This is the final countdown!! I was finishing up my assignments, and my parents came to see how things were going. This was it!!! |
| Going to see an orchestra performance with Iulia after getting my hair and make-up trials for the wedding |
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| Trip to Glasgow with Iulia to find her bridesmaid dress - after trying on 100 other dresses ;) |
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| I found freesias at the train station that would be in my bouquet |
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| Creating the designs for the wedding favours. I had ordered in two different types of tea for the wedding: Mountain Rose and Caramel Spice |
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| We showed my parents our wedding venue (in the background) |
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| We went to go and see the venue and I took an example photo of where I would like wedding photos taken |
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| My parents brought with them the bolero they saw after Christmas to try with the dress. I thought it suited perfectly!! |
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| Celebrating our printed dissertations :D |
After another few days of intense work to finish the final assignments, we were officially finished with all our university work!!! I really couldn't believe that it was true :D And I started getting sooo excited for the wedding. But before that Iulia and I were going to help at a book event and then go on a one day bus tour to the highlands :D
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| Getting my finger nails done. I know the engagement ring is not supposed to be on the middle finger, but the engagement was loose so it fit better on the middle finger ;) It would then be secured on the ring finger with the wedding ring :D |
Over the next few days I was hectically trying to remember everything that was needed to have been done! My parents and grandparents came on the Wednesday before the wedding (which was Saturday), and they helped greatly with everything. I was still needing to do the favours, and miraculously my mum had brought with her these little boxes that you could make as favours AND she brought little name tags for guests to put on their tables. So we decided to create sticky labels of the favour designs to put on the boxes, and I wrote the name tags while watching a movie with Iulia ;)
I had still wanted to have a massage before the wedding to relax myself (and as a treat for just finishing university) ;) So my mum booked me, herself and my grandmother in for a massage and manicure two days before the wedding, which was amazingly relaxing !!!
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Two days before the wedding!!
Two days before the wedding!!
The next day was the move day to the wedding reception venue for set up. By the time we were all packed, we got to Greencraig around 2pm, later than I was supposed to to help set up. Oh, and when we arrived there was no-one there and I was supposed to have a key-code to get in - which I misplaced somehow. But, after checking my emails on my laptop like three times, I found the code and we all got into the house.
And the chaos began!!
After showing everyone their rooms, I was staying in the bridal suite with my bridesmaid Iulia (where we would be joined by all the other bridesmaids the next day before the wedding), we then had all Graeme's Swiss side of the family around for dinner. Again, chaos ;) I think that night I met a few of them, but I was just so overwhelmed that I can't remember talking to anyone really besides my uncle from Australia who gave me wise words for the wedding (I can't actually remember what he said, but I know it made me feel better).
Oh, and also that night Graeme and I wrote our vows and sent the order of service off to be printed (another reason why I was so emotional!!). And Iulia, the ever saving friend who was staying over, helped to spoon tea into all the tea filters for the favours :D Despite the strong smell of cinnamon and not liking the smell much at all!! Nothing to do with drugs ;)
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Day before the wedding!!
The next day was when all the bridesmaids came!!!
This morning was one of the most loveliest mornings, because everyone was willing to help with anything!! We had already got the printed favour stickers, so I showed my grandmother, aunt and cousin how to make the boxes, put the stickers, on, put the tea in and then tie the ribbon, so they were on that :D
My mum and Harri went to go and pick up the now printed order of service from Edinburgh, thank God for how amazingly fast the printers were!!, and pick up some of the bridesmaids from the train station. My uncle then went with my other cousin to pick up the bridesmaids from the train station.
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| Grandmother, Auntie Mia and Cousin Ella creating the favours |
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| My mum and Harri picking up Danielle and Morven from the train station |
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| My other bridesmaids Pamela and Steph waiting to be picked up by my uncle Paul |
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| All the bridesmaids now helping with favours once they arrived :D |
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| For being the best ever bridesmaids I had ordered in tea mugs with their initials printed on them as a gift <3 |
We then ate something for lunch and headed out to help Graeme's best man to get the church ready and set up - meaning that we spend quite a while putting white chair covers on all the chairs we could find ;) We then had a lovely rehearsal, and went to have fish and chips.
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| At the rehearsal |
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| I quickly joked down notes for the photographer for the next day!! |
To be honest, I really didn't sleep that well that night. I was going through a mixture of asking myself 'is this real?!?' and 'did I forget anything?'. We did go to bed quite late that night anyways ;)
Till the next day!! Aka. The wedding day :D
Laura
xoxo
