Manicures and pedicures

I will be booking myself in for both a manicure and pedicure in the days running up to our wedding, to ensure my nails are oh-so-pretty for the big day!

Mr M absolutely despises fake nails, so it’ll be a simple paint job for me! (I do keep teasing him though by saying I’m going to have really long nails put on hehe). But, the question is, do I ‘go nude’ or ‘go colour’?!

Nude nails on ‘normal’ nails is a bit of a waste I think personally as it doesn’t look any different to normal. So I was thinking I might wear a nail colour that is a similar shade to the Bridesmaid dresses; a beautiful rich plum colour, or go all out and have gold glitter to tie in with the other accent colour of our colour scheme!

Our wedding will be a festive winter wedding, so I think I can afford to be a bit more extravagant with my nails as it is all part of the glitzy-ness of the event! Strong colours will work amongst all the fairy lights and decorations, and will finish off my look perfectly!

It’ll also look good in the close-up photos we’ll have taken of our wedding rings!

Here’s the kind of thing I’m thinking of having…

Pretty!!!

Why a winter wedding?

People keep saying to me “Why on earth do you want to get married in winter? It’ll either rain or snow?!”. Well, erm, hello? When does it NOT rain in the UK?!

We chose to hold our wedding in December for a few reasons. Firstly, its a lot cheaper because it is ‘low season’ in the wedding world. Secondly, winter is a very romantic time, I think! And thirdly, you know you’ll probably either have rain or snow, so at least you can prepare for it, rather than be disappointed when all your optimism doesn’t work its magic and it pours mid-June.

PLUS, my job revolves around being outside in all weathers, and wearing wellies for 9 months of the year! So a wedding without wellies just wouldn’t be me!

I think the photos taken in winter are particularly beautiful; its all moody looking clouds and sparking frost on everything.. totally picturesque!!

I am also excited to wear my gorgeously fluffy ivory faux-fur cropped jacket! It was an absolute steal from Primark at £23, but will keep me toasty and warm for all those outside photos we plan to have! I just hope Mr M has considered wearing thermals under his suit…!

So, our preperation list goes as follows:

Weather watch constantly.

Give guests LOTS of notice on weather updates via wedding website.

Buy appropriate clothing to wear whilst outside; wellies, jackets, thermals, umbrellas etc.

Provide warming food and drinks.. and venue, for the guests!

Check possible supplier’ contracts for what happens if weather stops them providing their service.

Take as much to the venue prior to the wedding day, so that important items are there ready and waiting.

Snow proof cars belonging to the wedding party; get metal wheel tracks for tyres and non-slip ramps.

Provide a list of nearby accommodation establishments for guests who may not make it home due to heavy snow.

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There is a lot to consider when holding your wedding in the winter, but I’m hoping it’ll be more than worth it! As long as Mr M and the registrar makes it to the venue, we’ll have a wonderful day!!!

Blonde haired babes

Some gorgeous hairstyles modelled by some equally lovely looking blonde ladies..

Brown haired beauties

Here’s a few hairstyles modelled on brown haired ladies for inspiration..

Red haired lovelies

Take some inspiration from the hairstyles of these gorgeous red haired ladies..

Skirt love. Part one.

So I mentioned in one of my last posts that I am on the hunt for the PERFECT wedding dress skirt for my own wedding dress.

I know I want ‘puffy and fluffy’ (at my age you can get away with it!), but there’s a lot of different types of ‘puff and fluff’ to choose from. Yes, its a bit over the top and princessy, but I couldn’t imagine wearing anything else!!

Here are a few of my inspiration photos (don’t forget to ignore the bodices)..

I don’t know whether to go for a straight but fluffy skirt (like the last two photos), or to have a ruffly fluffy skirt (like the first two). Decisions…

I love my wedding planning scrapbook!!

I have to say, I LOVE my wedding planning scrapbook! Well, its not so much a scrapbook anymore, but a full on ring binder!

I keep everything in there, and I constantly add cuttings from magazines into it. I’ve found it really helpful when trying to ‘put together’ the theme for our wedding; with my folder I can keep all my millions of ideas in one place and refer to them instantly without having to trawl through hundreds of magazines looking for something.

I know its quite geeky, but I’ve divided everything into sections to keep it tidy. This also helps when speaking to the wedding party, your wedding coordinator at the venue and other suppliers.

Its also a great keepsake. I’m sure once Mr M and I are happily settled down into married life I’ll look back through it and laugh at my crazy ideas or scoff at how fashions have changed over the years. But most of all, it’ll be a fab reminder of the love and effort that has gone into planning our special day.

Here are just a few photos of my wedding planning scrapbook…

One of the things I’m really glad I’ve done through the wedding process, is creating a ‘wedding style brainstorm’ (see 4 photos above). I sat down and really thought about all the different elements I imagined would be included in our wedding day, and put them onto paper. That way, I could gather ideas really easy as I always had something to remind me of the foundations of our theme.

However, what you see above isn’t the final stage of completing my wedding planning scrapbook. Oh no – this is only the beginning. We have another 569 days to go until we get married..this is just the start!