Save the Dates!

Today Patrick and I thought we would be crafty and go shop for paper supplies to make our own "save the date" cards. There was really no stationary that we liked and we didn't really want it to match the invitations, we decided to go ahead and make our own. We bought the paper from Essence du Papier and we will begin putting them together and sending them off soon! 10 months, 18 days to go!!!

Bridesmaid dresses are ordered!!!

My beautiful bridesmaids Annie & Bronte (My sisters) Carolyn (My future sister-in-law) and Dayna (my friend) and I took a trip to David's Bridal on Saturday to look at and hopefully buy their dresses. I had a specific dress in mind but I wasn't sure if all the ladies would like it as well. The cliche is that all bridesmaid dresses are ugly...why? Because generally the bride puts her ladies in something that SHE likes, but is not necessarily flattering on the bridesmaids.

I was happy to find that ALL my girls looked AMAZING in the dress I liked and each and everyone of them was comfortable and happy with the choice. We were only in there an hour before we bought them! The dresses should come in in November :)

I can't wait to see how they are all going to look the day of the wedding!!! :D

Carolyn, Annie, Myself, Bronte, & Dayna

Colours...

SO we have decided that our colours are going to be green, pink, and off-white! Patrick was originally against the idea of green for some odd reason, but myself, my mom, and his mom all convinced him ;) Here is a sample colour scheme- I'm thinking of adding a light gold to the mix too! (Keep in mind these are not the exact colours, but this is basically what we're going for.

And we have a venue!!!

So far it seems every element of this wedding has been running extremely smoothly! We are not 12 months and 27 days away and we have the Church (The Cathedral Church of St. James, Anglican) The Photographer (Jeremy Clay Photography) The Dress (Becker's Bridal) and now the venue! (One King West Hotel & Residence).

Patrick and I went down to One King West yesterday with both of parents and took a look at the venue, and our parents were really happy and gave us the go-ahead to hold the wedding there! The hotel is the old Dominion back and the reception area is over 130 years old. It has gorgeous marble and gold ceilings and the longest bar in North America (a bonus haha!).

We are so so so excited and have had the amazing help of the lovely Catering Manager, Jean, who I know is going to help us have a perfect wedding!

One King West

Say Yes to the Dress!

SO! I thought it would take me much longer than this but I have found my dress! I only went to three different bridal salons (The rule of thumb is you only go to three stores or you'll confuse yourself) and the LAST dress I tried on at the LAST store was my dress. At first I didn't know, but the longer I wore it the more I fell in love with it. We (Mom, and my two maid's of honour Annie and Bronte) went to have dinner across the street and the whole time I just kept saying "should I try it on again?". We went back after dinner and I decided right there and the, this was it!!!

I'm going back today with my Mom and my Dad to seal the deal!

I'm buying my dress from Becker's Bridals, a Toronto bridal staple, and the designer is La Sposa of Barcelona. It's the off-white, mermaid, strapless, satin, button-back, long train dress I've always wanted!!!

:D

Name Change...

I'm not sure how I want to change my name. I'm definitely not leaving my last name as Ratcliffe because I want the same name as Patrick and our kids, but at the same time I can't really picture not having my last name at all...I guess I could either do:

Molly Tallon
Molly Ratcliffe-Tallon
Molly Ratcliffe Tallon (and just go by "Molly Tallon" and have "Ratcliffe" part of my legal name...for a diploma or...my grave lol)

hmmmmm

Shout Out to Married Peeps! (Number Three)

Congrats to my one of my film buddies from Humber College, Cealiea on her May 27th wedding to her long-time hubby Jordan! You looked absolutely gorgeous on your wedding day! All the best xoxo

Cealiea & Jordan