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Diary of a Crazed Bride-to-Be (Entry 2)

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Good God. On Wednesday the 13th May I had my first meeting with a florist. Flowers ... how expensive can they be, right? Well, it turns out... VERY . Very as in over 3 x the cost of the actual venue we had in mind!!!! For a bunch of plants that are just going to wilt and die after a couple of hours anyway! What the HELL?! Thank God I've planned to get hitched in a forest - hopefully nature can just sort itself out and be pretty. * Here's my top tip this entry: Figure out if your desired flowers and plants are in season during the month you plan to get married. I jumped at the chance to set a date, making it for late February next year... but now my dream of an enchanted forest theme covered in moss is pretty unrealistic because in South Africa, February is one of our driest months.  Moss likes moisture... so my little dreamy vision may always be just that... a dreamy vision.  Talk about crushing your dreams. * I've started looking at little wedding favors and gifts for my m...

Hairstyle with Braid - Wedding Updo, Bridal Hair Idea

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 Hairstyles with braids will always be timeless, modern, chic, youthful, romantic and weaving in some  pretty white flowers into the braids will  instantly turn it into a wedding-bridal updo look.   Please note that my mannequin's hair is quite thin  and black, which therefor, does not show hair textures very well in photos, like blonde hair.  Moreover,  her hair line and  is different from our own so her scalp will be more noticeable in the photos. I ran out of black bobbi pins in the middle of this hair tutorial so you might see a blond bobbi pin here and there, sorry! lol... I started this blog with the intention of doing it on my own hair....then I realized, I couldnt take photo's with both of my hands busy...And this is why I ended up doing it on my doll.  Anyway, if you look at my hair parting in this photo, that's what it should look like. Doll before photo I didn't curl my mannequin's hair because she's not going anywhere, but ...