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Life Update: I Got Married – The Low Down On My Dream Destination Wedding!
You have no idea just how long I have waited to write and share this blog post.My amazing life update is finally here: I got married! The COVID bride is no more! Life has been moving in a crazy way in the last few years and I wanted to share some wedding and honeymoon highlights with you before I go all things BABY! Yep, I’m not only now a Mrs, I’m also on my way to becoming a first time mum! Please enjoy my destination wedding highlights… COVID & My Wedding For the last eighteen months, COVID and lockdowns have been bad words in my house! My amazing new husband…
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UK Travel Bucket List: Guernsey
AD | This is a sponsored post I’ve now been stuck on this little island for over two years thanks to COVID and the lockdowns. I know that I’m not alone but I also know that, like me, you’re ready to get back out there as safely as possible. Being locked down made me re-evaluate what is on my doorstep. OK, so transatlantic flights and far-flung jaunts might be off the cards for, well, the foreseeable future, but the UK is an incredible place to live and travel. Today’s blog post is all about my UK travel bucket list – starting with one little island in particular: Guernsey!
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Wedding Trends For 2021 Part 2
COVID restrictions are about to be lifted completely and that means one exciting thing for us COVID brides: weddings are back on! At the end of June, I shared a post jam-packed with wedding trends for this summer and it’s safe to say you guys loved it. Today’s post is a follow on from that and it’s a good one. Get ready for a summer of love, love love! “I Do” With No Notice If the pandemic taught us one thing, it was to seize the day! We’ve been holed up at home, terrified to go outside for months on end. Now that some restrictions are lifting, us brides are…
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Wedding Trends For 2021 Part 1
But what about weddings? It’s really felt like that for us COVID brides over the last year or so and it’s been tough. I am a bride to be and I’ll be totally honest, I feel over it most days. I want my day to come but the fear of it being cancelled for a fourth time is too much to bare. Now that we’re in July, I’m happy to say that weddings are coming back! They may not be the all singing, all dancing weddings of pre-COVID but we get some wedded bliss. Here are my top wedding trends for 2021! Outdoor Weddings It’s a no brainer, really isn’t…
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A Quick Look at the History of Engagement Rings
*Guest Post Love is one of the most profound and life-changing emotions which we can ever experience. If we are lucky, we might even be able to display this sense of commitment to a significant other in the form of a promise. Although the type of promise will sometimes depend upon cultural and even religious factors, the engagement ring represents one of the most universal expressions of such an ethereal sentiment. This is why it is no great surprise that these rings have existed in one form or another for centuries. How far back can this tradition be traced? Whether you are a history buff or you simply wish to…
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