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08/09/2008
  The centrepieces in the making - jelly was Crystal Accent ($1), lights are called Floralytes ($3), all from Ebay Centrepiece Our ring boxes - we used these instead of a ring cushion - around $25 for 2 from Amazon.com DIY seating chart - cost around $5 My make up My garter set - from Ebay (favourfrenzy), around $15 My shoes - Coloriffics Sierra, around $80 The flower girls' dress - www.johnlewis.com - around $100 Our daughter as flower girl and her dress from www.johnlewis.com - $100 Flowergirls' shoes - H&M, around $20 Our Programs - DIY, pretty much FREE Our bubbles - Ebay, $20 for 72 bubbles Gentlemen's favour - a Hungarian delicacy, miniature alcohol - around $5 each The Ladies' favour - white fans with our names and the date etched in - $3 each The venue - Polus Palace Golf and Spa Hotel, Hungary The Venue - Polus Palace Golf and Spa Hotel, Hungary MOH's dress - Alfred Angelo - but purchased from the best Wedding Dress vendor:elegantfashionoutlet on Ebay. Dress: $150 My hair - a bow updo My dress, again Alfred Angelo 1516, purchased from elegantfashionoutlet on Ebay for $499!!!! My dress from the back - Alfred Angelo 1516 The registrar's table decoration - $10 Hibiscus Champagne which our guests loved - www.wildhibiscus.com - $35 for 50 flowers The Bride and Groom ermmm The fireworks The fireworks Our little family Daddy and Nia Our tricolor cake Our surprise dance Oh yeah.. My second dress - bargain from Ebay Seller dress_it_plus_size - around $60 and everybody thought it was Designer! My second dress - bargain from Ebay Seller dress_it_plus_size - around $60                                  |
A Bride's experiences - this is my Goodbye!
Pics with vendors' names and costs
So, as I promised here are some more photos about the wedding, the dance, the fireworks and the party. We're not gonna have the second clip for a while now, so I decided to put here the raw pics we've got. I put a little explanation under each picture and the names of the vendors and how much things cost.
And now about the wedding... The whole day was fantastic... My girlfriends all popped in during the morning to have some champagne, pizza and chocolate, to help out with the decorating and to keep me happy. The centrepieces turned out absolutely stunning and apart from the flowers each centrepiece only cost around $30 including the mirrors! The guests loved the decoration, and a lot of them asked if they could take the diamonds home as souvenirs!! When it got dark, the Floralytes kicked in and they illuminated the flowers beautifully. Again, for around $3 a piece they were a bargain from Ebay but everybody loved it and the Hotel asked me for the vendor's name as they wanna use them in the future. The ceremony had the first of the few hiccups: my bouquet went AWOL and I had to walk down the aisle without it!! Eek. Nevermind, most of the people didn't notice it and I decided not to worry about it. The ceremony was in Hungarian but all the British guests had an exact translation in their Program booklet. We wanted to have a translator but it would have cost us $$$$$, so we decided to do a little DIY, and just print these booklets ourselves. The whole thing cost us around $20 and looked really sweet and simple. We ended up having the bubbles which was a great idea (and a cheap one) and looked great in the pics. Also, the kids were really quiet at the ceremony as they were busy blowing bubbles... The rest of the evening was a blast. We had buffet dinner, which I recommend to everyone instead of the sit-down meals. It gave our guests a much wider choice of food, they didn't mind getting up and serving themselves, they could go back for a second helping AND it cost us half a sit-down served meal. We had an open bar which was sort of a half-mistake. Our guests were getting drunk pretty quickly (and our tab was running out of control) so we had to put in a break when for an hour there was no alcohol served, only what was already on the tables (and believe me that was plenty already!!). The fireworks was a HUGE success!!! If you can do it and afford it, I say go for it! Even if it's only a couple of minutes...you'll have the most amazing pictures and your guests will always remember it. As some of you may remember, Jason and I decided to have a surprise dance... hmmm... that was interesting!! We had no time to practice as we spent the last 3 weeks before the wedding in different countries, but we gave it our best. You can see the result here (sorry, the last bit of our dance is missing...): All in all, it was a fantastic day. I had awful morning sickness all day, so I went to bed at 11pm. Everybody had a brilliant time, and I wouldn't change a thing. My only good advice is: -Enjoy your day! -Don't worry about things going wrong, no one will notice them! -If you have an open bar and you fear your guests getting too drunk too quickly, makes sense to ask the staff not to serve spirits at the beginning. After dinner they can start serving a bit stronger stuff if people are still ok. -And... our wedding was only with 50 guests but we still ended up running around and taking care of everything. If you can get a Wedding Planner just for the day, you'll thank yourself as that will be probably your best investment. -Make sure you know your photographer's style. We had a stress-free day as from day one our photographer and I were on the same wavelength. The pictures speak for themselves.. Well, thanks for reading my novel and I wish all of you happy planning and an even HAPPIER WEDDING!! Bye! |
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08/02/2008
  The groom and the 2 Moms |
Our wedding photos
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This is only Part1. Part2 is coming soon with the dinner, first dance, fireworks and the party. |
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07/22/2008
  The Happy Couple Fireworks Us after the ceremony Doing the Cameo Candy Rock n Roll!      |
Mr and Mrs Roberts' first pics
Just the first few for you to see...
So, we done it!
Here are the first pics, soon more to come. In a few days I'll post a proper wedding post with all the details. Until then, enjoy! |
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07/18/2008
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Last post till wedding!! Ladies, please wish us luck!
Well, here we are.
Tomorrow is the BIG day, so the wait is over. These last couple of weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster with financial worries, family dramas, a pregnancy, lots of arguments but also lots of laughter, and now we're here. So, tomorrow I'll walk down the aisle and then later I'll raise my glass to ALL of you lovely girls who gave me ideas, support, advice and a shoulder to cry on or vent sometimes. So THANK YOU once again. Houston, out. |
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07/09/2008
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Here comes the (slightly) pregnant Bride...
Yayyyyyyyyy!
Oh yeah, I am 5 weeks pregnant and couldn't be happier. I guess it'll be a very sober wedding for me after all...
Ps: Can't add photos for some reason...grrr |
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06/29/2008
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Anybody else is having a bilingual wedding?
I was wondering, is anybody else having a bilingual wedding?
I was born in Hungary and all my family still lives there. I've been living in London, England for like a gazillion years now and hubby is British, too. We covered the ceremony and the speeches with a translator but I was wondering how the rest of the night will go. Any brides out there with bilingual (or even multi-lingual) wedding party? |
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06/25/2008
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SURPRISE WEDDING DANCE- Please Vote! Which one should we go for?
Right, I never asked you ladies to vote but the day has come that I am totally clueless and frustrated with our surprise first dance.
First we wanted to do this: But after practising it once or twice we realised that I CAN NOT breakdance/pop&lock to save my life. Then we decided to go down the hip-hop route as that's more FI's territory. We didn't want to do the Baby Got Back dance as we wanted something original. So we decided we'd dance to Ice Cube: U Can Do It which is pretty rude but I like the beat and I don't mind rude... ;o) After practising THAT a few times we realised that either we do the 'rude bwoy & gal' grinding dance which may not please my Dad too much or we break into some serious krumping which may result in us being rushed to hospital with multiple fractures. See, I'm alright dancing in a club when no one's watching but I ain't no Usher or JT to bust those moves... So we arrived at Pulp Fiction. Nice and easy... And I LOVED the film. So question: WHICH ONE IS THE WINNER FOR YOU??? UPDATE: We've got the winning combo: Afrika Bambaataa: Looking for the Perfect Beat (breakdance) Michael Jackson: Thriller (Thriller moves) MC Hammer: Can't Touch This (MC H moves) Grease: Grease Lightning (Grease moves) Pulp Fiction Dance YAY!!! |
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06/21/2008
  My garter set - EBAY Ring boxes instead of ring cushion - Amazon.com Bubbles for guests - EBAY Mini coloring books for kids - EBAY White rose petals for aisle, 1000's - EBAY My and FI's handkerchiefs - EBAY Table number/name holder - EBAY Diamond ring keyholder for the girls - EBAY Damask paperbags for girls' presents - clintoncards.co.uk Hibiscus flowers for champagne - wildhibiscus.com flip-flops for all my girls - www.marksandspencer.com White pashminas for the girls - local market Flower girls dress - www.johnlewis.com Flower girls shoes - www.johnlewis.com               |
Final shopping completed
The last bits purchased!
We bought the last pieces for the wedding but there are still a few more things outstanding.
The things we bought (in order of pics): (see names of vendors under each picture) *My garter set *Venetian mirror boxes for the rings - as we have 2 ring bearers and one is 7 the other little boy is 3 we thought it'd be awkward for them to carry one tiny cushion. I never liked the idea of the cushion anyway and when I saw these stunning boxes we decided these would be the perfect substitution for the cushions *Wedding bubbles - after asking you ladies, we went for these mini bubbles *Mini coloring books for the kids - still need to buy mini pencils/crayons, stickers, bubbles, and mini cars for the boys *White rose petals - these are high quality silk and I love them! There's a 1000 in the packet and will be more than enough to cover the aisle (a red carpet for us) *Bride and groom handkerchiefs *Table name holder - I'm very happy with these, they are silver and just the right size *Diamond ring keyrings for all my girls in their goodie bag *Damask giftbags for the girls *Wild hibiscus flowers for the signature drink - Hibiscus Champagne *Bling flip-flops for all the girls *White pashminas for the girls *Votive candles for the tables *Flowergirls dresses and shoes *My Dad's tie and handkerchief Things we still need to buy: *Confetti to throw *Crayons/pencils for kids, stickers, mini toys *Hankies for Bridal party |
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06/12/2008
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Wedding Bubbles?
Should I bother buying wedding bubbles for our guests? Do people use it? Or is it only for kids? What do you ladies think?
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06/10/2008
  Just us - Zsu, myself, Nora my sis (MOH) and Kati Me and my sister, the MOH Azzzz I wazzzz sayinnnnnn... Practicing the tossing the hair thing My 2 best friends, Kati and Zsu Ermmm...          |
The girls...
I won't have any bridesmaids but they'll be my rock on the day
This is the gang on a recent outing, bar 2 of my other very good friends...
As I have no planning/buying etc left, I thought I'd post pics of the gals and moi on a pre-bachelorette (hen) do. We look bloody drunk! |
katuska
| 4 | years since wedding |
Kata
Jason
Jul 19, 2008
London,
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United Kingdom
Polus Palace Golf & Spa Hotel, Budapest, Hungary
Polus Palace Golf & Spa Hotel, Budapest, Hungary
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