News — planning a wedding

With so much amazing inspiration out there, how do you ever decide on the look of your wedding? How do you choose the colour palette where there are so many amazing shades. Do you go bright, sherbert, pastel, rainbow, muted, mono ( I know they're not actually colours but you know what I mean). And then how do you fine tune it further - you know you want bright colours but do you go bubblegum pink and buttercup with white or emerald and clementine with white? And then the look - are you thinking romantic and floaty, 70s disco, country...

I had no idea what a 'Dry Hire Wedding' was until I read a blog from Laura at Devine Bride and I'm not sure I could face the organisation! Potentially you can be responsible for sourcing everthing from the portaloos to the wedding guest book (we'll help you with that) and everything in between. So, the plus side is that you get to have the wedding you've always wanted in the location of your choice. You can shape the entire day. You have the tablescaping of your dreams, the lighting that you've saved on Instagram three years ago, the catering...

Planning a wedding is just so hard. My advice, to help you weather the storm of information is to go to a good wedding show. Meet the creators behind the products, the designers behind the dresses, the photographers behind the camera etc. Pick up the invitations on show, feel the silk of the bridesmaids' dresses, taste the cakes..