Well hello again! Time for my second blog entry… WOW!! Well it has been a stressful month but a very productive one at that! First off, I FOUND MY DRESS!  
YEY it’s so beautiful!!! If you asked me to describe it, I would properly describe it as a not to over the top princess style gown, made from satin and organza. I found it at a shop in Petersham called Peretti Bridal design, as soon as I tried it on it FELT like my dress, then when I walked out with it on, we both knew that it was defiantly the one! Surprisingly it wasn’t that expensive and I actually got the veil free of charge because I brought it early, which I was happy about!

After I found my dress, we couldn’t proceed in making any further decisions until we had chose a colour theme, so After ALOT of thinking and deciding and changing my mind and deciding again, we thought that because we wanted the reception to incorporate a really romantic feel, white, Ivory, Lilac and light pink, if done right, should help us create the right ambience that we were looking for so we made the final decision and decided to stick to those 4 colours. Obviously now that we had the colour theme, I was able to begin my search for the perfect bridesmaids dresses. I must have looked at nearly EVERY website there was for some ideas on the style of dress that I wanted and a dress that would compliment each bridesmaid individually, so, after I had a load of ideas in my head, I took my sister Mary, who is also my matron of honour out looking for some dresses and we stumbled on a small boutique in Parramatta Westfield’s called NOVITA, they had SUCH nice dresses in every colour and style imaginable! So we chose quite a few and Mary tried each dress on until we came across the perfect dress! It was a floor length satin gown, fitted from the bust down, each with a plunging V-neck, the colour of the dresses can only be described as a silverly Lilac colour, very elegant and absolutely stunning! Each dress has 2 stunning broaches pinned to the dress just below the shoulder but above the chest. Each dress was a costly $400.00 but well worth it if you ask me.

After finding my dress and the Bridesmaids dresses I decided to book the hair and Make-up artist. Once again I was back to the drawing board, doing my research on the Internet. Looking for a hair & make-up artist, I wanted someone that would create a really natural look and someone that I could trust would do a good job! So in doing my research I came across a lady called Sharon Leigh, she is one of Sydney’s leading hair & make-up artists at the moment, not to mention she has over 16 years experience!! She was by far everything I was looking for and more, and not to expensive either considering make-up to me, is properly the most important thing on the day. So I booked her. I also thought that I would shout my bridesmaids the cost of their hair & make-up on the day as my gift to them for participating in the wedding, which I’m sure being pampered on they day they will love but this was also a way to ensure that all their hair & makeup was the same and none of the girls would have to worry about their hair and make-up and hopefully assisting in reducing the stress levels on the day lol.

So now that we had our colour theme, next up were the cars! That wasn’t hard at all, Tim and I loved the 300c Chrysler’s in white, and so it was just a matter of Limo or sedan? We thought that 3 white sedans would be really elegant so after Tim did all the research on the car’s (hehe) we went and had a look at Entice wedding cars, they were a local company that actually had 3 300c Chrysler sedans available which was very hard to find and their cars were amazing and immaculate! Not to mention they came with complimentary champagne and nibbles! Yum! So we booked them!

YEY PROGRESS!!!!! lol

So now we have the church, the reception, the cars, the dress, the bridesmaids dresses, the hair & make-up artist, the photographer and the Videographer all booked! Now we just have the florist, the wedding rings, my jewellery, the flower girls, Tim and his Groomsmen attire, all the shoes, the reception decorations, the invitations, Bonbonnieres and lots lot’s more remaining. How fun!

Till next time
Marlene