Pro wedding vendors’ advice and recommendations to help you plan your modern wedding quicker, easier & with less stress
Viewing entries tagged
wedding planning
Are you feeling like you're drowning in a never-ending sea of decisions and to-do lists?
You aren’t alone.
Because while planning your dream wedding can be an exciting and rewarding journey, let's be honest - it can also be a significant time suck. But with some strategic planning and the latest tech-savvy tools, you can more easily navigate this stage and still enjoy the anticipation of your celebration. Let’s dive in!
I’m betting one of the tasks you've still got on your to-do list – and somehow keeps slipping further down – is writing your wedding vows.
You know, the personal and heartfelt promises you're going to make to each other?
To help you along, I’m going to tell you everything you want to know – plus a few points you didn't even know existed – about writing your wedding vows
One of the most common concerns that engaged couples have about their wedding day is the level of emotion and, more specifically, how they’re going to control their crying.
So first up, if you’re a little worried, I need you to know; you are not alone.
Of course, when you’re reciting your heartfelt vows we don’t want to stop those feelings, that’s the whole bloody reason why you’re there! But, there is a fine line between expressing yourself authentically and maybe ruining the moment.
The good news is, there are some steps you can take to feel more in control and to minimise those embarrassing snotty snorts through the microphone (yes, they get amplified too!).
The truth is, I don’t know everything. Shocking, I know.
But, there is no single person that knows everything there is to know about relationships, marriages, weddings, the whole kit and caboodle. But I have been around many weddings in my time and I’ve heard many a story of things that would be done differently if they had their day again.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
So, I’m jumping straight into it with 3 little-known secrets to your best wedding celebration!
Your wedding dress (or bridal suit, jumpsuit, wedding bikini) is likely to be one of the most expensive outfits you’ll ever wear and making decisions about the styles you like, the colour you prefer and length that will work for you can seem exhausting.
And this is before you even start the search for the place where you’ll find such a magical gown!
From quality print wedding invitations, wedding stationery sets (with save the dates, rsvp cards, wedding invitation cards and bridal shower invitations), paper goods, signs and laser cut items, it’s sometimes confusing for engaged couples to know where to start.
Kate from Bluebelle Studio prides herself on offering custom design services to bring her clients’ vision to life with letterpress, white ink laser-cut, foiling, engraving and printed wood modern production processes.
We asked Kate for her best advice and top tips for sourcing, planning and ordering all your wedding stationery needs.
If you were planning on getting married, and your plans have been put on pause I'm so, so sorry. I know that you’re feeling lost, devastated, angry, sad and ALL THE FEELINGS right now.
But chin up, gorgeous.
Even with no definitive date of when life will go back to normal, there are ways to move forward, put some backups in place and make some progress in the meantime. So let’s get stuck into it.
When it comes time to plan what is (likely to be) the biggest and most public celebration of your relationship, you want to make sure it will be a party to remember.
And it’s this ideal, wanting to make your wedding special because you don’t want to have any regrets, that can contribute to your decision making becoming clouded. Spending can easily get out of control, the expectations of family and friends can feel oppressive and then the overwhelm starts to set in.
Bingo bango; a happier engaged couple enjoying more of their wedding planning experience!
When I first meet with my couples to discuss their wedding ceremony, once we get past all of the 'where, when and how' logistics, what I really want to know is their top 3. Some of my brides and grooms are are puzzled; what do you mean 'Our Top 3'?
Your top 3 are the ultimate and unique measure of a successful wedding for YOU.
There’s little argument that booking your wedding photographer is a big thing to check off your wedding planning to-do list.
Given the big bucks involved, and considering the fact that this might be the first, or only, time you’ve ever needed to hire a photographer, it makes sense that you might be looking for a little help with the process.
Hiring your wedding photographer is an investment in the quality of the photos (prints, albums, etc) that you will look back on for many years to come. And, given that you will spend up to 12 hours with them on your wedding day, choosing the RIGHT ONE FOR YOU will also affect the way your wedding day feels.
So I asked a friend of Unbridely TV, wedding photographer and high five enthusiast Alex Szczesniak of Time With Alex to help pull together this handy checklist of what to ask your wedding photographer - BEFORE YOU BOOK THEM IN.
She has witnessed firsthand what happens when sparkler exits go bad (think: Michael Jackson in that Pepsi commercial - ouch!)
So when I approached Kiera for some info on how to recreate one of the hottest (no pun intended) trends for your wedding, she was happy to share her checklist with Unbridely.
Thanks Kiera!
An 'unplugged wedding' happens when a couple getting married have made a decision that they would prefer that their wedding guests don't take photos and/or upload them to social media.
There are many variations on this, from having an unplugged ceremony only, when guests are encouraged to put their phones and cameras away until after the marriage certificate has been signed, to a strict 'no photo policy' for the entire wedding celebration, to a complete 'social media blackout' until the following day or when the bride or groom have a chance to announce their marriage themselves.
There are only a handful of phrases in the English language that can so immediately provoke a spine-tingling shudder of fear like when someone says "I'd really like you to do a speech".
Professional speechwriter, Lynda from Silvertongue Speeches hears it all the time.
"So many hate the idea of giving a speech or find the whole idea so stressful it ruins the day, and I have had to sit through so many painful speeches I knew - I want to help make this better."
I asked Lynda if she can help out Unbridely Brides and Grooms (and their bestman, maid of honour or parents as well) with her ultimate tips and tricks to delivering a really great speech.
Thanks so much for your time and expertise, Lynda!
