Although I’m not religious I’m not one to say no to four days off together so we’re off to Dingle and Abbeyfeale for the weekend so I will bid you all a very Happy Easter. I hope to get some crafty photos taken over the weekend and should have a few posts for you all next week.
So, how do you set the date of your wedding when you’re not going down the traditional route? In our case we had Summer 2010 in mind and taking the World Cup into consideration (I was deeply concerned about same, as you can imagine) we decided that late July/early August would be best. Then we spoke to the manager of the venue and found out that July is their quietest month so she advised us that we could have any Friday or Saturday in July 2010. After that we had a look at the calendar and decided on 23rd/24th July.
Next step was making it official. I checked the website groireland and got the number for the registry office in Limerick. If you’re looking for a Civil Ceremony you will be put through to the Registrar and he/she will go through the process with you. But basically it’s like booking an appointment with the hairdresser.
Him: When were you thinking?
Me: July 2010, do you do Saturdays?
Him: No, only Monday to Friday?
Me: Would you be able to do the ceremony in our reception venue?
Him: Only on Wednesday.
Me: Oookay then, what about Friday 23rd July 2010?
Him: No problem, what time would you like?
Me: How about 1pm?
Him: Ah sure we’ll be on lunch at that time, we can do 12.30.
Me: OK, see you then.
And just like that I’d arranged the date and time that we would sign our lives over to each other. Whether you’re doing the Civil or Religious ceremony you still need to give three months notice in person of your intention to marry so I also made that appointment for later in the year. The registrar sent out all the forms that day and also the list of documents that we need to bring with us. I’ve filed these away in my new accordion file devoted to the Big Day (I seriously recommend one of these files to keep all your bits and pieces together, I got mine in Easons for €10). I would also recommend that you get two notebooks, one small one that will fit in any handbag for jotting down things on the move and one larger one to take to meetings with vendors etc.
Another organisation tip is google documents. I’ve done out our budgets (one for the party and one for other stuff like rings, outfits etc) and our guestlist on a google spreadsheet with a seperate sheet for the three things I mentioned above. I’ve shared this with my SO so that both of us can access and make changes to things at any time and of course we can access the info anywhere in the world (made all the easier by my SO’s iphone).
PS: I have a few crafty projects on the go so it should be business as usual here in the next few days and you’ll have a break from the wedding stuff.
To gather my ideas together in some kind of organised fashion I decided to make an inspiration board using mosaic maker. The mosaic below should give you all some kind if idea of what I* have in mind.
Here are the links to the original Pics
*Note: I feel the urge to say “we” but in fairness his prioroties for the wedding are different to mine and since this is my blog I’ll most likely be focusing on what’s going on for me. Being focused on different things seems to be a very positive thing because it means that every angle will get covered. Predictably, I seem to be focusing on stationary, decoration, dresses, flowers (both crochet and fresh), the guest list and how I’m going to fit a pair of Louboutins into the budget 
And my SO seems to be focusing on food and audio visual stuff. I’m sure some of you will be interested in those things too so I will try to blog about those too.
