SWAMPS’ POSTS: Sagas Of A Tattooed Bride – April

april meOh isn’t Swamps gorgeous? I’m dying to see her all in her dress – Not so long now! I’ll hand straight over to her today where it’s all about..

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Hello you bunch of lovelies. I hope you have all had a super lovely Easter and the Easter Bunny brought you LOADS of chocolaty goodness. I, however, am now ALL SYSTEMS GO on the wedding bod’ and therefore the most exciting thing I shall be eating will be a banana for energy before ‘pumping some iron’ down the gymio! Yawnnnn! I also hope that your fellow fiancés have not played any horrible April fools jokes on you that is making you reconsider marrying them. This may seem a little extreme I appreciate, however, the year Matt pretended my car had been stolen was not AT ALL funny. Frankly he is lucky to not have been charged with wasting police time when I very nearly called 999!!! Naughty boy.

So I am sure all of you fellow brides will be able to relate to me when I say there is a definite wedding lull after the initial excitement of getting engaged and starting your preparations. You start looking for venues and you think “oh em gee, I’m going to be sooooo busy!” purely based on how stressful people say the experience is.  Then this is followed by giving your notice of marriage, which I feel I shouldn’t brush over too lightly. We had heard that it was a rather nerve racking ordeal. My understanding was that the only two circumstances where we would have a problem would be if Matt was in fact a sibling of mine, which would be the only time I would condone the phrase “the awkward moment when…” or if either of us were already married, which I was fairly certain we weren’t  You’ll be glad to hear this was confirmed at the meeting along with us not marrying to gain British citizenship…Phew!! Matt spent the half an hour before our appointment quizzing up on me and everything relating to me. This extended to what my favourite food was. Alas, they weren’t looking for that kind of detail. We did have a small discrepancy on what each others job titles were, but the nice lady decided to give us the benefit of the doubt. Who REALLY knows what their partner actually does, pfft! (Most people do I know haha). Apologies, I digress, where was I… Oh yes, being totally bored of having nothing wedding related to plan. So in the quieter weeks where I had nothing to do I spend this time cramming my head full of lots of wedding inspiration. This is what I will grace Rachael’s lovely blog with this week. 

Once I had chosen my dress my next source of wedding excitement was my accessories to the day. I am hoping that my accessories issue will compliment Rebekah’s ‘Accessories Ahoy!’ post and help you pull a few more ideas to the table for your own super lovely wedding’s. I too share her love of all things moustache. It’s a rather unexplainable and irrational adoration, but I know that we are not alone. Matt Bee has had THE most magnificent moustache when I met him.

2013-04-11_0001He has continued to surprise me with his fine array of facial hair throughout our relationship. He’s like a facial hair chameleon, never a dull day without a whisker related surprise!  Continue reading

A Red And Black Wedding – Louise & Richie

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“The day was perfect from start to finish and we wouldn’t have changed a single thing.”

Louise & Richie met through mutual friends in 2005 but didn’t get together straight away. When they eventually did, they moved into a bungalow aptly named “The Bungalow Of Rock”. Two years later, Richie proposed at the top of the London Eye at sunset – A perfect time during Louise’s 30th birthday outing.

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The only DIY element was stamping the guests names on our seating plan and place cards. It was fun until I realised I’d ordered a kit containing one stamp of each letter. So printing names like Tara, Penny and Donna proved difficult!

lu richie-142I currently only have one tattoo which is a ½ sleeve on my right arm. I knew I wanted a 50’s style dress from the word go and after researching some designs I did chose a sleeveless one so my tattoo would be on show. It’s beautifully bright and represents change and personal growth so was significant in my journey to becoming Mrs P. (however I added a fake fur jacket for the evening as our wedding was in October and there was a chill in the air!) Continue reading

ACCESSORIES AHOY! Introducing – Jade Murray of Ginger Pickle

Today I’ll be handing straight over to Rebekah who has had the chance to chat to one awesome lady whose products I’ve had the chance to wear recently!

I started writing blog posts for a very simple reason. I would spend hours finding images or sites that I loved and wanted to share it with others. Inspiration can come to you in many forms and I hope that what I post will inspire you. One such find is the online boutique Ginger Pickle.

Ginger Pickle is an online boutique created by the beautiful and talented Jade Murray. It is filled with affordable handmade gifts from British designers that you will want to check out. I had the privilege of finding out her inspirations and favourites from the boutique.

Introducing …

Jade Murray of Ginger Pickle

What was the inspiration for starting your boutique?

“I set up Ginger Pickle shortly after graduating from art school [Aberdeen, Scotland]. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do as a career and it was at this moment I decided to set up an online shop full of everything I love. I love creativity and want to promote the wonderful artists and designers I have came across over the years.” Continue reading

A Rock Chic Wedding – Emma & Kyle

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I know, I’ve been teasing you this week with this wedding – But now it’s here! Featuring amazing photography (as always) from Tux & Tales Photography, beautiful DIY flowers, the coolest couple ever, an awesome Nightmare Before Christmas tattoo and a “first MOSH” instead of a first dance! I can’t wait for you to see the rest!

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We met at a skate park because we’re grown ups, honest.

He was bouncing all over the place on his BMX and that was us practically living together within no time at all. So we got engaged and married a year exactly from our engagement.

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More can be found on my website www.fairytaleasylum.com where I’ve put info on our engagement and how we met into my blog along with pictures of ducks (everyone likes ducks, makes a change from cats) and stuffs.

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