I've been doing all my wedding planning by myself, I've been asking my mother for her opinions which has been very helpful. My partner has been leaving everything up to me as he says it's my day but I have been updating him each step of the way as there is still things that I need his opinion on eg, venues. Some things like the men's suits (coloured vests) I found some that I liked but needed to check if he was happy with my choices and that I could get them with either ties or bow tie, he off course picked ties (which was what I was going for anyway 🤣🤣).
I'm a real girly girly and my partner loves tie dyed anything. So I decided to make our theme galaxy, Butterflies and Pearls (both our birthstones) with the colours Pink and Blue with some purple. I love fairies and pink and when a was younger my wedding inspirations were Cinderella and fairy princess so those were the vibes I was going for.
Based on the images below do you think everything will go well together? I'm a bit of a perfectionist with some OCD and have a vision in my head of what I want but have been having to change a few things due to budgeting and what's available.
One thing I do massively need help on is what to do with all the girls hair. I did have something in mind but then I realised that all the hairstyles were nearly the same. One of my bridesmaids is a hair dresser and she'll be doing our hair (4 in total) so I was looking at simple/easy styles. For me I was originally wanting something half up half down with braids (was wanting my bridesmaids to be half up half down as well) but due to the style of the back of my dress I was wanting to show my tattoo (doesn't see the light of day). Not sure what to do or how to make my hair stand out over my bridesmaids other then having braids. Any ideas/suggestions?
This is my dress, it still needs alterations done. I'm having a layer of sparkle material added under the top layer. I've also bought a silver lace clutch/shoulder chain bag to put some essentials in (colour is so I can reuse it).
These are what my MOH and x2 bridesmaids are wearing. I've told them they can pick they're own jewellery to wear as long as it's pearls, opals or a mix of both (the opals are to honour my grandfather who passed away in 2009).
Our flower girl will be our daughter how will be 2 and a half on the day. Going to have her cousin (his a year older then her) be ring bearer and walk her down the isle (leaving his attire up to my sister who is also a bridesmaid).
These were going to be her shoes but they have now sold out. Been looking at some sandal styles as alternatives, if I can't find the exact ones I was going to DIY some Pearls and flower or Butterflies) to them.
The boys were all going to wear black suits will my partner was going to wear a silver vest and his boys wear blue.
My partners sister has offered to make our cake free of charge. These are some ideas I was looking at, wanting 3 tier with a ribbon around each tier (in order of photo). Cake colours will be pink and blue with some purple. Getting a cake topper custom made with our date, names, people and moon.
My table arrangements are going to be a wreath with half flowers on and seed lights with a g round glass bowl in the centre with a floral arrangement inside and table number. Colours will be pink, cream and purple with the flowers being Roses, Gerberas and Freesias (or something similar) and some greenery. Table arrangements will be artifical which I'll be making myself.
We are also having some guest books which are cinderella theme, Mr & Mrs wooden signs which I'll decorate with our galaxy theme. We are also having a back drop behind the bridal table that'll be white with blue lights are blue with white lights. Not sure yet if chair ties will be pink or Navy.
I've put my partner in charge of getting the rings and organising the transport (my sisters father has some cool classic cars that he offered to use for free which is what I think he was leaning towards).
I'm sorry for the long post but other then my mother I don't have anyone else to share all details with. I've shown my bridesmaids their dresses and shoes (which they've already tried on and love, especially the sparkles 😊), and I sent a photo of me in my dress to my MOH. I'm so excited but nervous at the same time (I hate being the centre of attention 🤣🤣), it's not until November 2024 which has given me plenty of time to order everything and make things stress free.
