Location, Location, Location

I’ve done it! It’s taken over 3 months, scores of venue visits and a few tears but I have finally set a date, secured a church, booked the venue and practically decided on my dress. I was so determined not to become bridezilla that I went the other way and became so laid back that I was complacent. Don’t make the same mistake!!! Thankfully the main elements of the day have been arranged so now I can just enjoy planning all the fun bits. Phew!

My venue* is the totally gorgeous Number One Marylebone, www.onemarylebone.com , voted no.2 in a list of the Top 20 venues in the UK by Event Magazine last year, and I’m thrilled to have managed to get the date I want. So on October 2nd 2010 I will leave the title of Miss Walsh behind and become Mrs Stott (except for work that is, well a girl has to keep some of her identity doesn’t she?).

My day will start at 2pm with a Roman Catholic service at the beautiful Farm Street Church in Mayfair. It’s right next door to Guy Richie’s pub the Punch Bowl so I can guarantee that my groom will be in there for a bit of Dutch courage before he steps foot in the church. I’m sure half of my guests will probably pile in there too on the off chance of seeing a celeb.

Now I have to find a florist who can really make everything come to life so if you have a suggestion for a London based florist I’d be thrilled to hear from you. I am looking into Zita Elze www.zitaelze.com and Mathew Dickenson www.mathewdickinsonflowers.com/ at the moment!

6 months to go and counting, I’m really rather excited!!

Speak soon,

Luce

*If you too are organising a chic city wedding, why not check out The Grand Connaught Rooms www.grandconnaughtrooms.com or even The White House www.whitehouselondon.com

The Personal Touch

We went to a wedding the other week which was so personal to the couple it really reflected their personalities. They are incredibly funny and the whole day was side splitting including the bride walking down the aisle to Star Wars Death march (incase you don’t know what that sounds like click here) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8 and the tables being named after dead pets!! OK, it’s not to everyone’s liking but what it did show is how important it is to make your wedding about you. It got me thinking about what personal touches Chris and I could do to make our wedding day memorable. Chris is a real whiskey fan and so we’re going to give all the male guests mini bottles of Laphroaig single malt whiskey as wedding favours. They are so cute and come in a little presentation case. For the ladies I’m going to give them little crystal perfume bottles from Lavenders of London which I found at the National Wedding Show www.lavendersoflondon.com/Wedding_Accessories/Favour_ideas/


I absolutely love hot food, the more chilli’s the better, so I’ve found miniature Tabasco bottles that you can have a personalised message on printed on. I’m going have our names and the date of our wedding added and tie them to each napkin with a red ribbon as something for people to remember the day by. I’ve also decided to have chilli’s placed amongst the flowers in my bouquet and in the flowers at the reception which I think will look really great and be totally personal to me.

It’s definitely the little quirky things that I remember from other peoples weddings and I hope that what we’re doing will make people smile.

Let me know if you’re doing anything that you haven’t seen before or if you’ve been to a wedding that had a really great point of difference.

Luce x

Maids with a difference

I have managed to find some fab 1950’s style bridesmaid dresses for my bridesmaids. I am having 3 adult maids and want their dresses to look like different variations along a similar theme. I have decided to go for prom style dresses in a really rich red with huge petticoats of the same colour. My 3 maids will each have a different neckline meaning they can personalise their dress and wear the shape that suits them best. I’m now worried that they might look better than I do walking down the aisle so I really need to up my game and find the perfect wedding dress.

Luce xx