Our blogging bride Grace celebrated her official send off to married life at the weekend surrounded by her hens
After 10 months of planning my much awaited hen weekend was finally upon us, and despite the torrential rain (well it is England) a fantastic time was had by all. 17 of my bessie mates, family and family-to-be descended on Bournemouth for a girly weekend from as far afield as South Africa.
On Friday night, a girly night was planned – my maid of honour Katherine, arranged for a pamper party service to come to the house (decked in Hen Party decorations!), so we had treatments such as massages, facials and pedicures in between sips of cocktails and girly banter. National Wedding Show exhibitor ‘Blush’ offer a great pamper party package; see the website for more details http://www.blush.uk.com/parties.php. My bridesmaid Louise also surprised us with some fun games which were a hoot after a few rounds of drinks.
On Saturday our beach picnic was rained off so we had afternoon tea which my maid of honour planned – as I have mentioned in a previous blog, I am a cake fanatic so it really was my heaven!
In the evening we all got glammed up and went to an amazing restaurant overlooking the sea – my mum had arranged for us to hire the private room, which was basically a glass box perched on a cliff, very dramatic and the food was amazing. No hen party is complete without dancing the night away, my bridesmaid Louise arranged for us to go to a club where my all time favourite DJ was playing; I was over the moon!
All in all it was a wonderful send off for me into the world of marriage-hood, spent with the people who mean more to me than anything. My bridesmaids’, friends and family went to so much effort to make sure it really was perfect!
A hen party should be something personal to you, for some more unusual ideas for hen parties, the National Wedding Show has it all – from haunted house experiences with Haunted Happenings http://www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk/ to bridal confidence coaching with an ex supermodel Michele Paradise https://mail.goodresults.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.micheleparadise.com/bigday, dance workshops with Dance Experiences https://mail.goodresults.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.dancexperiences.co.uk to bespoke millinery courses with luxury hat maker Janie Lawson www.janielawson.com/janielawsonmillc.html
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