Sunday Thoughts: Organisation is the key

Another week is over and a new one is just around the corner. I'm really shocked how time has flown over this year. It feels like one minute I was getting my head in a spin as to whether my partner was going to propose and next month it will be exactly one year until we get married...I've been engaged nearly a year and a half, it feels like yesterday. I also can't believe I'm getting towards the end of my university holidays. One and a half months left and I feel that if I blink, i'll be sat in the university library crying my eyes out that the holidays are over. This year is going to be massive. Wedding planning, moving house, getting a new job and hopefully finishing university with a decent degree. It's mind boggling how many things i'm going to be juggling, but as long as I have my diary besides me, I know i'll get through it. Organisation is definitely the key.

So, less talk about the future, what's going on in my life now. Every now and then it's nice to take a break from discussing fashion and beauty and tell you all what's going on in my life. Currently, I have a border terrier that isn't mine sat at the end of my bed with his legs in a weird frogs legs position. Me and my parents are looking after a family friends dog called 'Ollie'. He's a sweet little thing, very well behaved and although he resembles a grumpy old man, he's rather cute. The downside? The quote 'make yourself at home' never seemed so appropriate. He has taken full reign of the house and my teeny Yorkshire Terrier is quivering with jealously. At least it's a temporary measure and we only have the little chap until Friday.

Ollie!

My doggy wearing his reindeer hoody because he's cold!

Secondly, as I have mentioned before, I have a very busy year starting from September and I've now made myself even busier by enrolling onto an Italian course. I love nothing more than learning new skills and although I'm at university, I felt eager to learn something different. I hope I become good enough to eventually write a short post in Italian for some of my European followers. It will be challenging, but so much fun.

Finally, coming up on the blog this week I have lots of exciting and very pretty products to show you. There's even more hair posts, beauty posts and a glimpse into my week as very exciting things are about to hopefully happen.

Are you doing anything exciting in the near future?

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Here comes the bride - Wedding Invitations

As many of you will know, in just over a year's time I will be getting married and right now, the pressure is on to get all the preparations started. Before I got engaged, I envisioned myself as a Bridezilla knowing exactly how I wanted things and frequently throwing temper tantrums. In fact, I'm now completely the opposite. I'm calm, collected and I have a kind of 'don't really care aslong as I get married' attitude. The struggles me and James have faced during our times together and the loss of some really prevalent people in our lives has made us realise that we could get married in shack and still be insanely happy. We're looking for a low key, intimate affair with friends and family being our focus. 

Sometimes having a laid back attitude is the best way, but then again, there is a time when it becomes borderline lazy. I admit, I've very much become that person. I keep looking at the list getting all excited and then when I realise how much work I have to do, I freeze and try to distract myself.  I really underestimated how much there is to arrange when you get married. I mean - I don't know the difference between chrysanthemums and gypsophilas and don't even get me started on the various descriptions of wedding dresses which all inevitably conclude they are the same colour, white. 

Despite all this ranting, I'm very much excited about the wedding and marrying my handome prince. Aslong as we make it down the asile in one piece, I'll be a happy bunny. To make sure there is a wedding to attend, it's vital that I start looking into wedding invitations. I'm intending for all my wedding invitations to be sent out before the middle of September and I haven't really started the search. Recently I came across a few designs on Vistaprint. Vistaprint was never my choice of wedding invitation makers, until I came across this design.

I love the little flowers and the simplicity of this invitation. When dreaming of my perfect invites, I was looking for something along these lines. I'm not a frilly type of person and I don't want to invest a huge amount into invitations when the majority of them will be thrown away. I love the price range of these invitations (10 for £12.74) and I think they look rather classy. With all these thoughts pottering round my mind, I ordered a few samples and when they arrived, I was really impressed.

The card seems really sturdy, which is great as you know the wont get damaged in the post and the gloss makes them look more appealing. The text is simple yet pretty and the border looks vintage which fits in with my wedding theme.

The design is replicated on the inside of the invite, along with the same text for the information. On this sample, you can see I have made a few mistakes, but for a tester it looks really good. I've shaded my wedding date and information for privacy reasons. As much as I love you all and would love to invite you all to my wedding, I simply do not have the catering budget!

What do you think of these designs?

http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/

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