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Behind the scenes at a styled boat wedding in Spain

We go behind the scenes at a styled boat wedding in Spain what to see what really goes on at a bridal editorial shoot currently trending on YouTube

Year round weddings in Spain

The best wedding suppliers are super-busy during the actual wedding season so this styled vow renewal shoot in Spain’s Costa Tropical was actually filmed in DECEMBER!

With blue skies, sunshine and calm seas, proof if ever it were needed, that the microclimate of this part of southern Spain really does indeed average 320 days of sunshine a year and that year-round weddings are a possibility.

This styled shoot was filmed at pretty Marina del Este which has featured several times on UK TV programmes such as “A Place in The Sun” and “A New Life in The Sun”.

International wedding community supporting each other

Spain’s Costa Tropical is one hour from Malaga and one hour from Granada and attracts an international …

How to style a small beach wedding

Secrets to styling your own small beach wedding

Small in size but high in quality is the key to superior beach wedding styling. From personalising your own champagne glasses to coordinating your colour scheme with a floral wedding bower, chair dressings and place settings, here are some great ideas to styling a small beach wedding with memorable details.

Personalise everything! From glasses and hangers to place settings Personalise everything

Etching your wedding party’s names onto their own personal glass makes a beautiful memento for them to keep for years to come – and is a lightweight gift to pack if you are having a destination wedding.

Chances are that all the outfits for your big day on the beach will be transported on hangers, so why not have individual names printed or burned onto each hanger for that extra special touch.

Wooden cut-out place settings

Place settings like these wooden cut-outs are another great o…

Small weddings with big ideas!

There are some really great practical reasons for having a small wedding, but downsizing your ceremony does not mean downscaling your celebrations. Far from it! Here’s how to have the most magical, meaningful and memorable tiny wedding ever!

Reasons to have a small wedding

The biggest possible reason to reduce your wedding guest list is that it will immediately reduce your stress level.

You want to enjoy the whole wedding planning experience and fewer guests mean:

Travel arrangements are easier to makeAccommodation is simpler to bookVenue choices open up otherwise inaccessible areas to tiny wedding partiesYou can spend more quality time with each guest on your special day Bridal budgets go further

Reducing the number of people attending your wedding ceremony means your budget goes further and you can now upgrade to quality over quantity!

You can make your first toast as a married couple with champagne over sparkling w…

Top 3 reasons why you should renew your vows

There is a growing trend for couples who are already married to make a new commitment to each other and renew their vows, often spending much more on their vow renewal ceremony than their original wedding! One award winning celebrant looks at the main reasons for the increase in vow renewal ceremonies.

⦁ Your first wedding was out of your hands Whilst the term “arranged marriage” usually applies to two partners being chosen for each other by their families, an “arranged wedding” describes families taking over the organisation of the ceremony from the couple – both can be very good reasons for a vow renewal further down the line. Arranged weddings How many couples have had the organisation of their wedding taken out of their hands by well-meaning parents who are often footing the bill? Perhaps the guest list included distant family members and friends of the couple’s parents with a “traditional” ceremony at a “traditional” venue. Sound familiar?!?