I can hardly believe it.  A year after getting engaged, our wedding weekend is finally upon us. In about 30 minutes {literally, I am cutting it that fine} we will get in the car to travel to Devon to where we are getting married.

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This week we have made elderflower cordial, picked and dried rose petals …

One more week until the wedding! Whilst I am finishing a whole host of things I thought I would share with you some photos from my hen party last weekend.

I went with 16 friends to a house in Wales where we sunbathed beside the swimming pool, played games, had a 1920s style tea party and then went to the beach.

The …

At just over two weeks out, things have suddenly got extremely busy. Still, at the weekend we found time to have a quick trial for the bouquets and buttonholes. We had confirmation that the farm grown peonies will be guaranteed for us, so I have ordered 100 white peonies to make 4 bouquets. I decided not to waste money on …

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So, the table decorations for the reception and some mock-ups for you to see.

I didn’t happen to have a 5’6″ round table to hand so I had to use a slightly smaller one which I usually use for my laptop in the sitting room. It was so small in fact that I used one of …

I picked up my dress last Friday. Turns out that the dress I thought I didn’t like too much I like a whole lot better now it fits me properly. I thought I would make some kind of belt for the waist but when I tried it on with the silk ribbon I had dyed to match my shoes, I …

Rach and I really enjoyed compiling our wedding list. It is a great pleasure to visualise your future together even from a very materialistic point of view. We both spent plenty of time trawling through household porn – glasses, pots and pans, mixers, rugs, bed linen etc. and debated / argued over the relative benefits. I was pushing hard for …

At 5 weeks to go until the wedding day, our to-do list still looks a little long. Thankfully, this afternoon we were able to cross off a big item from the list: choose and purchase wedding bands.

As I wrote before, my engagement ring was designed by M in conjunction with a rocks man and made by a craftsman in London’s …

{Image via a Stag Weekend Attendee who wishes to remain anonymous}

Last weekend was my Stag weekend. 3 days of fine food, wine, walks, football and much hilarity in a beautiful house on a Loch in Scotland.

Things couldn’t have gone better. Everyone got on (most of the time) and some new bonds were formed; across generations in some cases. Almost 40 …

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As I mentioned last week, it has been rather busy in our household this week and wedding planning has very much taken a backseat. I did however find time to make a start on the bunting which we are using to decorate our marquee at the reception and thought you might like to see how …

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This week has been rather a week. I qualified as a solicitor and simultaneously was made redundant. And then had to prepare for an interview. So there has been rather less of the wedding planning and a little more of other things this week.

We did buy M his wedding shoes though – as seen in the …

{Images top left: Liberty; top left middle: R. Soles; top right: Robyn Kessler; Bottom left: Mick Jagger (Image by Getty, via Glamour); bottom middle: Michael Caine (Image by mptvimages, via IMDB); bottom right: Wayne Coyne (Image via Bona Fide Darling)}

The aesthetic of our wedding is of primary importance to us. The feel we are looking for is …

They were only 2 weeks late with 2 months to go until the wedding but this weekend we finally finished and sent the invitations.

{All images from Author’s personal collection – designs by (2) & (7) Baby Jewels (3) Author; (4), (5) & (6) Alex}

We wanted our invitations to be beautiful but practical. Much as we love letter pressed designs and intricate professional …