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wanchai's vintage wedding thread!

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  • sugarwalsh
    sugarwalsh Posts: 1,734 Forumite
    http://greenweddingshoes.com/inspiration-board-42-vintage-glam-winter-wedding/

    OMG that dress. Megan
    May GC - £100 per week
    Week 1 - £120/£100 :eek:, Week 2 £110/100:o, Week 3 £110/£100:mad:, Week 4 £50/100Week 5

    DFW - March '13 - c/c £5600, April £4500, May £2500 :T
  • White_Sapphire
    White_Sapphire Posts: 1,707 Forumite
    sugarwalsh wrote: »
    http://greenweddingshoes.com/inspiration-board-42-vintage-glam-winter-wedding/

    OMG that dress. Megan

    Seconded :drool:
    :heart::heart::heart: Marrying my lovely man on 1st September 2012 :heart::heart::heart:
    :love:

    The right to express an opinion does not override the responsibility to show respect. :)
  • wanchai_2
    wanchai_2 Posts: 2,955 Forumite
    sugarwalsh wrote: »
    Like the BM card - think it would be great to stick her face on (Mabe a bit abstract-cartoonstyle too big?!) A hip flask sounds nice for the BM, just remember to put something nice in there!

    We have peacock feathers too - we are using them on the tables, tucked into black napkins. I love the ideas for invites. I cheated and did them on vistaprint - but I was very pleased when they came. We did them postcard style too, so no folding involved.

    I'm excited for ou, meeting the dress maker. I am sure you will get your answer to your dress dilemma tonight!

    Megan

    I got on great with her, it all went swimmingly :D

    (copied from the other thread)

    She was very nice and I saw some pics of her work. Very impressed!

    She loved Dress 1 but said that I should work with my figure (hourglass) and that a nipped-in waist would be so much more flattering. Which I suppose is true. Dress 1 is stunning but perhaps I would feel self-conscious in it. :o:o

    She LOVED the dress in the blog (Dress 2)!!! And she said that it would be fairly straightforward to make. She talked me through lots of stuff: making a cotton toile for the top half to make sure that it was exactly the right shape, getting the buttons covered in whatever fabric I wanted, what types of fabric could be used for the skirt/sash etc. She said that she would be able to start in January and have it ready by May, so that's good.

    I came home feeling very optimistic, then had a moment of dread in the middle of the night, thinking - what if I have a dress made and it turns out really badly and I'm stuck with it????? Am I being daft?????? :o:o
    sugarwalsh wrote: »
    http://greenweddingshoes.com/inspiration-board-42-vintage-glam-winter-wedding/

    OMG that dress. Megan


    I know! Saw it the other day, it is stunning!!! Wonder who the designer is?
    7 Feb 2012: 10st7lbs :( 14 Feb: 10st4.5lbs :D 21 Feb: 10st4lbs * 1 March: 10st2.5lbs :j13 March: 10st3lbs (post-holiday) :o 30 March: 10st1.5lbs :D 4 April: 10st0.75lbs * 6 April: 9st13.5 lbs :) 27 April 9st12.5lbs * 16 May 9st12lbs * 11 June 9st11lbs * 15 June 9st9.5lbs * 20 June 9st8.5lbs :D 27 June 9st8lbs * 1 July 9st7lbs * 7 July 9st6.5lbs :D
  • sugarwalsh
    sugarwalsh Posts: 1,734 Forumite
    White sapphire - is it you who is making her own dress? If so, can I look at the pictures? Megan
    May GC - £100 per week
    Week 1 - £120/£100 :eek:, Week 2 £110/100:o, Week 3 £110/£100:mad:, Week 4 £50/100Week 5

    DFW - March '13 - c/c £5600, April £4500, May £2500 :T
  • sugarwalsh
    sugarwalsh Posts: 1,734 Forumite
    Wanchai - you have a lot to answer for, I have found freen wedding shoes! Now I want so many things....

    MEgan
    May GC - £100 per week
    Week 1 - £120/£100 :eek:, Week 2 £110/100:o, Week 3 £110/£100:mad:, Week 4 £50/100Week 5

    DFW - March '13 - c/c £5600, April £4500, May £2500 :T
  • lisajane8482
    lisajane8482 Posts: 1,186 Forumite
    sugarwalsh wrote: »
    http://greenweddingshoes.com/inspiration-board-42-vintage-glam-winter-wedding/

    OMG that dress. Megan

    I looked, I should have resisted. I wish I had gone for a theme rather than a colour. Mind you I really can't see the OH being into a theme.

    I did like the DIY idea of using a glass christmas bauble to make table decorations so will be scouring the internet for glass baubles now.

    *EDIT* The dress is stunning, also wishing I had prehaps thought outside the box when it came to my dress but I AM HAPPY (trying to convince myself :rotfl:)
  • wanchai_2
    wanchai_2 Posts: 2,955 Forumite
    sugarwalsh wrote: »
    Like the BM card - think it would be great to stick her face on (Mabe a bit abstract-cartoonstyle too big?!) A hip flask sounds nice for the BM, just remember to put something nice in there!

    We have peacock feathers too - we are using them on the tables, tucked into black napkins. I love the ideas for invites. I cheated and did them on vistaprint - but I was very pleased when they came. We did them postcard style too, so no folding involved.

    Oooh, wish that I could see them! They sound lovely :)
    sugarwalsh wrote: »
    Wanchai - you have a lot to answer for, I have found freen wedding shoes! Now I want so many things....

    MEgan

    I know, I'm sorry. :o It is THE most addictive and gorgeous wedding blog, it's given me so many fab ideas. :)

    lisajane8482 wrote: »
    I looked, I should have resisted. I wish I had gone for a theme rather than a colour. Mind you I really can't see the OH being into a theme.

    I did like the DIY idea of using a glass christmas bauble to make table decorations so will be scouring the internet for glass baubles now.

    *EDIT* The dress is stunning, also wishing I had prehaps thought outside the box when it came to my dress but I AM HAPPY (trying to convince myself :rotfl:)

    I know, that dress really is fab! :A I love that 1920s/30s look, but am not tall and skinny enough for the dresses, so am going more 1940s/50s with a nipped in waist (and it will be nipped in as much as POSSIBLE). :D

    What is your dress again? x
    7 Feb 2012: 10st7lbs :( 14 Feb: 10st4.5lbs :D 21 Feb: 10st4lbs * 1 March: 10st2.5lbs :j13 March: 10st3lbs (post-holiday) :o 30 March: 10st1.5lbs :D 4 April: 10st0.75lbs * 6 April: 9st13.5 lbs :) 27 April 9st12.5lbs * 16 May 9st12lbs * 11 June 9st11lbs * 15 June 9st9.5lbs * 20 June 9st8.5lbs :D 27 June 9st8lbs * 1 July 9st7lbs * 7 July 9st6.5lbs :D
  • wanchai_2
    wanchai_2 Posts: 2,955 Forumite
    Found the dress!!!!!!!!! Swoooooon!

    http://www.bhldn.com/the-shop_gowns/fairy-song-gown
    7 Feb 2012: 10st7lbs :( 14 Feb: 10st4.5lbs :D 21 Feb: 10st4lbs * 1 March: 10st2.5lbs :j13 March: 10st3lbs (post-holiday) :o 30 March: 10st1.5lbs :D 4 April: 10st0.75lbs * 6 April: 9st13.5 lbs :) 27 April 9st12.5lbs * 16 May 9st12lbs * 11 June 9st11lbs * 15 June 9st9.5lbs * 20 June 9st8.5lbs :D 27 June 9st8lbs * 1 July 9st7lbs * 7 July 9st6.5lbs :D
  • wanchai_2
    wanchai_2 Posts: 2,955 Forumite
    Look at all the other dresses! Why did I never hear of this site before?

    http://www.bhldn.com/the-shop_gowns/
    7 Feb 2012: 10st7lbs :( 14 Feb: 10st4.5lbs :D 21 Feb: 10st4lbs * 1 March: 10st2.5lbs :j13 March: 10st3lbs (post-holiday) :o 30 March: 10st1.5lbs :D 4 April: 10st0.75lbs * 6 April: 9st13.5 lbs :) 27 April 9st12.5lbs * 16 May 9st12lbs * 11 June 9st11lbs * 15 June 9st9.5lbs * 20 June 9st8.5lbs :D 27 June 9st8lbs * 1 July 9st7lbs * 7 July 9st6.5lbs :D
  • wanchai_2
    wanchai_2 Posts: 2,955 Forumite
    Love this one and it's so cheap!

    http://www.bhldn.com/the%2Dshop%5Fgowns/greenbow%2Dlace%2Dgown
    7 Feb 2012: 10st7lbs :( 14 Feb: 10st4.5lbs :D 21 Feb: 10st4lbs * 1 March: 10st2.5lbs :j13 March: 10st3lbs (post-holiday) :o 30 March: 10st1.5lbs :D 4 April: 10st0.75lbs * 6 April: 9st13.5 lbs :) 27 April 9st12.5lbs * 16 May 9st12lbs * 11 June 9st11lbs * 15 June 9st9.5lbs * 20 June 9st8.5lbs :D 27 June 9st8lbs * 1 July 9st7lbs * 7 July 9st6.5lbs :D
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