Follow the Bride #8: 6 weeks to go!

This week on ‘Follow the Bride’ we are back to Jess.  Its been a while so lets have a catch up and see how the organising is coming along with only 6 weeks to go:

• There is only 6 weeks to go now until the big day, have you got everything organised? It is 6 weeks until the big day; things are getting a little hectic! I would love to say that everything is all organized and that we can sit back and relax, however we still have quite a few things to do.  

• What is left to organise? Jim has decided that he is going to build the bar himself using potato tonne boxes from the farm, so he still has that to do!  (It looks like Bramble wants to help too.)



(Bramble - Katie's dog) 



(Bubb potato boxes) 

We have just sorted out Jim and the best men's suits.  I sent my little sister Hells off with the boys to sort them out and she has not stopped teasing me about the colour - so there will be a surprise for me on the day.

I am waiting for the flower girls dresses to arrive, they are being made by Gilly Grey in London and they are supposed to be arriving this week. Hopefully we measured all the girls correctly otherwise there is going to be some last minute alterations by Rose!

I still have the wedding favours to finish, place settings, the table plan and the order of service (might be roping Katie in for this!

Oh and I still have to decide on my hair and the bridesmaids hair, the old up or down debate!

• We have seen you making details for your wedding such as your bunting and your place cards.  You are a creative person, what else are you making for the wedding?  As mentioned Jim is making the bar, I have made all the wedding favours (pots of chutney), we are growing all the flowers obviously! The bunting has been made by Rose mostly out of old curtains!



(Jars for the homemade chutney) 

• Have you found sourcing everything you want an easy process?  Yes luckily finding things have been easy enough, shoes were a bit of a problem (one bridesmaid as size 9!) and colour was a bit difficult so I got the shoes dyed, the bridesmaids may have blue feet by the end of the day but they are not my feet!!!!
• What advice have you got at this stage for other brides-to-be when organising their wedding?  Don’t leave things to the last minute! Don’t try and do everything yourself and don’t stress eat because you will not get in your dress!

Thanks Jess, good luck with the rest of the organising and we'll catch up again soon. 

We will also be catching up with Jim in a few weeks to see how the bar turns out - these potato boxes will soon become a feature for the wedding:

Love as always SP x x