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Issue 03 of Bouquet & Bells / The Magazine is HERE!

First of all, we want to give each of you a big virtual hug and squeeze. Planning your wedding during this challenging time must be really bloomin’ tough. My heart goes out to every single one of you whose plans have been disturbed by COVID-19. It continues to sadden us seeing so many couples having to postpone their day. BUT, we ain’t focusing on the negatives here. We want this magazine to inspire you and give you a breather from the utter rubbishness of the world right now.

This issue focuses on the couples that stuck two fingers up to COVID and got married regardless. It’s filled us with such joy being able to share the smaller celebrations. After all, LOVE WINS.

We’re also featuring a range of the most beautiful and trend-setting styled shoots to give you all the inspo for your wedding, no matter how big or small the occasion.

To tie everything together, we’re sharing our top tips on setting and managing your wedding budget with additional expert guidance and money-saving tips. In fact, there’s 30+ of our most valuable tips. No matter where you are in the planning process our guide will help you to avoid costly mistakes and spark some genius and also budget-savvy ideas. 

Click here to order your copy straight to your door.

It’s all well and good listening to friends, family and even a professional when it comes to wedding planning advice. However, who’s better to ask than a REAL couple? Someone that’s already been there and done it? Well we’ve done the hard work for you. We approached past Brides & Grooms in search of their biggest wedding planning tips (as well as those all important regrets), in the hope that it will influence you and guide you to make the right decisions. Here’s a run-down of some of the most valuable advice…

Oh my gosh! They’ve arrived. We got a real surprise this morning when the doorbell rang. A gigantic palette was awaiting us outside the front door filled with tonnes of our brand new mag. Whoop whoop!

Whilst this year has been incredibly tough with a lengthy national lockdown that had us twiddling our thumbs, we decided to utilise the time to plough even more love and attention into this issue of our magazine. It’s absolutely jam-packed with content from a range of fabulous local suppliers, top wedding planning tips, inspiring styled shoots and real life weddings, beautiful imagery and so much more.

The first issue went down an absolutely storm with one Bride saying “I received my copy recently and I love it!! It’s the best wedding mag I’ve read and believe me I’ve read a lot!! Please tell me there will be more.“

So, we are thrilled to announce that issue 02 is now available to order straight to your doorstep. We’ve been inundated with pre-orders which we’re busy packaging up and posting off in our new swanky (and very luxe) matte black designer envelopes.

But it’s not too late to get your copy! Click here to order straight to your door.

Fancy a sneak peak? Here you go…

Congratulations on your engagement! You may be feeling a little overwhelmed and unsure where to start, or perhaps you’re super organised and want to get everything just right. Either way, we’ve got the perfect resource to help guide you through this exciting process.

Bouquet & Bells together with other professionals in the industry have combined our top wedding planning tips into a handy pack just for you.

And don’t worry if you’ve already started planning. This pack has great tips no matter where you are in the process.

This extensive document contains tips on choosing your dress, how to be budget smart as well as what costs to prioritise and more.

We believe the planning experience should be fun and stress-free, inspiring us to create this pack.

Click here to download your free Wedding Planning Pack!

We’ve got a dedicated library exclusively for subscribers to Bouquet & Bells. So to download even more handy wedding planning resources click here to gain access. Documents include a budget spreadsheet, ultimate wedding planning checklist, essential starter pack worksheet and more.

Happy planning!

Virtual Wedding Fayres… I bet you’re seeing them pop up everywhere. But what are they? How does it all work? Why are they so popular?

We’re currently in the middle of a global pandemic. Whilst we usually love hosting popular Wedding Fayres all over the North West of England and beyond, the reality is that we’re temporarily unable to do this.

So, we formulated the idea of a virtual Wedding Fayre. This inspiration came from our drive to continue connecting suppliers with actively planning couples.

Our aim is to mimic exactly what would usually bring couples to a Wedding Fayre, and try to adapt it so it was something that we could make happen online.

The number one reason people visit wedding exhibitions is to discover and book suppliers for their wedding day. People also love live music, beautiful catwalk shows and plenty more entertainment.

So, we decided to create a dedicated Facebook group where all of this could happen.

The awards is split into North and South, celebrating the best wedding suppliers in both of these areas and recognising all the hard work they do.

We were absolutely thrilled to be nominated for ‘Best Wedding Planner’ at The English Wedding Awards this year, having also been nominated in previous years. We’ve always loved attending the event, as it’s a wonderful chance to network with other talented people in the industry. There are tons of people from all kinds of businesses, including wedding planners, coordinators, specialists, caterers, photographers, videographers, florists and stationary suppliers.

Hundreds of people attended the event at the Manchester Marriott Victoria and Albert Hotel in a wonderful ceremony that was enjoyed by all. It was presented by Tabitha Hunter-Smale and this year, the awards were fundraising for the Make a Wish Foundation.

So you’ve done the bulk of the organising, and you’re feeling pretty pleased with yourself…until it comes to writing the wedding invitations. Where on earth do you start? What wording do you need and what information needs to be included with the invitation?

Luckily, we’ve got you covered. In this post, we run through what you should write on your invitations, particularly if your parents are separated, and how to write formal and informal invitations.

You might not have thought about what to take to a wedding dress appointment. The only thing you need for your wedding dress appointment is you, right?

Wrong. There are actually lots of things you may need to bring to your wedding dress appointment, whether you’ve bought the dress and it’s your first fitting, or you’re just starting out to find ‘the one’.

We’ve used our experience and expertise to bring you this post all about what to take to a wedding dress appointment.

It can be baffling when it comes to finding venues for your wedding. You need to make sure that both the church and your chosen venue are available on your selected date and they need to be relatively near to each other so it’s easy for your guests to drive between them.

This is why I’m here to advise you on how to book a church wedding, including finding the church and how much it might cost.