Arrive In Style

It is your wedding and you have the freedom to do what you like on your special day. So consider arriving in style on something other than the norm.

How about a helicopter . . .

or a horse and cart!

Be a little bit daring and make a grand appearance and you don’t have to stick by the traditional rules of the bride and groom arriving separately either if you don’t want to.

If you’ve gone to the expense of hiring a limousine then enjoy it together and arrive at your wedding drinking champagne while you experience every moment of the day with one another.

Don’t be burdened by old rules that say you can’t do this or that — do what you like and love every moment of it.

It should be a day of total fun and relaxation from the time that you wake up in the morning to the time that you leave the reception to enjoy your honeymoon together and onwards for the rest of your life.

Consider any forms of transport that you or your partner might be passionate about and see if there is anyone who might be able to help out on your wedding day.

There are many people with hot rods, Ferraris and various other types of vehicles who would charge a fee to drive you to your wedding in their vehicle.

Naturally the two of you won’t be able to go if your choice is a Ferrari unless you can find somebody who will give you the keys to the car for the day.

There are unique vehicle rental companies also where you can choose a special vehicle for your transport but there is often quite a substantial fee involved and it might even be cheaper turning up in a helicopter however you need to take into consideration getting your hair and dress blown around when getting out of the helicopter.

There always many things to think about and doing so well before the wedding is always the best policy.

Contact us for your complimentary consultation by email: info@pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk or take a look at our website for more details at: http://www.pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk

Please join our Facebook community for more ideas, suggestions and other brides and grooms planning their weddings here: http://www.facebook.com/weddingsbylibertine  We look forward to seeing you there.

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Using old photos to create a slide show

Photographs aren’t just about preserving memories of the day. Increasingly, brides and grooms are using photos as part of the day itself. One idea is to put together a slideshow of photos of you both as children, growing up and then going out together, which can be projected onto a blank wall during the reception.

Claire and myself did this at our wedding. Whilst enjoying the wedding breakfast and throughout the evening we had a slide show of us growing up and together as a couple, playing on the four large TV screens on the walls of the reception room. All I did was to download the photographs onto a stick and plugged them into the back of the system controlling the TV’s.

Some photographers will also put together a slide show of the wedding shots to be shown during the reception. If you are marrying in a sports venue, ask about using the big screens for display.

All these ideas are a sure way to delight your wedding guests and add a little something extra to your day.

Contact us for your complimentary consultation by email: info@pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk or take a look at our website for more details at: http://www.pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk

Please join our Facebook community for more ideas, suggestions and other brides and grooms planning their weddings here: http://www.facebook.com/weddingsbylibertine  We look forward to seeing you there.

Tim Downer

Lead Wedding Coordinator

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The Wedding Planner

(A snapshot of a Wedding of Yesteryear)

Weddings of Yesteryear – The Bride and the Groom would have been married at the local family church and the photos would normally be taken at the church and the Bridal party were made up of close family with aunts and uncles, and the guests were made up of friends and family from the village or town where the couple lived.

The reception would have been held in the parents own backyard, were a long banquet style table would be covered in a lovely tablecloth, and laden with food brought by family members to help celebrate the happy occasion . . . . 

Fast forward eighty years – Todays Weddings have changed vastly. . . .

 . . . . Todays engaged couples have likely met on the internet or met at work. They often come into the marriage with different backgrounds – different ethnicities or religious backgrounds, preferences, friends, hometowns and expectations of what this magical moment will be. Their guests will travel from across the country to attend this special occasion. Instead of a table full of food that the guests have brought with them, we have the choice of venues, and the ‘must have’ list of photography, chocolate fountains, videography, wedding cakes, florists, table decoration, themed weddings, vehicles, wedding breakfast . . . . and the list goes on and on.

Today’s Wedding is an extraordinary experience, quite different from the weddings of yesteryear!

Enter the Wedding planner – AKA Orchestral Conductor; Fairy Godmother; Mary Poppins; Peacemaker; Emotional Therapist . . . A Wedding Planner is called in to source all the elements that an engaged couple dream about, using the resources and talents that he or she has developed, and taking each project to a new level to create an experience unique to each couple.

A professional wedding planner is a lot like a matchmaker, only instead of finding people his/her perfect mate, she helps match couples with wedding vendors that match their vision, personality and budget. Without a wedding planner, most couples base their decisions about vendors with online searches or recommendations from friends. While those tools are valuable, most wedding planners have an extensive network of vendors with whom they have worked closely, and whose work they can vouch for, so they can both set you up with great quality vendors as well as steer you away from vendors that wouldn’t be a great fit.

Your venue’s “wedding planner” isn’t really your wedding planner – Nowadays, many wedding venues have a “wedding planner” on staff, typically the couple’s main point of contact with the venue. While these planners are valuable (and I truly mean that. Site coordinators help make my job easier, for sure), don’t expect them to take care of all your wedding needs. Their job is to ultimately represent the interests the venue, not the couple.

Bottom line: Even though your venue may have a “wedding planner,” chances are that person is not a substitute for a professional wedding planner.

Planning a wedding is a lot of work. Some experts even estimate that the time a couple spends planning their wedding amounts to about 15-20 hours per week (basically a part time job) throughout their engagement. Not every couple has the time/energy for that after jobs, hobbies and social lives. A professional wedding planner can take a large chunk of the planning time off of your plate.

The role of the Wedding Planner goes beyond contracting with the vendors and lining up the Wedding Party before they march down the aisle. A Wedding Planner serves as a confidant, a sounding board and a guide, giving advice and encouragement at times, and honesty with a reality check when necessary.

You should be 100% present for your wedding day.

Your wedding day happens once, and it can never be repeated. So, why not invest in someone who can free you from every responsibility other than drinking in every moment of that day? You’ve likely invested a great amount of time, energy and resources in your wedding, so you should get to enjoy it.

Contact us for your complimentary consultation by email: info@pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk or take a look at our website for more details at: http://www.pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk

Please join our Facebook community for more ideas, suggestions and other brides and grooms planning their weddings here: http://www.facebook.com/weddingsbylibertine  We look forward to seeing you there.

Tim Downer

Lead Wedding Coordinator

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Choosing a Wedding Planner is Tough!! – Let us help you choose

Choosing a Wedding Planner is Tough!!

Why Choose us?

Pink Daisy Weddings offers a fantastic, bespoke service, created just for you. The prospect of organising a Wedding celebration with so many important and intricate details, can be daunting and time consuming.

Enlisting the experience from Pink Daisy Weddings is the answer; we will ensure that all the stress and anxiety is banished, leaving you with only the fun and exciting elements of planning your Wedding.

We strive to offer you the best in Wedding Planning and impartial advice. We are constantly looking for new venues and suppliers for our portfolio. Every venue we have in our portfolio we have visited personally and walked round them, and every supplier we have, we have met before and built up a relationship. We do not want to have anyone in our portfolio who will let us down, or will not do what they say they will do.

The Pink Daisy Weddings team can work with you in a number of ways to bring your wedding to fruition, but whichever service you choose, this is our approach to planning your wedding:

We listen: probably the most important part of the process, we spend around an hour or so with you on our complimentary consultation, so we can understand what you want to see on your big day, and why. We ask you lots of questions to get to know you and your requirements better, and answer yours, before writing up a full proposal afterwards.

We give you advice: once booked, we produce a schedule of what your Wedding day will look like, along with key dates when input and decisions are needed from you and the suppliers. This is a fluid document which changes as we move forward, but will remain our key timeline for the big day. We recommend the suppliers we feel fit best with your style, personality and budget. We take no commission from suppliers: our recommendations are based purely on our understanding of your goals.

Together, we make it happen: by looking after you and your chosen team of suppliers before and on the day. We manage set up, the day itself and the breakdown of everything afterwards, leaving you to, well, ‘party and enjoy the day’ with your family and guests.

We love what we do and we bring our enthusiasm, personalities and our commitment to every client we work with. Put simply, if you want a Wedding Planner who cares about you as a couple and actually listens to what you want for your big day, choose Pink Daisy Weddings.

Contact us for your complimentary consultation by email: info@pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk or take a look at our website for more details at: http://www.pinkdaisyweddings.co.uk

Please join our Facebook community for more ideas, suggestions and other brides and grooms planning their weddings here: http://www.facebook.com/weddingsbylibertine  We look forward to seeing you there.

Tim Downer

Lead Wedding Coordinator

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Top Tips for choosing your wedding shoes

Our Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Wedding Shoes

Between choosing the cake, photographer, venue, bridesmaids, caterers and music, there are hundreds of decisions to be made as you prepare for your wedding day. But don’t underestimate the importance of your wedding shoes! They have to carry you through one of the biggest events of your life, so you need them to have the ‘Cinderella fit’.

You want to gracefully walk down the aisle, effortlessly dance with your new husband and tirelessly stand to greet your guests and pose for pictures without worrying about slipping, stumbling and enduring pain! The style and types of wedding shoe available today are endless and you are sure to find something to suit your own style/taste.

Here at Pink Daisy Weddings, we are often asked by Brides-to-be for advice when it comes to choosing the perfect pair of Bridal shoes. Tim Downer, co-founder of Pink Daisy Weddings, looks at some of the most popular tips in choosing your wedding shoes. There are a number of factors to consider, so here are our essential tips to help you find the perfect Bridal Shoe for your Special Day:

TOP 10 TIPS FOR CHOOSING YOUR WEDDING SHOES

1. COMFORT IS THE KEY

One of the most important things to keep in mind while buying your wedding shoes is comfort. Your wedding day will be a very long one spent mainly on your feet, from walking down the aisle, greeting guests, posing for photographs, cutting the cake, to standing up for toasts and even dancing the night away!!

Spending hours on your feet is difficult with even the most comfortable pair of shoes, so think about comfort. Practise walking in your shoes before your big day to break them in – and why not try dancing in them? Every night for a couple of weeks before the wedding, put your shoes on for a little while. Wear them around the house or to run an errand or two. By the time your wedding day rolls around, they’ll feel like slippers. Proper wedding shoes are specially designed with comfort in mind, and most of our collection of bridal shoes from “Perfect by VT” has additional padding exactly for this purpose.

2. DON’T LEAVE THEM UNTIL LAST!

Many Brides often focus on the wedding dress and leave the shoes until the very last-minute! Make sure you purchase your shoes before your first dress fitting, so the height of the hem can be made the perfect length. Remember that if you are wearing a shorter wedding dress, your shoes will be on constant display, so make sure they are flattering.

3. PICK THE RIGHT HEEL HEIGHT

The majority of Brides will prefer to go for heels and it is important to pick the right heel height for you. We advise choosing a heel height that you’re comfortable with and are used to wearing. If you normally wear 4 inch heels, then why change this on your wedding day! You know you will be comfortable.

However, if you don’t normally wear very high heels, your wedding day is not the best day to pick to experiment! If you want a bit of height, but are not used to wearing stilettos, why not consider platform heels, or the lower, kitten heels?

And of course, if you prefer, flat satin ballet slippers make beautiful bridal shoes too. However, regarding the height of your heels, you will also need to consider the height of your groom for your wedding photographs! While this is not an issue for many, some taller brides worry about being taller or close in height to their new husband on the wedding day, and if this is you consider lower heels or flats instead.

4. FABRIC CHOICES

Silk or Satin are traditionally the two most popular choices for wedding shoes. But of course, your wedding dress and personal taste should have the greatest impact on the shoes you choose. Matching your shoes to your wedding dress is an exciting part of the selection process. Think about whether you are wearing a silk, satin or lace dress and match your wedding shoes accordingly.

For part of the day you may only see the front of your shoe, however, you may be lifting the dress to walk or dance and your guests will then see the back part of your shoes. Going for some detail at the back can be interesting and eye-catching. If you’re wearing a non-traditional wedding dress, your shoes do not need to be traditional either.

5. COST

Everyone is on a budget and getting a bargain is paramount, however with that in mind, think of your wedding dress and be prepared to pay from 10 – 15% of its value for your shoes. If your beautiful dress cost £500 your shoes should ideally cost you between £50 – £75. You certainly don’t want to undervalue your dress or buy cheap and uncomfortable shoes.

6. TO DANCE OR NOT TO DANCE?

Are you having a boogie on your wedding day? If so, you may consider purchasing a pair of more comfortable flat ballet slippers to change into later on, so you can enjoy all the frivolity with your family and friends all night long.

7. WHITE WILL VARY IN SHADE

There are several shades of white, so if your dress is white, make sure you get a swatch from your dress shop to compare the shade.

Silk shoes are traditionally more of an off white shade, because they are a natural fabric, whereas imported satin shoes are a very bright white with almost a blue hue to them.

8. TREAT YOUR FEET

Remember to schedule in a lovely pedicure a couple of days before the big day. Slip your feet into your gorgeous wedding shoes with soft skin, neat cuticles and glossy, painted nails. Pampered feet will feel fresher and help to make you feel special.

9. CHOOSE SHOES COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR SURROUNDINGS

Are your shoes suitable for your venue? Make sure the style of shoe you choose fits in with the overall style of your wedding. Open toe, strappy shoes can be perfect for a summer wedding, but in winter a closed toe pair of court shoes will look elegant and more appropriate.

For a wedding on grass, or on the beach, be aware that narrow heels will sink into the soft ground, so flat shoes or wedge heels will be far easier to walk in. For a fun, quirky wedding, bright, striking shoes peeping out from under your dress can create a real impact.

10. CHOOSE SHOES YOU LOVE

Most importantly of all, choose a pair of wedding shoes that you love. They will always remind you of your special day, and just as with everything else you wear on your wedding day, they should make you feel fabulous.

We hope that the above tips and advice has been a helpful guide to you and you are now ready to start choosing your shoes for your special day. Keep up to date with the latest news and products by liking our Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/weddingsbylibertine

Tim Downer
Lead Wedding Coordinator

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