Novelties or money burners....

My lovely friends! 

Hope you have been well. Andy and I have a dilemma. 

Now, my mum went to a wedding years ago where the couple left cameras on every table for the guests to take randoms that they would later include in their album. Even the best photographers miss some of the most fantastic candid shots. So I'm toying with the idea of springing for the same. i think it would add a really cute element to our reception. Andy says no, it's a waste. I'm not totally UNSOLD. So....

Disposable Cameras are usually a hit and encourage Guest Interaction. 

CONS: The people dem LOVE to tek up tings. De disposable cameras aint worth wha paddy shot at, so de flim might not get developed (Film spelled incorrectly on purpose). It is another expense. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. So what do you all think?

Aisle runners - I love the whole princess thing red carpet, white carpet, purple carpet. Whatever. But I can envision myself tripping on this contraption and flying head first into the altar. No bueno. 

They do add a certain something but are they NECESSARY? 

Then there is the decor. Feathers and boas and vases and stones and shells and all that jazz. Or a simple centrepiece. Something timeless and elegant. Classic. 

Is this over the top.com? 

And what about the guest book? isn't that concept a bit dated. I mean we have photos to remember who came. Video maybe, and if ya have decent guests a card or two with a piece of change, just keep the card as a memento and spend the money. I'm sure we will remember the few generous ones around us on that day. o_O

Guest Book too 1980's? 

So are these things necessary or should we just take the foodie approach?  Everything in moderation. 

Onto my dress dilemma. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram (Moden Makeup). You'll see I have wedding fever, but I'm still not quite there. I am VERY excited about getting married. But I don't like to look a gift horse in the mouth. "Cording to de sayin, I holdin it down. I don't want to get overly excited or go far with the planning and then BOOM. My plan falls through, devastation isn't the word. But I know I do have to put things in perspective and then in train.

So when it comes to the dress I'm stumped. I'm also stumpy, so while I love the ball gown, it has to be fluffy not poofy and not too heavy either cause at 5 feet I'd look like an Oompa Loompa on steroids. So I am open to suggestion, but I'm still gonna wear what I want and what looks good on me and is comfortable. So doan get vex!

I MUST have these or the bootleg version, either way they are FLY!!!

Today officially marks 370+ days til wedding day. Dear God. Where is the time going? So I'm scouring the net trying to find styles I like that are within or without budget. And you know what my main problem is. I consider myself to be a bit of a trendsetter. I do NOT want what everybody else had. But reinventing the wheel isn't my endgame EITHER. So God willing next year the hunt is on for Mummy, Auntie and I to find THE perfect dress for HEIDI RENE'E. 

We've decided the top is gorge, the bottom not so much! 

Now pray tell, where in Barbados does one go to purchase a wedding dress besides the shop in Wildey? Jayson's? Hide n Chic? I am in AWE absolute AWE!! Wha I want to startup a bridal shop allllll now. Seriously? Unless I'm a bit slow or uninformed. I do NOT like the idea of not trying my dress before purchase, so ordering online and then hoping for the best isn't gonna cut it for me. But Brides of times past, how the heck did you get around it? This is indeed a quandary. 

Finally, this month marks six year that Andy and I have been together. Now THAT time just breezed on by. I remember the day after he asked me to be his girlfriend. I went straight to Wedding Day in my head. And I decided then that I would enjoy it, for however long it lasted, because he made me very happy. And that has not changed. Andy still makes me laugh EVERY DAY. He makes me WANT to be better and do better and enjoy life because he finds the good in everyone and everything (unless they are supremely irritating). So thanks Andy, you're the most splendiferousness! And what makes next year as our wedding year even more special is that we would have been together for seven years. Completion. 

At Tara and Andre's Wedding. 

2008.

This was actually 2007/10/27 - The day  I graduated from UWI. 

So pray for us as we pray for you. Thank you for staying with us 5 months into the journey. I have been PESTERING him to write his blog and he claims to be working on it. But i'll get behind him a little more just for you all.

Talk soon, and tell me exactly how a guest does find it in dem to invite somebody else to ya wedding, when dem invitation doan even say +1? ;) Next week vibes!!!

P.S: This couple made me laugh, timing was a little bit bad S SOON as the.. man watch it, maybe for the aisle walk but it made me LOL http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152909810125298 

Love,

Heidi 

xoxo

It's the little things that add up!

People of the blog!

So, tomorrow officially marks 300 plus days til Our Wedding Day (silent scream ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh). I am BEYOND excited. This year makes 6 years that Andy and I have been together and we enjoyed a good chunk of it. WE fought and loved hard, and by God's grace we won. Next up, enjoying a long, fruitful, prosperous MARRIED life, with hardship and difficulty of course, but God is and always will be good!

Alright, lewwee cut to the chase. Flowers, favours, bookmarks, programmes.

We need to start becoming concerned about our environment and going green. PLUS Printing ain't cheap.
So we go and order invitations, save the dates, gift cards, thank you cards, name cards, programmes, bookmarks, the list goes on. Already several reasons why you should NOT spend a HUGE amount of money on these add ons.

Bookmarks? really? In the Kindle/Galaxy/iPad age? Pointless. Email them a bookmark, save yourself the money.


Bookmarks?? No thanks!

Flowers, Andy says he wants them. So be it. As long as we don't go over the top with a lot of bush and greenery that looks really pretty, but costs more than a bomb.

Favours: Give me something meaningful, I want something that I can look back on and remember happy or crazy or funny moments at the couples' nuptials. My friend Shanna gave everyone at hers a framed photo of her and her husband, still have it. Our friends the Jones' gave everyone metal measuring spoons that had cute little sayings on them like a teaspoon of love and a tablespoon of sunshine, still have them. Tonya, our other friend sat down and MADE fans and I still have mine!

Love Beyond Measure - Spoons, Cute huh?

Some people put alot of love goes into these items and we take them for granted. So trust that ours (oh please help me to get through with them Lord). Will be worthwhile and MEANINGFUL keepsakes like the ones I mentioned previously.

Jordan Almonds are NOT meaningful!

From the get go Mr. B said he didn't want any table names. And I had been having the same thought. Tables 1-100 or whatever and lewwe guh long. It's toooo much! So I have to remember the names of the tables and get names printed blah blah. No please. How about The Shepherds, Table 6, The Mark's Table 8 etc. Make life easy for us and our poor ushers who it seems will be dealing with some crashers. (check out this blog in future for my take on Wedding Crashers)

So now we have the programmes. I don't want ANY! Hear dis, you go to a funeral and the congregation, people across the street, EVERYBODY knocking ya down for one, then they're gonna say,wait wait wait gimme 2. My sister coming, or my friend on she way, she gine need one. It's a Bajan epidemic now.

But for a wedding? They couldn't care less. How many of you keep the programmes you receive at the weddings you attend and peruse them months after? FOR WHAT? When something called a projector is there? You must be joking. Get with it. The congregation doesn't NEED a programme to see what's happening next. Weddings have a fairly standard format unless the couple have special additions to their ceremony. So SAVE SOME MONEY. Unless it's an outdoor wedding and your friends and family might not know your hymns etc.

Wedding Programmes. meehhh. I don't think they are necessary, what about you?

So that's my take on those 'incidentals', think carefully about where you can cut costs. I don't believe cutting the guest list is the only option ;)

Coming Up: Groom Gifts - Andy is SO HARD to shop for yo!