Post Wedding - The Honeymoon

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We woke up on Saturday morning as Husband and Wife and went to join our friends and family in the hotel for breakfast. We were heading straight to the airport, ready for our Sunday morning flight. The Mr had been telling me we were getting the train to the airport but I didn't believe him - a 2 hour train journey is not exactly the most glamorous start to a Honeymoon! So I was only a little surprised when a shiny car pulled up the hotel driveway...

Going Green

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It is my friend N's 22nd birthday today - Happy Birthday! - and to celebrate we are heading to Blackpool this Saturday for a cheap and cheerful night out. This also happens to be St Patrick's weekend. While stopping short of fancy dress (I love fancy dress!) she has decided to go for a green theme. Hummm... I don't not own ANYTHING green. I don't feel the colour suits me. However, I took to the internet for a quick browse, hopeful that I would find something.


My search was not very successful. These were the best of a bad bunch...

     ASOS                                                                        Top Shop

All Things Wedding #4

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Catch up - All Things Wedding    #1    #2    #3

After the short but sweet ceremony, our guests helped themselves to reception drinks while we mingled outside, listened to the string quartet and took 7,103,479 pictures. OK, that might be an exaggeration, but it felt like that many photos.

For one of our group shots we had guests release purple balloons 

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All Things Wedding #1
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Personal Touches

Meh Nails

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I got some new nail stickers (like what you'd use for French tips, but in a V - shape) which I saw featured on Flutter and Sparkle's blog here. Last night I finally decided to try them out. I'd pre-planned to use my red Barry-M, but discovered that it's gone super gloopy. *sad face*. The decision was made to press on anyway and hope for the best. Wearing them today, they looked OK but not amazing. I decided to attempt to cute-en them up.


Using my ring finger as an accent, I shaped the red into a heart shape with nail-polish remover and a cotton bud. I wasn't sure how clear the shape was, so I added one of my Fimo Canes.


The result...

Pretty in Pink

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Apologies for my absence from Blog-Land, but I had a weekend away with the Hubby for some Navy thing.


Anyway I'm back now, so let's catch up shall we?


My nails have (surprisingly) been doing OK, so I decided to try and make the most of them before they all snap off. Because trust me, they will!


Inspired by one of the glamours girls at Uni, I decided to check out Fimo Canes. Never heard of them? No, me neither. They are a type of 3D nail art which comes in skinny little 5cm long sticks. You cut a thin little slice off one end, and decorate your nails accordingly. 

Winter Wedding - Bridesmaids Dresses

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I started talking here about my friend J's wedding. On Saturday we went dress shopping, and I'm so excited to share the results with you.


She had her heart set on navy coloured bridesmaid dresses, so we were simply trying to decide the style. 

Runners up...

7140                                Alfred Angelo                             7027

Sparkle Nails

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I think of myself as a low-maintenance kinda girl, and to be honest most of the time my nails are just naked. My nails are pretty short, they won't grow without snapping off, and I'm not a big fan of falsies. However, in honor of my Saturday night out, I decided to bling them up a little. 


The result...  I like, I like!

Red Carpets Galore

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Awards season is well and truly underway, both here and across the pond, so I thought I would share a few of my favourite dresses.


The Golden Globes started us off on Sunday 15th January, and for me this event had the best fashion (so far). So many beautiful dresses - they definitely started with a bang.

                                     Sofia Vergara,                                                                    Julie Bowen

Sofia Vergara, from Modern Family
Wow! Her body looks stunning in this Vera Wang gown. Her simple hair and make-up let the dress do all the talking, resulting in a sexy yet sophisticated look.


Julie Bowen, from Modern Family

Photos do not do this dress justice. Watching her walk the red carpet on E!, this Reem Acra dress was so soft and flowed beautifully. Unfortunately, her pale skin tone combined with excessive camera lighting mean the delicate peach colour looks washed out. Just trust me, this is a beautiful dress.

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Check out All Things Wedding #1 here.

My Girls

There's my Mum, of course. My maid-of-honor K, one bridesmaid and two flowergirls from my side, one bridesmaid, and two flowergirls from his side. It all worked out beautifully! I get on really well with his Mum, and given that she has 4 sons, I wanted to include her in things like wedding dress shopping.

Something I had been so excited about, was having a big girly sleepover the night before the wedding. The hotel had a separate little building called the "Turrets" which slept 8, so me, Mum, the Mum-in-law and my girls (minus one lickle flowergirl) bundled ourselves in for a sleepover and morning of pampering. 

                     The Turrets - Our home for the night                               A secret little staircase in the grounds
                                                                                                     which my girls loved to investigate.

All Things Wedding #1

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As my wedding was over 6 months ago, this is definitely not a wedding blog, or a wedding recap blog. However, I thought I'd share a few snaps away, because, well why the hell not! Plus, what better day to start than Valentines day?


Now I don't want to make anyone too jealous, but the Mr was ah-may-zing at wedding planning. He's a super organised guy anyway, so loved the excuse to create a new excel spreadsheet and get out his Filofax. He really surprised me by wanting a very traditional day. String quartet, top-and-tails suits, speeches - that all came from him. He also wanted it to be quite "impressive", but that did not surprise me as much. Unfortunately, impressive = expensive. That poor little excel spreadsheet. It tried so hard to keep all the numbers in order, but up and up they crept. 


The wedding didn't really have a theme, apart from being a traditional wedding...? It just kind of evolved. I knew I wanted a lot of white, and the silver / grey input was influenced by my white-gold engagement ring (seen here). After a very long day of shopping, choosing purple bridesmaid dresses meant that all our colours were sorted. Now lets get to the pictures shall we?

Venue

Winter Wedding

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As I mentioned here, one of my oldest friends J has asked me to be her bridesmaid. I really was not expecting this, so it came as a lovely surprise. The fact that she's having a December wedding will make the whole experience even more exciting. After having a Summer wedding myself, I'm super excited to enter the world of Winter Weddings.


Her colour scheme is silver, white and blue. So something along the lines of...

Except the dresses will be floor length. I mean, December is cold!

Bridal Bling

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This is my first Pretty Things post, but it's about my wedding band, which isn't looking too pretty at the minute.


Let's take a look at my original set:

Just lovely!