And so the journey began!

Back in September my good friend Sam got engaged to her first love Andrew. Sam and Andrew had parted ways few years ago but rekindled their romance again last year and this time neither of them where going to let each other go again and so came the proposal. Some may say it came out the blue but when you know its right, its right!


With my love for weddings Sam enrolled me in the task of helping organise their special day! I feel very lucky and privileged to be doing this and so I'm dedicating this blog to their wedding, while hoping to inspire other brides and grooms who are in the process of organising their own wedding!

 For the next 6 months I will be writing about Samantha and Andrew's wedding journey and the lead up to their special in September 2012.

The Venue


Finding their dream venue was easier than imagined, after hearing about a new wedding venue that was soon to be opening near their home in Nottingham they decided to go and visit it without it even being finished. The newly renovated farmhouse and it soon to be beautiful addition of the Oak Hall to the rear of the farmhouse was an instant success and they fell in love with it straight away and didn't even want to look anywhere else! So Swancar farm it is, take a look yourself at their stunning wedding venue:
http://www.swancarfarmcountryhouse.com/




The Theme (A Rustic Romance/Country Wedding)


So with the wedding venue sorted now it was time for the theme to be picked, I do believe picking a theme is essential part of pulling off your perfect wedding! Whenever I'm organising a party or event I start with choosing a theme. Before I found the brilliant site of http://pinterest.com/ I used to open a new folder on my desk top and save any ideas, photos, links to websites etc in the folder. Now with pinterest there is no need to do that i just start a new mood board on there and I can save all the ideas on there, its brilliant because you can see all ideas other people have found too.




It soon became clear of the sort of things Sam and Andrew liked and so the theme was chosen. They both preferred the idea of not going down the formal traditional wedding breakfast route and have decided to have an afternoon tea style reception in the afternoon, which I love! Over the last few years I have been a regular visitor at charity shops and have collected plenty of gorgeous vintage china which I used for hosting tea parties, I am thrilled do be using it again for their wedding.

Beautiful vintage china.

The journey has begun, the proposal has been made, the venue has been picked, the theme has been chosen and so next time on the blog will be going through all the things needed to put this wedding together.