Rustic florals and dress stress

Here's last fortnights What Jenny Did on Rock My Wedding, and I received 28 comments! My personal best!

"After last weeks gorgeous cachophany of prettiness I felt so inspired by all the floral fancies that I swiftly got on the phone to my florist Stephanie Rose, to talk about my ever changing mind on what to have in my bouquet. Those of you who haven’t followed my story so far, I have opted for sunflowers, hydrangea, and daisies. I wanted a big poofy bouquet, but I then learnt that hydrangeas wilt rather quickly when not in water. Bah. Don’t really want wilted poofyness. Then I thought of including peonies, but they’re not in season when I get married and will be rather pricey to source. Hmmm. Then I was introduced to Ranunculus, not dissimilar to the peony and after falling in love with it and seeing a gorgeous rich purple version on the internet, it’s not really available in a purple it’s more a burgundy colour. Bugger. Don’t want burgundy. Would love them in white though!

So Stephanie, the angel that she is, sent me loads of images incorporating all of the flowers I adore and it’s with great relief that I can tell you we have averted another crisis and settled on a bouquet. I’ve been dealing with Stephanie for a year now, as booking her was the very first wedding task I completed. Having met her gorgeous boho self at her sisters wedding a while back I knew then I would support a local business and book her for my wedding, and she doesn’t just do flowers people – she makes tiara’s and jewellery too! My problem is I am so darn impulsive, and indecisive, and she has worked in the wedding industry a long time now so just smiles at me and knows I will probably change my mind (yet again) in a months time.

Speaking of impulsive and indecisive…. The Dress. Oh this was the second wedding task I completed. And have wobbled over it ever since! Surely with your wedding dress you are supposed to feel all of a flutter over wearing it?  I went for my first fitting a few weeks back…. And I just don’t like it. At all. It’s not me! Is this normal? Don’t get me wrong it’s a beautiful dress and a popular one, I have seen a few brides wear it well. It’ll do I guess. Why does this keep happening, why do I keep changing my mind about stuff, first the venue, now this? I think the pressure of having all eyes on me is getting to me a bit. And RMW’s Charlotte has given me a talking to about dress wobbles on numerous occasions, it has been rather an ongoing issue. I worry that I am opting for a very ‘bridal’ dress which will surprise most people because they are expecting me to go for something a bit different. So I have been a rather naughty bride, and bought a second dress (shock horror!) It’s the complete opposite of my Alan Hannah, and I adore it. My heart flutters when I look at it, it shows off my curves and makes me feel like Marilyn Monroe when I wear it (cue further wobbles now about ‘am I too fat to wear this dress?’ honestly I am driving myself a wee bit mental).

So now I own two dresses. One is simple, chic, elegant, and rather bridal. The other is sexy, a bit different, lacey, has the must stunning detail on and would look beautiful gliding up the aisle towards my lovely man. The dilemma continues, I can’t decide which to go for.

Once I decide though, I promise, I will stop looking at dresses.

On a positive note, we have booked the honeymoon! Two and a half glorious weeks in Thailand. No backpacks this time, we’re doing it in style. It was a bit of a toss up, head off backpacking again for a few months (and miss our newly renovated home and our cats) or splash out and make it unforgettable! (and still miss the cats of course).

Still to complete is invitations… which means confirming the guest list, which means guest list issues (we all have them!) Really need to get a wriggle on with that… 4 months to go. Holy feck. There was me thinking I have been nothing but organised!

Indecisive as ever,

Jenny xx"