No my dress

But wow, how amazing is it and the dress is an original from the 1950s, I would love to have had an old dress, love the history of them. And to top it all of the bride only bought the dress a week and a half before the wedding.

Check out more photos at snippet and ink

100% postive

that it will rain on my wedding day, its a family tradition my parents and both my sisters had rainy wedding days and I expect I will be no different - I admit I do hope that we had our share of rain for our engagement party. I'm ready for it though, so if it rains it rains and we put our back up plan into action. The only thing I'm a little worried about is photos so I've been thinking about it. Craig property has a run down broken old barn that would look really cool and I'm preparing myself to get wet, and I may need to get some gum boots and a brightly coloured umbrella. I think if it rains I'd like a photo of me jumping in a paddle.

Found on classicbride

I'm sure no matter what happens we'll get something good out of it.

Done and Done

Shoes - Done
Jewellery - Done
Band - Done (I think still waiting on the confirmation)
5 vase (out of 20) - Done

Yeah for getting things done. My shoes are exactly what I wanted but what I wanted was double the price and I didn't really want them that much.

The jewellery is great, I had a hard time picking something because I loved too many differnet things, and had too many ideas. In the end I decided I better just get something I liked rather than search for day/weeks for something perfect and never find anything and miss out on what I liked, and now I've bought them I love them and they will be perfect, becuase I'll wear them when I marry C.

I'm loving the vase the process and the results, they will look really good. Hopefully making more tonight and over the weekend.

dripping in jewls

I still haven't had any luck finding wedding jewellery yet. Originally I wanted art deco style jewellery, however I'm not having much luck finding anything that I either like or that's in my budget.

So I've been thinking about pearls, I wouldn't want anything too traditional, I like the idea of wearing a number of different string in all different sizes like this. Than I could get a bracelet similar and antique style pearl earrings.

Image found on summerpicnicwedding.blogspot.com

more drama

And i love it, i don't know if i would be game enough to do something like this, but the result is amazing.

Found on brownbutton.blogspot.com

good drama

So much drama involved in wedding planning that I'm trying to stay away from, but I still want a bit of drama... in my photos. Like this one

found on alovelymorning.blogspot.com

So pretty

Dress Envy

I got serious dress envy today when I saw these beauties by Collect Dinnigan.

i love these 2 dresses, what woman would look beautiful in something like this. If I could do it again I'd get one of these. I really do think we should do it again in 5 years.

All images and dresses by Collette Dinnigan Bridal check them out www.collettedinnigan.com.au

These are also amazing and I have a friend who would look perfect in this last one.

Every 5 years...

I think we should have another wedding, renew your vows or something. That way I could have a go at all the good ideas. I love short wedding dresses, I'm not sure I have the legs for one this short myself  I'd probably go for something more tea length - which I did look at when I was shopping. So stylish.

found on www.stylemepretty.com

I want this veil so cute

Love it Love it

Love this, great great, great colour, great accessories.

Found on Project Wedding

This is the colour I want for my BM. The bracelet is an interesting idea as well, formal but casual, I could do something like this for the wedding. Would give me that relaxed, formal, playful, not overly planed up together took, might be a bit more me than what I have been looking at.

Confessions

I confess I love Carla Zampatti cloths, so beautiful girly, edgy, and from the most amazing material. LOVE IT.

Check out more at www.carlazampatti.com.au

I tried on a few dresses as possible wedding dresses, great for the budget unfortunately one didn't quite work for my body shape, the other I would have lost some of my favourite design features (because I'm really short) and I was worried about not having enough support up top and I felt I needed it.

Sometime I still think about that dress and wish I'd worked out a way to make it work. Don't get me wrong I love my dress - it makes me look tall and thin, its simple, a little sexy, moderen and it fits really well. The Carla Zampatti however was modern, edgy, fun, less traditional, and a little bit whimsical not to mention cheaper.

Garter??

I'm not sure about the garter thing - I'm not a fan, I was thinking I wouldn't worry about it, but I just saw these on the wedding chicks by Florrie Mitton and I may just have been swayed I love the 1st one 2nd row.

Found on the wedding chicks check out more at Florrie Mitton

If only

I lived in America I could have these shoes. They are the perfect shoe for me. I red of course. 

Get them at ninashoes.com

so pretty

Check out ben amun, really pretty earrings perfect for weddings, found 5 different pairs I'd be more happy to wear.

Check out these and heaps more at www.ben-amun.com

1st and last are my fav.

cute

Love this so cute. great as either an veil alternative or as part of the veil.

Image from vintage glam blog

Still hunting

Haven't yet found any earring yet, however I did stumble across these beautiful earrings which I'm considering. Will be watching these on ebay and may just make a purchase.

Image from ebay

Standing tall

more shopping. I'm not just looking for flats but heels as well. What I've found so far.

Love these shoes by Kate Spade - but I don't think my shoes budget will stretch to $400

These would great great with my dress but I swear they are the tallest shoes I've ever seen, it would be like walking on stilts and I'm sure I'd fall over.

These could work but I'm not sure I'd ever wear them again, and I want shoes I'll wear again.

These from nine west are great - good colour, under budget, nice height - but I'm getting married in December and it will be hot it may be very hot so I'm worried they will be too closed in for winter.

If I was going to wear white shoes these would be the shoes.

Every girls weakness

I admit I have a weakness for shoes, when you can't find anything else you look good in you can always find a pair of shoes. I love a good heel however I don't wear heels for any extended period of time. This is were my problem lies, wearing my heels and being on my feet for 5-7hour on my wedding day dosen't sound fun - however heels make me taller which I need for photos and I want for the ceremony and I will stand taller and straighter in them. So I'm getting heels but I'm also going to get a pair of flats to change into.

With all the sales on this week I thought it would be a good time to look for shoes found a fe good deals on flats.

I'm going to go out shopping again this weekend and have another look, hopping to find a better deal. but if I can't find anything, I'm thinking I'll go with the last pair. I realy like them and I'll wear them to work after the wedding.

expensive taste

I have expensive taste which isn't helping me with planning a wedding on a budget. 

I got money from family and friends for my birthday this year to go towards jewellery. I've started looking for earring for the wedding - I'm wanting earrings and a bracelet if I can afford them. So far I've found 2 pairs I really love found the second pair today - really amazing, now all I need to do is find something similar but 1/2 the price. 

From Chiltons Antiques

Bling

C and I went shopping on the weekend and looked a ring options and tried some on to get a better idea of what we wanted. 

C found this cool ring which I love, not what he 1st looked at but he really liked the look on. Getting it quoted now for this in titanium with a little diamond in the middle.

image from www.rocksjewellery.co.uk

Also looked a options for me and C decided it had to be a diamond band, cool it was the guy insisting on diamonds, not the girl this time, I have to admit he's right the diamond band looks heaps better than the plain band. But we still need to decided on white or yellow diamonds for me.

The bling

This weekend C and I are going out to look at rings. We'll be having them made by the same person that made my engagement ring, but we want to go out and try a few different types on see what looks best. This is the ring C got me, he design and had it made for me and I love it, its perfect and soooooo much more than I ever asked for.


Its a light yellow diamond in the middle and we are thinking of haveong a band of tiny light yellow diamonds for the wedding band, but need to go try some different options on and figure out what we can afford.