Category: Wedding Budget
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Our wedding day set up!
We got up at 7.30 and we were both mentally exhausted from the week. Planning a wedding where you have to bring in absolutely everything is so hard. Our wedding day set up was a labour of love, blood sweat and tears. Except on the Tuesday when we legally tied the knot we didn’t really…
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3 pairs of shoes is this a step too far?
At first I struggled to find one pair of shoes now I have 3. In my defence the middle pair are flatter so that I can wear them all day. My legal wedding shoes are sky high and I love them but I know I won’t last in them. My dad treated me to my…
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Pinterest made me do it! The welcome sign of my dreams and how I made it!
Okay from the tittle that this is something that I definitely didn’t need but really wanted to make for me and for my guests! A welcome sign that is definitely not relevant so I didn’t want to spend any money on it, or at least not a lot! This is the image that started it.…
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Darling Dahlias how does your wedding bouquet grow?
In April I started planting my dahlia tubers with the intention that these beauties would actually end up in my bouquet. I find that cafe au lait Dahlia are far superior to peonies in looks, just not smell. This summer is a Dahlias dream with hot sunny days and me watering the pots like a…
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It’s two months to go and still so much to do
These past two years have flown by. I thought we were having a long engagement but I still think I would benefit from another year. I could wait to get married now I feel like I need way more time. It so strange how you feel. We are on top of pretty much everything there…
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Kindness is key: wedding planning is stressful
I know I keep harping on about being kind. But I think it is so important. When my scorpion tail whips out with cruel or bitter words I have to stop myself. Why the vitriol? Planning a wedding is stressful especially when you are arranging everything. We both work full time so it’s just our…
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Makeup trial and fail
Okay so I am a nervous bride. Nervous in the fact that I am not glamorous or elegant. I can scrub up well but it’s never been me really. Having a makeup trial made me nervous. How do I look like me without looking like me. Online shopper When it came to my wedding dress…
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DIY wedding, dying my own napkins
Our venue is beautiful and magical and it one of the those set ups where you do everything yourself. Hire everything, including the linen. It means a lot of work but then I guess it’s a bit more special. We also have the venue from the Friday till the Saturday which is amazing. We have…
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Growing my own bouquet: a budget step too far?
So on an early post I wrote about how trying to find the perfect September flowers are hard. I also said that it’s hard to find what actual flowers are in season. My mum and Charlotte are doing my flowers. My sister said I should try growing my own dahlias , so for my birthday…
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Idle hands are the devils online shopping subscription
I have signed up to too many beauty / home websites. This pay day I had a ridiculous amount of emails offering me money off discounts, free postage ahhh. I want it all. my idle hands are shopping as soon as the subscription emails roll in. My account looks healthy and my fingers start emptying…