I love maps (yes, I'm a geek) as does J (yes, he's a geek too!) but I never considered combining them with my wedding! This great post at project wedding shows how it can be done with flair - and diy!
I have read a lot of magazines, websites and particularly blogs as I have gone through these last 20 or so months. Some of the blogs have come and gone, but some I have stuck with. I thought I would share: A Practical Wedding - if you want straight talking this is where to go. Keeps everything in perspective. This one is staying in my Google reader for the future. Craft my bride - this is the blog of a soon to be bride who is diying her wedding. Rock My Wedding - It is great to see a British wedding blog flourishing like this one. Temple of Groom - a groom's blog With this ring - pretty stuff and good ideas. Always quick to link to interesting things! Project wedding blog - whole host of diy stuff Ruffled - nice vintage weddings iDIY - more diy snippet and ink - inspiring inspiration boards Wiley Valentine - invites and pretty stuff 100 Layer Cake - more pretties Lucky me - inspiration boards and pretty stuff Once Wed blog - a good mixture of different type...
I randomly came across this picture the other day, and just liked it, so I thought I'd share. I'm starting to think I'm seeing these paper lanterns everywhere in lots of wedding pictures, but I still like them. I don't know if I'll go down that route though, as I have cheap neutral coloured ones in my lounge... Images from My wedding flower ideas
I now realise why so many wedding blogs disappear so soon after the wedding. Suddenly my time and inclination seemed to vanish, not exactly sure why. Anyway, getting back to putting together my day for you, I get to my outfit. My dress was made by my mum, which was so special. It meant that it was completely unique and exactly what I wanted. We had had it specially designed by a friend of a friend who was studying fashion design. This, for me, was the most fun part. I had been to try on other dresses ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) so I had a good idea what I was looking for. We then had the drawing made into a pattern by a professional pattern cutter - this bit wasn't cheap. If we had been a bit clever we could probably have utilised an existing pattern as I wasn't having anything that out of the ordinary. Once we had the finished toile and pattern we set about chopping up the actual fabric and lining etc. I helped cut out some bits, but I left most of this to my mum who is much more ex...
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