Planning An Intimate Wedding

Planning An Intimate Wedding | Essex Wedding Planner

Image Credit: Terri & Lori Fine Art Photography & Film Couples choose to host an intimate wedding for many reasons. For some, complicated family situations may prevent them from hosting a traditional white wedding. Whilst couples planning their second marriage may be looking to plan an intimate, understated wedding in contrast to their first marriage.…

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Alternatives To A Traditional Wedding Breakfast

Alternative Wedding Breakfast Ideas | Essex Wedding Planner

Following the exchange of your wedding vows, tradition states you should then treat your guests to a three course sit down wedding breakfast. However, as we know, couples are now choosing to break with tradition and include a variety of non traditional elements into their wedding day. With alternative catering choices topping the list as…

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How To Enjoy Your Wedding Day

How to enjoy your wedding day | Essex Wedding Planner

  After months and quite possibly years of planning your wedding day, it’s important to have everything in place so you can relax and enjoy the special day that you have planned to perfection. As the countdown to your wedding day begins, it’s easy to become distracted and forget to put in place small details…

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Planning A Marquee Wedding

Planning a marquee wedding | Essex Wedding planner

  I must confess, I do have a soft spot for marquee weddings. Not only do I adore the creative flexibility they offer, but I also love putting together a dream team of suppliers to transform a blank canvas space into a wonderful backdrop for my clients weddings. But, as flexible as marquee weddings are,…

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Wedding Day Timings

Timings for your wedding day | Essex Wedding planner

Image Credit: Danielle Smith Photography Planning your wedding is quite possibly the first large event you have planned. So, if you are struggling to put together a wedding day schedule, then this is perfectly normal. It can be hard to strike the balance between enough structure to ensure your day runs smoothly, whilst allowing a…

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What To Include In Wedding Speeches

Wedding Day Speeches | Essex Wedding Planner

Image Credit:Danielle Smith Photography As a wedding planner I have listened to many wedding speeches and can confirm they are a fun and much anticipated element of a wedding day. Guests love to be entertained with comical stories from the best man, tear jerking words from the bride’s father, as well as hearing the groom…

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Wedding Traditions

Wedding Day Traditions | Essex Wedding Planner

  From the bride throwing her bouquet through to that perfectly orchestrated confetti moment, weddings are still packed with an abundance of wedding traditions. With couples who are hosting a non traditional wedding also choosing to incorporate a number of age old traditions within their big day. Thanks to COVID 19 lots of engaged couples…

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Rain On Your Wedding Day

Rain On Your Wedding Day | Essex Wedding Planner

  With the weather being one of the few elements of your wedding day that you are unable to control, many couples worry that rain will be an uninvited guest on their wedding day. And, along with it’s arrival, will ruin each of their well laid plans. Whilst I of course appreciate that rain on…

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Choosing Your Wedding Date

Choosing your wedding date | Essex Wedding Planner

  Once you have finished celebrating your newly found status as an engaged couple, your attentions will no doubt turn to setting a date for your wedding day. Once this date has been set, your wedding planing journey can begin. With many couples choosing to send their save the dates, begin contacting their shortlist of…

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A Guide To Planning Your Wedding

A Guide To Planning Your Wedding | Essex Wedding Planner

Image Credit: Terri & Lori Fine Art Photography & Film Studio Let’s cut straight to the chase, as romantic and fun as wedding planning sounds, the harsh reality is it can be stressful and overwhelming at times.  You have been riding high in engagement heaven, to then come back down to reality with an almighty…

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