As regular readers of this blog may remember, today was the day The Vintage Wedding Festival (run by The Vintage Wedding Society) took place at our wedding venue (Heatherden Hall, in Pinewood Studios, in case it's your first time here). Run by Kellie from Lola Rose Photography and Claire from Claire MacIntyre Photography, it was… Continue reading A Very Vintage Wedding Festival – 12 weeks to go
Category: General wedding musings
A Groom’s TV Guide – 16 weeks to go
Invitations, invitations everywhere! More to come on those in a few weeks, but while I frantically tie bits of string (or twine, if you prefer) around these little bundles of gorgeousness, The Boy has generously offered to take you through his "Top three" (I use the term loosely) of the many, many wedding shows I… Continue reading A Groom’s TV Guide – 16 weeks to go
Band or DJ? – 17 weeks to go
Image from Kings Place Weddings How I Met Your Mother did an episode on the concept, Adam Sandler starred in a film, and I imagine that ever since weddings were invented, brides and grooms to-be have been asked, shortly after announcing their wedding date, "So, what are you doing about music?". It's a pretty big… Continue reading Band or DJ? – 17 weeks to go
Ticking off the to-do list – 18 weeks to go
First things first, I found out this week that our wedding venue is going to be hosting The Vintage Wedding Festival on 22 November, and I am excited. It's billed as offering the best wedding services for the unique, creative and vintage-loving bride, and on a good day, I like to think I'm all three.… Continue reading Ticking off the to-do list – 18 weeks to go
Operation TeaCake – 19 weeks to go
Last Friday, The Boy and I visited our wedding venue, Heatherden Hall, for the second time. As regular readers of this blog will know, that's around the time it all started going horribly wrong with IWM Duxford, our first venue. Luckily, our meeting went very well - the venue is more beautiful than we remembered… Continue reading Operation TeaCake – 19 weeks to go
Embracing my inner bridezilla – 21 weeks to go
This week, I've discovered a TV channel in the UK that shows Bridezillas, a reality show from the US that follows two high maintenance brides per week in the run up to their wedding. A guilty pleasure of mine since I first discovered it about 10 years ago, now I'm planning my own wedding it's… Continue reading Embracing my inner bridezilla – 21 weeks to go
Seven wedding venues I’ve been looking at this week – 29 weeks to go
Apologies for another venue post coming so soon after the last one. But, after our wedding venue cancelled our wedding last week, it's been a massive focus for us this week, searching high and low for somewhere new we both love. The venue is such a massive part of the day (I'd argue second only… Continue reading Seven wedding venues I’ve been looking at this week – 29 weeks to go
What to do during the reception changeover? – 32 weeks to go
This week, we have our site visit planned, and my list of questions for the nice people at Duxford is getting longer by the day. Particularly as thanks to Pinterest and the excited posts of friends during wedding season (which is well and truly upon us, if my Facebook timeline is anything to go by),… Continue reading What to do during the reception changeover? – 32 weeks to go
An ode to The Boy – 36 weeks to go
In the past couple of weeks, several people have said to me, "You seem really calm and relaxed about the whole wedding", therefore making me a) feel like I'm abnormal and b) stress out about the fact I'm not stressed (thanks Mum - I could have gotten your figure or your height [a lofty 5"4,… Continue reading An ode to The Boy – 36 weeks to go
A post which has become a review of Bath – 37 weeks to go
Oh hi, hello there, hi. So, here we are; another Sunday evening, and I have a major case of the back-to-work blues, for reasons which will soon become clear. Well, right now in fact - The Boy is soon to turn 30 (this very Thursday - and I'm not far behind), so as a birthday… Continue reading A post which has become a review of Bath – 37 weeks to go
Something Definitely Happened 