My Best Friends Wedding

I couldn't believe it when I heard her voice on the other side of the line; a million miles away telling me that someone had not died but instead ... that she was engaged to be married. The relief and excitement rolled over me simultaneously.

So a few weeks have gone by and I find myself doing searches on latest wedding trends and wedding dress designs, I have no interest in the subject for myself at the moment but after spending a good portion of my life with this girl, I can just imagine her wedding day and the perfection that it will be.

So this is for my friend, some suggestions on colour palettes and themes and just a few simple ideas that might come in handy to make her day even more unique and special.

My friend is classic, simple, modest with very good taste, oh...and she isn't a girly girl either so no overdoing the pink unless its vintage champagne colour; so for her I would pick a cream as a base or a biscuit  palette to ground the two accompanying palettes. The next colour would be a soft grey and the set off colour a vintage blue.  DOOR TONES :)

Here are some visual ways of picturing how well these colours blend and how they can be implemented throughout the decor.

Look at images and compile a file of what you like, give it to the wedding photographer 2 weeks before hand so she can understand what you like. For e.g, your wedding dress hanging from a tree with the sunlight pouring through. Or your wedding shoes in a cake holder.

As talented as your photography be, it never hurts to really emphasize what you prefer and exactly how quirky you want to go.

If soft tomes are being used, feathers on the table could create a very romantic setting paired with tea light candles as table decoration.

Its very important to take your setting and location into account. I love the clothing line idea made with string and name cards placed on each secured by a peg (affordable and easy to find all materials) All the guests can find their name and at the back a number to direct them to the table or the name of their table. Numbers are so old news, picking dream destination or songs for each table is so muuch more fun.

To make the palette more royal you could always opt for a worn gold versus a soft grey but that maybe a bit too fussy

I love the ideas of individual cupcakes versus a cake, or a base of cupcakes with a single layer cake on top so that there is something to cut at the reception.

These guys have just been made more special with the I DO stick in and the lace binding; just perfect and almost too good to eat.

The Gimmmick cupcake 

Lastly, i think a  beautiful touch to my friends bouquet would be a beautiful brooch pinned into a satin binding, these days you can pick up a brooch from a chinese store and it will have that sparkly effect that will make my friends bouquet different from any others. And its a nice add on when the girl in the crowd catches.

I love my friend, I know whatever she chooses will be amazing and that her day will be memorable and tastefully executed.

Hope the above helped my bestie.

If I can give you any advice, think of you and your partner and bring "you" into everything you do...things will just roll into place and the day will be very intimate and special as there will be reminders throughout the day of who you are and the times you have shared and all your special memories.

xxxxx

Summer Loving

I think summer is here, i'm not quite sure but i think it may be creeping over us with its overcast skies and the gentle pouring rain... well to be honest i really cant say because this is the first time i will be experiencing a European summer and i'm not quite sure what to expect. So far the temperature has increased so although its overcast, the air doesn't have that wolf bite to it that cuts through your clothes.

The other wonderful thing about summer is planning your holiday; where shall we go this this year and the list of options are endless.

My summer holiday for 2012 will be ...(drumroll)

• IBIZA
• BARCELONA
• PARIS
• LONDON

When i just think of the heat on my skin, the hustle and bustle, the late night walks in the heat of the nights, the cocktails and food i will consume, the sea water on my skin and the feeling of freedom for two whole weeks... i get a tingle.

First stop is Ibiza , no idea what to expect but i plan to relax under the sun and dance the night away when its eve.

Barcelona, gonna breath this place in and take it for all its got. And buy a spanish hat! 

Paris, I will be turning 26 in Paris, i want it to be romantic, feminine, and quaint with a touch of posh.

Gotta get some macaroons and another hat: beret should be fitting

Then its back home for a bit and off to London.

Summer I Love you and never take you for granted

Reflections

Today was a public holiday, a much needed one where the actions of the day were at a minimal and the only real exercise i mustered was too strech for the crisps on the coffee table. Today was my couch day and although my body was non functional, my mind did some thinking and reflecting

It's May, I have been living in Copenhagen for 7 months, and the experience has been challenging and frustrating but also enlightening and exciting.

Too think, I gave up my car for a bicycle, the mild weather for extremes and actual seasons. I left my job to come and search for work. I started Danish classes and found myself eating more salmon than I ever thought possible.

My world has changed, not for the better but more for the different. Home will always be home but I found myself waking up and quickly getting into the swing of the day as all of this has become second nature to me now. It's amazing how we adapt as people to changes and new environments. I realize now; looking back, that it is friends/company and work that were the missing links and once those links had been fulfilled to some extent, well everything else fell into place and I wasn't fighting any more, I was accepting and living.

Walking and cycling are a way of life,... buying in excess is a thing of the past now, I buy and consume as much as my little basket on my bike can carry. The travelling possibilities are amazing and that is what I love the most.