Caterers Done

We met Darren in a Harvester (don't worry Harvester are not our wedding caterers) sat down with a drink and talked about food. 

Just on a side note Darren does look remarkably like Justin Theroux, you know Drew Barrymores bad boyfriend in Charlie's Angels. Which might give some of the girls a good reason to go up for seconds...

Luckily for us Darren has done tonnes of events/weddings including some at our actual venue, which was a huge relief. It meant he already knew the layout so he could tell us where he would set up and suggest how the day could pan out. He is a hog roast specialist, but we haven't gone for a hog roast. Don't get me wrong I love a bit of crackling and apple sauce, as much as the next meat eating fiend, but personally I feel it has been done. We are still keeping it fairly informal, I just want a little more choice for my guests. With a shed load of cheese for later in the evening. I love cheese I do.

Dessert is not being provided by Darren, but will be oh so scrumptious. I'm going to make our actual cake, and some other lovely ladies will be suppling the main dessert. I can't wait!! 

How do you feel about Hog Roasts?

Photography Project

As I have mentioned before both my boyfriend and I are quite interested in getting into photography. However we are both quite bad at getting completely carried away and then not actually seeing things through, so my idea is to pick a project and see it through as best we can with our existing cameras, i.e. a standard holiday snap digital number and our iphones. 

The project I have chosen is a 365 challange, where we take a photo a day for a year. I thought this would be a fun one especially as it won't be long before there is 365 until our wedding day! So then we definitely have a specific start date and end date.

It will also be quite fun to see how our style develops over the year, and to work out if we enjoy it enough to actually see it through. If we do, we are discussing the possibility of treating ourselves to a couple of fancy cameras after the wedding, to help with awesome honeymoon snaps, but that is just us getting all carried away again.

So I'm thinking maybe a flickr account might be helpful, and maybe monthly updates on here?

Have you ever done a photography project?

Photographer Done

Well yesterday we went to see a very lovely lady in Saltdean. I had found her details online and was instantly drawn to her website and blog, with tons of sample photos of her work. We had emailed each other a couple of times, and to my delight she was free for our date so we arranged a meeting. I was on a high all day and really excited to meet her at her home. I just hoped that she would be everything I imagined. I needed have worried she was super excitable, and made all the right noises when we were talking about our wedding plans, made notes and suggestions to cover all the things we wanted to happen with our photos. Neither myself or my man are that confident in front of a camera, and she put us completely at ease. I don't think she realised, but she also helped us to work out timings for the day.
It was a joy to meet her and hear how enthusiastic she was about our plans, I think she will fit in just right with our friends and our plans for the day. Still 400 odd days to go but it's starting to feel very real. Caterers next!
If you are looking for a enthusiastic photographer check her out http://www.sarareeve.com/

How do you feel about having your photo taken?

Wedding Planning

So in an attempt to buck my procrastinating ways, I have given myself a deadline of Christmas to get the bulk of my wedding planned.

 So far so good. The venue, registrar, dress and the all important ice cream van, have been booked and deposits paid. We are meeting a photographer on Thursday, caterer in 2 weeks and we were testing favours this evening. Not bad going considering the wedding is next September. 

Next on the agenda is my shoes, dj and wedding rings. 

Do you think maybe I am over compensating, or am I doing the right thing?