Guess....

Yep. It's a Royal Wedding Special! Especially for you, K-Mid ( I'm pretty certain she is glued to our bloggity blog..). Actually though, if you are reading this, can you put in a good word for me to old Hazza? If it helps, to envisage me as your bride ,Harry darling, I am writing this in a tiara - just sayin'... I'm ready when you are....Chelsea - smchealsy.

This April's blog is late, yes. But, it's worth it as quite frankly, we have been utterly skittish from the romance of the wedding and it's taken us this long to calm down. Any earlier blog would have read something like ' aaaaaaahhhhhhh I LOVE KATE AND WILLLLLSSS' and so on and so forth. Not the most insightful entry. I'm also not even going to so much as bat an eyelid in the direction of anything else other than the 29th April. Oh except to say that we are also still skipping with delight that The Guardian asked us for our input to form part of a panel of expert Wedding Planners (as if you didn't know already) as deemed by the big guns bosses over that that little known newspaper... for a live Q&A last week. Casual.

Now, we have a lot to cover... so as the curse of being a planner means we do love a good list - here are our wedding bullet points:

1) The Dress, the dress the dressssssss. Breath taking, tear inducing and utterly romantic. Fresh, yet traditional, understated yet dramatic, sophisticated with subtle sexiness and detailed without being fussy. The perfect dress. The needlework pixies at Hampton Court Palace excelled every expectation. Chantilly lace, ivory silk, the floral nod to each country in Britain - Rose, Shamrock, Thistle and Daffodil. The attention to detail was exquisite, we love how they were asked to wash their hands every 30 minutes to ensure the dress was completely flawless. I wonder if we can roll this idea out across the wedding industry...there is nothing we hate more than a grubby paw near our white tablecloths. You have been warned.

2) Pippa Middleton. Well well well, who knew she was such a knock-out?! Social media exploded in awe at her. Pippa has received more Internet hits than Kate this week following the wedding... I have to say, if I was Kate.... I might be a little moody right about now. Our view - there is no outshining the Duchess of Cambridge - nice try sis, but Kate stormed it.

3) The lip-reader interpretations. We don't care if every paper says something completely different -we reserve the right to pick the most romantic interpretation and take this as gospel (even if they definitely don't fit when we replay and pause obsessively on youtube) . 'I am so proud your my wife', ' I love you' and 'shall we?' before the kiss - swoon. Harry making Pippa laugh as he whispers ' I'm leaving Chelsea for one of the girls at Event Wishes' .... or did I dream that one...?As for Kate's aside to the terrified little munchkin covering her ears during the fly-over - ' Smile pet, give them a wave'. We can not wait to see a mini Duke or Duchess of Cambridge ( which just in case you'd forgotten is where our other office is - just another Royal link then eh?)...let's hope they get Kate's hair though.

4)The rumours surrounding the raucous reception. As one of my most sophisticated brides said yesterday ' it's a bride's right to be slightly dishevelled at the end of the reception'. Now that's a bride after my own heart. I couldn't agree more - and I'm delighted to hear K-Mid let her naughty side shimmy about with everybody else. It's reported that the official first dance ( to Ellie Golding singing her version of Elton John's 'Your Song' live), was 'magical', but the dance I'd love to see most has got to be their unofficial routine to the Grease stomper, ' You're the one that I want'. Apparently ' Big Willie and his Babykins' (as they call each other) strutted their stuff to this number a few hours into the reception, with Kate singing along and pointing at her husband whilst showcasing some of the sexy dance moves she is known for.

What did we almost cry with love over? What did we have right royal rant over? Read on my pretties...

Adore:

Dress-change. Catherine, you goddess. We love love loved your angora bolero (that was reportedly ripped off as soon as Queenie was out of sight!). That waspie waist looked even tinier in the second creation - that was enough to put us off cookies altogether! Oh alright, for an hour. But that's still unheard of in the Event Wishes office, and for that, we salute you.

Harry's last request song at the end of the night for his big brother and new wife - Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire. Yep subtle as a brick, but 'like so totes' in line with Harry's cheeky nature. Rock onnnnn.

The wiggly worm Eliza is seen clutching in the official photographs. Eliza ( grand-daughter of Camilla and the ultimate cutie-pie) was a little overwhelmed by all the commotion - never fear when big kid Harry is near. In the carriage it's reported that Harry pulled the £1 'Magic worm' - a fluffy little critter attached to some fishing line...don't pretend you didn't have one, out of his pocket to entertain her - and she loved it so much she wouldn't put it down. Neither would we Eliza, neither would we. We love it that despite the official photographs circling the world, it took 5 days for anyone to notice the worm - which Camilla described as 'the funniest thing', saying she ' can't believe no one has spotted it!'. Just another little thing to make us love Kate and Wills even more for letting her have it in the pictures!

'Sweet William' flowers incorporated into the bridal bouquet. I wonder if there is a ' Sweet Harry' flower...?

Abolish:

Exact copies of the dress. Noooo no no no NO. NOOO. Now listen hard, and listen good - you are your own person. You are not a clone. Yes take inspiration - there's no denying Sarah Burton has echoed some elements of Grace Kelly's infamous gown, but please oh please don't just copy Kate - put your own stamp on it.

David Beckham. Why did he have so much media cover? Yes yes he kicks a ball very well, but the muppet proceeded to wear his OBE even when invites discouraged it, and then managed to pin it on the wrong lapel. Come on. It's a 50/50 chance and he STILL got it wrong. No wonder Vicky B was so stony-faced (unlike her usual sunny disposition she has become know for..ahem).

Fashionista errors. If the fashion police existed ( and after all these mishaps we are seriously considering writing to Mr Cameron to ask for the funding make a full on fashion-MI5 team) my, my would there have been a lot of arrests. Starting with Mrs Cameron. WHERE WAS YOUR HAT?! She'd better have a good reason detailing either raccoons stealing it, unicorns charming it off her head or that she had a specially constructed invisi-hat Harry Potter cloak-esque style. The idea that she was just too arrogant to wear one doesn't seem right. Although, that being said, perhaps the pantomime ugly sister duet (yep, I've really said that) could have done with invis-hats after choosing very odd Philip Treacy creations, one of which resembled a picture frame.

Yes. Even the gentleman in the background thinks you look silly - that smile is fooling no one love.

People taking down the flags and bunting, I can't help but snarl a little at the meanies as they forcefully peel them off sad walls that will look naked and boring without them. Leave them up, if not me for, for the wall's sake..they have feelings too you know.

Phew. Royal Wedding fever is pretty exhausting isn't it!! Next month it'll be back to trends and ideas, the latest industry tips and gossip. Oh Royal Wedding, how we will miss you... good job we have Zara's to look forward to...!

Lots of love to all out clients & followers,

Jennifer and everyone at Event Wishes xx