Almost half way there!

Hehe. It's been months since my last post (once again). Sorry to leave everyone hanging!
So, after all these months I still do not have a definitive idea of what I want!

First of all, I thought there were only 3 wedding dress styles one should go for... and boy was I wrong! My first thought was princess dress. I still love them, don't get me wrong, but I found so many other types of dresses that look just as beautiful! Here's a couple that have recently caught my eye...

Unique and Creative dresses by Suzanne Ermann:




Clean cut Lyn Ashworth dresses:



Stylish and Romantic dresses from Ian Stuart






There are too many more to share! Will add some in due to time :)

Secondly, colours and wedding theme... heh, I really can't choose! Do I want the dark, dramatic feeling? Glitzy and glamorous? Vintage? Classic? Rustic? Chic? I love them all!!!

When we get to South Africa this July, we're going to (hopefully) be able to decide on a venue. Based on that, we'll be able to start making decisions!!!

Themes Themes Themes!

One of my favourite things to do is watch movies. Some of my favourites tend to be of the "Old Hollywood" era. Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, To Catch a Thief are just a few. Oh how I love the ethereal lighting, the glamorous dresses, the gloves, the suits, the hats, the diamonds and pearls, the long lashes and dark lipstick.

Who wouldn't want something like the Old Hollywood theme:

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Of course, you do need to add colour to your wedding. Or maybe not. What's wrong with a stricking Black and White Wedding? A little bit of lace, parhaps a dash of glass, crystal and/or silver with some beautiful designs. Then maybe a smudge of red as an accent. Stylish, classy, brings out the theme in all its glamour but then also a with a slight modern twist. Love it!

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Want a little more colour but wishing to stay true to the black and white theme? Why not bring the red out a little more? Dark Red with Black and White has a stylish feel but is also very dramatic and romantic. Something I'm totally into.

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You love the theme but this is all a little much. Fret not. You can keep the theme but adjust the colours to your liking. Remember, everything grey was probably a lighter colour. Why not work with Pearls, Crystal and/or Glass with White and Peach or Pink?

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Themes Themes Themes!

We're still on the Marie Antoinette theme (otherwise seen as me finding more and couldn't contain myself to share it!).


Today's find comes from the website Snippet and Ink. This site went more for the white, pale blue and pale pink colour scheme to set the overal mood. If you're into the Marie Antoinette theme but not one to be as bold as to use one of the previous examples I gave, this might be something for you :)

Themes Themes Themes!

Today I felt like looking for some fun themes for a wedding. I just skimmed but I found some rather inspiring sites about this!

Well, I'm not going to bore you all with EVERY theme I came up with... not today. I'll do this in snips and dedictate every posts regarding this to one particular theme.

So my theme for the day is Marie Antoinette weddings:

What usually are assosiated with this theme are pastel colours basically mixed together (however it tends to be primarily pink), gold and over-the-top floral motives.

Plumes of ostrich feathers, shoes, fans, plush baroque chairs, gorgeous ball gowns, flowers, hair (a la Elton John), cake, cake and let them have more cake!

All of these wonderful ideas derive from the website Daliy Wedshare. For more theme inspirations please have a look!

What we missed out somewhat in our last pictures, however, was lace. Spools of jet black lace. The problem with this is that black lace can really deviate to much from the pastel colour scheme. So why not MAKE the lace your theme? A black and white wedding, Antoinette-style:

One of my more latest favourites is the site Parisian Events. It's run by an American lady who lives in Paris. Who knows better than to handle such a theme than someone who can get inspiration from Versaille first hand? The inspiration board above is credited to her site, mainly her blog. Go check it out!

Colours!

Got told off today by Boy because the picture I used for an example for the colour scheme wasn't the "right one". The picture I used before focused more on the Navy and hardly on the Purple at all.

So here is another example of the Navy Blue, Lighter Purple and Silver scheme. It's shows a little more Purple:

This is yet another great example from the website Tastefully Entertaining.

Colours!

Found a new colour scheme that Boy and I really like too. It's a little more dramatic than the purple-aqua scheme but I think it would look gorgeous!

Navy Blue, a Lighter Purple and Silver:

This link was found on a very interesting site regarding festivity desings: Tastefully Entertaining

Back from the UK!

What a lovely weekend with my mother and sister!
Saturday we went to Westfield Mall in London. So. Cool! Especially the section with its own flair: The Village

We did go into Debenhams, like I said before. There are pretty dresses there... except I kept picking out the ones that do NOT suit Ny.

FYI to all my bridesmaids... bubble dresses have been scratched from the list:

On Sunday we went to Ascot for a wedding fair. It was hosted at the Macdonald Berystede Hotel & Spa and it included a bridal fashion show and a tour (which we had to skip).

The fair gave a good idea of prices, themes ect. It was also fun to discuss wedding stuff with other Brides to be. We also browsed around the vendor displays (Ny wanted to try out the cakes), and every time they asked me if I had a venue in mind I had to stop myself from saying "Sou- erm still not sure".

The mini fashion show was very informative. Instead of just picking out the skinniest girls they could find, the show was based on a number of sizes and ideas on what will fit which body-type. They also had a couple of bridesmaid dresses but they generally followed the same fashion trend.

The hotel was lovely too but we're not looking for venues in the UK. I love Ascot hats, though! If I was getting married in that area I would deffinately have found a way to incorperate the theme:

A couple of problems with that:

-We would have to invite less people (not enough room with all those BIG hats)
-We would need a bigger venue (even with a cut wedding list!)
-We would need to raise the seats (can't see over the lady's hat)
-Ascot hats are expensive...

Oh well, still sounded like fun!

Colours!

We're just skimming over colour wheels right now and yes I'm getting waaaaay ahead of myself.

Our current ideas lean more towards purple (a colour we both really like). Now Boy is not the type of guy who is afraid to use other colours and he tends to be rather open for my suggestions (but will also very quickly say if he COMPLETELY disagrees).

My current favourite is this arrangement of aqua and quite a deep purple:


Not sure about it yet. We're still looking but this one kinda fitted very well with our ideas. Just think about using this with some vintage type of theme perhaps. The link was found on a very useful site: Primadonnabride