Our Day by Design

At the end of last month I wrote a guest post for Julia at My Life in Transition for her " Moms Make it Work " guest blogging series. She had put a call out on Instagram looking for some international mums to take part and as I've followed Julia's blog for ages, I thought it would be a nice series to contribute to. I did write the post quite a while ago so of course there are now some changes that I could also have written about since baby 2 is now on its way. Go and take a look if you have a chance, I hope you enjoy reading and would love to hear your thoughts. There have been loads of other posts from mums in lots of different situations and how they all make it work!

I'm over on Life Love Laura today talking about Holden's nursery as part of her " Share your nursery " feature. I hope you enjoy reading and would love to hear your thoughts.

After celebrating an early Christmas in October with my family, the 19th of November brought Christmas in November with my fellow Blogging Six girls;  Conversation Pieces , My Spare Thoughts , Daydreams in Lace , This Girl Is... & A Dizzy Girl . I was bridesmaid dress shopping for my best friends wedding in the morning {being pregnant I just spectated while the other two bridesmaids tried the dresses on} then I met the girls at Coco's before we headed down to Mimi's in Leith for lunch, where we were going to swap our secret santa gifts. The rules for the secret santa were a small bought present and something homemade and I think its safe to say we were all quite nervous about handing over our gifts. However, everyone loved what they had been given and what had been made for them so there was no need for the nerves. You can read some of the other posts the girls have written about our secret santa here , here & here . I had Lisa-Marie  so I bought...

Congratulations to the lovely A Dizzy Girl who is marrying her Irish Boy today! I have met A Dizzy Girl a few times now and have loved following along on her wedding planning journey. I am so excited that we are going to attend her reception this evening, along with some other lovely bloggers. I can not wait to see the dress! I cant wait to hear all about it; hope you both have a fabulous day and it is everything you could have wished for!

Congratulations to the wonderful Zoe from Conversation Pieces who is marrying her other half {as she refers to him} today! I have met Zoe on a number of occasions and have loved following her blog. I was so disappointed to discover I wouldn't be able to attend her wedding, since we are still in Marrakech, but I'm sure the rest of the girls will take lots of photos and make sure to tell me all about it! I cant wait to hear all about it; hope you both have a fabulous day and it is everything you could have wished for!

11 months married which means less than a month till Bratislava & Vienna! February included a lovely day in Edinburgh with My Spare Thoughts ; Daydreams in Lace ; A Dizzy Girl , Conversation Pieces & This Girl Is... at Loopy Lorna's & Urban Angel and a couple of busy weekends seeing family & friends since my nephew was up staying with my parents. We spent last weekend down in London where we took my nephew to the Science Museum and celebrated my brother-in-law's 30th with dinner at The Antelope then drinks at Tooting Tram and Social . I only have one more post to finally finish my honeymoon recaps and then I just have a few more to complete all of the wedding stuff before our first anniversary. Not sure what ill write about then! This month we are going to use one of our Christmas vouchers, by having lunch at La Potiniere with my parents & aunt & uncle then we are going to be looking forward to our anniversary trip. We are also looking at options ...

Last year I was given two blog awards from two lovely ladies but I'm only getting round to passing them on now; so thank you Hannah & Lisa-Marie and I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post about them! The first is the 'A Blog With Substance' Award from Hannah at Gator Tales . For this award you are supposed to sum up your blogging philosophy, motivation, and experience in 5 words.... Sharing; Exciting; Inspiration; Support; Friendship Then pass it on to 10 other blogs with substance: 1. Gator Tales 2. Bicoastal Bride 3. The Handcrafted Life 4. Conversation Pieces 5. Daydreams in Lace 6. My Spare Thoughts 7. Adventures of a Dizzy Girl 8. Rosalilium 9. This Girl Is... 10. A Chocolate Lover's Confessions The second award is the 'One Lovely Blog' award from L isa-Marie at This Girl Is... . The "rules" for this award are: 1.Grab the award. Post it on your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link. 2.Pay...

This year {well last year now!} I participated in a Christmas Blog Swap , which was organised by Lisa-Marie from This Girl Is... I was very excited about the idea of a swap and signed up straight away. We had to send a parcel which included a Christmas card, a bought decoration, something baked and finally something festive & handmade. I was paired with the lovely Elizabeth from Rosalilium who was kind enough to wait till I got back from holiday to complete the swap. My parcel {which was decorated with a doilies & lace tape} arrived on Monday 20th December and included chocolate oat cookies, a Christmas candle, homemade aromatherapy bath bombs, two Christmas decorations, an indoor sparkler and a lovely handmade Christmas card. I loved opening my surprise package and cant wait to use the lovely goodies. The cookies have already been eaten and the decorations are on the tree. For my part of the swap I sent Elizabeth a handmade Christmas card, a mickey mouse tree decoration,...

8 months today since we got married, this year has flown by! I have had another very busy month with lots of birthdays and my sisters hen weekend which I organised and made some stuff for. We also had another blogger meet up in Glasgow where I met My Spare Thoughts , Adventures of a Dizzy Girl & Conversation Pieces again and also This Girl Is... for the first time which was lovely. I made some more invites for my sister and also did a mock-up on their order of service which is currently in progress as well as helping with a few other wedding bits & pieces. I finally finished my wedding recaps and have started on my honeymoon ones but there is a lot more to come! So if the airport is open again today, we should be on our way to Florida then once we get back I have a Christmas blog swap and then my sisters wedding which I'm so excited about! (All images by Craig & Eva Sanders )

Congratulations to the wonderful Anna from Anna and the Ring , who is marrying her Bean today! As I'm sure you are all aware, Anna is another British blogger who was one of the first to find my blog last July; she was so supportive up to and since our wedding, I love getting all of her lovely comments and she even left my this lovely post on my wedding day. I have loved reading Anna's blog up to her big day and I'm so excited for them both and cant wait to hear all about the wedding! I very almost met Anna last month but hopefully we can arrange a proper meet up soon! I hope you both have a fabulous day and it is everything you could have wished for! xxx

I wrote a guest post for Laura at Purple & Pearls , while she is on her fabulous honeymoon, about the last bit of DIY I did for our wedding, the Thank You Cards! You can read all about how I made them, the supplies I used, as well as the photo cards we put inside, over there ; hope you enjoy!

Congratulations to the wonderful Rebecca from Daydreams in Lace who is marrying James today! Rebecca is another British blogger who I found during my planning and I have loved reading her blog and conversing over our love of spooks on twitter! I also met Rebecca back in August with some other lovely bloggers and hopefully we can arrange another meet soon! I hope you both have a fabulous day and it is everything you could have wished for!

5 months married ! The last month has just flown by! After a fantastic week in Italy for Helen & Nick's wedding, we had the UK reception the middle Saturday in August. The following weekend we had the 1st birthday party of bridesmaid Lucy's daughter Emily then last Saturday we had a lovely blogger meet up where I met Conversation Pieces , Daydreams in Lace , My Spare Thoughts & Adventures of a Dizzy Girl (previously Glasgow Bride ) for the first time. It was a lovely afternoon which turned into evening and I hope we can do it again soon! Wedding recaps are continuing slowly but I want to get them all finished before we reach 6 months then I can finally start the honeymoon ones then tell you all about Helen's wedding too! This month we also got our wedding album and I love it! We also got a gorgeous black & white framed print and also mini versions of our albums to give out to family. There has been a slight change of plan for my sisters wedding, which is now g...

My 6th post went up on Little Miss Wedding this morning. They are more of my favourite photos & moments from the rest of our wedding day. Hope you enjoy!

Congratulations to the wonderful R from My Spare Thoughts who is marrying O today! I found R's blog last September and I was so excited to find another Scottish blogger; she was incredibly supportive and a fantastic commenter up to and since our wedding and I have loved reading her blog in the run up to their big day. I cant wait to hear all about it; hope you both have a fabulous day and it is everything you could have wished for! p.s I'm finally going to get to meet R next month, along with some other lovely bloggers, which I'm very excited about!

My 5th post went up on Little Miss Wedding last night. I have chosen some of my favourite photos from the day; including some of my favourite moments and some of the surprises! Hope you enjoy!

I got this lovely award from Chocolate Lover at A Chocolate Lover's Confessions back at the end of March but have only just got round to posting it! Thank you Chocolate Lover! I am supposed to tell everyone 7 things about me and pass the award onto 7 other bloggers but instead I'm going to tell you 7 things about our wedding that you don't yet know before passing on the award! I will expand in more detail in my future recaps but here are a few facts to keep you going: 1. I was about 20 minutes late! 2. Our flowergirl surprised us by singing during the ceremony. 3. Our godmothers {who are also our aunts} surprised us by giving us a signed bible during the service. 4. I got to wear pink & purple polka dot wellies {only purchased the day before} while me & Graham were trooping through the hotel grounds getting our photos taken. 5. Dad mentioned this blog during his speech & surprised me with a purple & grey striped tea cosy that...

Before I start the wedding recaps I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who left lovely comments on my I'm Married! post; It was lovely to receive them all when we were away on honeymoon. Some lovely bloggers also did posts and mentions on their own blogs which I loved finding in my google reader: The lovely anna did this post on our wedding day: today will be a good day which included the fab picture below with our wedding date. When she posted it at 11:25am I think we were drinking rose champagne and I was sooooo nervous! Thank you anna. (Image from here ) Thank you also to R , a fellow Scottish bride, who also did a post on our wedding day: G&G Are getting married which had some lovely comments about my blog and my DIY! After the wedding the lovely Claire also did me a post: Gaynor got married . Even though she was super busy with her own upcoming big day, Stacey remembered my day here and I was also featured on one of Zoe's Weddingnesday posts! Thank you la...

My 4th post went up on Little Miss Wedding today. Hope you enjoy!

I got this lovely award from R at My Spare Thoughts yesterday. A ray of sunshine to brighten up my day, which is very welcome when its absolutely freezing here in Edinburgh! Thank you R. I'm going to pass it on to the following lovely bloggers: Born to be Mrs. Beever at Thoughts of the All Consumed Bride Chocolate Lover at A Chocolate Lover's Confessions Mo at Pink Argyle Morgan at A Cape Cod Bride Em at Burning River Bride