Tying a tie

We're at the pointy end now, and the groom and groomsmen all need to look their best!

The only time that ties come out of the drawer in our house is for my work balls. Chad likes to do it right and we head straight to the internet for instructions on how to tie the perfect tie.

Here's hoping that they all manage the intricacies for the wedding, none of the boys are regular tie wearers so it will be fun to see how they go.

Time flies...

How time does fly when you are having fun! Wedding highlights of this week:

Tuesday
I rang the lady who is decorating our cake to check to see if she uses marzipan. We forgot to ask her when we were discussing our cake, and she forgot to ask us! It is all good, she only uses marzipan if we want it, and we definitely do not.
She also now has our cakes - Chad's aunt dropped them off - and I look forward to seeing her interpretation of our cake. I have sent her some of the fabric from our bridesmaid dresses so that she can see what our colours will be.

Friday
We picked up Chad's wedding ring. It still felt too large for his finger however the lady said to give it a whirl as she thought that his hands were quite cold. After riding around the river after work yesterday he tried it again and it still slipped off easily. They are going to order a smaller one in for us and third time is a charm we hope!

While we were riding we stopped to look at our ceremony venue. It is looking lovely, with a nice coverage of greenery and plenty of space for our guests.

Saturday
We had a meeting at our reception venue today, and went through the menu, wine list etc. It is all so easy! They will make up the seating plans and even personalise the menus so that we do not have to provide the seating tags. Pretty cool, eh? We are looking forward to good food and a great party!

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Not too long to go...

My life at the moment is wedding, wedding wedding. With a bit of house! built in. It is all good fun and hopefully I will come out of the end of it unscathed. There is so much detail floating around in my head and I am worried that I will forget something. Eep!

A quick round up of the week...
Wednesday
I had another dress fitting! For the first fitting the dress maker Nici had made the dress from lining fabric. This time around she had stiched in the feature panel of my dress and it was starting to take shape! I was very excited, I can see now what my dress will be like. I am looking forward to the next fitting.

Saturday
First stop was to the florist to pay the balance. Tick!

Mum and I had a big morning. We headed out to a couple of places in Belmont to pick up some detail. The first was to Sonboniere, a shop stocking all sorts of goodies for you to accessorise the perfect wedding, party, or anything! We had a goal in mind, and that was to purchase bags for wedding cake. There were many pretty things though to distract us from our task.

Next on the list was to head to Whistlers to pick up the bomboniere for the wedding. It was exciting to see and Mum now has custody of them until the wedding. Thanks Mum!

Sunday
We are catching up with the celebrant today, to go over our ceremony and make sure everything is good! I have sent him the reading that we wish to have so that will be another tick in the box for confirmation and planning.

Chad and I are also planning to check out our ceremony venue today to remind ourselves what it looks like and we will go searching for a pair of shoes for him to wear. He wants to trendy himself up!

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Dressing up the groom

Chad decided that he wanted to buy a new suit for our wedding (rather than just trousers and shirt). He told me that one suit is not enough. Given that he wears the one suit that he has at most three times a year this is perhaps not strictly true but I would rather he bought new than hire and have something to keep at the end.

We ended up at Tony Barlow in Harbour Town, where his previous suit had been obtained. The gentleman there measured him up, asked what he was after and produced exactly what Chad was looking for. I am sure that he is a magician! We also picked up the shirt for him to wear and it was tempting to buy them for the groomsmen as the shirt was much nicer than the hire ones.

An added bonus is that the jacket looks great with jeans, and so Chad now has a versatile outfit to wear after we are married. Yay.

I definitely recommend Tony Barlow at Harbour Town. We have had excellent service both times Chad has been looking for a suit and a completely stress free experience.

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Bands of gold

Chad and I selected and ordered our wedding rings today! Our wedding is now fast approaching and there are still quite a few things to organise.

We made it easy for ourselves and went into Stefan Jewellers, where Chad bought my engagement ring. It was all very straightforward. The lady who served us showed us the ring she thought would match my engagement ring, and Chad had a little more choice from the men’s collection and then we were done.

I will be getting more diamonds! There were really two styles of bands to match my engagement ring, one with diamonds and one that was plain gold. The plain gold band was a fifth of the price but of course we are foolish and young and went for the more expensive and sparkly one.

Chad’s ring is two tone but mine is yellow gold, due to his initial selection of band and setting.


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The groom

I almost forgot, there is another important person in the whole wedding setup - the groom! C and I are wanting to do something fairly simple for him and the groomsmen. Our wedding is in late spring, so a full suit in the Perth sunshine seems overkill (and fingers crossed that it does not rain!).

So, the plan for the men's uniform at this point is for them to all have the same colour trousers and shirts, and to dress it up with a waistcoat and cravat or fat tie. The colours we select will complement the bridesmaids, but not necessarily exactly match their outfits.

I must say that I do prefer a higher neck on the waistcoat. The tie is more of an accessory than a feature. The waistcoat says it all!

Some interesting tips on waistcoats and selection.




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