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Most people will tell you that your wedding invitations are very important. First impressions are everything and your invitations should set the standard for your whole wedding. Your invitation design will be influenced by your dress, the bridesmaids and of course your venue. It will also be incorporated into your mass booklet, seating cards, thank you cards etc.

With all this in mind you can understand the problem in trying to get my fiance, who is a designer, to make up his mind as to what he wants. (This is the one job he has)

So here are the final few….

Decisions, decisions……

Personally I like very bright, colourful bouquet and church flowers. Something with some pink, purple and maybe a splash of sunflower in the middle.

But I was told today that both sunflowers and lilies distroy your clothes with pollen. So that puts an end to that.

But I do so like them…….

Roses it is…. how boring….

I’m open to suggestions…. please email any pictures to joyce@soap.ie

So…. myself and Bla took a detour into dublin city centre when we were dropping Olivia (John’s sister) back to the airport. We thought that the january sales deserved a once over for wedding accessories or for anything that may take our fancy!!

We went from shop to shop searching for a bargain but found that all that was left was the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel. Grubby shoes and clothes in unrealistic sizes.

With our hopes dashed we ventured off the the fabric shop.

We purchased some ivory organza to make a jacket or bolero to go with my wedding dress. Bla has kindly agreed to make one for me.

We also got some netting to experiment with a veil. I’ll let you know how that one goes.

So christmas is just about over and the realization of the wedding being less than 14 weeks away has hit in! So in the knowledge of how close it is I’m heading off to Dublin to pick up a few bits. Shoes, headpiece, gifts etc etc…… must get the ball rolling…

I’ll report back asap

So its getting time for me to start organising things like shoes so I’ve been looking online and theres some fab ones available.

I love this pair from Rainbow

I have also found a pair of shoes named after me!!

For all you shorter ladies, there are plenty of platforms out there to suit all tastes.

Diane Hassall Dainty Bess Wedding Shoes – Elegant Steps.

Theses are very very very cute shoes for people like me who just hate wearing heels and are tall enough with out them anyway! I want these shoes……….

As I was writing about my wedding invitations I remembered that Bla is not only an invitation queen, she is also a handbag and accessories queen.

Every bag and purse you see on her site is handmade by her. Believe me when I say they are fabulous and would be the perfect treat for a hard working bridesmaid!!

Check out the website here!!

I also have the matching handbag!!!! How cute???

My matching handbag!