Collecting your wedding invitation RSVPs is a critical element of planning your wedding and staying on budget. Because when you know your final numbers and other guest requirements on time it's easier for your venue manager, wedding planner or caterer to make provisions for seats, food, and beverages.
This saves you from any unnecessary headaches and costs that come when you over or underestimate your guest numbers or the confirmation comes too late. And any anxiety you’re feeling can take a back seat too!
These ‘per person’ purchases also extend to decor elements like napkins, tablecloths, table numbers and centrepieces and can affect the timing of printing or production of seating charts, escort cards, wedding favours and order of ceremony booklets.
So how much time should you give your wedding guests to RSVP? And how do you make it easier to get your family and friends to RSVP?
In this guide, we’ll teach you everything you need to know about finding the perfect engagement ring size, from the basics of measuring your finger to resizing a ring that’s too big.
With the expert help advice from Class A Jewellers and this guide, you’ll no longer need to worry about how to find your perfect engagement ring size. And you will feel relaxed, super excited, and confident come proposal day.
One of the most exciting, and sometimes nail-biting, parts of planning your wedding will be deciding who will be in your bridal party (just the girls) or wedding party (if you choose a mix of your fav people).
While some couples have known since kindergarten who will be in their wedding party, others are making choices based on practicality, budget, distance, how many guests will be invited and the formality of their plans. There's a lot to consider!
Once you've finally landed on your people, if you're struggling with the perfect way to propose to your future bridesmaids, groomsmen or wedding party, we’re here to help!
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!
“We are no longer allowed to dance, I have no maid of honour or flower girl as my sister is in Stage 3 Lockdown in Bendigo - 20 family members are not allowed to come as they are interstate and my best friend of 20 years from Canada cannot come.
BUT we have decided to go ahead because what is most important is our commitment and marriage to each other! We decided where there is a will, there is a way. We are making the best of a bad situation while still enjoying our big day.”
As Lachy and Cindy discovered, while differing levels of COVID-19 restrictions are in effect (depending on where & when your wedding is being held), there’s still a lot you can do to have fun at your wedding while keeping yourself, and your closest family and friends, as safe as possible.
There are some specific questions you need to ask your wedding cake baker to avoid disappointment with a low-quality product (and service) down the track.
Asking these questions will ensure the best looking and yummiest cake is delivered for your wedding on time, the way you want it and also that the crucial pieces of information that are required for a baker to give you an accurate quote (no scary bill at the end!) are communicated early.
It’s completely understandable, given that you’ve probably never planned a wedding before, how you might get caught up in the process and forget some of the finer details that will help your day run so much smoother.
One of these details, that some couples overlook, is their "wedding vendor meals."
Although you might not be aware, it’s common for photographers, videographers, and other all-day wedding vendors to require a set number of meals for their staff to be able to work on your big day.
Congratulations on your engagement!
There are exciting times ahead but right now, you’re still drunk on the love, right?
This is the best part, but also, that’s when ‘they’ get ya!
Like it, or not (mostly, not) you are going to be on the receiving end of a lot of (sometimes unwelcome) advice and it will all start from the moment you announce your engagement.
So I wanted to give you a little heads up BEFORE you start planning ANYTHING.
A modern, Unbridely approach to weddings means couples have the freedom to choose if they even want to have a wedding party in the first place; as in attendants; bridesmaids, groomsmen, maid of honour, etc.
So if having a squad of your closest friends or family members by your side on your wedding day brings warm, squishy, happy feelings for you, then we want to help make sure they look the part.
Here are some of the hot bridesmaid dress looks we are currently obsessing over for the 2022 season.
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.
Planning a wedding with divorced parents can present an engaged couple with a virtual minefield of unspoken misunderstandings, hurt feelings and tension. Navigating the sometimes complex dynamics between family members requires some sensitivity and planning ahead.
Here are a few of our best tips to help make your big day as stress-free as possible for everyone involved.
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!
On your wedding day, honouring those who’ve passed away is a moving and practical way to pay tribute to their influence on your life and symbolises your deepest personal values.
We’ve got 23 unique and personalised ways that you can remember and honour them with dignity and respect.
