Here at Williams Hart Weddings we really like to share whatever bits of information will help make your day go as smoothly and perfectly as possible.
So we asked bride-to-be Phoebe Irvine, who is all set to get married next month to give you a few insider tips, share her final plans and fill us in on what she wished she spent more time on before the big day!
“Michael and I have been dating for almost five years now, and we’ve been engaged for two, which has given us a bit of time to get the planning right.
I always knew I wanted to get married where I grew up so The George Hotel in Stamford, was an obvious choice for the venue. It’s such a beautiful town.
Photograph by Barry Samuels
We’re going for a simple, elegant look for the day or as our uber-talented florist Miss Pickering calls it ‘faded aristocracy’; lots of muted tones of porcini, dusky pinks and taupe.
I’ve loved all the planning stages of the wedding, but there have been a few things that have been all consuming. The dress is one, each one I tried I was convinced was ‘The One’ and eventually I bought the first one I’d tried on anyway! Inevitably the invites and the family politics has been another difficult area in the planning, along with the seating plan. It’s stressful trying to appease everyone!
The little bits we’ve left to the last minute are on my mind too, the music for the church took forever to decide, so the order of service is still to be printed and we still haven’t made our minds up on a first dance song! I know these things could have been sorted earlier if we’d made decisions.
I’d also be sleeping a lot easier if I could somehow make sure everyone will be having a lovely time on the day itself. It would ease my mind no end knowing that everyone and everything will be where they are meant to be at the right time.
Michael has been a great help though and I’d really urge other brides to involve their groom too. He’s been to all our supplier meetings and arranged hymns and button holes and things and he’s very excited about the big day.
Above all though, I know all these stresses are secondary and what I’m really looking forward to most is walking down the aisle and seeing Michael, knowing that he is about to be my husband.
As the big day approaches and the hard work and planning is coming to an end I’d say to brides just starting out on their planning journey to not stress too much over the little things. Just make sure you create your day, your way and not let others push their ideas on to you. You only get to plan your big day once and it’s a chance to put your personalised imprint on to the start of your lives together, and try to make sure you enjoy every last bit of it."
Many thanks to Phoebe for sharing the highs and lows of her planning experiences and we wish her the very best of luck on her big day next month.
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