Posts Tagged ‘wedding planning’

Style Your Aisle

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

If you are getting married in a church or chapel, you don’t really have to worry about an aisle, yours is there, it’s ready made it’s probably even immovable.

For more and more brides getting married in other locations like hotels, outside, or on the beach the aisle is something that has to be created, outlined or designed and that can mean more than just the chairs your guests will be sitting on.

Here are a few ideas on how to style up your aisle.

Hire a red or white carpet or better yet, have a personal aisle runner made like this one from Starry Night Designs on Etsy.

or make one yourself! Use your initials, photos, a poem or part of your vows.

Image via Bridal Musings with DIY instructions here

This couple asked their guests to write well wishes on theirs.

How about a roll of vintage wallpaper?

Scatter petals {if you are allowed} the whole way up on either side, or create a design

Not allowed petals? Skip em, use autumn leaves or feathers, confetti, pom pom balls.

Line with candles or lanterns. – Make sure the flame is safe!

String with bunting, ribbon, tulle or fairy lights.

Photo by Our Labor of Love

Line with potted plants or trees {I’m using a lot of trees these days}

Turn all of the chairs facing the aisle or I love this spiral aisle. Wow.

Image by Blenda Montoro photography via Bridal Guide

Photo by Adam Lerner

Getting married on the beach? potted plants or draw the aisle in the sand.

There are so many ways to make that walk to the man you love so, as with everything, have some fun with it and be creative. Make it your own.

Annie

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Just Engaged!

Monday, February 4th, 2013

Photo by Sharon Bushman

With Christmas and New Year’s just gone and Valentine ’s Day rapidly approaching, many luck girls have now found {or will find} themselves with a stunning new sparkly engagement ring on their fingers. Yippee!

After the overwhelming joy comes the overwhelming ‘OMG, what do I do now!’

I do Dreamstorming sessions for that very reason. To meet with future brides to get them organized, give them direction, hints and tips, create their timelines, teach them how to allocate how much to what within the budget and come up with a design concept. A Dreamstorming session is a once off meeting to brainstorm for your wedding and wedding planning.

For those who are not able to meet with me in person, here are the first steps to your planning timeline to get you going.

  • Decide on your total budget and who is paying for what. If no one comes forward to offer financial assistance leave it out!
  • Gather approximate guest list and numbers. Be sure to ask parents for their essential guests.
  • Consider dates or at least seasons/ possible months that are favorable.
  • Think about your style, likes and dislikes and create a folder or inspiration board with cutouts and ideas. Discuss your priorities and what is important to you.
  • Make an appointment with Aislinn Events or your local planner to discuss options, priorities, budget breakdown, and   planning steps and possibilities.
  • Start researching venues and ceremony locations and create a shortlist to visit them. You can ask me or your planner for recomendations and once chosen book them with deposits and signed contracts. If you have a planner, we will keep copies of your contracts, deposits and payment due dates.
  • Choose responsible attendants and groomsmen. Responsible is the key word here. Do I have to add reliable? Ok I will. You want your attendants to be reliable too. If you don’t have a planner you may be leaning on them for help and you deserve someone who will be there for you.

So this should get you going. I know a lot of you have already started but I’ll be back with more detail for you over the next few weeks. It’ll be just like I’m right there with ya!

Annie

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A Little Progress

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Part of my job is to help couples through the legalities of getting married in Ireland. Even though there isn’t a lot of choice on how you can get married here, it can still be a minefield.

Things are changing though and it is getting easier to get married in the way that you want to because {drum roll……..}

Humanist weddings will have legal status sometime this year following the passage of legislation by the Oireachtas just this past December.

I’ll repeat that in more detail, the Bill was passed allowing members of the Humanist Association of Ireland to perform legal civil wedding ceremonies. It now just needs to be signed by the President of Ireland then the Humanist Association will apply to the Registrar and the HAI-accredited celebrants will have their names added to the General Register Office list of solemnisers.

Ok, what does this mean to you? Well, if you are newly engaged, it means simply that you have more options of locations and dates for your wedding. Choices other than just a church ceremony on a weekend or civil ceremony on a Monday to Friday. You will have more choice on locations for your ceremony and you can help create the ceremony more specific to you, adding elements of spirituality if you wish or not if that’s really not you. It means wedding ceremonies are not just black or white anymore {really no pun intended there!}.

Kelly & Dan’s Humanist blessing, Photo by Adam Lerner

Let’s not get too carried away though.  Don’t start planning your wedding ceremony at the top of a mountain or on a secluded beach, there will still be requirements to a legal marriage for whoever performs it for you and certainly there will be some restrictions. We’ll have to wait to find out, but personally I think this is great news to start the New Year!

Annie

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