The British Wedding-Day Timeline
Many people have expressed that they would like to see how a British wedding-day timeline plays out. From what I have gathered, we seem to have our ceremonies a lot earlier in the day than our American...
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Favours
Favours are a weird thing, are they not? Tiny little presents that we are expected to give to guests, even though we know that the vast majority of them are not appreciated. Everyone loves edible...
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Centrepiece Mock-Up
Our reception venue, Fabrica, is a blank canvas. No decor is included at all. No tables, no chairs—not even any proper lighting. Fabrica is an art gallery, so the only permanent lighting it has are the...
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Bubbles
You throw confetti outside the church, right? That’s what’s always been done as far as I knew. I sort of just expected that’s what we’d do, too. At my friend Beth’s wedding last year, her little cousin...
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100 Days
It’s funny, reading all the previous 100 day posts before mine. Image via University of Minnesota A lot of them are about being stressed and not believing that there is enough time to get everything...
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Vows
I am not good at public displays of affection. Jack and I rarely hold hands in public. We don’t kiss in front of people. We don’t say “I love you” at the end of every phone call. It’s just not who we...
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Glowing Home
Ahhh the sparkler exit. I like the sparkler exit—the photos look soooo good. Sometimes you see the amazing pro photos and think “It’ll never look that good in real life,” but then you see photos like...
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Drinkies
Remember how we scored our sparkly for cheap? Well, the internet came to the rescue again. I follow a UK group on Facebook called 10 ways to have more money as a student, without working. It’s...
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Fixing My Skin: Halfway
I’ve been on Accutane for around two months now and my skin has really improved. My side effects have been rather minimal and nothing too unusual. My lips are dryer than I could have possibly imagined...
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Our Scrapbook Guestbook: The End
I want our wedding to be fun, a bit different, and a little bit interactive. We’re having a ’90s band, glow sticks, a photo booth, a vintage bus ride, sweepstakes, and other things. I love planning all...
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My Honeymoon Essentials
Our honeymoon isn’t any standard holiday. It’s a trip I want to remember for the rest of my life, and I want to remember it as the most perfect holiday ever. So in order to do that, I need to make some...
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The Table Plan
Five months before our wedding, our invitations were posted. We’ve already received a lot of RSVP postcards, but more importantly, we already know who is coming and who isn’t. Thanks to it being mainly...
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A Cute Way to Give Cash As a Gift
Image via Meme Generator And I don’t know what on earth is going on with 3G signal in the southeast, but unless I’m on WiFi, my internet is buggered. Just thought I’d let you know why my posts went...
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Mr. & Mrs. Signs
So when I shared the table plan I mentioned how I won the sweetheart table disagreement. But then the question became...how do we do a sweetheart table? What should it look like? I want it to be simple...
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Despite not being religious, I am getting married in a church. It’s kind of just the way it goes here. Civil ceremonies are becoming a bit more common, but a huge percentage of weddings take place in...
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Being Prepared
Sooooo…remember when I got to 100 days and I was all… Image via 9GAG Well, that sort of bombed a couple of weeks later. A million things came up. Suit drama, Grandma isn’t coming to my wedding drama,...
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Postcard RSVPs
When we sent out our invitations back in May we requested that guests RSVP via postcard and that the most creative postcard would win a prize. Naturally, we’ve had some “normal” postcards that you can...
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A Little Something for the Kids
We decided very early on that we weren’t going down the “child-free wedding” route. Mainly because having kids at our wedding wouldn’t actually be a problem, and it would probably cause more problems...
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Staying Classy
The other week was the last UK bank holiday weekend until Christmas. It also marked four weeks until our wedding day, which in turn could only mean one thing. My hen party. Please note: This post is...
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Guilt
This morning I was checking out the weather. With less than 10 days to go I can start to get an idea of what the weather will be like the day of my wedding. I don’t want rain, I don’t want sun—I want...
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DIY Felt Flower Hanger
Thank you so much for your kind words on Friday. Sadly, my Grandma passed away on Saturday night. Emotions have been here there and everywhere, but the words of support I received by so many people...
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Bundle Packing
So this weekend I wanted to take my mind off things and to do that I needed a huge task—packing. And let’s face it, packing is much better than sorting out the huge mess that is currently my living...
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A Bee’s Life: Jackrabbit Edition
I can’t quite believe it’s been eight months since I joined the hive as a blogger. I wrote my first post in back in February and the time has seriously flown by since then. I disappeared for a little...
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Last Post As a Miss
Back in April I posted some pictures of my hotel suite and said that I would most likely be sat in my bed at 6:00 AM the day of my wedding, writing my last post as a Miss. I woke up at 5:50 AM—it’s...
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A Teaser
Ladies, I’m back. And man, I had a good time. You know when everyone tells you it’s the best day of your life? They’re telling the truth. I had so much fun. I danced and danced and danced some more....
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Luxury Disneymoon: Jackrabbit Tips
The morning after our wedding, outside before we set off on our honeymoon, my mum decided to throw leftover confetti over us—clearly I was very excited about it all. We were going to Disney! We...
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Luxury Disneymoon: Tours and Excursions
I spent months searching the internet for reviews of every single thing that Disney has to offer, and it really helped me pick out the best things to do that would make our honeymoon epic. So it seems...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Hair and Makeup
Wow, it’s been over a month since writing my last post as a Miss. Everyone says to take in every single moment because it passes so quickly and you’ll forget everything. I remember it all. Maybe it’s...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: The Flowers Arrive
Let’s go back a little bit to just before my hair was done. I’ll try and stick to the timeline, but so many things happened at once that it just isn’t possible. Anyway, there was a knock at the door....
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: The Boys Get Ready
Jack’s room was on the floor above mine, so it was easy for our photographer to run upstairs and grab some shots of the boys getting ready. Boys will be boys, though, and by the time Luke arrived they...
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Hare’s To The Happy Couple: The Dress
I put on my dress about 15 minutes before we left. I had read that 15 minutes before was the best time to put it on, because it gives you chance to get a few pictures in it, but reduces the likelihood...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Gifts
My love language is gifts. I love gifts. I love receiving gifts, but I love giving them more. There is something about the amount of thought that I put into a gift that makes it special to me, too, and...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Getting to the Church
We had hired two cars for the day. Our beautiful Rolls Royce and a Daimler limo. The limo seated up to seven people, so it made the perfect car to shuttle our families to the church. First, Jack and...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Aisle and Declarations
I walked down the aisle to “Glasgow Love Theme” by Craig Armstrong. Those of you familiar with the film Love Actually will recognise it as the music that is playing whilst Juliet watches the video of...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: The Readings
After the declarations were made, we were able to sit down for a little while. I sat on my veil (again) but luckily didn’t pull it all the way out. Talisker introduced my friends, Ruth and Ben, who...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Vows and Rings
Once the readings were over, it was time to recite our vows. I, Miss Jackrabbit, take you, Jack, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Signing the Register
What do people remember most about a wedding ceremony? The vows? Not at our wedding. At our wedding people remember the signing of the register. Just before our rehearsal on the Thursday before the...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Prayers and Exit
As some of you may have read, my grandma passed away the weekend before our wedding. It was very surreal and unexpected, and I had a hard time processing it. (If I’m honest, I still haven’t come to...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Bubble Confetti
The purpose of doing a greeting line at the church was so that all the guests could get past us and be outside ready to blow bubbles all over us. I just loved the thought of bubbles instead of...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Family Photos
Our family portraits were taken in record speed. I had given the photographer a list of all the group shots I wanted and our toastmaster (who I’ll gush over in another post) called out the names of...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Newlywed Photos
Before we set off to our reception, we nipped inside the church for a couple of pictures. The church was so quiet after the hustle and bustle of all our guests outside, and it was nice to get a few...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Actual Confetti
When we got to the reception all our guests had already arrived. Apparently they had quite the laugh in the bus when it struggled to get through the narrow streets of the Lanes! Some of our guests were...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Cocktail Hour
As we walked into our reception venue, this was our view. Ludovico Einaudi was being played as background music. Everyone was mingling and the entire room seemed full. It was perfect. Everything I...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: The Details
I love love love the details posts so thought I’d get mine in now that you’ve been introduced to the reception venue! I was really worried that our venue would look quite empty, but there was just...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Toastmaster Jango
Hiring a toastmaster was a major last-minute decision but possibly the best decision we ever made. My dad was worried about making a speech and we thought that a toastmaster would be able to do one of...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Entrance and Cake Cutting
As we were mingling and chatting to guests during cocktail hour, Jango approached us both and let us know that soon it’d be time for guests to be seated and that we needed to go over to the main...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Speeches and Prizes
With my grandma passing away a week before the wedding, it was understandable that my dad didn’t want to stand up in front of a room full of people and make a speech. I was a little upset at first that...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Food and a Crisis
One of the things that always stuck out to me when reading tips from former brides was the amount of times they recommend making sure you ate something. I was eating on my wedding day. There was no way...
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Hare’s to the Happy Couple: Jackrabbit Slims
Once we’d all been fed and the evenings guests had arrived, it was time for the first dance. We had spent so long trying to find the perfect first dance. We’re not PDA people and a slow dance was out...
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Sorry About That
When I first started blogging for Weddingbee over a year ago, I would get a little bit bummed when some of the bloggers disappeared. I told myself I wouldn’t do that, and I posted pretty much every...
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