Monday 28 October 2013

The Essex Wedding Awards

The finalists have been named for the second Essex wedding awards taking place at Essex wedding venue, Parklands, Quendon Hall on November 28th. Some of the counties finest suppliers will be there and I am delighted to announce that Essex wedding band, One Foot in the Groove, that celebrate 10 years of providing outstanding live music to couples across the UK have been named as finalist for the second year in a row. In Expression Photography have also been named as finalists and the first pciture of the band below was taken by Mark from Expression.
As a specialist wedding band in London, they have won and been nominated for many awards and continue to provide an outstanding service to their clients.
Wedding band Essex by Expression

Live wedding band by Ellie Gillard

Live wedding band by Robert Waite

Live wedding band London by Robert Waite

Live wedding band Hertfordshire by Robert Waite

Live wedding band Essex by Robert Waite

Essex Wedding Awards
Live wedding band by Robert Waite

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Wedding in the Caribbean

Following on from my previous post about planning a wedding in the Caribbean. I thought you might like to have a look at some suitable locations should you be considering St Lucia.
St Lucia is the second most popular destination wedding location for UK couples and as a wedding planner I am now able to offer bespoke wedding planning to this beautiful Island. Lets start with Pigeon Island, which is located at the top of the Island and is a national park. There are severla spots to get married on Pigeon Island, below are the ruins where I was fortunate to attend a wedding whilst I was staying on the Island

The ruins on Pigeon island

Tropical flowers along the aisle

the bride and groom

We're married

Traditional music for the drinks reception

A stunning setting

drinks by the ocean

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Your Caribbean wedding

I had the pleasure of spending three days in the beautiful island of St Lucia. I know what you are thinking its a tough job. The St Lucian tourist board decided to lanch an annual wedding symposium.
Planners worldwide were invited to see the island to to see what a wonderful location for a wedding St Lucia is.
The interesting this for me as a wedding planner in Essex is that St Lucia offers couples a stunning location to marry and somewhere they can have a fabulous day at a fraction of the cost of a wedding here in the UK. The other interesting thing is that if you want your wedding in the Caribbean, you don't have to have a tour operator wedding or what the Yanks call a 'cookie cutter wedding'
As you know, if you read my blog or website I hate package weddings. Brides aren't packages and so should have the option of planning their day how they want it. Why shouldn't it be the same in the Caribbean. Well it can and very soon Louise Perry Weddings will be offering bespoke wedding planning the Caribbean but specialising in St Lucia and we won't be offering packages.
I took millions of photos so plenty of blogs on the way but here are just a handful of shots of the gorgeous island. Personally I can't wait to go back.

Beach wedding
Wedding on Pigeon Island
The Piton Mountains
Ladera Resort

You Caribbean wedding here

Tuesday 1 October 2013

Save the Date

I am currently searching for save the date cards for a client's wedding in Buckinghamshire next year. It made me ask the question do you need save the date cards? can't you just email and save on paper?
NO, NO, NO. Your save the date card will be the first thing your guests see in relation to your big day. When you are planning your London wedding, you need to picture the overall look and feel to the wedding and its starts with that save the date card. The only acception to this would be if it was really last minute.
The amount of brides in Essex that literally just buy and book things at random isn't true. You have to see the end result and then work towards that and don't get distracted by every little thing you see at you local wedding show. This will also save you money as you only book and buy the things that will give you that lovely picture you have in your mind about your wedding day. Never loose that picture and its starts with the save the date. What do you think of these







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www.avintagewedding.co.uk
www.beforethebigday.co.uk
www.weddingsbylily.com
www.wedding-news.co.uk
www.noths.com