Post It Notes – 1st July 2011: Legalities & Publicity

Kat

July 1, 2011

Post It Notes – 24th June 2011: Budgeting & Finding Inspiration

Kat

June 24, 2011

Post It Notes – 17th June 2011: Posing & Poise

Kat

June 17, 2011

Post-it Notes – 10th June 2011: Bridal Comfort & Your ‘About Me’ Page

Kat

June 10, 2011

Being comfortable on your wedding day is SO important. The day will be a long one and you are likely to be on your feet for a lot of it. Therefore it is vitally important that you shoes fit you well (and you have flats in your bag!) your headpiece doesn't dig into your head and your dress is not two sizes too small. Considering buying a dress in a smaller size to force you to 'slim into it'? DON'T. Planning a wedding is stressful enough without having to worry about calories and a new exercise regime on top of it all...and put it this way, if you don't slim into that dress you're going to feel pretty poo about yourself on the day right? Plus no one wants to see a bride spilling out of a too small gown do they? Harsh but true.

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business –3rd June 2011

Kat

June 3, 2011

When you first get engaged it's very hard to know where to start. My biggest tip would be to think small and prioritise your planning into stages. There are some aspects of the wedding that need to be planned far in advance like the venue (which can often get booked over a year in advance), the dress (bridal shops usually need 6-8 months to make and fit your dress) and the photographer (again, the good ones (or ahem cheaper ones) can be booked up to and over a year in advance - especially during the busy season.)

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 27th May 2011

Kat

May 27, 2011

"Within your wedding planning try and factor in a few months after the wedding. You may find after the wedding that you feel like something is missing, you may have spent up to 2 years planning your wedding, so now what? Make sure you book in trips with your new husband, weekends away, days out, give yourselves something to look forward to."

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 20th May 2011

Kat

May 20, 2011

One of the most effective ways to keep your wedding theme strong throughout your day, is to invest time in to the table decorations and to ignore traditional flower arrangements for something more interesting. So if you haven't got time to completely dress your venue, then just a few simple personal touches on the tables will really bring out a theme. Here are some of my all time favourite past ideas:

An Official Preview of ‘Rock n Riot’ – A Punk Themed Styled Shoot

Kat

May 20, 2011

This week I was Birmingham for my latest photo shoot. As always, I am so excited to share the results and as ever I've tried, with my trusty team, to go bigger and better with the theming, styling and general execution of the whole thing. The brief I gave was 'punk!' and the team I worked with on Wednesday were incredible (literally words can't describe) and really got into the whole idea. Every single person brought their own adaptation of the theme along, and somehow it actually worked together brilliantly.

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 13th May 2011

Kat

May 13, 2011

On your wedding day the teeny tiny details really won't put any bearing on how much you enjoy yourself...or your future happiness. So what if your colours don't exactly match or your flowers wilt a little? What matters is that you're getting married (yeeey!) Planner, Kelly, agrees with me, "Remember the bigger picture. As much as the small details may seem important while planning the wedding, try and take a step back every now and again and remember why you are getting married. You can get so caught up with colour swatches and guest lists that you can often forget the whole reason why you are marring each other. Make sure you create date nights where you don’t talk about the wedding at all."

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 6th May 2011

Kat

May 6, 2011

DIY is a great way to get creative, stamp your personality on your day and save some money. Reader Terri writes, "I fell in love with the shoes from the GHD Cinderella advert that were covered in rhinestones! I thought they are perfect for my bridesmaids. I managed to find Benjamin Adams ones for around £275 and Perditas would customise your own for around £150. However I am having 11 bridesmaids so both options were way out my budget!

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 29th April 2011

Kat

April 29, 2011

Take each month at a time. If you look at all the jobs you need to do to within your wedding planning it can be completely overwhelming! Break down all your jobs in order of importance and then put each job into a set month. This way you just take each month at a time and you only need to look at a much smaller list of jobs. From Kelly of Boho Weddings & Events

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 22nd April 2011

Kat

April 22, 2011

Wedding Note From Alexis of OMG I'm Getting Married If you're having a destination wedding, get your guests to sign up to Groupon so they can look for discounted ways to explore the city or area. You can also use Groupon for pre-wedding pampering like nails, massages and beauty stuff.

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 15th April 2011

Kat

April 15, 2011

Utilise friends and family where you can to create a perfectly personal wedding (and maybe even save a bit of money!) Do you have a talented seamstress for a Mum or a sister that arranges flowers in her spare time? Is your Dad a wizz with a toolbox? Get them on it! Check out some of my favourite recent DIY weddings for inspiration:

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 8th April 2011

Kat

April 8, 2011

Inspiration boards are your friend. Taking the time to put together a selection of your favourite wedding (and non wedding) images will give you a strong and cohesive idea about what your ideal wedding theme or colour scheme will look like. They will also help you visualise what works together and what doesn't. Above is one I made using BHLDN's new online moodboard tool - looks like my next wedding will be a sea-green and peach theme, who knew?!

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 1st April 2011

Kat

April 1, 2011

Happy April Fools Day everyone! Have you spotted any of the obligatory 'April Fools' style news reports or anything yet? Well something that won't make you a fool (omg that was the most terrible pun ever but I kinda wanted to get it out of my system...) is if you check out today's Post-It Notes tips & tricks. I've also been loving the readers who have been sending me actual photos of my tips on real life Post-Its. That's kind awesome! Feel free to link to your own photos in the comments.

Alternative & Non-Strapless Wedding Dress Ideas for a Rock n Roll Bride

Kat

March 28, 2011

Hi Kat, I have a question about wedding dresses and I am super curious if you could help me out. My friend is getting married and she is having a really difficult time finding a dress. I mentioned to her how frustrated I would be if I were her because it feels like 95% of wedding gowns are "tube top" style. I find this incredibly weird considering MOST of my girlfriends hate their arms, yet all of them ended up wearing a tube top dress for their wedding. My friend flipped out (in a good way) when I said that because she said that is exactly the problem she is running into. My question is....do you know of ANYYYYY websites/blogs/companies that sell UNIQUE, FUN DRESSES THAT are short, long, medium length, has sleeves, off the shoulder style.............JUST DIFFERENT! I feel like if I can help her find the perfect dress then the universe will be friendly to me when it's my turn....and helping her is SO MUCH FUN :) Love, Deanna

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 25th March 2011

Kat

March 25, 2011

Thanks for all your lovely comments on last week's post. It would appear you all like this new feature. Hurrah!

Post-it Notes – Top Tips for your Wedding Planning & Business – 18th March 2011

Kat

March 18, 2011

So Photography Friday is no more. I know some of you are still in mourning (be sure to follow me on twitter and facebook for regular and random personal pictures if you want 'em) but behold - a new feature! First off I've got to say thanks to everyone on twitter and facebook who helped me come up with the name for this post, I was struggling to be creative and couldn't think of anything to call it apart from 'Tip-day Friday' and that was kinda rubbish...

Under the Spotlight – Olivia Soleto Weddings

Kat

May 5, 2010

You think of a wedding and you'll pretty much straight away think of the bride. Her flowing white dress, her impeccable make up, her perfectly manicured nails and her purposely selected flowers, jewellery, shoes - the lot. However there's one lady out there who wants to change this preconception and runs her wedding planning business with the groom in the forefront. So, if you're groom doesn't glaze over when you mentioned the 'W' word or if he's wanting to get his teeth stuck into the planning as much as you, then I may well have the answer.

How to…Deal with Uncooperative Relatives

Kat

January 24, 2010

I need some advice. I live in Virginia, but all of my family lives back on the west coast. (I'm from Arizona) We decided that we would get married in Vegas this year so my family would be able to come (mainly my grandparents since they refuse to fly) They agreed to come and everyone seemed really excited about it. Then, I sent my mom pictures of what we'll be wearing. She hasn't shown my grandma yet, but she told her basically what they look like. When I called my grandma to talk to her about when we'll be flying into Tucson, she started lecturing me. She said it's "not a clown thing" and went on to say that if that's what I'm going to wear, she won't be able to come. Apparently, my clothing (which fits my personality very well) is making a mockery of marriage and weddings. I'm very upset about this, since she's as close to me as my own mom. I don't know what to tell her to convince her to come. Even my mother in law (who is extremely conservative) loves the outfit and thinks she's being ridiculous. Have you known anyone to have problems like this? (There’s pictures of our outfits attached if you'd like to see what the big deal is)