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!).
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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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The Top 10 Fun Photo and Short-Form Video Ideas for your Big Day
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Social media is a part of our day-to-day lives for most of us, but it just went one step further. We have now reached a period in time where a generation of people who grew up on making and consuming social media content, are now of ‘marriageable age’ (suddenly feel like I’m in a period drama), which can only mean one thing…social media has made its natural evolution into weddings.
Yes, we’ve been posting our wedding photos online for years, but now it’s gone next-level due to the rise of ‘Wedding Content Creators’, aka a wedding supplier whose sole job on the day of the wedding is to capture fun photos and video clips to create short-form content for social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Still a relatively new concept, but rapidly becoming a staple of the supplier list and we think it’s here to stay!
Of course, we’re still having the traditional photo albums and beautiful wedding videos, they’re going nowhere for now, this is just a playful extra that tends to have a much quicker turnaround time, so you don’t have to impatiently wait for the full photography edit.
With this has developed trends of photos and short videos that are popping up all over social media as another fun way to remember your day, as well as actually something to have a laugh doing with your bridal party and/ guests on the big day.
So in this week’s YouTube video, we’ve uncovered the top 10 fun photo and short-form video ideas for your big day that you won’t want to miss!
Apparently a fifth of Brits and up to a quarter of Americans say they prefer Halloween over Christmas! So it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if there are decent number of you reading this right now who might be contemplating a Halloween themed wedding! Although just because you might be heading down the themed wedding path, it doesn’t mean you’re thinking in your face, fake blood, creepy clown costumes and axe murderers to turn your Big Day into the novelty Halloween Party of your nightmares.
We went down a rabbit hole of some of the most beautifully macabre, elegant and gothic wedding inspiration and of course, we’re now sharing that with you.
For all the photos we shared and more, check out our dedicated Pinterest Board.
Are you planning a Halloween wedding or has this tempted you into changing your plans? Which was your favourite idea? We’d love to hear your thoughts, let us know in the comments below.
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How to decide who makes it onto your wedding guest list!
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The Guest List – Definitely one of the more headache inducing aspects of wedding planning. Hopefully you’re living in a world where limited venue capacity, budget restraints, and family / friend politics are not at play, meaning you can invite everybody you want, everyone your parents want, plus those people you’re not really too fussed about either way but you might as well. The dream, right?!
Chances are, especially if you’ve found your way to this blog post, that you have at least a couple of those issues to contend with, if not all and more. We know this can be stressful – our hands are on your back. And the truth is there’s going to be difficult decisions and compromises to be made. But you will get to the other side of this, we promise!
We’re laying out the traditional etiquette / protocol when it comes to who gets invited, to give you have a starting point and guide you through how to get it done. We’ve also packed this latest video full of tips on how to form a guest list you can feel good about. We’re sharing our ideas on how to balance the desire to invite everyone with capacity and budget. Plus tips on how to find the middle ground that will keep most people mostly happy – including you!
Hopefully you found some of the tips in today’s video helpful and that headache is lessening! Got any other ideas or golden rules you’ve been finding helpful? Be sure to drop them in the comments to help out other couples…
Remember, if you’re looking for help on how to deal with other people’s expectations when it comes to your wedding, check out this related video available on our YouTube channel.
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Wedding ceremony and reception backdrop ideas for your Big Day
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The venue you’ve chosen is beautiful and you can imagine the ceremony room filled with love and bustling energy while you’re exchanging your vows, but you want to make sure everyone’s eyes are focussed on the main event. And even though that won’t be difficult while you’re standing there getting married, a ceremony backdrop can provide that statement decor piece and wow factor that will also be in all the ceremony photos.
(Potentially) adding height behind you as a couple, floral decor and that desired focal point, we’re sharing some of our favourite ideas for ceremony backdrops. But it doesn’t stop there, ceremony backdrops can then be repurposed for behind your reception table, be that a traditional top table or an intimate sweetheart table. Two statement decor pieces for the price of one!
And we’re not just talking moongates, which, as they’ve been around a while now, you’re probably used to seeing. We’ve got ideas that will match any theme and vibe; whether that’s rustic or boho, or super bright and colourful, there’s a backdrop idea for everyone!
Do you have a favourite idea? Will you be choosing any of these ideas for your own wedding backdrop? Let us know in the comments below. We love to hear about your Big Day plans. And if you’d like more backdrop inspiration, we’ve got a part two coming soon, covering ideas for photo backdrops, cake table backdrops…and more.
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While wedding planning should be an exciting time, planning your future lives together with an amazing celebration to kick start married life, there are some tasks that might just fill you with a little more dread than others… i.e. the seating plan!
This is especially so if you have complicated relationships within your family and friends, or just a lot of different groups of people to try and seat together in a harmonious way. BUT it doesn’t have to be a tricky task. We’ve got some tips and tricks to make working out the seating plan a breeze.
So crack out your sticky notes and stationery, or if you’re going for a more high-tech approach, your laptop, and get ready to smash your seating plan out the park first time*.
*In reality it’s probably more likely that it’ll take a couple of goes to get it right, but the sentiment is there…
How to get great results on your Cricut projects everytime with iron-on vinyl!
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You’re excited for your wedding (congratulations on your engagement by the way) and decided to get hands-on. You’ve run out and bought a Cricut (congrats on that too! Soooo wish I’d had mine back when I got married!). It’s sitting in your spare room, all pretty and new, with endless possibilities and potential. Your mind is brimming with ideas for all the beautiful things you’re going to make for your wedding…but how do you actually use it?
Some things are simple, straightforward, even intuitive, but there is also a definite learning curve with Cricut. Not everything is super obvious – but don’t worry, that’s ok. Knowing that a lot of people start out with Cricut for their weddings, we got to creating a whole stack of Cricut tutorials demonstrating step-by-step how to create basically anything you can think of for your wedding (we’ll also take video requests if you can’t find what you’re looking for!). You can find that YouTube playlist right here by the way!
And whilst there’s already that wealth of information ready and waiting for you on our YouTube channel, we thought we’d specifically create a video to round up some of the essential and nuanced tips for a certain genre of Cricut crafts – working with iron-on vinyl (also known as Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV)) – to help get you going quickly with your chosen project. These are the big, and small, things I learnt along the way that really make all the difference to the success or failure of an iron-on Cricut project. Let’s jump you to the top of that learning curve…
We hope these 10 tips give you the confidence to try out that iron-on project you’ve been wanting to make, and that it comes out as well as you imagined. If you’ve got any follow up questions from today’s video, or if you’ve tried something and can’t work out where it’s going wrong, let us know in the comments and we’ll do our best to help. Don’t forget, for more in-depth beginner Cricut content, using iron-on vinyl and beyond, you can find them all in one handy playlist over on YouTube.
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The role and duties of the MOTB, and other ways to include her in your special day
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You’re busy planning one of the biggest days of your life, when you realise, there aren’t actually many significant moments or roles just for your Mum, which seems odd, right? Traditionally in the UK, Dad’s get quite a few key moments…there’s the walking you down the aisle, giving you away, his name on the marriage schedule, the FOTB speech, father-daughter dance…but what about Mum?
A lot of these traditions are obviously a holdover from when marriage was an exchange of property, your father was literally handing you – his property – over to your future spouse. And whilst we’ve gladly moved a long way from the origin of these traditions, we perhaps haven’t done the best job of creating new, more inclusive ones.
We’re not saying these traditions need to be abolished, if your father is significant in your life then of course it still makes sense for him to participate in key moments of your big day. If you like some of the traditions or indeed all of them, keep them simply for the desire of having your Dad / father-figure involved, it doesn’t matter how they came into being. Though what we are here to say is that they are traditions, not rules, you can do things differently if you want to. YOU DO YOU!
Your Mum could of course take on the roles that historically would have been that of a father-figure, or indeed share them – they can BOTH walk you down the aisle(if it’s wide enough!), but if you want to maintain the traditional duties for your father, or even if you’d rather abolish any remnants of the idea you are someone’s property altogether,there’s still a whole host of meaningful ways to include your Mum (and Dad!).
In today’s YouTube video, we’ll highlight those traditional ways the MOTB is already included throughout the wedding planning process as well as on the day itself, just in case you’re worried you’ve missed something, before we dive in deep to those other ideas, all significant in meaning but vary from showy to subtle, so you can pick and choose based on her personality, your type of wedding and your relationship with her.
If you’re here looking for ideas on how to include a lost loved one in your wedding day, we’ve focussed on this in a separate video, which you can find here, we hope you’ll find it helpful: https://youtu.be/wX6CgVi-YJI
Which ideas do you like for your Mum? Is there anything else you’re doing that we didn’t mention? Drop them in the comments to help out our other readers!
As we’re hurtling towards the end of the year at an alarming rate (August was blink and you miss it) we have been putting our heads together for one of our favourite annual videos, the 2025 Trends video! Year on year it’s so interesting to see what trends have stuck around and what completely new concepts have exploded on to the wedding scene.
And while we love to share the popular wedding trends, it is also worth remembering that just because something’s popular, and a trend, it doesn’t mean you have to have it in your wedding. Weddings should be personal and reflect you as a couple, if the trends we’re sharing don’t align with you, then don’t include them!
An overarching theme of this year’s trends video is all about capturing content. Whether that’s the continuation of the rise of wedding day content creators, magazine photo boxes or audio guestbooks, couples are choosing to capture memories on their big day in lots of different ways. We’re chatting about all those and many more trends for the upcoming year.
Do you agree with our trend predictions? Have you noticed any other trends you think we’ve completely missed for 2025? And are you featuring anything we’ve mentioned in your own wedding? Let us know in the comments below!
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Since they exploded on to the wedding scene a couple of years ago, we’ve been big fans of the flower box wedding welcome sign. Easy to personalise to suit the theme and style of the occasion with different colours, flowers, writing, we thought it was about time we had a go at making one! And now we’re showing you how to as well!
Equipment used:
Electric drill & drill bits
Ruler & pencil
Wood pieces
Hinges x 2
Screws
(Paint & flowers to decorate)
The dimensions and type of wood we’ve used are to give you an idea for you to make your own. The method will work with whatever size and type of wood you choose. Just make sure you choose the right size screws for the thickness of wood.
Approx. dimensions of wood used in the video:
Main pieces 60cm x 45cm x 18mm MDF
Front of box 45cm x 12cm x 18mm MDF
Ends of box 12cm x 11cm x 18mm MDF
Base of box 45cm x 12.8cm x 6mm MDF
Hinges approx 7cm in length
Screws of appropriate length for wood thickness.
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Method: (To be used in conjunction with watching the video) Assembling the A-Board Sign:
Mark out the position of the hinges at the top of the first board. We put them 3cm in from each edge, mounted on the underneath of the board. The round section of the hinge should protrude above the board.
Mark the holes for drilling.
Pilot drill the hinge holes most of the way through. The drill bit size should be the thickness of the screw shank (the thickness less the amount of thread).
Attach the hinge with the screws.
Offer up the other side of the A Board and mark out as you did before. Remember the rounded section of the hinge should sit in the gap in between the two boards and again should be mounted underneath. Repeat the method above to attach the two parts of the A Board together.
To assemble the flower box: (Starts at 2mins 13secs)
Start by marking the position of the screw holes into the long front of the box. We used the short ends to draw around, then finding the centre and marking the drill holes 3cm in at each end.
Drill clearance holes through the front using a drill bit the same thickness as the screw you have chosen to use.
Optional – We also drilled countersink holes into the front afterwards to slightly recess the screw heads when you put the box together later.
Next, sit the short end pieces under the front piece of the box, align it carefully and then, using the drill through the clearance hole, mark where the pilot holes should be drilled on the end pieces.
Drill the pilot holes, remembering that pilot holes should be slightly smaller than the thickness of the screw to go into them.
To add the short sides on, place the pieces together with the front piece and add the screws you have selected. You will now now have 3 sides completed.
To finish the box, take the base, sit the constructed sections on top and draw around them. Find the centre of the outlined area and mark appropriate drill holes. We went for 5 in total as you will see. Avoid the corners to make sure you don’t hit other screws by mistake.
Sit the base onto the 3 sides of the box and drill through into the sides underneath. Because the wood for the base is thinner and the screws smaller, you can get away with just drilling pilot holes straight through.
Add the screws to complete the box.
To put it all together: (Starts at 6mins 02 secs) Measure or offer up the box to the A Board and mark how far you want it up from the bottom. We did this on both sides of the front piece of the A-Board.
On the inside surface of the A Board, also draw around the box.
Mark the centre line of the outlined area and then mark the position of two drill holes. We used 4cm from each edge. Drill clearance holes in the A Board surface.
Offer up the box and drill pilot holes through the A Board clearance holes into the box sides underneath. Finally add the screws to join the box to the board.
Stand it up and be proud! Decorate in your chosen method, we used paint in our example, 2 coats recommended.
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If you have any questions about the DIY please leave them in the comments below and we’ll do our best to help.
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…well as promised, we’re back with the second half of our tutorial, because I just had too much to say the first time around. If you missed part one, you can find it >here<. Make sure to catch up because we are diving right back in where we left off.
In part two you’ll learn more about how to cut wood and vinyl, how to prep your cutting mats and get your Cricut machine ready to cut each material, including how to load in your cutting blades, and all about weeding and transferring vinyl. We also finally get to the box itself! Prepping it with primer, painting, applying your design and adding finishing touches like sealant and a box liner to give it that premium look and feel.
What we used (with links where possible):
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Cricut supplies:
Cricut Maker* (only Cricut Maker machines are capable of cutting this project)
NB. This video is not made in association with Cricut. Some materials listed above are affiliate links, these are clearly marked by an asteris
If you’re making this as a gift for someone else, we hope they love it – let us know! And if it’s to keep your own precious memories in, we hope it brings you many future moments of joy as you look back through it over the years ahead. When you’re done, tag us in your photos over on Instagram @bridesociety_uk, we’d love to see what you did with yours! Yes, we’re very nosey!
For more Cricut wedding / honeymoon project inspiration, check out our YouTube playlist of all of Cricut tutorials here.
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How to make the perfect place to store precious wedding keepsakes using Cricut.
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We all know memories are precious. Through our lives we understandably gather items that have sentimental value to us for exactly that reason. Hopefully you’ll experience many moments in life that you want to hold on to the memories of, and your wedding, and by extension, your honeymoon, are naturally going to be high up there in the sentimental stakes.
You’ll no doubt want to hang on to little mementos that will remind you of those special details, like a copy of your vows, the Order of the Day, your wedding invitation, a few petals from your bouquet or a packet of the confetti and, of course, your wedding cards. But what do we actually do with those things?
Well, we already have a whole video giving you ideas for Wedding Keepsakes (which you can find here), so you can showcase your memories to the max. However, for those items that you maybe don’t necessarily want to have out, we’re thinking you’d still prefer to do something more special with them than shove them in an old shoebox under the bed?
With that in mind, we got out our Cricut to create a personalised Keepsake Memory Box tutorial for you. The perfect solution! Create a beautiful place to safely store those mementos that you’ll love to keep in sight and look through on future anniversaries, reliving the memories together. We made this one as a wedding gift and chose to create a design in keeping with the couple’s wedding invitation (in the hope they liked it! Obviously easier if you’re making this for yourself!) – from fonts, to colours, to patterns. Whilst you can more simply create this whole design using vinyl, which will still look amazing, we decided to emphasise the family name by cutting it out of basswood, giving it more of a premium look.
Our Cricut tutorial assumes no prior knowledge, we walk you through the entire process of creating our Keepsake Box step-by-step, so if you’re a Cricut beginner, fear not, we’ll get you there – also feel free to ask questions in the comments, we keep an eye on them to help out where we can. And of course, we make it really easy for you to adapt our tutorial to the design you need by sharing all the skills and techniques you’ll need. If you’re more advanced and just looking for tips on a particular step in the process, you’ll find time stamps in the video description box over on YouTube so you can jump ahead as you like!
In case you’re keen to know which Cricut skills you can expect to pick up in our tutorial, here’s the list (though there’s lots of bonus tips and tricks sprinkled throughout!):
How to create a project/design using Cricut Design Space.
How to add and manipulate text in Cricut Design Space, including using the ‘unite’ function.
How to alter an image using the ‘slice’ (aka how to crop an image) and ‘unite’ functions.
How to prepare your design for cutting – how to prep your mats and materials, and how to tell the machine where you want it to cut.
How to load blades into the Cricut machine.
Everything you need to know about cutting wood using a Cricut Maker (NB. This section of the tutorial can only be done with the Maker machines, as the required Knife Blade is only compatible with those machines).
Everything you need to know about cutting vinyl and how to transfer it to the project.
As you might be able to tell from that list, that’s quite a lot to get through…and that’s before we’ve primed, painted, sealed and added the finishing touches to the box itself. Consequently, we’ve split this tutorial into two parts so it’s more digestible! Part one is live now, but you’ll only have to wait one week for part two, which drops August 16th, 4pm BST. Once it’s up, we’ll add the video link here for you too!
Find everything you’ll need below….
What we used (with links where possible):
(*Affiliate links – we get a small percentage of the profits made through our referrals at no extra cost to you when purchased through the links marked with asterisks.)
Cricut supplies:
Cricut Maker* (only Cricut Maker machines are capable of cutting this project)
NB. This video is not made in association with Cricut. Some materials listed above are affiliate links, these are clearly marked by an asterisk* where applicable. This means we get a small amount of commission from the retailer for the referral at no additional cost to you.
Got any questions about Part One? Leave them in the comments and we’ll do our best to help. Who are you making your box for? We’d love to know, and remember to tag us in your photos on Instagram @bridesociety_uk so we can see how yours turned out!
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You’ve spent months, possibly years, planning for this one day and the Big Day has finally arrived! Now all eyes are going to be on you as you take your final walk as a fiancée down the aisle. While this may not faze some people, it might fill you with some trepidation. Especially if you’re not always comfortable being the centre of attention.
But fear not, the great thing about weddings is, other than the legal bit, you can pretty much do whatever you want! Throw out the traditions that don’t work for you and embrace whatever works for you as a couple. So, if that means you’re more comfortable walking down the aisle solo (and not being “given away”) go for it, or if you decide you’d like to walk in together, you can! Or, if you’d just like a bit more confidence to be able to glide down the aisle with ease, we can help with that too. We’re sharing our top tips and advice to help you walk down the aisle with your head held high and a smile on your face.
If you have any more suggestions to help other couples to be, please share them in the comments below.
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Ready, Set, Go! Your Ultimate Honeymoon Packing List
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Who doesn’t love a holiday, and a honeymoon even more? But let’s be real, no matter how excited we are, packing for your trip is never the fun part. Even if you’re a super organised packer with your washed and folded clothes set aside weeks ahead, the peak of excitement is still only going to be experimenting with your new packing cubes (though side note, they weren’t for me and just turned out to be a stress, but Laura loves them, so let us know in the comments which side of the cube debate you come down on).
Obviously, a packing list is always helpful in making the process as low stress and efficient as possible, but when it comes to honeymoon packing, what should you be taking? What are those extras that you might not have thought of? To maintain your newly-wedded-bliss mental status, we’ve put together your ultimate honeymoon packing list so you can just slide from wedding dress to swimsuit with packing ease. No packing regrets here!
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