Follow the Bride #2: Dress Shopping!
We caught up with Jess, our lovely Shropshire Petals bride to see how the wedding prep was going...
- So Jess, did you enjoy dress shopping, did you find.. the one!? Yes I have found my dress, in fact I found it not soon after Jim proposed. It is a 1950’s vintage dress in need of a little repair and that is all I am saying! Something’s have to be a surprise! Sorry to disappoint but I actually bought my dress online, without having seen it in the flesh. I just saw it while I was looking for something else and thought “ I must have it!â€. So I promptly rang Mother and asked her opinion, she loved it so I took the risk and bought it. When it arrived I was very relieved and I am off to York to see the dress maker shortly so she can make the repairs and alterations.
- And shoes? Shoes! Well anyone who knows me well knows that I am susceptible to crazy shoes and so could not resist a pair for the wedding, they are very un-weddingly!
"I would need a very big tree for all my dresses!" Jess
- What was bridesmaid shopping like? Well, I knew this was for me going to be one of the most stressful events of the wedding planning. It is really hard to find something that looks great on all your bridesmaids. Something they all like and something that is deemed suitable by the Mothers for church. Can’t be Strapless, can’t be too short etc....I did not go to a Bridal shop and opted for the Bull Ring in Birmingham and good old faithful Coast. 4 dresses have been purchase, they were the 1st dresses they tried on. I Think there are some mixed feeling among the bridesmaids but I just love them. A few dress were tried on after but I had already made up my mind so we went off for a lovely lunch in Selfridges. Where I had a few cocktails to steady my nerves for shoe shopping. Which was and continues to be a nightmare. The four bridesmaids have feet that range from a size 4 to a 9! Some of them are quite tall and need a small kitten heel and 1 bridesmaid is pocket sized so needs a big heel! The hunt continues!
- Have you decided upon a theme or a colour scheme yet? I would say it might be easier if I had a theme but I’m just going for a country relax feel with things I like and Jim likes, yes he does get a say! So lots of bunting and straw bales. Colour scheme is everything goes, all the flowers are coming from the fields, hedgerows and gardens so it’s whatever is out in the 1st week in July. I plan on using some of the dried wheat for buttonholes and mixing it in with the flowers for the tables. Rose (Jim’s mum) is in charge of the flowers with her trusty team of friends. She keeps coming up with mad idea’s and i keep having to remind her that we are keeping it simple.
- You seem to be on a roll with wedding prep, so what's next on the list? Invitations and making the place settings. We want to have something quite simple and understated for the invitations, really like the letter pressed invites so just waiting for some samples to come before we make a decision. I am making all the place setting so got to get started soon as it’s going to be quite an ample sized wedding and they are going to be a little fiddley to do. But worth it I hope!
Thanks for the update Jess, we'd love to hear about the invites and how to make place settings, we'd love to see the photos!
Love as always SP x x
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