Emma's Wedding Diary
Emma's Wedding Diary: Choosing the wedding rings
Just out of curiosity I've been looking into where the custom of wedding rings comes from. It's very hard to tell exactly, but Pliny wrote about rings being sent as pledges to the bride in 1st century Rome. They were made of iron though, with a precious stone set into it and apparently the hardness [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Wedding Videographers
Late night last night, went to Sarah's to see their wedding video and I'm a convert! Joe and I talked about this a couple of weeks ago and I was dead against it. I was so worried that it would be really cheesy, that I would look awful and that it would be just too [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Looking Good
Today is officially the start of my new regime to get into shape and look my best for the wedding day. I'm not normally vain, but knowing that there will be photos taken that everyone will be looking at for years is a good incentive!
I'm not going to go mad though, I've never been a [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Honeymoons
Traditionally it's the groom that does all of the arrangements for the honeymoon and surprises the bride on the day they leave. Both Joe and I agreed that in our case this probably isn't the best idea! For one thing I'm quite fussy, and for another he is hopeless at organising anything!
The perfect honeymoon destination [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Wedding Gown cleaning and heirlooming
Bought the wedding dress today, showed Mum and she burst into tears! I hope Joe has a better reaction – though she assures me that the dress looks perfect. Being ever practical, she's already been looking into what I need to do with it after the big day.
Being tall, apparently my wedding dress will be [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Flowers and Preserved Wedding Bouquets
I've just got back from an appointment with a wedding florist that I found in my Organizer and I am feeling a lot less daunted by it. I was really impressed by her expertise.
I'm glad I followed advice and took a sketch of the wedding dress and the bridesmaid dresses too, along with samples of [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Fireworks
One thing that Joe will definitely agree on: fireworks! If it was good enough for Henry VII's wedding then why not? I can't think of a more spectacular way of celebrating the wedding, and there are several fireworks companies in my Wedding Organizer e-book that specialise in providing fireworks displays for weddings. I think they [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Wedding Entertainment
One thing we must get right is the wedding entertainment. I can remember some pretty dismal family weddings when I was a kid and I don't want that to happen at ours! We're getting married in the morning (now that tune is going to be in my head all day!), so we need to have [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Chocolate fountains
Forget the flowers, dresses, choice of menu, none of it is as important as having a chocolate fountain at my wedding! Well, maybe that's an exaggeration but I went to a party last night which had one and I don't think I moved more than three feet away from it all evening! I ended up [...]
Emma's Wedding Diary: Outfits for the Bridal Party
The Groom and Male Attendants
Whilst it may be traditional for me to choose my wedding dress away from Joe, there's no way I'm letting him organise the wedding outfits for him and the boys without me!
There are a number of options for the groom and male wedding attendants, as ever. Joe is quite keen on [...]
