We’re just back from a few days in France where we went to participate in a memorial service at the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the First World War. The weather was beautiful and we were surprised how many people attended the service. My great uncle died somewhere near Thiepval in July 1916 and we think we’re the only family members ever to visit the spot. We left a photograph of him at the memorial, as other families, schools and associations did for their lost men.
I really want to make our own invitations for our wedding. My heart sank when my mum mentioned she had been looking at embossed invites and I quickly jumped in and told her we’d been thinking about using our own photographs through moo.com to send out save the date cards, invites and RSVPs. So last week we had a trial run and ordered a pack of postcards and notecards using our favourite images and I love them. We can put our own text on the back, they are simple, and best of all personal! I’ve come to realise that most of our wedding day will be about pleasing other people (especially my mum!). We want to put our own stamp of individuality on our wedding and this seems the easiest way. Now we just need to pick the images as I don’t want to send out invites with a picture of a sock monkey!
It’s just such strange weather for June, windy, windy and windy, especially on our little island off the south coast of England.
I spent the morning trying on wedding dresses, which was both traumatic and strangely fun. I’ve been adamant all along that I don’t want to wear some white meringue monstrosity. Sure enough the first dress shop I went to tried squeezing me into dresses which I hated. The second dress shop was the opposite and let me try on what I wanted. Altogether I only tried on six dresses before I found the perfect dress. Hooray. We spent the rest of the day driving around looking at reception venues. We haven’t found anything which we’ve both agreed on so far.
Is it right to have a dress before a venue?
In tacky wedding news we don’t yet have a date but we do have a countdown clock and it’s wonderfully kitsch.
We’re currently on the Isle of Wight looking at more venues and re-visiting a couple of favourite venues. I’m experiencing the full horror of dress appointments tomorrow! Wish me luck.
PS I’ve finally turned off my spam filter as some people told me they had difficulty leaving comments. I just thought nobody read my blog so please feel free to say hello if you’re lurking 
I perfected my toadstool for the toadstool swap and it stands un-supported, topped with my favourite Cath Kidston corduroy. I’m so happy my swap partner likes corduroy too as I love this fabric. It will be winging its way to America tomorrow. I hope you like it Tiffany!
