All tied up v3.0

Hang on a mo!

I've just checked the Cox & Cox (expensive) ribbon again and it's £14 for 20m. NOT 2M! Even with discounts applied to the 'cheaper ribbon' it would work out more expensive than the Cox & Cox one.

Cheaper ribbon - £21 as it's £1.05 per m when ordering 20m or more!
Cox & Cox ribbon - £14 for 20m so it works out at 70p per m!

All tied up v2.0

My sister managed to find some personalised ribbon that's so much cheaper than the one I posted before. It's a shame that they have limited fonts and don't have one that matches the more expensive ribbon.

Still, it's £1.40 a metre (plus discounts for bulk) compared to £14 for 2m for the Cox & Cox one.

Defeated

I am a fat bride. *sigh*

First appointment trying on dresses today and they were only able to do one up fully...one that is about 2 sizes bigger than I wear in other clothes. Argh. Diet.Diet.Diet.

One positive thing that came out of today was that I know I want an ivory dress. It suits my colouring well and the champagne one I tried on was hideous on me, beautiful as the dress was on the hanger.

I also liked the sweetheart neckline on this dress:
Apparently, I don't have enough of a bust to fill the straight across necklines.

A-line is also a plus! The fishtail was too heavy and netty. However, I only tried one fishtail on.

All tied up

I love this ribbon from Cox & Cox.

If it wasn't £14 for 2m I would be all over it! There's not even a knock off version on Ebay. I had it in mind for tying around favour boxes.

Dresses, dresses, dresses!

I've just booked my first appointment to go and try on wedding dresses. It's not until 13th July, though. I could've gone sooner but she's getting new styles in at the end of June so I said I'd wait.

I'm both excited and worried. What if I look hideous in everything?

I spent yesterday being driven around - by the mother-in-law and father-in-law to be - trying to find fabric shops after I had a reply from the seamstress about the bridesmaids dresses. I am definitely going with this one

The fabrics she said I have to look at are chiffon (what the dress in the pic is), georgette, crepe de chine, crepe or a very soft satin (though I doubt I will subject my bridesmaids to a clingy satin). She correctly predicted that I might not know these fabrics very well so I'm going to see her on Wednesday morning to see some samples. I also need to ask about linings as she didn't mention how much fabric I would need for that. She's also making the men's tie things (do I mean a cravat?) and some wraps for the bridesmaids. However, the fabrics she's mentioned all seem very sheer. Too sheer for the ties?! I'll ask her on Wednesday.

Back of hair

Mother-in-law to be just sent me the photo she took of the back of my hair when I had it done last weekend. Such pretty curls. So sad they dropped out!

Hair Raising

I thought a friend's party last night would be a good opportunity to try out a mobile hairdresser. She curled my hair entirely with straighteners and some spray! It was the first time I'd ever had it curled. My hair is notorious for not being able to hold a curl. I felt a bit poodle-like to begin with but that's partly because I'm not used to having curly hair. My hair ended up fairly short with the curls so I would've needed to make sure it was no shorter than my current length if at the time of the wedding if I went with this style. It did look good and felt really neat and tight at the beginning of the night. However, within about an hour, the bottom layer of curls was starting to drop and by the end of the night the front was dropping out too. Although it lasted an evening without too much worry about the curl drop, I doubt that it would last the day AND evening of the wedding. It's no fault of the hairdresser, just my heavy hair. Next time, I think I'll try a pin-up. An "up-do" would probably work better with a veil anyway.

Pictures for evidence...