swings and roundabouts

hey all,






Wedding planning I've decided is like swings and roundabouts , my ideas keep evolving one idea can be thrown out and another idea can roll onto another idea ..... pinterest has helped me loads in my planning getting all my ideas i one place see it all together!! if you haven't yet discovered pinterest it's like marmite you either love it or hate it .... and like marmite i love it :D ha ha i've now got several friends already addicted to the site too!! it's quite a pain to actually join you have to sent an invite to join but its a hell of a lot easier if you know someone who's already a pinner to send you an invite !!! 




Any way at the moment we've fell in love with the yellow and blue thing it all started off when I found a venue dromquinna manor love the boat house it's got a bit of an american feel about it i think ..... so i've put some images together if the feel we are going with it's got a much softer more feminine feel to it :) 


i hope you like xx

image from dromquinna manor

 image from style me pretty

images from pinterest 

people are actually reading this!!

first I have to say thank you to everyone who has been reading my blog I can't believe I got 30 page views today!!! madness!! so thank you so so so so much!! I would snog you all if I could !! ha ha I hope you've all enjoyed what I've tried to write / ramble!!! And if you don't want to miss another beautifully fantastically written blog post please follow me!!!! :)


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love bon xxx

and they lived happily ever after

 me being a wee bit excited with my magazine!! excuse the no make up!!!




eeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkk iv heard the rumours that there was finally a magazine on the high street that wasn't all conveyer type bullshit (excuse my language but i really hate them) so I decided to check it out I wasn't disappointed finally a magazine that understands that every bride is different that not all brides want the same type of wedding as everyone else .... who even decided that is what a wedding should look like?? obviously it's nice to have the traditions but what traditions to keep are up to the brides and grooms not the big bosses sat laughing at their desks....... so for £2.95 ( cheaper than a lot of the other  magazines out there) I got awesome weddings the type I wished i'd be invited too and some really cool d.i.y ideas that yo know i'm going to be trying!!! haha

also on saturday we are having our engagement photos done by the lovely terri warner can't wait hopefully oak doesn't start throwing up like he did last time we tried to get them done!!!!

my baby girl violet when she was a bridesmaid for my mum :) taken by terri xx




thats all for now !!


love and strawberry milkshake doughnuts bon xx

thank goodness for bleach!!

haha bit of a weird title  I know!! but after all the stress I most definitely have quite a few more grey hairs!!!

the weekend just gone was mine and oaks engagement party oh my days the stress was un real I am probably the most laid back person I really hated it the build up to it (except getting my ring ) haha and to be fair Im not sure it was even worth it we had an amazing time till the end and good old alcohol decided to ram a cactus up a few peoples arses and ruined my night me and oak ended up rowing with each other so what I thought was going to be an evening of sexiness turned into me crying  myself to sleep :( so I've not been the happiest bunny ever buttttttttttttt it's done now the cakes were lush as was the food!! I swear my mouth is still burning from the onion bhajis ha ha ohhhh and one other little thing I got proposed to again oak was so nervous I couldn't help but laugh at him ( I'm such a supportive girlfriend!!) the last proposal was a very drunken one at the top of the stairs and we nearly fell down...... my ring is beautiful!!

i love it :)

we also have kittens!!!!!! my beautiful buttercup has had 4 kittens 

from left - right selene , socks , tilly and cheeky :) think you can tell which ones I named and which ones the kids called ha ha :)

oh and I'm also a blondie now well it's kinda a candyfloss colour really light blonde and baby pink!!! I'm actually loving it finally happy with the colour!! not impressed with the roots though!! 2 days after colouring it and I had roots!!! whats that about!!!



i've also been looking for some new blogs to read of a night time and I came across call me Lucille oh my days serious girl crush on this lady!!!! Her style is amaze balls!! please check it out if you love 40s 50s clothes and hair styles!!

p.s I want her wardrobe!!!!!


anyways I'm off to get some kitten love and get this house sorted!!!!!



mwah love and craziness bon xx

oh wedding dress oh wedding dress........

how beautiful are your ruffles...............

           bloody gorgeous oh i know every girl once they have found the dress is alllllll swooney etc but oh my god i love it!!!!!!! it's something totally not what i thought i would pick its big girly and ivory!!!!! hmmmmmmmmmm :) so one happy bunny here!! my beautiful mum brought it for me as they are putting some money toward the wedding and its helped out loads!! i got my dress from a lovely shop called true romantica bridal in Kenilworth!


                                          http://www.trueromanticabridal.co.uk/   

absolutely awesome shop!! the girls are amazing in there you really do feel like a princess when you go in they are the right amount of honest about what suits you and they know when you know the dress is the 1 !! oh i could rave for days about the shop !! ha-ha

we still haven't set a date that is next on our list of things to do!! still love st Marys guildhall........ so we will have to see what happens!!

yesterday we also got some gorgeous glass cake stands and pretty side plates from oxfam :)
they will look lush on the dessert table but I'm not sure whether to go all out and have vintage main plates too.......... or just keep it for the puddings ??? I also need to decide on cake flavours what would be most popular ..... chocolate fudge cake......... what wouldn't be ........ coffee and walnut??? suppose i will just have to bake loads and try loads hahaha :)

the group i set up on face book is going well got 118 members now!!!! :)  not that many brides but lots of companies all across the Midlands its kinda awesome that the Midlands has so many fantastic companies to help with your wedding!!!

well I'm off now to do the housework ohhhhh joy!!!! where are house work faeries when you need them!!??

m.i.a sorry!!

hey all i'm so sorry i've been missing in action!! it's been so hectic kids with the chicken pox followed by half term god i need a holiday sharpish!! 


anyway it's getting closer to our engagement party (still no ring!!!!!!!!) weight loss isn't going great i have just eaten my entire body weight in chinese food :( but it was sooooooooooooooooooo good! 


i've lost some still nearly at the 11stone mark!! so just over a stone to go i'd say depends what i look like don't want to be too thin ( i love my boobs too much!) going jogging again tomo really love it i do more of a brisk walk but better than sitting on my bum! 


i'm also counting down the days of when my dress in the shop!!!!! march!!!!!!!! eek !! 
everything is happening so fast! hard to believe we want to get married in about a year! but i'm looking forward to it making our own wedding! :) 


well thats a little catch up! i will speak to you all tomorrow! 


                  bon xxx

valentines day ideas........

If your a sucker for lurve then I can't think of a better day to get married than valentines day!! 


So do you go for the red love heart theme?? 

 bravobride.com

or what about alice in wonderland theme????? 

check out these bad boys!!!!!!!! ( above!!!)

what about this cake?????? :) 

awesome table centre pieces!! :) very d.i.y

love this group shot

very effective and keeping with the red love heart theme :) 

who can resist vintage china ?? and then add cake in there too?????? oh hell this girl has gone to heaven!! hahahaha would make amazing favours or a cute litlle dessert :) 

mmmmmmmmmmm cookies :) these would make gorgeous favours aswell!! might even do a few for our engagement party!!!

Or how about a corpse bride theme????? Hell how many more tim burton films can we get in???!!! hahaha!! 























so thats it from me!! I narrowed these pics down from over 150!! haha so thank you google!