The Rest of My Week in Sweden

Thanks for the birthday wishes sweethearts! I had a very nice relaxing birthday, on Saturday James and I are going to a restaurant called The Lobster Pot, it's a French restaurant that mainly do seafood. We have been there once before, it was fabulous so we've been wanting to go back ever since, really looking forward!

Here are some pics from the rest of our week in Sweden. In addition to looking at wedding venues we also had time for two parties...

The first one was my brother's (actual) birthday. Peter had made lots of yummy food.

Peter's friend Annelie.

It was a lovely chilled out summer party.

I gave Peter my best recipe for NY blueberry cheesecake, it was sooo good!

Candy "cactus"

And of course I had to make a face cake! I will soon post a tutorial on how to make one, I promise!

The next party was on our last night in Sweden, it was a traditional crayfish party at my friend (and bridesmaid!) Tove's summer house. Tove has been organising these parties for four years now, t's so much fun! Both James and I love crayfish, it was the perfect way to end our stay!

Their place is beautiful, the view over a lake is amazing!

Lovely Sofia (also one of my bridesmaids!) was there.

It was the first time James had been to a crayfish party, he loved it!

The hosts Jonas and Tove.

I didn't take too many photos this year but if you'd like to see some from last year's crayfish party click here.

It's My Birthday Today!

I'm 28, how did this happen? :)

Alfred Nobel's Dynamite Factory, Renovated Castles and Ocean Views - Four More Venues

Now we have looked at seven venues! After visiting all of these our heads were spinning! So much to think about, and all of the venues had their own charm, and pro's and con's of course.

So here are venues four, five, six and seven. Which out of all of them do you think we should pick?

This is Ekensdal, a really nice place South-East of Stockholm city.

The guests can arrive by boat!

The dining room was like a white canvas, then you decorate it with flowers according to your theme.

The ceremony can be held under this lovely tree (if the weather is nice). I really liked this place, the only problem was the dancing room that we felt was a bit small for our amount of guests. But the owner/head chef that showed us around seemed great!

The next venue was this amazing space called Winterviken, this used to be Alfred Nobel's dynamite factory! It was so cool, but probably a bit too big for us.

At Winterviken they also had a café where I enjoyed a very pretty cappuccino...

Next we went to Stallmästaregården, they had a nice terrace for the ceremony, with a roof which is good if it's raining!

Stallmästaregården is beautifully situated by the water, although shame about the building work on the other side!

The inside was very grandiose...

I could be rolled in on this horse when I enter the dining room for dinner :)

The view from the back.

Lastly, Vidbynäs Slott, a renovated castle South of Stockholm.

You can have the ceremony here...

and drinks on this nice terrace.

The dining room's interior is modern.

Even though we had a packed schedule, we really enjoyed looking at all the venues!

Wedding Venue Two and Three

The next venue we looked at was Skeviks Gård, a typical Swedish mansion house East of Stockholm.

You can rent this little cabin as your honey moon suite!

It was situated beautifully by the water, where you could also have the wedding ceremony.

They also had a very nice sauna!

In between viewings I managed to squeeze in a haircut at my favourite hairdresser's.

Then we went to see Säby Säteri, a very beautiful place with lovely surroundings.

The dining room.

You can have the ceremony under this old oak...

and the guests can stay in hotelrooms like this one.

James deep in thought, which one to pick?

To be continued... :)

The First Wedding Venue and a Few Cosmos

Hello everyone and a special welcome to the lovely new readers who wandered over from FTLOB! I was so happy and excited to be featured!

So, as you know James and I are in Sweden right now. The first wedding venue we went to look at was in the South part of Stockholm, it's called Van der Nootska Palatset (Van der Nootska Palace). It's from the 17th century and was built by a Dutch lord called Thomas Van der Noot.

After the tour we had lunch in "Söder", my favourite part of Stockholm.

Then my dear friends Ricardo and Jocke showed up and joined us...

for some rosé in the afternoon sun.

In the evening we were invited for dinner at Ulrica and Jimmy's flat, they had made a yummy pie with Swedish cheese and mushrooms. My awesome friend Ulrica is a doctor who used to be a bartender (how cool is that?) so she whipped up some cosmos that we enjoyed on their lovely balcony.

And that was our first adventure here in Sweden!

And Now We're Off To Sweden!

After only a week back home we're jetting off again, this time to Sweden. We are going to look at wedding venues to see where we want to get married next year, eeek! We are also going to Peter's birthday party and a crayfish party so it'll be lots of fun and excitement!

I have a question, would you guys be interested in hearing about wedding planning stuff? For example, would you like to see photos from the different venues we look at? Be honest now! :) If you are, I'll see if I'm allowed to take some pics, otherwise I'll just post about the parties!