24 days out - Drama drama

So the bridesmaid with the baby - I've decided that she can deal with it. It's too awkward a subject to bring up - and I don't want to hurt feelings. Especially this close to the wedding. So if she brings the baby, she'll just have to do her thing. It will all work out in the end (she repeats to herself).

But today she rang to tell me that she doesn't fit into her dress. It's too small. They can't be altered. She is stressing out about it. And in turn managed to stress me out about it.

I just don't care anymore. That's bad isn't it!?

But seriously, whatever. You show up, great. Your dressed, great.

Do Mr B & I end up married no matter what - Yes. Awesome. Let's do that then.

In hindsight I would have had just my sister and best friend. But I felt like I had to have the same amount of people on my side as Mr B's. We really jumped into the decision WAY too early.

Any bridesmaid dramas you'd like to discuss in the privacy of my comments - go crazy. Tell me I'm not alone in the drama. Please.......

25 days out - Let's eat cake today!

Spare thoughts gave me a little link love over on her blog in regards to a comment I left about my Bikki Grandma and Grandpa. It was the name my sister and I called our Great grandparents, because every time we'd go there, we'd leave with a little bag of chocolate biscuits. How I miss them. But I guess I was lucky I got to have them at all, a lot of people never get great grandparents.

Going off to bake Spare thoughts Grandma's cake recipe. Yum!

Happy Sunday.

P.s. I am so looking forward to seeing all my family at the wedding.

26 days out - Presidential letters

Lookey whose address I found.....

P.s. The post office told me that I'd need two stamps for all my local invitations because my envelopes were 2mm bigger than allowed. So I put a spare envelope with ONE stamp in the post addressed to me, and when it arrived a day later, I put ONE stamp on all the invites and posted them out. And everyone got them, and it saved me $45. Post office 0 Miss T 1!

27 days out - Sushi cures all

Firstly I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all of you that left nice comments and helped to talk me off the bridezilla ledge yesterday. Chocolate Lover, Jess, lilaphoenix, Christie, PartyPlannerGal, Born to be Mrs. Beever, Bicoastal Bride, Chic 'n Cheap Living, Mireya & abluebirdbride - You guys are AWESOME. I woke up and checked the blog on my phone and all your comments made my day. I am trying to control the crazy. Hopefully this will be the last melt down (who am I kidding?) before the wedding.

Need some blogs to read - click those links above. These girls are the best!

We both took a couple of hours off this morning to go and get all the last minute arrangements made with our venue. Unfortunately they are shutting between Christmas and New Years now so we have to pay someone to open it up the day before. Just wouldn't be a wedding thing without a hidden cost!

I thought I'd give you a virtual phone camera tour.

So you walk up the stone steps......

Through the heavy wooden and stain glass doors...

To the Grand Hall which is where we are having our ceremony. You'll have to imagine all the chairs and the white carpet for now. Not sure if we're getting married at the bottom of the steps, or half way up on the ledge (where that sign is it's about five feet wide)? I think we'll decide the day before at the rehearsal.

Then once we are married it's down stairs to the chandelier room for some dancing and dessert!

You'll have to imagine the table cloths and chair covers, and the chandeliers all lit up and sparkly.


We ended up with a spare half an hour before we had to go back to work and managed to squeeze in a trip to Sushi train. Sushi is seriously the cure for everything.

Hope you are all having stress free planning days today. x

28 days out - Bridezilla, is that you?

Man I am so cranky. I don't know what is wrong with me. I feel MASSIVE amounts of stress. Work is full on this time of year. Add that to all the wedding things we still need to do. Plus Christmas is fast approaching too and I just feel completely overwhelmed today.

Mr B and I nearly killed each other at dancing last night. We just couldn't get it, and I was so fed up I nearly cried in front of the dance teacher. Good times.

The guy who was going to alter my dress says he can't do it anymore. So I need to find someone new, pronto.

My Mum said she would make the red sashed for the dresses, but now sounds like she's backing out already.

One of my bridesmaids wants to know if she can say the word penis in our wedding speech. What the? It's not my 21st. Ugh.

Another of our bridesmaids RSVP'd for their baby too. Except the only little one we were expecting is the flower girl. Our other friends are all getting baby sitters for the night, so they can let their hair down. I'm worried about a screaming baby during our ceremony, and I don't know how we're going to cart it around for photos and getting ready. But I feel like I can't say anything about it, and I feel evil for not wanting them to bring it.

I just feel like all of these things are so petty they make me sound like bridezilla.

Yet everything combined just makes me feel like my head is going to explode.

Going to inhale some chocolate biscuits - talk to you all tomorrow. x

Thank you for listening to the crazy bride.

29 days out - Iron on DIY

So you all know about the bridesmaids hoodies with the bling on the back. But I wanted everyone to feel included, so I bought some iron on bling from sparkle*and*glitz on ebay.

So, first step is to buy your item to iron the letters onto. For Mr B's mother and two Grandmas I picked out white light weight 3/4 sleeve wraps. I would have preferred a darker colour (it makes the letters stand out better) but options & time are limited.

You need to set your iron to NO steam and it's hottest setting. Then you iron the fabric flat and to make it a little warm. Max was looking on hoping for treats!


Remove the backing paper and stick to the fabric. The shiny stones come on sticky paper which you can reposition until you are happy with the placement.

Then you need to turn your fabric inside out. This is important! Do not iron onto the transfer directly! You need to hold your iron onto the back of the fabric in the area of the transfer for 15 seconds. You can move it a little bit if you're worried the fabric will burn.

It should look something like this once it's done - I know it's hard to see, but the glue on the back of the stones sort of shows through the fabric.

Then you are supposed to wait for the fabric to cool completely before you slowly peel the sticky paper off.

Because if you are impatient like me and peel while it's still hot the little stones will come away with the sticky paper! If this happens just use the tip of the iron on those stones directly and they should stick, or worse case you can stick them on with tweezers and glue.

And ta da - One Grandmother of the Groom wrap completed. I did Mother of the Bride & Groom and two Grandmother of the Grooms. I only have one Grandma and she lives in Oregon and can't make it for the wedding. I also did one for the flowergirl on a pink short sleeve hoodie.

Mr B's mothers expression when she got hers was SO worth it. She just wants to feel included.

Some people were not as impressed as others!

Wraps from Kmart $15 each + Transfers $12 = Complete item for $27. Much cheaper than I could find online. And you can put the transfers onto anything you like. A cute pair of sweat pants to wear while you get your make up done, a hoodie for your hens night, a tote bag for your honeymoon, the possibilities are endless!

Have you got anything customised for your wedding?

P.s. Did you see that 2 at the front of the days left. Eeeekkkkkkk

30 days out - Picking your battles

We're having a dessert reception. As in all we are feeding people is dessert foods. Cakes, eclairs, donuts, tarts, trifle... you get the picture. So as far as a wedding cake went we figured we'd just stick our cake topper onto one of the many cakes we'd have on offer and cut it as our wedding cake.

I noticed over on Thoughts of the All consumed bride the soon to be Mrs Beever mentioned songs for cake cutting! So thanks to her post and some of her great comments I think it is between Sugar Sugar by the Archies and How sweet it is by Marvin Gaye.

I had a baking day and tried to make one - don't laugh!

Ok, maybe do laugh. My niece and I had fun eating it all the same - it tasted divine.


However Mr B's mother kept asking us about what we were doing for a wedding cake. We had told her numerous times what I have told you above. But she just kept on asking.

Now I am a really straight up person. Say it like it is. Makes life easier when people know how you feel.

Mr B's mother on the other hand used the indirect method of communication - eg. don't tell you what I actually want, just hint at it until you hopefully get what I'm trying to say and if you don't then I'll probably hold it against you. (I do love the woman, just very different to my mother!)

We finally deciphered that the wedding cake was an important part of the wedding to her. So when she insisted that she buy us a wedding cake we said yes.

Except today I saw the receipt for the cake. Three tier, chocolate cake, white icing, 6inch/8inch/10inch - it's a small cake - $480! I nearly died.

It should look like the cake above (sorry for bad photo, it was off their computer screen on my phone!)

I imagine it looking something like this with our cake topper and a vintage glass stand.


But you know what - if it's important to her, and she wants to pay for it, who am I to rock the boat?

Personally I think it is a massive waste of money - however sometimes you have to pick your battles.

And besides, it is a lovely cake!

P.s. Anytimes in your planning you've just let people have there way to avoid the drama?

P.p.s. Any other old school cake cutting songs we should consider?