Wedding planning apps

In association with Argos

As many of you know, this last year has been a crazy one for me! What with an extremely active toddler, my job as a learning support assistant with teenagers, attempting to keep my house in some kind of order, feeding my family, David working long hours each day, learning to drive, waitressing in the evenings on weekends (yes I am crazy enough to be working 7 days a week!) plus attempting to plan a wedding, I feel like I've barely had a chance to breathe for the past 12 months! Any spare time I get, I'm just desperate to slob out on the sofa in front of the TV, even though I have a to do list as long as my arm most days. Because of this, a few certain apps and my tablet, a Nexus 7 from Argos, have become my best friends (I am typing this on my blogger app as Lily has her milk on my lap right now)! They have meant a huge amount of my wedding planning has been able to be done on the go as well as while watching TV or in bed before I go to sleep, without having to be sat with my big, clumsy laptop trying to get comfortable! I thought I would share my top 5 apps for wedding planning with you all, as I really don't know what I would have done without them...

Pinterest

My most used app when it comes to wedding planning won't come as a shock to anyone. Pinterest has been my online mood board and my main source of inspiration for almost every aspect of the wedding! I really don't know what brides did before this wonderful invention! I have lost hours and hours browsing through the endless beautiful pictures on there.

Appy couple

I love this app! In my opinion, it is the best wedding app. You can pick from Appy Couples' many beautiful designs and build your very own wedding app and website. It is so stylish and user friendly, even your least tech-savvy guests will be able to use it. You pay to build your app, but then all of your guests can download it for free and log in using your wedding code. You can invite guests, receive RSVP's, share the times and locations of your wedding including maps and travel information plus send messages and updates. On the day, guests can 'toast' you, sign your guestbook and upload pictures so you have everyone's snaps all in one place! There are several other fun features too including a countdown, a puzzle using pictures you upload, a gallery and you can share your story of your relationship with a series of Polaroid pictures and captions- so cute! I can't wait to take a look at what our guests have left for us on the app the day after the wedding!

EBay

EBay has been amazing for lots of little bargains for the wedding day. Every time we have a new idea for the wedding, I always have a quick check to see what I can get on eBay, and I'm rarely dissapointed! From table decorations, to materials for the invites, to fairy lights, to brooches for my bouquet, to bridesmaids shoes, eBay has been such a big help. Plus, the app makes it extra easy to keep track of items your bidding on and orders you've made.

YouTube

For my wedding day, I am doing my own hair and makeup. I don't think I would feel so confident about doing this if it wasn't for the endless tutorials I have watched on YouTube! Watching different videos from the many wonderful beauty vloggers has taught me so much, I know I am going to have my hair and makeup just the way I like on the big day. I have also been using YouTube to learn how to make my brooch bouquet!

Google play store

I have found having so many bridal magazines and books at my fingertips through the Google play store so useful. There are some really lovely ones available on there, and while I still love having paper copies, finding the time to go and purchase them, then the storage of them can be a little too much hassle, when I have them all readily available on my Nexus!

Are there any apps you think I should download, wedding related or otherwise? I'm always on the lookout for new ones!

x ♥

ARGOS GIVEAWAY WINNER!

The winner of my Argos voucher giveaway is the very lovely Rachel of Oh No Rachio!  If you haven't had a look at her blog & etsy shop already, you should! She is so talented :) Congratulations Rachel!

Thank you to everyone else who entered. I want to plan to do another giveaway soon, perhaps when I reach 300 followers, which isn't too far away! What sort of giveaway would you all like to see?

Have a lovely Sunday!

x ♥

ARGOS VOUCHER GIVEAWAY!

Birdcage tea light holder* // Clock*

Crochet cushion*

Habitat Deli Large beaker* // Habitat Deli Small beaker*

I love the Argos home ware range- it always has on trend, good quality, affordable pieces. When we moved in to our house, we furnished most of it using Argos! It was just so useful being able to get the styles we want, at prices we could afford, and having branches nearby made it really convenient too. Therefore, you can imagine how thrilled I was when they very kindly offered to send me some of their items from their home ware range to review!

How amazing is the birdcage tea light holder?? The style and the detail is just gorgeous- I absolutely love it! In fact, I love it so much I am considering buying several more to use as table centre pieces for our wedding instead of traditional flowers! I can imagine draping strings of pearls through the bars, and perhaps adding some silk flowers or vintage brooches. I may use little wooden pegs to attach the table numbers written on luggage labels to the bars. I think it would be just beautiful! And at £19.99 it is an absolute bargain. I can't say enough good things about this product. I love it!

I think there is something really elegant about this little clock. It's actually an alarm clock, and I love the simplicity of it. It's a lovely soft grey and I love the style the numbers are written in- I think it's a beautiful font. I like quite minimalist, yet pretty and feminine items and I think this fits this style perfectly!

I think the crochet cushion is another item that could be described as minimalist yet feminine. I really love crochet items at the moment, and this cushion is a lovely shade of cream that will go with anything, with chunky buttons to stop it being too plain.Our bed has rather a lot of floral and pattern going on too (sorry, David!) so this cushion balances it out nicely!

I am in love with these beakers! How retro and lovely are they? The pastel tones are so pretty- I love the hint of mint on the inside of the large one (mine) and the soft pink of the small one (Lily's!). Argos now has a selection of ex Habitat stock at very reasonable prices and these are part of that range. They are just perfect to serve some milkshake in with some pretty paper straws! I know this sounds like such a gushy post, but I actually have nothing negative to say about any of the items, I am so happy with all of them!

Here's the exciting part! All of these gorgeous items totaled at just pennies off of £50- so Argos are very generously offering a £50 voucher to one of my readers!

You can enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. You must be a follower of my blog on Google friend connect and a resident of the UK (sorry! I will host a giveaway for my international readers soon!). You can earn extra entries by following me on twitter and tweeting about the giveaway. The giveaway will be running for two weeks. Be sure to leave me a comment below and include your email so I contact you if your the lucky winner!

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Good luck everyone!

x ♥