happy.
Our accommodation at Tamanu is reserved with the deposit left to pay, the remaining deposit on the ceremony and flights left to pay for and we are good to go. It has admittedly cost a little over out original budget, but you only get married once.
Still, to have our ceremony and reception for 60 guests, a week of accommodation and return flights from Perth for $ 7500, it's really not too bad.
The only task for me is to get full time work in the new school, year and we will be sitting pretty.
The drink situation,we still have to work out, but we are having a cocktail style service with a choice of
-mini jacket potatoes with sour cram and chives
-teriyaki beef lettuce cups
-bacon and kuala rostis
-chicken ballantines
Based on our current guest list, we are looking at approximately $1000 to have the whole restaurant, wait staff, and simple decor throughout. For that price, we are pretty happy.
Our accommodation at Tamanu is reserved with the deposit left to pay, the remaining deposit on the ceremony and flights left to pay for and we are good to go. It has admittedly cost a little over out original budget, but you only get married once.
Still, to have our ceremony and reception for 60 guests, a week of accommodation and return flights from Perth for $ 7500, it's really not too bad.
The only task for me is to get full time work in the new school, year and we will be sitting pretty.
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