The Big Day

cant believe its nearly a year since we got married and i haven't ever posted a picture!

this is the bouquet and kels tie - all made by moi!and i made Lew's tie and buttonhole as well as a ton of other stuff!

day trip

We've been to the seaside today! in the bloody rain as per usual. Horrendous journey down but all was fine when we finally got there. Went to the reception venue to pay the deposit and sign the confirmation and we took some pics of the function room coz kel had read somewhere its a good idea for planning decorations. While we where there we chilled out in the lounge with cappucino and chocolate cake and I stretched out on the comfy chesterfield with my new charity shop bargain novel! Afterwards we went to the ceremony location to pay some more money and the woman who drives the national trust minibus reversed into our parked car and smashed the lights! What a day! Before heading home we parked up so I could take some photos of my bridge. Menai has now been officially renamed Munch Bridge by kel coz i love looking at it so much! I'm going to post my photos in my 'made by munch' blog rather than here though.

In the Pink

Hurrah we have actually begun! Last night we invited round In The Pink Photography who are very local to us and specialise in CPs. I'm sure I have mentioned them before on here, I love their photos so much, Ev the photographer has a great eye and loves to take quirky pics, just take a look. Munch has sorted out monthly payments so hurrah we are good to go.
Munch has also sorted out the monthly payments to Plas Newydd and we can do our own champagne which is just brilliant. So well done munch! The two most important aspects of the day are sorted.

The Album

Defo the best find so far is this. Basically we fell in love with the coffee book/ magazine layout style wedding album that Damian showed us. But we discussed it and felt that we could really do with cutting back on the photography budget. I had a look around the web and came up with Fotoinsight who produce a really similar product for you from your photos. Obviously with Damian you get his eye for design and style with the layout and with this option the layout is totally down to you but for this price i think i can handle it!

Things to remember

Kel has just told me i could do with doing a mood board to show what kind of pictures we like so the photographer can get a better idea. My fav pic of the day is this one from Christina and Patty's wedding as featured on Snippet & Ink.

I also need to remember the website for the digital photobook printer i found last night and do a blog about it!

Location, location, location

OH MY look at all that gorgeous food...
Well today we have been working on the wedding all day, we have looked at dresses, shoes, cakes, BBQ food, accommodation, reception, photographers, you name it ideas have been batted around, completely changed and totally re thought.
We have decided that Kacey should wear a little white dress as you can see below.
We have worked out with lovely Barbara that we can pay Plas Newyyd monthly which should really help us out.
Also I know what we said about not compromising on having Damion as a photographer but I really think we need to. We simply cannot justify 2 grand when there is a local photographer that I think is really good for half for the price, I'm leaving it with munch to decide.
We are looking at hiring a country home for the reception where alot of people can sleep and we can have the BBQ in the grounds, its very close to Plas Newydd so that's a bonus. Also there is a campsite with cottages to rent that I love but its an hour away. I think we need to go and view these locations as soon as possible. In case they get booked up.
So yes alot has gone on today, I also think I want to do a black and white mood board as I've seen some shoes I really want!

Sacrifices

I decided to ask one of my collegues and friends to be our photographer he is very good and of course i knew he would be a little cheaper than most with mates rates and all. However after the wedding fayre we have found an amazing photographer that we simply have to have. It is however way over budget but we think worth every penny so therefore we are thinking of ways to cut back on everything else.