We’re heading towards December which, according to a 2023 National Wedding survey, is the most popular month to get engaged, unless you made the most of 2024 being a leap year and went for a leap year proposal! Whenever you decide to pop the question, once it’s been asked, you get to do the fun […]

Getting married is meant to be one of the happiest days of your life. However, there’s a lot of details to plan and sometimes, unexpectantly it doesn’t go as planned. Here, we caught up with mother of the bride, Nicola, to talk about her experience. As with many mothers of the bride, Nicola has been […]

Your wedding is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life, and most couples look forward to finally being able to plan it. But it can also be quite stressful, and expensive; a survey by Hitched showed that in 2023, the average cost of a wedding was £20,700, and a whopping 59% […]

Your big day is finally here. After months of careful planning everything should run like clockwork; the flowers match the bridesmaids, the cake matches the napkins, the pageboy has his orders and your dad’s dance moves have been honed to perfection. But with so much at stake on your big day, the last thing you […]

Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life. You’ve put a lot of time and effort (and money!) into making sure it’s everything you ever dreamed it would be, so of course you want to savour every moment. You’ll look back on this day for years to come, so it’s important […]

This year marks the calendar addition of an extra day (a leap day), making it a leap year. The additional day, February 29th to be exact, was introduced to maintain synchronisation between our calendars and the seasons. By why? I hear you ask. Now for the science bit – our planet, Earth, takes approximately 365.25 […]

Weddings are big business now and thanks to social media sites such as Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest, there are so many ideas to choose from. Once you’ve sorted the important bits, like the date, ceremony, the venue, and the dress, you can start planning the fun parts, such as the wedding reception and while we […]

Planning The Perfect Winter Wedding Spring and Summer are traditionally seen as peak wedding season, with three-quarters of weddings taking place between May and October. Summer weddings are all about the marquees, barefoot beach weddings, back garden weddings under a big flower arch, flower girls, and al-fresco cocktails. But there’s also something romantic and atmospheric […]

Everyone has an idea of what they want their wedding to look like; from the wedding outfits to the size of the cake. The venue is a major part of planning your wedding day, and with the average wedding venue cost coming in at just over £8000, it’s not a decision you’re going to take […]

We’re heading into wedding season and at a time when all anyone seems to want to talk about is dresses and flowers and guest lists, there’s one person who might be having the odd sleepless night; the person tasked with giving the Father of the Bride speech. Public speaking can be pretty daunting at the […]