Backdrop Inspiration to make your Wedding Photos Magical!
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Your wedding day is one of the most magical days of your life, so of course you want your photos to be just as spectacular…but how? One of the most effective ways to elevate your wedding pics is by choosing the perfect backdrop. There are new and interesting ideas out there for every style of wedding, for your formal and in-formal shots, be it indoors or using an outside space. A good backdrop will not only look great in your venue and help set the vibe, but it’ll also have your guests wanting to take photos.
Whether you’re dreaming of statement pieces such as romantic moongates, modern magazine photo booths, or something smaller but still interesting, like a customised selfie mirror or polaroid frame, we’ve got a whole bunch of fabulous ideas to make your photos extra sparkly (and of course, Instagram worthy).
In our latest YouTube video, “Wedding Photo Backdrop Ideas,” we’re sharing some seriously gorgeous and creative ideas to make your wedding photos feel like they’re straight out of a fairytale (or a Pinterest board!). Let’s take a sneak peek at some of our favourite backdrops!
And speaking of Pinterest boards, you can pin all our finds and more directly from our dedicated pin board:
Let us know in the comments which backdrops have got you swooning!
Looking for more wedding backdrop ideas? Check out our Ceremony and Reception Backdrop Ideashere!
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Simple Cupcake Decoration Inspiration for Beginner Friendly Cupcake Decorating
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Happy Valentines Day! What could be sweeter on a day celebrating love than decorating some heart themed cupcakes?! These beginner friendly design ideas still look super impressive, whether you’re gifting them to your other half, or just enjoying them yourself!
These simple cupcake designs use only one type of piping nozzle and one colour of buttercream. Obviously you can decide to mix this up and use whatever equipment you have and whatever colours you fancy. We’ve also used some heart moulds in two different sizes to really stick with the theme!
Happy decorating! And if you liked these ideas, check out our previous video with even more inspiration.
We’d love to see your finished cupcakes if you do give decorating some a go. Tag us in your photos over on Instagram.
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January seemed to last 742 days and now, all of a sudden we’re a quarter of the way through February and Valentine’s Day is only a week away. So if you’re scrabbling to think of the perfect present, left it a bit too late to order what you’d planned, or simply want to add something a bit more personal to your gift, our DIY Valentine’s Gift Ideas video may just come to the rescue!
So crack out your crafting skills, or just get a little sentimental (and dare I say, soppy) to create something meaningful for your Valentine. While some things may have some cost, other ideas are super budget friendly, you just need to invest a little time…
We’d love to hear if you decide to create one of these DIY Valentine’s gift ideas for your other half, or if you have any other ideas, please leave them in the comments below.
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Visit Secrets Playa Blanca in Costa Mujeres, Mexico with us! | Honeymoon Destination Review
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When it comes to planning your ultimate holiday to date, aka your honeymoon, there’s that sense of wanting to get it exactly right. To find yourselves a slice of paradise to savour your newly wedded bliss – just the two of you, to recover from the hecticness of the run up to your wedding day and soak in the whole experience. Maybe you are looking for some sunshine, or adventure, a little culture or just something new. But whatever it is, you want to know it’s going to be worthy of your honeymoon!
So for this week’s YT video, we’re taking the risk and the leg work out of it for you by taking you along to an all-inclusive, adults-only luxury resort in Mexico(let’s face it, you’ve got enough to think about with the wedding itself already, so let’s make this easy!). We spent 5 glorious days in Secrets Playa Blanca in Costa Mujeres, Mexico in January 2025 (don’t hate me!), reviewing the honeymoon-worthiness of this resort. It’s one of the Secrets chain’s newest resorts, which opened its doors last February (2024) – which obviously means there’s less information out there to get a good sense of whether it’s right for you, so hopefully this will provide the insight you’re looking for!
On a side note, they also do weddings here if you want to go all out and go for a destination wedding-exotic honeymoon combo! I’ll be giving you a peek into the resort, a room tour, food options, beach quality, on-site activities and more, all to help you decide if this could be the place your honeymoon dreams were made of! Spoiler: it’s definitely beautiful!
Over the years, we’ve explored a few of the other resorts in Mexico (and elsewhere!) and created video reviews of those too, so if you’ve picked your location but still weighing up your options, you can find those here:
You can also catch our full Honeymoon / Destination Wedding playlist on YouTube here!
This video was not sponsored nor endorsed by Hyatt / Secrets, all opinions are our own. We are Expedia affiliates, and the hotel link provided is an affiliate link, meaning we get a small percentage of the profits made through our referrals at no extra cost to you when purchased through our link.
Enjoy a few moments of British winter escapism with us and dip your toe into the ocean…
Thinking of visiting and have questions? Drop them in the comments and we’ll do our best to answer. And if you choose to go, we hope you have as amazing a time as we did.
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Inspiration to make your very own wedding countdown sign
The countdown is on! We eagerly anticipate the excitement of Christmas with an advent calendar, so why wouldn’t you want to keep track and countdown to a slightly more important date in the diary?!
And while we’re not providing you with a small chocolate everyday in the run up to your wedding, we’ve created an easy DIY to allow you, and whoever can see it, to keep track of the number of days you have left before you say I Do. And while it’s intended to build excitement and anticipation, it can also be used as a reminder of how much time you have left to finalise all your wedding plans (and maybe finish off those wedding DIYs!)
You will need:
A rectangle of wood (e.g. 6mm MDF). Ours measures approx. 20cm x 10cm
A wooden heart
Paint (& Paintbrush)
Chalkboard Paint (& Paintbrush)
Drill & drill bit to drill holes
Greaseproof paper & pencil
Marker pen (Could use paint or a vinyl)
Ribbon
Chalk
A lot of what we’ve done for our DIY is optional or can be customised, so you can make the plaque perfect for you. We’d love to see your finished countdown plaques if you do give this DIY a go. Tag us in your photos over on Instagram.
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Let’s talk cake! Believe me, nothing makes us happier – Laura even has her own wedding cake business, so you know the love is real! Whether you’re here because you’re a fellow cake lover and want to know what’s ‘in’ ready for your 2025 wedding (accidentally typed “2035 wedding” for a moment there…let’s not think about that just yet even though it’ll be here before I know it!), or cake isn’t really your thing so you’re in some desperate need of guidance as to what’s going on in the world of wedding cakes right now – either way, we’re all going to leave here happy!
Here in the UK, when we think ‘wedding cake’, I would hazard a guess that the default image that jumps into most of our minds, is a round, three-tiered, white/off-white cake (even if that’s not our personal jam). It’s just that culturally engrained. It’s tradition and will remain a classic for all of time. Now, that’s still totally cool, however, you CAN do something else, if something else would be more ‘you’! I sometimes think some wedding components are just that traditional, that it simply doesn’t occur to us that we could particularly stray from that mental template. But of course, you can, there are no rules (except, in our minds at least the one that says, there must be cake – we’re not on board with cheese platter replacements, sorry), and we can see those deviations, to varying degrees, in the trends that are coming through for this year. So, without further delay, let’s take a look and be inspired (Warning: you will want to eat cake)!
Inspiration for wedding favours at your winter wedding
If you’re choosing to give your guests wedding favours, not only do you want something that won’t be left at the end of the night, you also (probably) want something in keeping with the style and vibe of your wedding.
Now, if you’re planning for a winter wedding, you might be wondering how to tailor your wedding favours to the season. (And we’re not talking Christmas here). Think cosy, seasonal, warming… while still sticking to our suggested guidelines of ‘something to eat, something to use or something to enjoy/is meaningful‘. Regardless of the time of year, you don’t want to waste money on something your guests don’t want to take!
For our video this week, we’ve come up with a selection of winter wedding favour ideas that will go down a storm at any wedding.
What do you think? Do you have any other amazing winter wedding favour suggestions? Let us know in the comments below.
Our Top 5 Wedding Planning Tips to Get you Started!
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We’re back, ready (sort of) to take on 2025 with you! I mean, I blinked and the holidays were over, anyone else? …Whilst we technically ‘signed off’ for a week between Christmas and New Year, of course we couldn’t resist a sneaky peek over on Instagram to soak in the joyful, “I said yes!” and “best Christmas ever 💍”, posts! So now we’re officially back online, we’re VERY excited to say hello and congratulate those of you who got engaged over the festive period! So, let’s do it…
CONGRATULATIONS and welcome to your Bridal Era! And because, of course, we want every opportunity to whip out the ‘f’ word…Happy New Year to you and your FIANCÉ(E)!!
To those of you who had extra reason to celebrate over the last couple of weeks, and are therefore new to our Society, welcome! We’re so looking forward to being a part of your wedding planning journey – we hope you enjoy exploring our blog. We’ve been posting YouTube videos and blogs weekly for 7.5 years, which is basically to say, if you’ve got a question about weddings / honeymoons, we’re confident we’ve got what you’ll need (on the remote chance we don’t, drop us a video request in the comments!).
We want your wedding planning to be fun, exciting and low stress, so we’re – Rebecca and Laura – here to virtually hold your hand throughout the entire process. We have been where you are, and we’ve got you (meet us here). We’ve both experienced the whole wedding planning journey, which we loved (some may say we had trouble letting go and hence Bride Society was born), and as with all things you’ve never done before, we learnt a few things along the way, which we want to pass on to you. We planned our weddings ourselves (with our other halves of course), and were fully hands on…literally with the DIYs – we got very crafty, so we’ve got a lot to tell you about! NB. Our platforms are entirely free to use.
We designed Bride Society to be just that, a community (Society) of engaged couples, supporting, encouraging and sharing ideas with one another, with Laura and me adding in all the ideas and info we can possibly think of to make your bridal era everything it can be. So, join us and the rest of the Society in allllllthe places! Check them out via our LinkTree here!
For our first video of 2025, we’re kicking things off with a video especially for you newly engaged couples out there. As I mentioned in my less-than-concise writing earlier, we have a huge catalogue of videos for you to watch, but in the name of reducing the overwhelm that can set in during the early stages of wedding planning, we’re telling you exactly where you should start, and that’s with this week’s video! We’re rounding up our top 5 expert tips from across our channel for planning a wedding. So, before you do anything, watch this video and make notes! These 5 tips will get you started off right, as well as keep the whole process on track, making sure it stays fun!
Which tip do you think you’ll be clinging on to? Let us know in the comments. If you’re new here, say hi and introduce yourselves to the community, either in the blog comments or over on the YouTube video itself, we’d really love to hear from you.
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As we sign off for another year, (which really does seem to come round quicker and quicker), we are looking back and reflecting on our 2024 Bride Society year.
We have had another year surrounded by the wonderful wedding world, sharing more tips, advice, inspiration, DIY tutorials and more! But fear not, there’s still plenty more to come in 2025 and beyond!
As always, we’d like to say a huge thank you for supporting our channel. We really appreciate the time spent watching our videos, commenting, liking, and subscribing to our channel and we hope you’ve enjoyed the content we’ve created this year. And, in what has become another annual tradition, we’d like to thank Steph from the Secret Bridesmaid for collaborating with us on some more wonderful videos this year. Demonstrating floral bouquets, buttonholes and pocket squares as well as the catalogue of multiway dress tutorials already on our channel.
If you’ve got any video requests or thoughts about what content you would like to see from us in 2025, let us know in the comments and we will do our best to make them happen.
That just leaves us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and an even happier New Year. If you’re getting married in 2025, you can almost say “I’m getting married this year!”
How to Fold Napkins into Stand-Alone Christmas Trees for your Christmas Tablescape or Winter Wedding
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Christmas is creeping closer by the day (I mean, of course it is, that’s how time works), 12 more sleeps to be precise! Maybe, hopefully, you’ve done the majority of your present shopping, delivered most of your cards, planned the logistics for the big day, and now you’re starting to think ‘little details’. And we’re right there with you…
We’ve turned our attention to our Christmas tablescapes (be it for your Christmas gatherings or Winter Wedding!), and have a napkin folding tutorial for you, showing you how to turn your unassuming square paper napkins into…wait for it…festive CHRISTMAS TREES!
Now, we have done another Christmas tree napkin folding tutorial in the past, which you can find here, but I’ll let you into a little secret – that one was classy, but this one is my favourite! Our latest napkin Christmas trees will stand up by themselves, giving your tables a little more life, and work perfectly with a little homemade star napkin ring placed on the top – which we handily showed you how to make in another tutorial a couple of weeks ago (click here: How to Make Christmas Napkin Rings), which we oh-so-thoughtfully followed up with a YT Short on how to personalise them with your guests’ names (click here: Make Your Festive Napkin Rings POP with CRICUT). Between these three tutorials and the rest of our YT Christmas Craft playlist, we’ll have your festive tablescapes all set and ready to impress well before the big day!
Having a go? We’d love to see your Christmas / Winter Wedding tablescapes! Tag us in your photos over on Instagram @bridesociety_uk so we can take a peek.
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This time of year can be magical; lights adorning houses and trees, frosty mornings and bright blue skies. So why wouldn’t a winter wedding be as wonderful?! And while your wedding will be an incredible day regardless of when and where you tie the knot, there are a few extra details you may want to consider when planning your wedding in the winter months.
From what to think about right at the beginning of your planning journey when you’re choosing your venue, to on the day logistics and even outfit choices for both you and your guests. Planning ahead will mean that no one’s left out in the cold on the Big Day. So this week we’re sharing our 5 Top Tips for Planning a Winter Wedding to help you do just that.
We’d love to hear if you have any more winter wedding tips. Let us know in the comments below.
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How to Make Your Own Star Napkin Rings this Christmas
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December has arrived! Full permission now granted to deck out your home in twinkly lights, watch all the Hallmark Christmas movies whilst sipping on a delightfully warming cup of mulled wine. Though if you’re planning a winter wedding, perhaps you’re so adoring of this season that you’ve already made your list and checked it twice – in which case I’m sending some early Christmas wishes your way right now!
…That said, there’s always room for an extra embellishment here or there, right?…
Whether you’re having a winter wedding and looking for those extra touches that you can craft for your Big Day, or simply want to impress your loved ones with a spectacular Christmas tablescape on December 25th, we’ve got the tutorial that will help you do just that…how to make your own festive napkin rings!
This is a super simple DIY project, we promise you’ll be able to do this too – no elf level skills required. Once you’ve made them, if you’ve got the crafting spring in your step, you can take your napkin rings one step further by personalising them with your guests’ names – they’ll act as a name card for their place settings and even double up as a favour for them to take home. I personalised ours using Cricut (there will be a YouTube Short coming soon showing how I did it, so don’t forget to subscribe to our channel so you don’t miss it), but a Sharpie will do the trick too!
This napkin ring will impress your guests when used in the traditional way of course, but you could elevate your tablescape aesthetic even further by using them as ‘Christmas tree’ toppers, folding your napkins to look like Christmas trees and placing your DIY napkin rings on top. We’ll be back in a fortnight with the napkin folding tutorial for that so keep your eyes peeled and, of course, subscribe so you get a notification when it pops up.
Having a go? Tag us in your photos over on Instagram @bridesociety_uk, we’d love to see what you did with yours!
What we used (with links where possible):
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I’m afraid we can’t put it off any longer, the countdown to Christmas is well and truly on. In fact if you’re reading this on the day it’s gone live, it’s only ONE month until Christmas Day! So it’s time to start getting organised so you can avoid the last minute, panic service station gift buying, and decide what your other half/partner/fiancé(e)/spouse is going to find beautifully wrapped under the Christmas tree.
If you’re thinking ARGH, but I have no ideas for gifts for this year, don’t worry, we’re here and have got you covered with our 2024 Christmas Gift Guide: Couples Edition.
We’ve split the gift guide into five categories:
Games and Fun Gifts
Home and Decorations
Sentimental Gifts
Jewellery Gifts
Ultimate ‘Wish List’ Gifts
So whatever your budget and style, there should be something perfect.
For all the items we mention and more, check out our Pinterest board:
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Which was your favourite idea? Will you be choosing anything from the gift guide for your other half this Christmas? Let us know in the comments below.
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The most important question of all has been asked, you/they have accepted, and now it’s the turn of your bridal party-to-be. If you’re looking to make something of the moment you ask, “will you be my bridesmaid / maid of honour / flower girl?” but stuck for ideas on how to make it special, then you’re in the right place, because for this week’s video we got to thinking up fun ways to pop that question.
Deciding who you want to be part of your bride tribe is arguably one of the most important decisions in planning the wedding – are they supportive, thoughtful, organised (thinking hen party planning duties!), and play nicely with others (again, hen party duties)? Will they keep the attention focussed on you – the bridal party is no place for divas! After all you don’t want to be dealing with their drama on top of wedding planning stress or have a bridesmaid walking down the aisle with a pouty face on just because she doesn’t love what the hair stylist did with her hair, that you paid quite a lot of money for (yes, I’ve seen that happen).
The girl who shows up on time and will smile through it because she loves you, is the girl for you! Often, it can be this group that can make or break your experience of being a bride, so choose wisely! In fact, choose well enough and you might find yourself reevaluating who it is you’ll want to say “I do” to on the big day! Just kidding, but you get the point.
So, whether you want to ask them all at once, one-on-one or maybe you even need to ask some from a distance, we’ve come up with something they’ll love, and of course, won’t be able to say no to (not that we think they would ever say no in the first place!).
Got any other ideas? Comment below to share with other brides!
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It may only be the 1st November but Halloween is now a distant memory and we’re firmly looking ahead to the end of the year… If it’s your last Christmas as a Miss, your first as a married couple, or you’re just basking in that newly engaged glow, you might be looking for a slightly different advent calendar this year. If a chocolate advent calendar just won’t cut it, we’ve got some ideas for couples advent calendars you can enjoy opening together, or a calendar you might want to hint at as a gift from your other half.
We’re sharing three very different advent calendars ideas in this week’s video, from personalised lego, to an excuse to spend some quality time together and act like you’re in your very own Hallmark Christmas movie, to beauty and accessories that’ll be enjoyed in the run up to the wedding.
We’re excited to share these with you and hear what you think. The countdown’s now on to the 1st December! We’d love to hear if you’re planning a couples advent calendar this year. Let us know your plans in the comments below.
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