wedding budget

The whole idea of putting together your Wedding Budget can sound daunting, but it’s very important and, if approached in the right mindset, can even be fun (honest!). Establishing and Agreeing your Budget When setting your overall Budget, make sure you have included any contributions which might be made by family members or others. Don’t…

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your wedding team

By ‘Choosing Your Wedding Team’ I don’t mean the professionals you will hire, but rather those members of your family and friends whom you trust to help you pull the wedding together. Know your Friends and Family It is likely you will get lots of offers of help. However, you will know who can be…

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I talk a lot in my community about the importance of having a big overall vision of exactly the wedding day you want to create, before diving into booking venues and suppliers. Only when you have that vision can you shortlist vendors which meet it. But there’s something which comes even before that. In order…

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Are you a fairly newly engaged bride thinking ‘I don’t know where to start!’ when it comes to planning your wedding? Well this is completely usual in the most normal of times, but at the moment for some it’s totally overwhelming as much more than usual is out of our control due to COVID 19.…

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your wedding schedule

Your Wedding Schedule takes over from your Timeline or Project Plan, however this doesn’t mean that you don’t start creating it until a week before the wedding – absolutely the opposite. When I am working on clients’ weddings I start the Schedule as soon as we begin working together. It may change, but there are…

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Reception Lines⁠ ⁠ Historically a wedding reception was held at⁠ the Bride’s parents’ home post Ceremony, with⁠ the couple ‘receiving society’ for the first time as a pair.⁠ ⁠ Depending upon a family’s status, this took the form of a⁠ tea, a dinner or perhaps a ball.⁠ ⁠ Typically each guest was received via the…

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Wedding Suppliers

Are you spending time researching suppliers whilst you have more time at home? Finding suppliers who really understand your vision for your day is key. You want to work with people who will be excited by your ideas and help you build on them – not run steamrollers over your dreams and tell you what…

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I’m often asked by clients whether it’s OK to mess with, or change up, the traditional line up for wedding speeches. Well as far as I am concerned, absolutely if that is what you want. Let’s look at that… Traditionally there are three wedding speeches, delivered in a specific order, covering certain core subjects. Father…

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Wedding Planning Overwhelm

Is this you? If it is, please understand you’re not alone. In the current climate, planning a wedding is more difficult and uncertain than usual, however even in more ‘normal’ times brides to be often become overwhelmed, especially at the outset of wedding planning. It’s not at all surprising. You’ve not done this before, or…

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Are you considering who might be your wedding caterer? Let’s look at some options.. Catering Options In general there are three different scenarios when it comes to who’s doing the main catering for your wedding: your venue does the catering; your venue allows third party caterers into their premises; you’re in a dry hire venue…

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