Bride&Joy

Where my girls at?! God I hated this bit. In fact, if I could go back in time and do it again, I'd do it much much later than I did. Don't get me wrong, my bridesmaids are the best girls I know and I would still absolutely choose them again but holy shit, the pressure! If you are a social person with lots of close friends and a large ceremony, this bit should be easy for you. If not and like me, you prefer being in a quiet room with a good book and you know a few select people that don't piss you off... then this is a little harder. I struggled because I have more close friends than I wanted bridesmaids. My maid of honour was always going to be my little sister (she's thirteen and an absolute boss.) No question about it. But I only really wanted three. I started with five and ended with four. I'm so good at this haha. The problem I had was that I asked my bridesmaids too early. I hadn't even set the date or done any research so at the beginning of my plann...

So, you've sorted out your priorities and you're ready to look at venues. Yay! If you're anything like me, you're already researching and signing up for every brochure that you can lay your hands on. You've got your local bridal magazine at the ready and the Internet is loaded. But wait, trust me. Let's not jump into anything too soon. This is possibly the most important piece of advice I can give you. Do the research.  But maybe i'm not being concise enough, Do the correct research . But what the hell are you on about? I hear you yelling at me through the screen of your computer/phone/tablet/whocareswhatdeviceyouareon? Hear me out. Venues are amazing but they are expensive bastards. I'm going to let you into a secret, here's how to get what you want for the cheapest price possible. Step 1: Work out your priorities as a couple. Sure, you've agreed them for the vision of the wedding but you need to be clear about what you both want or nee...

Woohoo! Congrats. You're engaged! You've told everyone you know and the question they keep asking is... when? My answer to that was... No frickin clue. I don't know about you guys but we didn't have a date in our heads or the perfect wedding vision. We were overwhelmed by how much there was to do when planning a wedding. If this sounds like you right about now, come aboard. It's not as hard as it looks. First things first. Before anyone gives their opinion or tells you how wonderful their friends cousins daughters wedding was at whatitsname venue, do yourself a favour. Sit down with your shiny new fiancé and work out your budget. Sound boring, I know. Trust me (and I hate the financial part of being an adult), you will save yourself so much time and agony later on if you do this first. Work out exactly how much you can save before you want to get married per month (our time frame was a year). This is the only budget you will have (even if people say they...