For the little ones....

When my little girl was a flower girl for my brother and sister in law (looky here) they thought it wise not to give her flowers (best decision ever!) They would of been pulled apart before she even got down the aisle (If she had bothered walking down the aisle in the first place-remember that 14month old little girls are very opinionated!) This experience and knowing that Tayla will be (hopefully) making her way down the aisle again in July made me think about some other ideas than flowers for your little ones to carry.

For a fairy princess look

Find here

Such a cute way to lead you in

Cute parasols 

For a pinwheel wedding

Some yummy cake pops.... Then they can eat them as a reward at the bottom of the aisle!

Or mashmellow pops

or yummy swirly whirly lollies

A cute doll they can play with during the ceremony

April Showers bring Rainbow Parties!

 Ok so I have been a pretty poor excuse of a blogger throughout March (yeah most of my posts have been filled with excuses!) BUT I am hoping for April to be a healthier month which will not cause me to want to collapse into bed at the end of each day with little or no regard to sharing wedding tips and details with you all!

My baby girl turned 2 yesterday (yes I know not so much a baby- it was a rough day for me!) and is having a Rainbow party tomorrow so I have been filling my time planning Rainbow themed goodness for that ( have I mentioned I LOVE Pinterest?) I mean what is a more appropriate theme right now with the crazy weather going from sun to rain in mere seconds? (I am secretly hoping for a real rainbow at the exact time of her party!- If only I could plan it THAT well!)   So anyway I thought I would share some colourful ideas to suit a Rainbow wedding!

The Meta Picture

Green Wedding Shoes

Persimmon Floral

Brides

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Brides

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National Wedding Show

I am going here tomorrow with this girl and our mum....

and I am ridiculously excited! I am sure I will be coming back with TONNES more ideas for you all and some fantastic companies I am hoping to meet with! I would HIGHLY advise going along as there are loads of fantastic vendors there and lots with special show prices!

The Bestest Man

So I looked at the responsibilities of a Maid of Honour a few weeks ago and thought it was about time to showcase the roles of best man!
So first up the most famous best man of the last year:-

So here goes:-
1. Plan the stag night/ bachelor night - ok this is one thing I do not get why do guys hurt each other on these? RANDOM! The way I see it if you as the best man are not married wouldn't you rather do something fun, memorable and enjoyable because lets face it it will be you one day!
2. Help sort out suit fittings and coordinate between the groom and groomsmen
3. This one I had NO idea about but after looking at lots of different "lists" it seems to be part of it.... assist the groom by organising travel to the honeymoon
4. Travels with the groom to the wedding (and make sure he gets there!)- My husband and his best man managed to get pulled over by the police because of their crazy antics..... NOT GOOD!
5. Help the groom get dressed (!) and hold onto any personal possessions the groom asks him too!
6. Oversees the groomsmen/ ushers and makes sure they do all their duties (another post another time.)
7. LOOK AFTER THE RINGS! If you do nothing else as best man this is the ONE thing you must do and do well.
8. The man thing the best man does at the reception (alongside looking good and standing/sitting where told) is the speech- make it funny/ serious/ emotional just make it you and make sure to practice - there is nothing more awkward than a best man speech when he has obviously not got a clue what he is going to say!
9. Load the bride and grooms suitcases in to their car
10. Organise with the groomsman/ushers and decorate the couples "getaway" car.
11. Finally it is your responsibility to get ALL of the suits and return them to the hire shop.

Yes there are lots of responsibilities but it is an honour.... so don't screw it up! This is the couples BIG day it has nothing to do with you but it should run smoother because of you!