I’ve just completed a wedding for a brilliant couple who wanted a traditional reception with a few twists. They started planning their wedding around a year ago and last weekend their dream day went without a hitch!

Our real strength lies in helping brides and grooms create a beautiful and exciting wedding space. Many hotels or other venues can be bland, but offer great service, location and food. So in I come to make the place look dreamy!

Kate and Andrew were looking to make a lovely, but standard function room at The Worsley Park Hotel and Golf Club, look fresh fun and a focus on spring. The events team at the hotel were fantastic and so accommodating. We used pink fabrics – on Kate’s request – blossom trees to line the hallways and brought in fun elements including a candy cart, shimmer wall for photos, starlight backdrop to accentuate the top-table and light up letters spelling ‘LOVE’.

Importantly, Kate and Andrew had set their budget and knew their limits. This is so important when planning your wedding, really consider every element and make a full breakdown of costs. You’ll keep things under control that way. Be clear with your wedding decorator that you have a budget, and you won’t deviate from it.

Kate and Andrew had several children coming to the event, so they included a lovely soft play area for kids.  I worked alongside another wedding supplier for this called ‘Sleepy Little Campers’.  I’d highly recommend this activity if you have many children attending. Another idea is to bring in a childminder to keep an eye on the children using that area.

This wedding also took one of our stationery packages, with beautiful signage boards for the table plan, the day’s full schedule and welcome messaging.  I would always advise having a clear table plan, some brides ask me if they need one, but anything to avoid stress on the day is really important. It can lead to issues when guests are selecting their own seats! Even a simple table plan and nothing else can reduce their worry and make your guests feel welcome and know what they’re doing!

Something totally different was Kate and Andrew’s choice of music! They found the most fun and lively brass band who not only played brilliantly, but were completely unique, crazy and totally immersive.  Check out FAT CAT BRASS here.

If you’d like support with your wedding decorations or help when considering decorations with the right venue, give me a call.  I’m happy to help!  Remember, you don’t always have to go with a venue’s preferred suppliers – you can always shop around and bring in the person you feel will do the best job and make your wedding fabulous!