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5 Essential Wedding Planning Tips

I want to share with you 5 of my most essential wedding planning tips you should know in preparing for the lead up to the big day.

When planning your wedding there are so many details that it makes your head spin. I certainly don’t want to add any more to it but I feel there are some things that should go to the top of your list that might make everything else work…

In the grand scheme of things where does the planning of your Wedding Ceremony come in? There are so many details that go into wedding planning that it’s difficult to know where to focus your time and energy and money.

Did you know that the cost for your ceremony is only 2 - 3% of your overall budget? Yet without it, there really wouldn’t be a wedding, certainly not a marriage.…

Planning your own Wedding

Planning a wedding should be fun! And it can be. But planning a wedding alone can be a little overwhelming and daunting at times! Especially when you’re first starting out.…

Tell me – How are you going about choosing your bridal party?

Choosing your bridal party - You know all those lovely maids in a row – smiling for the camera, wearing matching dresses and bouquets?  Do you see yourself surrounded by 6 or more, or just you and your best…

Do you know where or when to start planning your wedding?

Just Engaged? Congratulations!

You got your ring! You’re going to get married. You are officially a Bride-to-be and you are about to plan the perfect wedding!

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 5 Smart Tips to Help you through a Wedding Crisis

Wedding planning in the best of times can be a challenge. So how does one cope and plan when circumstances can change in a flash. Look at the world crisis' taking place over the last while –…

The Pros and Cons of DIYing your wedding often depends on what your budget is.

Around the world the average cost of a wedding ranges from $90K AUS, £27K UK, $33K US, $30k CDN and on down.  Deciding how much you want to spend on your wedding will determine how…

With today’s abundant options for your wedding shopping and ideas – mainly online shopping, Pinterest and Wedding Facebook Groups, is there a reason to attend a Bridal Show or Fair?  I say ’Most Definitely’. Now I will admit I’m a little biased as I ran my own successful wedding show for 20 years.

But as…

For most couples, a wedding is the first time you’ll ever have to think about planning a huge event, let alone creating a plan for wedding budget costs.

As a result, lots of brides and grooms start planning in a similar way:

• First you think about the wedding you want.
• Then you think about how much you’re comfortable…

Disclaimer: This is not a blog about the perils of do-it-yourself wedding planning and then suggest you need to hire a wedding planner. Nope. This is about what a DIY wedding is – to you, to others, to me, and what to expect.

Planning a DIY wedding is certainly a very trendy and popular type of wedding for a lot of brides and grooms. But while everyone assumes that they know what DIY aka Do-it-Yourself is, I‘m not sure everyone’s definition is…

Wedding overwhelm is real. And it can happen to any bride-to-be no matter if you’re planning a small or huge wedding. And it can happen at different stages of the wedding planning process. 

I think it’s fair to say that you can’t totally avoid wedding overwhelm but I can almost guarantee that with some of my helpful tips, you can eliminate or reduce a lot of it.…