In the aftermath of the Royal Wedding, where we saw pageboys holding the veil train, an animated American preacher giving a sermon inside a British church, no ‘grown up’ attendants and a bride on her way to her Prince stand alone at the doors to the church, we at Wedmother Towers are now talking about…
Preparing for your wedding can be a long (and sometimes stressful) process. After months (sometimes years) of looking at flowers, cakes, cars, dresses, shoes, favours, invitations, linen…oh the list goes on….it seems like your big day will never get here. Until **pooft** it does! Are you ready? Of course you are. But did you even…
Fairy Wedmother has done a few weddings where bowl food was the delectation of choice but for the evening reception rather than the main wedding breakfast, and while it went down well it did take a while to get out. Longer than queuing for a buffet? Unsure! In light of the news that Prince Harry…
As if going to weddings wasn’t expensive enough, your bride goes and decides that ‘somewhere lovely and sunny, not here’ would be a great place to tie the knot. So not only do you have hen night, outfit and accommodation to consider, you’re going to have to factor in a plane ticket. Two, if you’re…
You’re engaged – yay and congratulations! ♥ You know the first thing you need to do is think about budget – venue, food and drink, dress, transport… you’ve got it covered. Or have you? There are plenty of hidden costs to getting married that soon add up and can give you budget nightmares. Here’s a few…
I recently went to an event showcasing north east venues and discovered that you can have your ceremony on the award winning beach outside of the Roker Hotel in Sunderland (incidentally also the home of Poetic License Gin but that’s another story!) with a celebrant conducting the ceremony. Then I came across a blog about…
Everyone knows you need a first dance song and most couples already know what they want – ‘their’ song. But did you realise there are around seven other opportunities to put your musical stamp on your wedding and personalise it with some memorable and fun tunes? Whether you choose a live singer, put it all…
In the next instalment of the Wedmother Survival Guides we tackle the Festival Wedding. The invitation arrives, you knew it was coming and you can’t wait to open it. But wait, what’s this? A ticket? In all of the copious amounts of wedding chatter there was no indication it was going to be in a FIELD. In…
Trust us, there are some things you’ll want to capture on video rather than relying on just photos. You might not want a full on videography service, so we’ve checked out a few ways to do it yourself for free. My bridesmaids did the most amazing speech and whilst I have the speech itself it’s…
It’s a very real thing. So real, in fact, that there’s a movie about it. But what is it, how do you recognise it and can you do anything to prevent it? When your usually mild mannered, easy going, ‘you choose honey’ boyfriend became your fiancé did you notice a few subtle changes in his…
