- Rehearsal Dinner Dress

Hello!

I've started looking online for a dress to wear to our rehearsal dinner, 3 days before the actual wedding - eeek!  When searching online, I see a lot of girls chose a white cocktail dress, but I think I want to also explore a dress with colour! So, here are my ideas below:

Rehearsal Dinner Dress

Really liking the nude colour, I hunted around and found my dress! It's from AX Oxford Circus and was a bit of a splurge but worth it! I've also worked on my tan so the dress will really 'pop' while it's on.

I have some coral wedges from Office to wear with the dress, while standing they won't really be seen, but they are super comfy to wear!

Lastly, I bought a thin coral belt from Mango to show my waist off! Yay, another to-do crossed off my list! 

Love, 

International Bride

xoxo

- Wedding flowers, accessories and origami!

Guest Cake boxes

We sourced lilac cake boxes from China which arrive flat packed for you to assemble.  After a few tries we got there in the end.  Now that we are closer to the big day, our confirmed guest numbers have decreased to 140 from 150, so I sat in the Trinidadian sun with J and we commenced the origami fun! 

And here are 70 completed boxes!  We found that on one corner we needed to put a bit of glue to stick together, not leaving a gap and giving it an all round professional look, but apart from that they only took 4 hours to assemble :) 

Personalised Toasting Glasses

During the speeches at the reception, I got J and I some personalised toasting glasses, which will be nice for us to keep and use to celebrate each anniversary we reach! These were from eBay and really reasonably priced too - perfect.

Church Wedding Decor

Our florist is designing 4 large church flower stands to match the wedding colour theme and follow the flowers in the bouquets.  As I love orchids all bouquets and boutiniers are going to consist of purple/lilac/white orchids.  

However, for the flowers seen down the aisle, I didn't fancy a fresh spray of orchids, so I decided to get some silk flowers instead, which are inexpensive and do the job just as well.  These were ordered from a florist in the USA and look the part! 

Wedding Table decor

Our guests will have a favour in the form of a pair of personalised steel chopsticks (from China), a thank you fortune cookie (from the USA) with a personal message inside from J and I; instead of writing out 150+ thank you cards, we thought this would be more appropriate, and lastly the cake box with a slice of fruit cake to take home.  

Name places came from the same supplier in China and are butterflies which will balance on a glass rim, with the person's name on. 

Once the tables have been set up I will take a photo to show you. 

Now to hand write 140 name places....!

Love, 

International Bride

xoxo

Accommodation in Trinidad

Norma's B&B, Valsayn 

Sipping on freshly squeezed Caribbean orange juice and nibbling on fresh watermelon while listening to the local birds chatter to one another, my first morning in Trinidad is going very well. 

As mentioned in an earlier page, we chose Norma's B&B in Valsayn for our 18-day accommodation, which will also be our reception venue on the big day!  Norma, Michelle and Selwyn greeted us with open arms and large smiles.  As we have many guests following us in one weeks' time, we have secured 7, top floor rooms, which will provide us with tree top views and stunning sunsets.  

9am, 33degrees and blue skies

Soft seating, relaxing area - great to watch the local birds dance and sing amongst the foliage.

Healthy breakfast 

Time to relax and blog! I hope you enjoy these few taster photos, I am sure there will be lots more to come during the rest of our stay. 

Love, International Bride 

xoxo