Big step!

We've paid our deposit! :D

This morning was the first sunny morning in weeeeks, and we drove to mount stewart, met our wedding coordinator and paid our deposit! So it's official! Amazing.

Favorite boots on for taking a big step!

Cold but sunny on Strangford Lough

Then we came home and had scones with jam and cream. So happy :)

Yummy scones :)

 

 

Pea and Carrot Artwork

Check out this beautiful artwork created for us by our good friend Laura!

Aren't they incredible?! Laura has her own freelance website coming soon. but in the meantime find out more about her and her beautiful work here.

Thanks Laura!

Eeeeep!

Off to Mt. S to pay our deposit this morning! It's all very real now! Eeeeep! :)

Check out my wedding dress ideas and advice in the ideas tab!

Big News!

 

 

We've set a date!!

On Friday we heard back from the club, giving us their permission to have our reception with them and my mum went ahead and put down our names for the date we wanted.

If you are married you may remember back to the moment you first heard your wedding date confirmed; did you feel a bit dizzy and floaty like me?? It was a funny feeling!

I had a text message from my mum while I was in work letting me know and I tried to call Ross four times before my brain clicked into gear and I remembered he was in work and couldn’t answer his phone...

 this was followed by several 'CALL ME ASAP' texts from me, while my heart was beating faster than normal and images of August breezes rustling the trees in Mt. Stewart were clogging up my mind!


Finally he called and I told him our wedding date and he sounded as shell shocked as I felt, and in his usual sensible manner said 'We better get saving!'

That evening before we met his family for dinner we tried on a few wedding rings, we've been thinking about making our own but we wanted to see how different shapes, styles and metal felt, I saw a couple I really liked - I’ll dedicate a post to rings soon!

Now we just have to finalise bookings with both venues and pay the deposits and that that bit sorted.... just a million other things to do now! I spent nearly the whole weekend on pinterest making a wedding inspiration board :)

How exciting!

If you are a bride to be or just thinking about weddings and you haven’t set your date yet, you have this to look forward to! :)

Damask Roses and Bumble Bees

My Granny's Wedding Dress

When I describe my granny Muriel's wedding dress it sounds so romantic, like a made up story of my perfect dress, possibly because my granny has been a major influence in my life, her stories are my memories and many of her tastes are mine too.

Muriel Brown married John (Jack) Ellis on 16th March 1957, when she was 20, he was 27, he gave her mother the money to take Muriel to buy whatever wedding dress she wanted.

 My granny says 'there were several high fashion shops in Belfast in those days.' the one she chose was Renee Meneely's on Donegall Square.





The dress

 The dress she chose was ivory brocade with a pattern of damask roses with little bumble bees perched on the petals.



 





 It was a sleeveless, ankle length gown with a matching high collared jacket.

She wore flowers in her hair and
carried carnations decorated with a golden horse shoe for luck.

 





Muriel and her sisters Betty, Joan and Hazel.






The bridesmaids, my great aunties, wore pale mediterranean blue with anemone flowers in their hair.

The ceremony took place at the Belmont Presbetarian Church and was follwed by a small reception at Cranthorpe House which is now the Park Avenue Hotel, which we considered for our reception as it has some fantastic packages, however something a wee bit closer to home suited us better.



The very happy couple received telegrams from friends and family across the globe addressed to them with their new, shared surname.

 Including this funny one from Jacks brother in law in Canada.

 

 

What a beautiful romantic day!

 

 

 

Hopefully ours will be just as lovely :)

It suddenly feels a whole lot closer...

Two days ago, if someome asked when we were getting married we said 'Oh not til' 2014!' now, today if they ask we say 'Next year!' - wow, that makes things seem a little scary!

While we were partying on NYE at a 1920's style party at our house, our wedding suddenly shot a whole year closer!

And as well as that, it's suddenly the month that we have to pick our date and pay our deposit! :O