After
a lovely couple of weeks off, it’s great to be back in the office re-living the
beautiful day we had on 13th July, looking through the photos and eating
all the left over chocolate favours!
Obviously
after working at Bistro Live for nearly three years, I’ve spoken to hundreds of
brides to be and heard all sorts of stories about how hard it can be to
organise a wedding but I don’t think I realised what it was really like until
it was my turn!
It
didn’t take me long to think of five pieces of advice that I wish someone had
given to me.
Even
though everyone’s big day is different and personal to them, these are just
some of the tips that I think are relevant no matter what you’re arranging from
a fairytale wedding in a grand castle to eloping to Las Vegas. The best kind of wedding is a
stress free (as much as possible) wedding!
1) Recommendations. These are in-valuable. The
best people to know if a photographer or florists are really any good are the
people who have used them themselves. If you don’t know anyone who has booked
them directly, online reviews are also helpful – definitely do your research
and ask any questions you feel are important, the customer is always right!
2) Ebay. This was really useful for
our Alice in
Wonderland theme as there are thousands of suppliers on Ebay running small business
and offering all the little bits and bobs that give your day that extra special
touch at much lower costs than in the shops. This is especially useful if
you’re like me and no good at making things yourself!
3) Favours. and not the sugar almond
kind! We were lucky enough to have a huge support network of very talented
friends and family who all pitched in to help us. My new sister in law is a
makeup artist and very kindly made sure I looked my best all day. Don’t be shy
to ask people to help out any way they can, if you do feel a bit cheeky you can
always suggest that it can be their wedding present to you both.
4) Prioritise. Most couples are working
within some kind of a budget so before you start booking and buying everything,
sit down together and work out what’s most important to you. If you really want
chair covers but having them would come at the cost of not having a
photographer – are they really worth it?
5) Most importantly…Learn to let
go! A few
days before the wedding I took the attitude that if anything went wrong, there
wouldn’t be much I could do about it so the way I was going to enjoy the
experience the most was to relax and accept that what will be will be!
I
hope there’s something in here that’s useful for everyone and I wish all our
gorgeous hens and blushing brides their very own perfect wedding day!
Sukie x
