Ice cream and Cakes

How about this for a cute, fun and retro wedding?

This cake and ice-cream board evokes the 1950s - bridesmaids in taffeta prom dresses and the groomsmen in bow ties.

Cakes, cherry pies and lemonade cocktails on the back lawn.

Sorbet colours, pastels and sunshine...

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This was my first attempt at an inspiration board on the style me pretty's new style circle.

My inspiration for this board came from the soft grey's of the bridesmaid dresses and the table linen. Both are so elegant and by combining them with beautiful flowers in bright pinks and yellows means that the day can be classic, elegant and stylish whilst still being fun and showing personality.  The rustic style pies and glass urns filled with cocktails and fruit juices are a must-have for our outdoorsy wedding and I love all the extra little details such as the paper lanterns and the recycled glass jars used as vases.

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Inspiration Boards

I'm very excited today because of the launch of the Style Circle from the amazing team that brought me Style Me Pretty! 

The website is absolutely amazing- you can create your own profile, talk to other brides and make the most amazing inspiration boards without any hassle! It launched today and I suggest you get your butts down there to have a look at it and have a play around with your own boards!

Have a good day

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Peek: The Birds, the Bees and the Butterflies

The more I search for inspiration for a late summer wedding the more beautiful and original things i find that I would love to incorporate into my own wedding. How about a classic, fun, whimsical theme such as this one: The birds, the bees and the butterflies...

The headpiece above is designed by etsy seller Whichgoose and is just one of her beautiful and fun designs. How gorgeous would these look on your bridesmaids or flower girls? 

I'm feeling inspired so I'm going to draw up some more inspiration and I'll get back to you on this theme...

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Cake Toppers

How adorable are these little cake toppers? They are made by Lauren Alane on Etsy and can be customized to suit the couple. 

Scott and myself like the top birds best - the ones with the little ipod and are planning to use these instead of traditional (and unfortunately sometimes boring) cake-toppers of couples or rings :-) 

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Our Pram

We chose our pram today :-)

It was a much more complicated procedure than I ever imagined that it would be - there are so many different types out there - it's as hard as buying a bloody car! But we got there in the end and chose the Mothercare Mychoice 4-wheeler in bright red with the Maxi-Cosi Cabriofix carseat. Its so perfect, I completely fell in love with it whilst pushing it around the store and folding it up (one handed woo!). The people in the store must've thought we were right crazies walking around trying out hundreds of different prams!

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OMG! Big surprise!

Wow Wow Wow Wow!

We have had some very exciting news recently (hence the complete lack of blogging) and now I can officially share it with the world because Scott and I are expecting our first baby!

I am four months (sixteen weeks and four days) pregnant with our baby :-) and am due between the 25th December and the 6th January!

Of course this is a majorly exciting time for us - made even more special due to the fact that, for a long time, I was told that due to endometriosis and cysts on my womb, that I was likely to be infertile. Getting pregnant has been a complete dream come true for us and we are so proud to have been given this opportunity.

Popular opinion on the pregnancy is a little bit irregular - some people are very happy for us, whereas others think that we are much too young to be considering having a child (I am 20 and Scott is 21), however in our opinion the perfect time for having a child is whenever you are lucky enough to have one! 

So many people in this world can't have children, and I know what it feels like to think that you will never be a mum, so to me the most important thing is that a child is wanted, loved and that the parents (or parent) is willing to try hard to raise the child that they have been blessed with. 

Im going to be updating the blog pretty regularly from now on with all things baby related. The wedding has, of course, been postponed, however my planning head is still 'in the zone' and so I won't be stopping the inspiration stuff that I love to post up here :-)

Hope our news finds you well and happy, just like we are

Lots of love 

Alex and Scott

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