Directions & Gifts

Hi all

I can't believe how much time has flown by...less than 5 weeks until the big day!

We've had a few enquries about gifts and directions so I thought a blog post wouldn't go a miss to clarify things.

Gifts

We said with our invites that you being there with us is the most important thing to us, however if people wanted to give a gift, we would like monetary donations (however big or small!) towards our honeymoon please. We are going to have a postbox at the reception which people can post cards and envelopes through and we are happy to receieve donations either in cash or by cheque that way. However, if you would rather give it to us in person before the day, then that's fine too.

Cheques can be paid to Miss J Smith or Mr. Sean Bass. In terms of cash, we don't mind either british pounds or American Dollars. We will be changing all of our money for spending money on our honeymoon.

We are aware that some people like to bring actual gifts to a wedding and that's fine too. As I said, just having everyone there will be enough for us. :)

Directions

To the ceremony....for those who have lost thier invites the address is:

Oundle Registration Office
The Old Courthouse
Mill Road
Oundle
Peterborough
PE8 4BW (Sat nav will get you there)

From Thrapston:

1.

Head north toward Market Rd

2.

Turn right onto Market Rd About 1 min

3.

Slight right onto Huntingdon Rd About 1 min

4.

At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A605 Go through 2 roundabouts About 7 mins

5.

Slight left toward Barnwell Rd About 3 mins

6.

Continue straight onto Barnwell Rd About 1 min

7.

Continue onto Mill Rd Destination will be on the right

Coming on the A14 from Kettering:

· At junction 13, take the exit to Wellingborough/Northampton/Peterborough
· At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto the A605. Go through 3 roundabouts
· Turn left at the split, toward Barnwell Road
· Barnwell Road becomes Mill Road. The Register Office is situated in the Courthouse on Mill Road, 5 minutes
walk from Oundle Town Centre.

Car parking is available in the side streets or at the nearby Drill Hall. There is adequate access for disabled people, including a lift to the Ceremony Room on the first floor.

To the reception from the Ceremony

1.

Head south on Mill Rd toward South Rd

2.

Continue onto Barnwell Rd About 4 mins

3.

Turn right onto A605 About 1 min

4.

Take the 1st left onto Well Ln

5.

Take the 1st right onto Church Ln About 1 min

6.

Slight left onto Hemington Rd Destination will be on the left

From Thrapston

1.

Head north toward Market Rd

2.

Turn right onto Market Rd About 1 min

3.

Slight right onto Huntingdon Rd About 1 min

4.

At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A605 Go through 2 roundabouts About 7 mins

5.

Turn right onto Well Ln

6.

Take the 1st right onto Church Ln About 1 min

7.

Slight left onto Hemington Rd Destination will be on the left

There will be signs hopefully directing you to the wedding, but there are already signs in the village for the village hall.
There will be car parking at the hall, both on the field and in the car park

I hope this clears a few things up but if anyone has any questions, queries, feel free to ask one of us!

32 days to go!

Just 10 weeks to go.....

Well we're nearly there, just 10 weeks to go, and I must say everything is well under control. Not much for us to do now but sit back and look forward to the day.

I wish I could take all the credit for it, but Jess did help a little bit.......alright maybe Jess does deserve most of the credit.

She has after all sorted out the DJ, the catering, the wedding car, the flowers, the table centre pieces, and of course the honeymoon. I could go on but I would be here all day, I will say that without all of Jess’ tireless effort and hard work we wouldn’t be where we are now.

Thank you darling, you really are amazing.

OMG...only 101 days to go!

I've promised Sean I'll let him do the next big blog post (will arrive sometime in the next 3 months!) but I just wanted to say....

..it's all starting to sink in that I'm getting married and I'm practically wetting myself with excitement!

YAY!

Love the future Mrs Bass xxxx

Invitations & accomodation

With 175 days to go, the majority of our invitations have been sent. I say the majority as there are still some evening invites for friends etc to go out over the next few coming weeks, but it was important for us to let family and people know early, particularly ones who have to travel.

We've had lots of nice comments about our invites, and even other bride-to-be's in work have used the same place (www.123print.co.uk) to order their wedding stationery! I do love them as they are quite classic and they have a touch of purple in them! They were incredibly reasonable in terms of price as well which helped! 123print don't just do wedding invites, they do pretty much everything! So if you're in need of some excellent quality stationery that's easy on the purse strings, then do take a look! Some of their designs are brilliant. The only downside is thast you have to be quite creative (me) and computer savvy (Sean) to adapt the invites the way you want them! It can be quite time consuming, but we felt that the result was well worth it!

Anyway, now that the invites have gone out the RSVP's are dribbling in, slowly but surely! We have been really touched by the sentiments that have gone into some of them! We've had some cross stitched ones and ones with some beautiful messages in. So thank you all.

Since sending out the invites, people have been asking more about accomodation. We have put links on this blog (right hand side) to places to stay but I will explain a bit more. Basically, we live in Thrapston which is about 15 minutes or 6 miles away from Barnwell Village Hall (where the reception is). In thrapston there are a choice of three hotels to choose from:

1. The travelodge - Located at the top of the town just off junction 13 on A14. It is apparently going cheap at the moment, something like £25 a night so could be worth getting in quick!

2. The Bridge Hotel - A more up market hotel with various prices - most expensive double room is £105 but cheapest is £65. You can get mixture of B&B and dinner there too. Take a look at their website.

3. The Woolpack hotel - Chalets are at the back of the pub and prices are £49.95 per chalet per night. They are self-contained and ensuite.

4. The Poplars B&B - Unfortunately both rooms are booked and taken for the wedding weekend as my parents are using it!

If you travel from Thrapston you will either have to drive or taxi it. According to taxifare.co.uk a taxi will be £8.95 from Thrapston to Barnwell but I will ring up nearer the time to get more accurate quotes. I shouldn't have thought it'd be anymore than £12 though.

Alternative accomodation nearer to the village hall consist of:
1. The Talbot hotel - Based in Oundle, 5 minute drive from Barnwell. unsure of prices as website says it won't be publishing them until spring 2012. Helpful much?

2. The Ilford lodge hotel - Is based in a farm on the main road which Barnwell is situated on, although the bitch is it's on the opposite side of the road! Not entirely sure how you'd cross it so you may have to drive. Not many rooms but reasonably priced.

3. The Barnwell B&B - This is the only accomodation source which is in the actual village where the reception is taking place, although there will be about 10/15 minute walk. There is no website link as of yet as it's still in the process of being built! Hopefully brochures and a website will be up in Decemeber, however I know that there will be 9 twin/double rooms and 1 single room. It will be £40 per person per night but a full breakfast is included and the rooms are all ensuite with tea and coffee making facilities in the rooms. The bride and groom will be staying here with some members of the bridal party, so not sure of how many rooms will be availible but if you would like any more information about this place, then email me or fbook and I can have a chat.

So there you go, a bit more information,so get RSVP's in and let me know if you need anymore information!

Lots of love,
The future Mrs Bass xx

Wedding frustrations...

Well with just over 8 months to go, it's all going well. In saying that, there's not much news since last time! The plan of doing lots over the summer went out the window as we had lots of things on.

A good thing was that I celebrated my last birthday as a single woman by having a BBQ with both sets of parents who got on really well. Everyone had a fantastic time and it was a lovely way to have everyone meet and get to know each other before the big day. Might even do it again before the wedding!

My wedding ring has arrived and it is beautiful! I love it! But the downside is I want to wear it now! Sean is still thinking about his...men they take ages with these kind of things! But that's it really. We are still really keen for people to make requests for the DJ so please please please get on and choose some songs for us!

As excited as I am about the whole day and the whole being married bit, I just wish it was all here and done with! Isn't that awful?! I just get tired sometimes of worrying about centrepieces and the jewllery and shoes to go with my dress, and thinking about what food we want and how many people are going! It all gets quite stressful and at times slightly boring! The hard thing is now, that I'm back at school I don't know where I'm going to find times to sort all of these things out.

Another thing that I've been feeling is wedding pressure. That pressure to have the big, fancy, and frankly expensive wedding. I'm trying hard to not give in and Sean is very good at keeping me grounded, but I read these wedding magazines (which I do love) but I end up thinking: Should we have a photobooth? Should we hire a clown for the children? Do we need chair covers? Where do I get an evening outfit from? Should I hire a make-up artist?All of these things I had never thought of, nor necessarily want, but sometimes after reading my monthly copy of Wedding Ideas makes me think of these things. Let's face it, if I did any of these things, our budget would be shot and the whole registry office and village hall cheap affordable wedding goes out of the window., and I might as well have wacked 10 grand on a credit card and got married in a castle.

In my heart of hearts I know that it doesn't matter if we have chair covers or not, or if I get changed in the evening, or what necklace I wear, what will matter is the actual promise we are making to each other. It's what I've dreamt of for so long, so the materialistic things don't matter. We are celebrating with 120 of our freinds and family and as Sean keeps saying, it will be brilliant. I just need to stop being so bloody insecure about everything! Lol. And I need to keep feeling excited and amazed that I'm becoming Mrs Bass, because that's what it's all about really.

231 days left!

DJ music requests please!

Hi all

Hope you are all well and that you're enjoying the blog. As you can see we have got lots of links on the right hand side to places we have used for things. 123print was the place we ordered our Save The Date cards and invitations and abakhan was the place I bought my fabric for my dress. All the other links should be self explanatory.

However there is one which is really important which is the NRG roadshow. This is our DJ site where you can make requests as to what songs you would like played at our wedding. We would love for you to all contribute and nominate tunes! To request a song, click on the list and go to guest log in. You have to enter the date of the wedding which is the 28th April 2012 and put in the following password: vukege (all in lowercase!). You should then be able to select a song or artist and you can dedicate songs and put a message with it I think. :) All very exciting. Can't wait to see some of your choices!

Lots of love

The future Mrs Bass. xxxx

Hotels and Accommodation

Hello everyone,

I’ve added a “Hotels and Accommodation” section to the menu on the right, here I have listed a few places you might like to rest your head if you need to stay the over the night after our wedding.

Each link will take you to the hotel’s website which will tell you all you need to know; I’ve also included on the link how far away from the reception venue the hotel is.