7 Top Tips For Any Bride To Be!

2. Relax, Take it Easy!

Don’t look at the time because YOU are the bride you are allowed to be as late as you want! I was surprised how relaxed I was and how my mum was the total opposite bless her! And we even made it to church on time so I waited at the back of the church inside my thankfully air-conditioned car for all my guest to go in.

3. Things WILL got wrong!

It wouldn’t be a fun wedding if things wouldn’t go wrong right?

After driving to the church which was over an hour away from home just before I was meant to leave the car I realised I forgot my stunning bridal bouquet at home on the kitchen table! Instead of getting upset about it I actually laughed out loud and my Maid of Honour who I made a small surprise bouquet shaded in the form of a heart gave me hers and nobody noticed until I told them after the service because I thought it was hilarious.

4. Write a List!

Now I bet there are plenty of lists you will be writing on the run up to the big day but the one I forgot was the Picture List, who I wanted to have a picture with. This is one of my biggest regrets because I forgot to take a picture of us with my dearest God mum, The best thing what you can do is write a list and then pass it onto a good friend or a family member so they can tick them off as they are taken. My brothers Girlfriend was actually the one who told my God mum to stand next to us in the big group picture so I do have this one to treasure sadly there are over 140 people in the picture so its too big to crop.

5. Take some Time Out with your new Husband!

Even if its just 5 minutes, take him outside and let it all sink in! This is another thing we somehow didn’t find time too. But nonetheless we had a amazing day and we reflected when we went on our mini honeymoon instead.

 

6. Ask for Help!

I decorated the Hall for 7 hours the day before the wedding and although I did have help from about 7 people I had so many friends come up to me afterwards saying they would have loved to help us but didn’t wanted to bother me, seeing how stressed out I was. So I guess I should have ask for more help and everything would have been a tad easier and more relaxed. So call in the troops to help you decorate and do last minutes bits the last few days before your big day!

 

7. Who needs favours??

From early on whilst planning our big day I decided to scrap the favours (well tell a lie, actually I did wanted to fill a basket with little organza bags filled with a memory stick and a little note so guests could take our wedding play list home with them upload it and put their pictures of our day onto it and send it back to us). I am pretty happy that I didn’t do that after all because it saved me time, money and guess what everybody I have talked to after the wedding told me that they didn’t even noticed that there weren’t any favours. Its not really a common thing to do in Germany anyway. I think you are giving your guest the best present ever with having them here for your big day and celebrating your marriage and your love for each other!

I hope those tips can help some future brides! Happy Wedding Planning!

From a very tired but happy Bride!