We have a new blogger joining us at Paperless Wedding. She would like to remain anonymous so she can truly say what is on her mind! She is a Kiwi bride getting married in 2012 and will offer an insight into the thoughts of a bride planning her big day. We hope you enjoy!
"I’m probably not your normal bride. I was so excited when my (now) fiancé proposed in November last year, however at the back of my mind was all the countless things to organise and the number of awkward conversations to have with family members. Over the past few months, my fiancé and I have learnt that people can go a bit crazy once the word 'wedding' has been flung out there. To give you an idea – we got asked if we’d set a date for the wedding only an hour and a half after he proposed.
It sounds like I’m complaining. I’m not, I just think it’s good to be honest and to tell you up front that you probably won’t get all the intricate details about our wedding from these blog entries – more a few musings around what it’s like trying to plan the big day when you commit your love to your best friend in front of close friends and family. Now that idea makes me smile.
I am completely in love with my fiancé and feel truly blessed to have found someone so perfect for me to spend the rest of my life with. We are both looking forward to taking the next step and becoming husband and wife and eventually starting a family together.
We’ve had a few conversations with family members that we wish we hadn’t needed to. We are both very close to our family, so it makes it hard when they have been picturing our wedding day one way, and we (the ones paying for it) have different ideas.
We’re still 11 months out from our day, so have a lot of time to plan. We have managed to get a few of the bigger things out of the way, such as the date, venue, rings, photographer and obviously our invitations through Paperless Weddings. We both have a deep love of music, so of course we’ve almost settled on the songs for both the ceremony and reception.
I’ve also managed to organise my dressmaker and designed my dress. I was never one of those girls who had planned their wedding from childhood, but randomly once I got engaged and started to think about getting married – I knew almost immediately the type of dress I wanted to wear. It’s nothing like a big meringue or traditional bridal gown, and I knew I’d have a hard time finding exactly what I wanted, so thankfully my sister’s friend is super talented and lovely and has drawn up exactly what I had dreamed up. Now I just need to make sure I fit it! How on earth do I stop daydreaming about cupcakes long enough to do this?
I’m about to start studying (whilst working full time), so this year is going to be pretty full on. I’m going to allow myself a couple of month of not thinking too much about the wedding. I’ll try and treasure this, as I see so many people whose lives get taken over by it, and I just don’t want to become one of those people.
Will definitely update you in a couple of months. Will be interesting to see where we are at then."
"I’m probably not your normal bride. I was so excited when my (now) fiancé proposed in November last year, however at the back of my mind was all the countless things to organise and the number of awkward conversations to have with family members. Over the past few months, my fiancé and I have learnt that people can go a bit crazy once the word 'wedding' has been flung out there. To give you an idea – we got asked if we’d set a date for the wedding only an hour and a half after he proposed.
It sounds like I’m complaining. I’m not, I just think it’s good to be honest and to tell you up front that you probably won’t get all the intricate details about our wedding from these blog entries – more a few musings around what it’s like trying to plan the big day when you commit your love to your best friend in front of close friends and family. Now that idea makes me smile.
I am completely in love with my fiancé and feel truly blessed to have found someone so perfect for me to spend the rest of my life with. We are both looking forward to taking the next step and becoming husband and wife and eventually starting a family together.
We’ve had a few conversations with family members that we wish we hadn’t needed to. We are both very close to our family, so it makes it hard when they have been picturing our wedding day one way, and we (the ones paying for it) have different ideas.
We’re still 11 months out from our day, so have a lot of time to plan. We have managed to get a few of the bigger things out of the way, such as the date, venue, rings, photographer and obviously our invitations through Paperless Weddings. We both have a deep love of music, so of course we’ve almost settled on the songs for both the ceremony and reception.
I’ve also managed to organise my dressmaker and designed my dress. I was never one of those girls who had planned their wedding from childhood, but randomly once I got engaged and started to think about getting married – I knew almost immediately the type of dress I wanted to wear. It’s nothing like a big meringue or traditional bridal gown, and I knew I’d have a hard time finding exactly what I wanted, so thankfully my sister’s friend is super talented and lovely and has drawn up exactly what I had dreamed up. Now I just need to make sure I fit it! How on earth do I stop daydreaming about cupcakes long enough to do this?
I’m about to start studying (whilst working full time), so this year is going to be pretty full on. I’m going to allow myself a couple of month of not thinking too much about the wedding. I’ll try and treasure this, as I see so many people whose lives get taken over by it, and I just don’t want to become one of those people.
Will definitely update you in a couple of months. Will be interesting to see where we are at then."
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