There are no words... Best Day of my life!

 

I want to say a special thanks to our photopgraphers on our day, they were amazing and I highly recommend them! The pictures are perfect in every way, more than I could ever imagine them to be and we are so glad we got the opportunity to work with these professionals.

I'm sorry for the lack of updates, honeymooning a bit.. and I haven't really digest all the impressions from that awesome day yet. It really was the best day of my life, I find it hard to describe the feeling and the emotions that day! And to have all your friends and family gathered to celebrate our love, touched me to the core.. I am forever grateful. We are now Husband and Wife, and I couldn't be happier!!!

There will be more blogposts soon, I just want to look at all the pictures from the day. I need to process the memories, before I start explaining the preparations and the events of the day. But for now we will just enjoy, remember, treasure and relax.. I love that we have a "forever-ever-ever" to look forward to, me and my gorgeous new husband.

Bridal hair style inspo!

This is the final wedding inspiration for my hair, on the big day! Fun, fun.. We'll try to get my hair style to look something like the beautiful Jessica Alba's hair above.. I've been making my own hair jewelry. I've realized that I'm not really the crown or tiara kind of person. But something soft glimmery, wintery and selfmade is really my cup of tea. A bit asymmetrical placed, to make it interesting. I'll post the final results after the wedding, I don't want to spoil the first impression of me as a bride. (For people attending..)

Wedding Invitation

Here you have them, our wedding invitations by yours truly. They have been sent out, a while ago, but it took some hours to finalize it all. Drawing, coloring, composing, typing, cutting, arranging, rearranging, glueing, writing.. that is what they call D-I-Y, my friends! A bit old school, with our grey and greens-theme(as the rest of the wedding decor). Also the hearts and pretty snowflakes in the pattern, to go with the chosen season for the event. It's getting closer, in a few days - it will be just 3 months left..!!

If I jump, you jump..

I got kidnapped this weekend and it was time for my bachelorette/hen party. Among other things, I got to go parachuting! My lovely friends, family and fiancé, tricked me.. Not cool and very scary not to know what's awaiting you, but it was awesome! Although it was a fun day, it was a very long and eventful day. I think the drinks and the bad dance moves got the best out of me and my energy at the end of the evening.. But as they have told me, you're allowed to act a little when you're wearing a crown/hat and a tutu,haha.. I had a extraordinary great day, and a great headache the day after.
The parachuting part was amazing, and it was kind of unsettling how good it felt throwing yourself out of a plane. I have scheduled to do a skydive three times before, but everytime they had to cancel due to bad weather. So I got a bit spooked, felt like I wasn't supposed to do it. So when it finally happened now, I felt extremely happy and could cross that off the bucketlist!
The part I feel the most humble and honoured about, is the way people really had put in the effort, time, planning, travel and heart to be there for me. It was really touching and fantastic, you guys are the best! The whole day, weekend really became a beautiful emotional rollercoaster!

Our Winter Wedding Pattern

Here it is! The pattern I've been working on a few days this summer. Our pattern for Our wedding, snowflakes and hearts. We're using it discreetly in the invites, the menu and for the candle light holders on the dinner tables. Plain like this, but also inverted. I'm really happy about how it turned out.
I'm finishing off the last invites this week, so it's really going to feel good when we're done with them all.

Bridal Bouquets.. so much inspiration!

I've narrowed it down to these lovely bouquets.. to be the inspiration for my own bouquet on the big day. I collected them on Pinterest, so I knew I would remember them. 

I'm not sure on the colour or the final flowers yet. Our wedding will have grey and lime/green as the theme colours. I would like some lime/greens in the bridal bouquet, as well in the corsage/boutonnieres for the men. Of course the ribbon used on the handle/also hanging down - should be grey, with maybe a little bit of silver shimmer in it. 

But this one below is really one of my favourite ones.. with perfect flowers for the winter season. That's good to think about! Or else your wedding flowers might end up costing you a fortune and the qualite of the flowers may be poor if it's not the right season for them. If you're in doubt, talk with a florist - they should know what's best!

Wedding inspiration and DIY

Gathering inspiration for the wedding and especially the invites, these last weeks.. In between working, training and enjoying the summer(have been quite good on that this year, although it's easier when served with gorgeous and hot weather). So that's why I haven't been posting new stuff that often, here on the blog. We also went on a minivacation to Gothenburg and the south of Sweden, last weekend.
But soon the invites are ready to get shipped away! We have some people living abroad that we want to invite, so it seemed good to have the invites out early. I have made my own pattern and symbols for the invites, menus and program. Now we just have to print, glue and finalize with some ribbons in the end. Who knew wedding planning could be so much fun!

DIY bridal hair comb

Found this super easy tutorial and got totally inspired to create my own hair comb for the wedding. I'm going to be on the lookout for a cool brooch or maybe light grey pearls to use. Or maybe some cute buttons, there are several possibilities! This way it will be unique, handmade and probably a lot cheaper than buying a new or vintage hair comb/jewelry.

Saving up for the Big Day!

Yes, that is what this year will be all about! Saving up for the wedding, so as a constant reminder I made a little money box with a wedding theme. I used an old can that originally contained wasabi peas(Not important to know, any box will do! But it was some tasty wasabi peas!).
I got the idea from a friend and colleague from Oslo, she always made beautiful boxes with different motifs. She actually made me one. A money box with a New York-theme, when we just had booked the tickets for our vacation there. 

The end result of my gluing on this box, came out a bit too cute for me. I kind of got hooked and once I entered that lovey-dovey state of mind - it was hard to press the Off-button! But I guess that's just what planning your wedding can do to you.. sometimes. I hope I don't get as carried away when it comes to the actual day. Please.. I beg you, if necessary, please tell me to stop or at least take a few steps back and pause - before continuing. There's a big difference between, "over the moon" and "over the top"! I'll let this money box work as a reminder for that too, as well as the savings up-part. I adore the snowflakes though!

Tu me manques..!

(As the french say - I miss you) I miss that man. But soon we'll be enjoying a vacation in the Alps and then a few days in Copenhagen. A very good way to end this long wait!It's good also that he's coming home, so we can get cracking on the wedding plans - or to enlight him of the plans already made! Nooo, just kiddin'.. I'm not that Bridezilla yet. I just have A LOT of ideas to share with him! ;D If you're curious of some of my wedding ideas check out my Pinterest board 'Wedding plans'.

By the way, this lovely mirror was hidden in my parents garage.. together with this colorful pillow! Ohh, I love my parents garage. It's been my gold mine for years.. It's like a Mary Poppins-bag, interesting things just keep on popping out of it! 

At distance.. again.

It's hard being apart. Starting to feel like a pro on long distance relationship, but this time it feels even harder. Although I'll go and visit him. But I sure do hope these months will pass by quickly this time.

Oh, by the way.. We've set a date, and booked a place. It will be a winter wedding, of course. Exciting, isn't it!? H+N