This is mic1yn's Pink Wedding!

We have A magic moment, as our photographer. we're very excited about them, as they're photography style appears to be very 'us'.
Ive spent ages tralling through endless websites and these were the only company I liked. I believe its quite expensive, but photos are so important to me. Its the one part of the wedding i refuse to cut costs on, as its the only thing we can keep forever.

We're having our daughter as Flowergirl. Im worried she will go all shy on us and refuse to walk down the aisle!

I was born in 1980, so remember a lot about it, and seeing as im a huge 80s fan, (music mostly, not the fashion!), I soooo doing an 80s hen do! I think Im just as excited about that as the big day itself! lol
All the ladies are EXPECTED to go all out for me(!) and wear 80s clothes. Ebay has great vintage clothes that are really reasonably priced. I think that they shouldnt mind too much about buying clothes for my hen night, cos they would buy a new outfit anyway??
I am going dressed as Madonna (Like a virgin, bride!) ha ha. I cant wait to get into the groove. (By the way, Im a Madonna fan!)
We'll start the night off having some drinks, followed by a meal at Salsa! in London's Covent Garden. we'll then hop on the tube to Reflex, an 80s theme nightclub. Roll on Feb 09, I say!

Im definately wearing my hair down. I have naturally curly hair, and like to wear it straight. Im growing my hair, but will most likely have extensions to give my hair volume. I want loose wavy curls, half up half down. In fact, just like how Eva Longoria had her hair when she got married!

My lovely younger sister, Kerry is to be my Maiden of Honour. Danny's sister, Nicola is my other bridesmaid. Our daughter Neve is our flowergirl.
Along with Hot pink, our other colour is Black!!! Its not traditional, but it is oh so flattering! looks great with a tan, and both the girls wear black a lot anyway!
Im pretty sure I'll buy their dresses from a shop called Coast. Its quite expensive, so i will go along to the Christmas sales and see what we can find!

Both Danny and i are real chocoholics. So it was the obvious choice to have a chocolate wedding cake. And we cant bear traditional wedding cake.
We're having 2 square tiers (small wedding!), with plain white icing. Hot pink roses sitting inbetween the tiers! im looking orward to seeing (and eating) my vision!

Everyone seems to have gotten engaged and have a lovely story to go along with it! I on the other hand, dont! but its ok!!!

I have been with Danny since I was 15.... am now 27! We grew up 2 doors away from eachother, went to Nursery together and Primary school! we started dating after a mutual neighbour "asked me out" on Danny's behalf! hahahaha

I fell preganant in 2004, and we moved out of our parents homes and bought ourself a lovelt 2 bed flat. Neve, our daughter was born in 2005.

Our engagement was not because I fell pregnant, it was and is because we love eachother and wanted to seal it and make our relationship complete. I cant wait to be called Mrs Alliston!!

I can be a bit of a snob.....BUT, I refused to pay the money to have Invitations made professionally! Its ridiculously expensive! and plus, I could never see anything that fitted with my colour scheme and taste!!
so.... I decided to make my invitations myself. althought i must admit, I cheated a little.
In England, we have a website called Confetti, that sell bits and bobs so you can make your own invitations. I decided on buying Black wardrobe outers and matching envelopes. The rest I made from scratch I SWEAR! I bought hot pink paper and used my parents computer to type the actual invitation and RSVP, in Bradley hand print. Then i used hot pink chiffon ribbon to tie the wardrobe outers up. It looked so good, and the compliments I received made my back pain seem worth it! ha ha

I having Hot pink roses, with ivory roses and cala lilies in a handheld bunch. My two adult bridesmaids are having 3 hot pink cala lilies tied in ivory satin ribbon. My daughter (flowergirl) will carry a basket with hot pink petals to scatter along the aisle.

I tried on several dresses before finding 'the one'. I took my sister (MOH) with me initially and she said YES that's it as soon as i stepped out of the changing room.
Its by Essense, an Australian designer. It ticked all the right boxes for me, I cant wait to wear it. Its slightly sweetheart neckline and a-line. Ivory in colour. It has sworovski crystals and tiny pearls along the bust, its ruched around the middle, sweeping round to the back with a sworovski clasp holding it. The bottom is ruched up in places, and has a lovely train, again, with the crystals. I LOVE IT! the only thing i keep thinking of is; Do I wear a necklace?? or will the crystals be enough?dont wanna be too blingy! he he

I've been engaged to Danny for 16 months now, and the big day isnt until April 2009! Its too far away!
Im a lot like Muriel (Muriel's wedding), and have virtually planned my whole wedding in my head AGES ago! If only money wasn't a factor....!

The excitement is almost too much to bear! Im driving everyone mad talking about my ideas all the time!

The whole day is the complete opposite to what I wanted growing up. I wanted the big white English wedding, but since we own our own home and have a child, money soon put a stop to that dream! So we came across the idea of marrying whist on holiday in Orlando. Perfect time of year to get married over there. We are having an outdoor civil ceremony at 6pm, when the heat is not so strong. The reception will be held in the same place so that makes life a lot easier!
We are mostly looking forward to the reception dancing. We are not having a DJ or band... we are going for an Ipod. That way we dont have to listen to music we hate!