Bonbonierre

Okay, it's been a while, but that does not mean that things have not been happening! School is a little hectic at the moment, and Chee has been out of action for a little while due to his thyriod operation.

Anyway, we have been thinking about having espresso cups as our bonbonierre. It all came about from me surfing Pink Frosting and coming across the Swish cups. Chee and I started over coffee after I had a particularly bad day with my year 10 class in my first year of teaching.

Well, I have been searching around for a slightly more cost effective version. (Sorry, but I can't justify spending close to $10 per person in total for bonbonierre). A couple of girls from the WWA forum suggested that I look at hospitality suppliers.

I came across this.

I think this is nice. I can also just buy the cup, and not have to buy the saucer, which might be a good idea, as I can't really see them together being easy to set up and take away from the reception. On to each cup I have seals similar to the one below to stick on.

Of course with our names and wedding date instead. Chee suggested we fill the cup with Jelly Belly. I think that is a good idea, I had a little look, and it is tricky to buy mixed 1kg bags, but slightly easier to buy 1kg of cappuccino flavoured Jelly Belly, which should do the trick.

Also, I have received the Milly Dress, but it is quite a bit too big, esspecially around the bust area. I will have to look and see if I can get it altered. If I can't, I'll just try and sell it on eBay.

Milly Bridal Final Dress

I have to fill in about the stage of my dress. It is actually on the way now! So exciting!

I have gotten a few more pics that I am going to show here. Firstly, here are the pics of the beading sample they showed me. The purple marks are a special pen they use that fades away in a day or two.

It was using AB crystals, which I was unsure about, but they did send me a pic with glass beads, but that did not look right at all. So I said to go ahead with the AB crystals.

Then I received the following pics within a short space of time.

I am so happy with how it has turned out. I will probably post more pics when it arrives, which should be sometime next week.

The Celebrant

Just wanted to say thanks to Khim and Shane for suggesting their celebrant for our wedding. We did speak with Gail, but we felt more confident and at ease with our celebrant. Here's a pic of Helen Fordham. We first met her at the eBridal Fair earlier in the year. I find it difficult to warm up to people very quickly, but I was at ease with Helen right from the start. Chee really liked her as well, but he finds it easier than me to talk to people.

We met with Helen on Friday for an introductory meeting. She had a cute little black kitten called Max. (Not that the cat sold her for us, but it was quite cute, even though it was a male cat).

Helen lectures at Curtin, didn't gather what, but I felt that she was confident with her job as a celebrant and she wanted to make sure that we could tell our story without going too oversentimental and too "commercialised love". We both really liked how she described how we could involve both of our families, esspecially all of our parents in the ceremony. That was very important to both of us, since we are both very close to our families.

We will be meeting with Helen again on 16th April to fill out our notice of intention to marriage forms and further discuss elements of our ceremony.

The Reception Venue

We have finally booked our reception venue. We are having our reception at Jade Chinese Seafood Restaurant. About three months before the wedding we need to meet with them to discuss our menu, but it is a relief to actually have secured a place.

More pictures from Milly Bridal

Here's some more pictures from Milly Bridal. They are of the pleating details on the dress.