A Hint of Disney Wedding #1 - Princess Aurora

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These posts are about getting your all time favourite Disney princess into your wedding day theme in a subtle and stylish way. If you want to make the most of being a real life princess for a day then adding a hint of your favourite fairytale can be a perfect way to create a beautiful theme. 

There are so many options and you can go as Disney Princess as you like!

The first princess that I'm going to post about is Princess Aurora - AKA Sleeping Beauty.
If you think of yourself as a real life princess and Sleeping Beauty is your favourite Disney princess film, this could be a wedding theme for you! x


The Dress

 

Whether the dress was pink or blue, Princess Aurora was about sleeves. This could inspire your own wedding dress choice. There are plenty of gorgeous long sleeved dresses around at the moment...

Dress found here.

 

Dress found here.

 

 

Bridesmaids Colours

 

The two main colours of sleeping beauty are the gorgeous pink dress she wore, and the gorgeous blue dress she wore. You could choose one of these colours for your bridesmaid dresses or bridesmaid bouquets for an extra Disney Sleeping Beauty hint in your big day.

 

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The Cake

 

The wedding cake is a great way to add to your theme. I found these two gorgeous Disney Sleeping Beauty inspired cakes on Pinterest. Find them here.

 

How beautiful is this cake topper?!

 

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Little Extras

 

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Shoe stickers are a lovely way to add a small hint of Disney to your day. I came across the second photo on Pinterest. It would be so amazing to decorate a book in this style to create a Sleeping Beauty themed guest book for your big day!

 

Please feel free to see my Sleeping Beauty Theme Pinterest board here.

 

Or my Pretty Little Wedding Pinterest page here, if you're looking for a different theme or wedding idea.

 

Thanks!

 

Rachel x



Choosing my Wedding Abroad

Kardamena, Kos.

When I first got engaged six years ago I went straight to the travel agents and picked up three of the 'Weddings Abroad' brochures.

I looked at the beautiful outdoor settings and thought about how lovely it would be to know that the weather would be amazing on your wedding day.

The brochures were filled with gorgeous hotels and I researched different areas of Europe, including Italy, Greece and Cyprus.

I loved looking at the beautiful outdoor ceremony locations and knew it would be the type of wedding I wanted. The blue sky & sunshine always looks amazing!

 

Photos liked this inspired me.

 

For me, places like the Caribbean were a little too far from home. I thought it might be a bit much to expect people to pay lots of money for a long haul holiday. But I really enjoyed researching the amazing places that you can get married in America, such as Central Park in New York, beautiful areas of Florida and Las Vegas. Some people say a Vegas wedding is "tacky" blah blah, but I personally would have loved to get married out there!

The fact that I also couldn't think of anything worse than hundreds of people looking at me pushed me to go ahead and book the wedding abroad. I wanted it to be as fuss free as possible. I couldn't find many people who felt like me but I just wanted to be married! Without the big wedding...

We decided on the Greek island of Kos - the place where we met. I booked through a private wedding planner who is British but lives on the island.

We had a small group of twelve guests which was great. Out of personal choice we decided to stay in our hotel alone, and most of the guests chose to stay in the sister hotel next door. It was going to be our honeymoon too so this meant a good balance between spending some time alone and time with family. We met up with them every night for drinks and sometimes saw them in the day. My auntie had got married abroad a few years before and had done the same thing, so we followed in her footsteps. 

Our hotel.

Some of the swimming pools at the hotel.

Everything was how I had imagined - very relaxed, nice photos, gorgeous weather...

The Ceremony location.

A hotel worker drove me, my mum, my auntie and my sister through the hotel grounds to the ceremony in a golf buggy. We had the ceremony outside at the hotel chapel courtyard, then went into the village for a very chilled out afternoon reception at a bar called The Garden. We had the back garden area to ourselves and they put out the most gorgeous buffet for us - it was delicious. 

Reception location.


Later we had an evening meal else where at a restaurant by the harbour. When we walked through the village the locals were so friendly, congratulating us, beeping car horns and some even came out of their house to throw confetti rice. I changed my dress at about 7pm - the wedding was at 1. I never thought I would last that long in my princess dress but I didn't feel as hot as I thought I would. I was quite pleased with myself!  

Back at home we had an evening reception party at a hotel. I ordered a wedding cake and lots of decorations to make it feel as 'weddingy' as possible for those who didn't come away with us. A family friend took photos for us.

I'm so happy that I went for a small day - I knew it was what I needed even though I'm soo obsessed with all things wedding. To be honest I wanted to just run off and get married just the two of us, but it seems lots of people don't like that idea.. In the end it was a small but perfect day.

Rachel x

Wedding Theme #3 - Yellow Brights

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Yellow seems to be a colour that is everywhere at the moment. It's in the home sections at so many stores and I can see why it's popular. It's bright and full of energy, and if you are planning a spring or summer wedding it could be the perfect colour for your day. You could choose a pastel yellow or a beautiful lemon bright yellow.

As always, I've browsed Pinterest and found some gorgeous ideas for a yellow themed day. You can find my Yellow Brights Pinterest Board here. Here are some ideas for a yellow colour scheme:

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My top ways to add splashes of yellow to your day:

• Bright yellow flowers.
• Yellow bridesmaid dresses, or a darker colour for example navy bridesmaid dresses with bright yellow contrasting bouquets to hold.
• Yellow detail wedding cake.
• A yellow table runner on each round table.
• Bright yellow table cloths for something different!
• Yellow shoes under the dress.
• Short bridesmaid dresses with bright yellow heels.
• Yellow detail in the invites and wedding stationary.
• Lemon sweets, lemon cakes, foam banana sweets.
• Yellow ribbon around flower bouquets.
• Yellow and white paper pom poms.
• Yellow and white helium filled balloons at the bar.
• Yellow coloured straws at the bar.
• Yellow napkins.
• Use yellow decorative candles.

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Rachel x

On A Budget: High Street Bridesmaid Dresses #2

My last post on high street bridesmaid dresses seemed to go down well, so here are three more gorgeous dresses that could save you lots of money on the bridesmaid outfits. All under £40 each and from Quiz clothing's website!

Quiz Dress £34.99

I love this dress! For just £35 this would look gorgeous for the bridesmaids at a black and white themed wedding. Find it here.

Quiz Dress £32.99

Super cute and such a bargain at only £32.99! Find it here.

Quiz Dress now £14.99

Reduced to just £14.99 these will probably sell out quickly! Gorgeous mint dress that would look lovely with a vintage summer theme. Find it here.

Your girls would look gorgeous in any of these three. There is so much to pay for when wedding planning so why not save and find your bridesmaid dresses on the high street?!

Rachel x