Our Day by Design

Our cake had been on display in the ballroom during dinner with all of our bouquets around it. The G & G letters I painted were in the front of the cake and I think some of the good luck gifts I had been given were also on the table. The table was moved into the middle of the dance floor ready for us to cut it. Once everyone was back in the ballroom and we were ready to start, we made our way over to the table. We chose to cut our cake at the start of our evening reception so that the evening guests would also be there to see it, rather than doing it before or straight after dinner. We were told how to hold the knife {although in hindsight I think Graham should have also used his left hand} and then it was time to cut the bottom tier of the cake, which was made of fruit and quite hard to cut! We literally only made a small cut and then had to pose while the photographers and all the guests took loads of photos of us! There were flashes going off everywhere! The cake was then taken...

Last weekend I went shopping with my parents to look for my mums outfit for the wedding. We went to Catherines of Partick in Glasgow as we had heard they had a large selection. The shop was busy but they were really helpful and mum was able to try on loads of different styles and colours. The trip was a success and mum managed to find a stunning outfit from the Condici collection in a colour called thistle which should look great with the bridesmaids in purple. Grahams mum still has to get her outfit and she is going to continue her search this weekend, also at Catherines. She did find an outfit in Chique in Edinburgh last Saturday, which she reserved, but unfortunately we discovered when we returned from Glasgow that it was the exact same outfit as mum had just bought, in a different colour! They are obviously not going to wear the same thing so it was lucky that she hadn't also bought it! They both must have the same taste! While I was shopping with my parents, Graham ...

Following our lovely week in the Cotswolds we returned home on Saturday evening. I spent the rest of the evening with bridesmaids Lucy and Karen-Louise then we went to the wedding fair at our reception venue yesterday. We went with very specific objectives in mind which were to book the florist, the chair covers and look at cakes. We had a very productive hour and managed to accomplish each item which was great and it takes care of the major remaining items on our list. The florist we booked is Val Hamilton , whose arrangements we had previously seen at the last wedding fair and open day we attended at Norton House and really liked, especially the tall table centres. The arrangements she was showing yesterday were also really nice and she had plenty of examples of bouquets to look at as well. As she doesn't have a shop, and only concentrates on wedding flowers, she is able to keep her prices reasonable and it means that any appointments can also be made at weekends or in the evenin...