Wedding webpage update

Hello all,
If you would like to make your menu choices online before the day, i have now created a section in the RSVP online where you can make your choices.
Less than 4 weeks to go!!!
Looking forward to seeing you all there xx

The link:

http://mattandalice.are.gettingmarried.co.uk/rsvp.php?form=21641

Scotland Weekend and General Update

So lots of news to catch up on! I've been busy looking at bands, photographers, vintage themed features and have made some more decisions!

Last weekend i met two very talented photographers and had to make a very difficult decision on which to choose, if it wasn't for the "m" word i would happily have had them both! But in the end chose the very talented Sassy from Assassynation Photography who came recommended from the company we're hiring our vintage tea sets from. We loved the style of photos on her website and felt instantly comfortable with her when she came to meet us. Here is her website where you can check out her fab pictures: http://assassynation.co.uk/ and here is another vintage wedding that she shot last year and was blogged on my favourite vintage blog Love My Dress http://www.lovemydress.net/blog/2010/09/1960s-mod-wedding-east-anglian-railway-museum-essex.html#more

Over the last couple of weeks we have been looking at wedding bands and wanted a group that was a little different and had a particular sound (more specifically we wanted to replicate a night out we had at Havana nightclub in Exeter when they had a live band playing - we never found out the name of the band but whoever they were, they were absolutely AWESOME!!!). We finally decided on The Copycats, check them out at: http://www.thecopycats.co.uk/ We haven't heard them live, but from everything we've heard on their website they sound fab and can't wait to be dancing the night away to their music :)

And just when you think i couldn't fit anymore planning in, i have also been making plans with Kim from the Fine and Funky Events Company (http://www.fineandfunkyevents.com) to make the day vintagey fun! No telling though, otherwise there wont be any surprises on the day!

Finally as i am typing this i am on my home after a wonderful trip up to Scotland with Matt and Fsil. Culcreuch is everything we expected and we can't wait to see it in the summer time! We also met with Mary our celebrant who is just perfectly suited to do the sort of ceremony we want.

It's all coming together and i just want to say a big thank you to all the people that are going to help make our wedding absolutely magical!

Alice xx

We've chosen the venue!!! Hooray!

After much deliberation, we have finally chosen the lovely Culcreuch Castle for our wedding. Why? We wanted our ceremony outdoors so it was important that the venue had a beautiful outdoor setting and Culcreuch Castle doesn't disappoint! It has its own loch, it's set in a large estate with woods and has rolling hillsides in the background - romantic much? Also, as the wedding has a vintage theme we wanted a venue with a lot of history and lovely features to go with our theme - look at the website and you'll see why it's perfect in every way:   http://www.culcreuch-castle-hotel.com/

The Castle

The private loch

I have also updated our wedding website: http://www.mattandalice.are.gettingmarried.co.uk/ with all the new details.

HELP! (i need somebody) HELP! (not just anybody) ...

Get your voting fingers on and click your option:

panel management

And the visual prompts:

Venue 1:

Venue 2:

Venue 3:

Please help me choose :)

One last point, the first two are near (1) and in (2) Glasgow and the third is near Edinburgh. Edinburgh airport is easier for my family to travel into.

Invitation Madness!!

Right, well it was quite a sleepless night last night trying to get the invitations done, but i finally have made..... ONE!!! But the rest should be easier now that they are all printed and its just the glueing bits to go... So here is how it went:

First there were materials and ideas:

Hobbycrafts were having a sale and i might have gone just a little crazy with the ribbons!








Below was the plan i drew up which i quickly scrapped once i discovered how long it was going to take to do...

Then there was the first attempt:

Finally we moved onto the "insides" - by we, i mean ME, the boys were happy for me to make the first one and then would help make the rest.... YEAH RIGHT! So i wanted software to help me make the inside and back cover of the invites but it was almost impossible to find any Mac software that was free and would HELP me make the cards - i downloaded a trial version of Adobe Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop - useless (this may be because i am still learning how to use a Mac)... Then i downloaded DesignPro, couldn't get my head around it (this was very late at night)... Finally i tried to use paintbrush which crashed just as i was finishing the inside (and i hadn't saved!!!!!!!!) .... Took a deep breath and decided to use good old trusty word, and i found out that you can do a "Publishing Layout Document" on it "oooooooohhhhhhh" - very impressed was i, now that it was about 2ish in the morning - small minds, easily pleased!

So then a number of things were tried:

 Pictures, pictures and more pictures... Sepia, antique or black and white? Who knew you could do so much with em?









Then after much consumption of el Coca Cola....

And much google searching on the tinternet... We finally had a template and the production line started:

And the final product???? Finished this morning after some much needed sleep :) 

So invites are done, now just need to wait for RSVP's so we can know numbers and finally book the venue!

Invites today!

I've spent my monies at hobbycrafts now its time to make me some invites!! Pictures to follow.... :D

I'm rubbish at updating this!

Ok so the dress is chosen and paid for - YAY! Can't put it on here just in case Matt's having a sneeky peek, unlikely but anything is possible! One clue... VINTAGE!

The venue is now down to two options... Knockderry House and Sherbrooke Castle. Had a lovely time venue hunting this weekend with Carol and those two were our favourites. Unfortunately, we also missed our flight home because of a 'police incident' on the M8 in Glasgow, which involved closing off a whole section of it just 15 mins away from the airport!!! But Easyjet were absolutely awesome and transferred us onto a Monday flight at no extra cost and the lovely Matt sorted out our hotel reservation for the night :)

Planning to go back up in January with Matt, Davey and Fsil to make a final choice on the venue and then hoping to have the invites ready to send out by mid January...