Claire & Chris-getting hitched Disney style 5th Oct 2011.I'm a Mrs!!

[BriarRose Bride]

Claire, I am just catching up on your PJ, but it sounds fabulous. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the 50's tea dress and especially the shoes with the hearts on them, they remind me so much of Cinderella's wedding shoes, very princessy! The button bouquet is so unique, I had never seen anything like it! Autumn weddings are amazing, I will actually be on my Disneymoon the week of your wedding in WDW!! I can't wait to read more!! Oh and an orange petticoat is definitely awesome, mine is pink and blue! So fun to add a touch of color.

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

the shoes with the hearts on them, they remind me so much of Cinderella's wedding shoes, very princessy! Oh and an orange petticoat is definitely awesome, mine is pink and blue! So fun to add a touch of color.

I agree the shoes are very Cinderella-ish!

And I also agree about adding touches of color. I loved my wedding but now as I look back (gee I'm sounding like an old married woman and I've only been married for 6 months lol), I wish I added a little color to my wedding dress/accessories in some way.

 

[Chilly]

Hey Claire - just read through you PJ, love everything esp your dress!

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

Giving Claire a bump up in case she has more to fill us in on. Details, details, we want details!!!

 

[Mindyjoy]

Love the tickets, I may have to consider making those ....

I also love the dress and the orange petticoat. I plan on having a tea length dress with a pink petticoat. Of course, all that may change when I finally do go dress shopping and see what looks good on me! But that's the plan for now.

And the heart shoes - TO DIE FOR!!!!!!

 

[brer rabbit 28]

Hi ladies.

Wow I really have been MIA for ages. I guess I just didn't have anything to update. It feels like all systems go now though as we are only 8 paydays away! (this is what i keep saying to Chris when he wants to buy something rediculous and expensive!)

If anyone is still with me I'll give you a few updates.

So we are finally able to book the venue for our at home reception. We have an appointment next weekend to meet with the owner and sort out number, buffet etc. Also, I have made an appointment with a lovely lady who makes wedding cakes from home. I met her at a wedding fair and showed her my halloween cake photo and she seemed very positive about being able to replicate it.
Here's the photo:

We are going to get a topper from Etsy or get something in disney, we havn't decided yet.

I'm still looking at shoes. I just can't decide between ivory or orange. Either way they have to look good as I'm wearing a tea length dress. I'm also on a big health kick now as I send my dress measurements off in May. I'm aiming to lose 3 stone before then so it's more time in the gym and less time on the DIS

Other news. We are now down to just 4 of us for the wedding. Originally my closest friend was coming with his partner, but due to a row (caused by the unreasonable partner) we are now down to 4. I'm very sad about this and still a litlle shocked by the events that took place over Christmas. It seems like a 20 year long friendship has ended for a petty reason but hey ho. Life goes on regardless right? So it's just us and the Mums now. Because of this change of events I have decided not to book a dessert party at Epcot (I was prepared to pay the excess for 6 people but not for 4) and I might book the Wishes dessert party instead in MK.

Oh I almost forgot. I have decided to go with Beaute Speciale for our hair and make up. I emailed them this afternoon and got a really quick response with all the paperwork for me to fill in. I'm really excited about this but nervous as I won't have time for a trial. I think I'll probably do a hair trial at home and take lots of pics with me.

That's all for now folks. Will let you know how the cake chat goes.

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Claire sweetie - still following and eager to hear your plans!!
I love the cake for the at home reception!!!
So sorry to hear about the row with your friend. You must be so upset, particularly as it has messed up your DP plans!!
Keep smiling sweetie - your wedding will be beautiful, intimate and meaningful with just the four of you!!

 

[KristiLyn]

I just wanted to tell you I just read your entire PJ and I LOVE your plans!! Everything sounds amazing!!!!

 

[brer rabbit 28]

Claire sweetie - still following and eager to hear your plans!!
I love the cake for the at home reception!!!
So sorry to hear about the row with your friend. You must be so upset, particularly as it has messed up your DP plans!!
Keep smiling sweetie - your wedding will be beautiful, intimate and meaningful with just the four of you!!

Thank you Joanne. I am upset and still in shock to be honest by what's happened. But I guess it's better now than in a few months time. We will have the most fabulous time with just the four of us.

I'm feeling so excited for you now that your VR is so close. 100 days and counting!

I just wanted to tell you I just read your entire PJ and I LOVE your plans!! Everything sounds amazing!!!!

Thank you so much It's amazing how everything is suddenly starting to come together.

 

[sw33t_angel]

Love the inspiration cake and your plans so far!

Everything will work out in the end!

 

[Bickimook2]

Ok, I just finished your PJ and OMG are you awesome girl! Such great ideas, I didn't even know that people could have weddings at Fulton's! That's awesome I can't wait to see the pictures and your bouquet inspiration is great, it's awesome that we are both doing those. I love your dress idea, I am big fan of vintage elements in weddings, can't wait to see more

 

[brer rabbit 28]

Ok, I just finished your PJ and OMG are you awesome girl! Such great ideas, I didn't even know that people could have weddings at Fulton's! That's awesome I can't wait to see the pictures and your bouquet inspiration is great, it's awesome that we are both doing those. I love your dress idea, I am big fan of vintage elements in weddings, can't wait to see more

LOL, I've never been called awesome before! I'm usually the uncool out of fashion girl (which I kind of like!). Thank you so much
I'm really excited about our day and I can't wait to read more about your plans too.

 

[Bickimook2]

LOL, I've never been called awesome before! I'm usually the uncool out of fashion girl (which I kind of like!). Thank you so much
I'm really excited about our day and I can't wait to read more about your plans too.

Hey, another word for uncool is.....ORIGINAL, CHIC, FASHION FORWARD,.....I guess that's 4 words , lol! Anywho your ideas rock and you should keep them coming

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

omg what a cool idea for a wedding cake!!!! Let us know what color you decide for the shoes!

 

[brer rabbit 28]

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[brer rabbit 28]

Good morning,

Just turned the readio on and they are playing "The Candyman" by Sammy Davis Jnr. What a great morning wake up. Me and the cats are having a little dance around the kitchen!!

So just wanted to drop in and say how excited I am about tomorrow. We are going to bookour cake in the morning. I really hope there will be cake samples to try. I'm hoping for red velvet and I really do hope Chris likes it. He can be do finicky with new tastes

Also, I have found a new venue for our at home party. It's called Studio Bar and it's almost on the sea front! The room is very modern looking with purple accents and the dance floor is frosted glass and is on the upper floor - how cool!! They offer a great hot and cold buffet and have said we can do ANYTHING we want decoration wise. Ooh I can feel a lot of pumpkins coming on.

I was looking for candy buffet vases on the internet last night and found some fabulous ones on Save on crafts, then realised they don't ship to UK (boo!). I can order through an international shipping company but the fees are huge Back to the drawing board then.

 

[sw33t_angel]

Mmmmmmm... red velvet!

 

[brer rabbit 28]

omg what a cool idea for a wedding cake!!!! Let us know what color you decide for the shoes!

Hi Mrs Darcy. So glad you are still with me

I think I'm going orange. I know it's a bit mad but I'm more likely to wear them again that if I bought white or cream.

I've booked tickets to go to a big wedding fair in March so I'm hoping to get my shoes then.

 

[brer rabbit 28]

So the weekend went EXTREMELY well. Almost had to pinch myself at how smoothly things were organised.

The cake lady is amazing. She had researched my ideas before we got there and had a photo of the same cake saved on her laptop! She is going to make it the same size but it will be orange icing instead of black as a base, then alternating tiers will have either black polka dots or black stripes. She is going to add 4 black cats to represent our fluffy babies and lots of...wait for it.....MICKEY PUMPKINS!!!!! I love this lady! She completely understood what we wanted and she just ran with it. I think she is excited to make something so different from the normal wedding cake that brides tend to go for in the UK.

So after 2 hours chatting we moved on to the venue. The owner is amazing and nothing was too much trouble. We can decorate the room however we like and he is laying on a really nice buffet for us (Chris requested bacon sandwiches and fries to be added - I was ashamed). He also said that, as our party is on halloween weekend, all the staff will be dressed in costumes and he will also decorate the downstairs bar as well. I can't believe how well things worked out.

 

[KristiLyn]

That sounds wonderful!! So glad everything is working out!! The Mickey pumpkins sound adorable! Can't wait to see pics! And that's so funny about the sandwich request. Brian would have done the same thing, he loves to be embarrassing