Exciting times!!

So as I may have mentioned a few times on here I am currently planning my Wedding :D We booked the venue the other day and after that I may have gone into over drive hehe

I started by attacking the wedding guest list, it was brutal friends and relatives were cut from all sides so we now have 80 day time guests and 100 evening.

After that I decided to start playing with ideas for Save the Date cards, there are a lot of designs and styles out there and we wanted something that was very us so I ended up going custom. Luckily the Fiancé's dad works in printing so he is going to put the finishing touches on and print them up for us. Then I can add my ribbon accents :)

Then it was time to hit up Dainty Toys, my mum needed some bits and we wanted to look at things for my brooch bouquet. I decided I wanted to make one of these a while ago and have been scouring the internet for more ideas, on one such jaunt I found a cool idea where the girl had put the brooches inside singed fabric petals. So we decided to go have a look at the fake flowers, material and ideas for the inside. It was suggested online that I use oasis but Dainty didn't stock it so we were looking around and came across hollow polystyrene balls and cones. I also bought some 10cm sections of material to test out for making the flowers, I posted a pic the other day. Well after this my mum went online and ordered me some brooches. (they arrived yesterday!!)

Next on the list was booking a photographer who we found whilst at the wedding fair at Durham Cricket Club and booked yesterday after a meeting with him. Its all very exciting hehe expecialy when we went up to see the venue dec'd out for a showcase and the flower lady was there, she had a flyer with the room we are using all dressed in the colours we are using!!! It looks fabulous and I am soo happy we got to see a sneak peak because now I know it will look amazing.

Anyway the point of my post today was actually so show you what I had been up to at my mums. I took the Polystyrene base and flowers round so we could look at them together and work out the logistics of making the base shape. Well not only do the brooches look AMAZING!! but we sorted the base shape!!

Brooches set in the foam flowers

Other brooches waiting for flowers 

Base,  held in place with bamboo skewers 

Now all I have to do is wait for it to dry completely and move on to covering it, then its time to add the flowers and brooches!!! exciting times ahead!!

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