The White Pages Issue 1

FEATURE
fter the fairytale romance Carl’s parents were due to come over
A
of his proposal, the from America then.”
realisation dawns – you’ve “Once I looked into it, however, I
got a wedding to organise! realised that ﬁ ve months wasn’t enough
It’s a daunting prospect, time, especially if I wanted a proper
but don’t panic. Most brides-to-be feel a wedding dress. The venue and the dress
little overwhelmed when they start their were the most important factors for me,
wedding journey, but there’s plenty you so they were the things I concentrated
can do to get the ball rolling. on. Once they were all sorted, I felt a lot
more relaxed.”
settIng the date
After getting engaged, sit down with
your partner and work out a date. The “The date will set the themes for the TOP TIPS
date, and amount of time you have wedding, from the food to the fl owers. for settIng the date:
ahead of your wedding, will determine Although we can organise an event with 1. The season will affect all your
the wedding you’ll have. For example, a marquee from about three months plans – and your budget
if you have a winter wedding, it’s more before, a year or more means we can 2. If you want friends and family
likely that you’ll have an indoor venue really get to know the couple and help to travel from afar, check their
with a hot meal, rather than a marquee them have their perfect wedding.” availability
and cold buffet in the garden. 3. Ideally, give yourself 12 months to
“I advise brides to give themselves a 9 Bride’s view: emma, 27, is prepare – if you want a religious
year to get ready,” says Emma Maguire, marrying ﬁ ancé carl, 30, in october service in Ireland you must give at
general manager of event management “We got engaged in November 2008 and least three months’ notice.
company Weddings at Home, Ireland. wanted to get married in April 2009 as
engaged couple should
lIsts and each make a list of the
Budgets three most important factors
If you’re not a ‘list’ they want to get out of their
person, it might be wedding day. Once they
time to change. have clear ideas about the
“Sitting down day they want, they can set
and making a list an overall budget based on
of your priorities how much they want to
and the kind of spend on everything from
wedding you beginning to end.”
want is a must,”
says Kate Deegan, 9 Bride’s view: leanne,
wedding planner 27, is marrying ﬁ ancé
and organiser of gareth on august 29th 2009
some of Ireland’s “I’m the organised one, so
biggest wedding as soon as Gareth proposed,
fairs held annually my ﬁ rst job was to prepare
in Limerick and a mood board to help us
Dublin. “It’s hard work out what we wanted.
for newly engaged Then we went in search of a venue and
couples to decide on a budget because TOP TIPS developed a scoring system based on the
they don’t know what things cost. If you for BudgetIng: mood board.”
work out your priorities, be that fl owers, 1. Drawing up a guest list will help “My youngest sister thinks it’s gone
photography, music or nice food, and you budget and choose your venue too far and keeps reminding me that
then start looking at quotes, you’ll soon 2. A wedding planner will charge a it’s not a corporate event. On the up-side
get a rough idea.” fee, but they can also save you however, no one has ‘stuck their nose
Adina Slye, president of Dublin-based money in the long run in’ because they know how organised I
Italian Dream Events agrees. “The newly have been.”
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