Wedding Blog
Welcome to my wedding blog. I will be putting together a series of valuable information, insights and vital advice on everything wedding related, including venue favourites, supplier choices, design concepts, tips, tricks and quirky ideas – to name but a few! If you have any questions relating to anything you read here then please do not hesitate to get in touch. I truly hope you find some valuable input for your wedding.
Post Pandemic Wedding Roadmap
Throughout this lockdown, all we have wanted is some sort of post pandemic wedding roadmap to let us know what we can and cannot do for the rest of 2021, and now it's been released, we still have so many questions. To make it easier, we've broken down the elements...
Fall Wedding at Euridge Manor
When Stuart Wood mentioned to me that he was interested in collaborating on a new inspirational shoot, it was the perfect excuse to contact the beautiful Euridge Manor and see if they would be interested in hosting. Once we had the gorgeous Lost Orangery at...
Romantic Anniversary Dinner at Four Seasons Hampshire
With Valentines Day fast approaching, I wanted to share this beautiful Anniversary Dinner styled shoot with you to hopefully give you all some inspiration! Creating magical moments during a pandemic can be difficult, but it doesn't need to be boring, here we've...
Planning your Wedding During a Pandemic
Planning your wedding at any time is stressful, however planning your wedding during a pandemic just adds to that stress ten fold. The uncertainty, the idea of postponing, not knowing how many guests you'll be able to invite and just generally staying positive and...
A Beautifully Intimate Live Streamed Wedding
Featured in the beautiful Love My Dress blog this week is the gorgeous intimate live streamed wedding at Four Seasons Hampshire in summer as restrictions were gradually lifted. This gorgeous pair were due to get married a couple of weeks prior with over 200 guests,...
The Secrets of an Osea Island Wedding
When I'm invited to view a new venue that I haven't seen before, one of the most exciting parts of the viewing is the drive up to the venue, capturing those first impressions and the breathtaking views, and Osea Island did not disappoint. Osea Island is only...
A Beautiful Intimate Garden Wedding
With all of the uncertainty surrounding weddings and what can and cannot happen with them towards the end of 2020, I wanted to spread love and share some positivity in the form of a beautiful intimate wedding set in the gardens of the stunning Four Seasons...
Choosing your Wedding Wines
Grab a glass and have a quick read on how to choose those all important wedding wines! When it comes to wedding planning, there’s always an evening that every couple favours over all other wedmin evenings, and that has to be the wine tasting! Grab those wine...
Falling for an Autumn Wedding
Without a doubt, Autumn is my favourite time of the year. Not only does it become cosy, a perfect excuse to get out your favourite woolies, but the trees become a beautiful golden colour and your start to feel the crunch under your feet as you walk. If you haven't...
The Perfect Proposal & The Engagement Picnic
With all of the uncertainty surrounding weddings and what can and cannot happen with them during Summer 2020, I wanted to spread love and share some positivity in the form of a gorgeous engagement shoot and how, through everything, you can still have the perfect...
Why you should strongly consider a Wedding Videographer
Recently the debate surrounding having a wedding videographer has become a lot more common amongst couples planning their wedding. Whilst everyone is obviously entitled to their opinion, it does make me question why? Is it hours of sitting through their parents...
The Importance of Lighting
After working with the luxury design and production company, Bespoke Events London for many years, we now understand the importance of lighting at your wedding and how this can enhance the overall design of your big day. I have been lucky enough to work for and...
The Day of your Wedding
When hiring a wedding planner, you typically understand what we do in the lead up to your wedding. Design, plan, schedule, budget, everything you don’t have time to do, however what about on the day of your wedding? I thought I would share with you a bit more to...
Your Engagement Shoot
With everything that’s going on in the world at the moment, I’ve been finding ways to help guide my couples through the recent strange turn their wedding journeys have taken. With all of the advice I’ve been giving, something I’m strongly recommending, is an...
A Luxury Wedding Planners Guide To: Scent your Wedding
Whilst you’re flicking through pages of beautiful floral arrangements, attending the very important menu and wine tastings and searching for the perfect wedding dress, the “scent of you wedding” is almost guaranteed to be overlooked. However according to industry...
A Luxury Wedding Planners Guide To: A Bridesmaids Roles & Responsibilities
So you've been asked to be a bridesmaid, you're part of the Bride Squad, and what an honour! Being a bridesmaid is an exciting task, you get the pretty dress, to walk down the aisle, but above everything else, you're beside your best friend for one of the biggest...
Competition Time: Thank you to the NHS
Healthcare workers - we just wanted to say, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We understand that with everything that’s going on in these unprecedented times, that many of you have had to postpone your weddings, and any plans you have made have been put on...
Luxury Venues in Oxfordshire
If you’re looking for picturesque views, history and accessibility for your guests, then look no further than Oxfordshire. Only 52 miles from London, and easily one of the most breathtaking counties in England, Oxfordshire is home to some of the most beautiful...
A Recommended Cliveden House Wedding Planner on your wedding at Cliveden
I want to shine some light on another one of my favourite wedding venues today after hearing some news that our August clients are now postponing until 2021 due to the dreaded COVID-19. As a recommended Cliveden House Wedding Planner, I'd like to explain just how...
A Luxury Wedding Planners Guide To: Will Coronavirus affect your wedding?
Will Coronavirus affect your wedding? The first thing that you should know is that you are not alone in feeling the way you are probably feeling right now. We, as an industry understand that this is an extremely stressful situation for you with many difficult...
A Luxury Wedding Planners Guide To: Weather on your Wedding Day
It doesn’t matter how much research you put into working out the driest day of the year. One thing you need to understand from day one, is that you cannot control the weather on your wedding day. Even the best wedding planner in the world cannot guarantee you...
A Luxury Wedding Planners Guide To: The Wedding Budget
It happened. They finally did it. The proposal! AND it was dreamy! Friends and family are over the moon, the Pinterest board is filling up and the research begins! We understand that the wedding budget isn't the most romanitc conversation to start with, however...
A Luxury Wedding Planners Guide To: Do I need a wedding planner?
I was recently asked to do a quick speech at a beautiful event taking place at Four Seasons Hampshire to couples looking at taking the first steps on their wedding planning journey. The topic of conversation was “Do I need a wedding planner”. Here I explain why you...
Hedsor House Wedding Planner
Why Choose Hedsor House as your Wedding Venue? As a wedding planner at Hedsor House, there are many reasons I could tell you why this is the perfect venue for you. Before even stepping into this magnificent Georgian mansion, you can understand why Hedsor House is...
Welcome to Maple Rose Weddings
Welcome to Maple Rose Weddings and our brand new website launch! Maple Rose is a luxury London wedding planner based in Buckinghamshire. We love working with couples to create their dream wedding in venues around the UK. Along with our brand new website and...
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