Mrs Bland’s Letter
Well Hello my Lovely Brideys… welcome back to another blog post in the “Letters from Mrs to Miss’ Series!
The response I received from the first post of this Series was absolutely fantastic (you can find it HERE), so I’m SUPER excited to bring you another one!
This week I’m joined by the Beautiful Mrs Bland, Aimee. Myself & Aims met at Uni back in 2011… I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already! We’ve been on girls holidays, Hen Parties etc. And have PLENTY of stories from over the years!! As soon as I thought of doing this Series I knew I had to ask Aimee to take part… as I wanted to hear all about it myself! (Unfortunately I couldn’t make it as I’d just given birth to my baby girl, Aurora!). Aimee & her husband Cameron have been married for 1 & 1/2 years now and have a beautiful baby boy, Eddie.
So without further ado, let me hand you over to Mrs Bland herself, so she can share her Wifey-Wisdom with us all!
Hello brides,
It has been a year and a half since the most magical day of my life. And now it’s time to pass on my knowledge to you guys of the dos and don’ts of a Wedding day. As perfect as the day was… I definitely learnt a lot and have a few tips to share with you!
So… things that I would make sure that I did if I was to do the day again:
I had planned to give out save the dates at our engagement party which was one year before our wedding. I never actually got round to writing them, I know that if we were to do the date again I would definitely give out save the dates as it would put less pressure on getting the invitations out quickly and we wouldn’t have people asking over and over again when the date is.
Another thing that I would change is making sure that the DJ has a playlist of songs that we definitely want to be played. We had a DJ that played mostly 80s music which wasn’t particularly our cup of tea I didn’t really get the groove with every song. Saying that my sister is due to get married next year and she has actually planned to have a band instead from learning this from our wedding. Additionally to that I think it would be handy to have the dancefloor a little bit closer to where the tables are to be able to grab friends and family from their seats to get them up dancing a bit more.
I would also say to make sure there’s someone in charge of your drinks, you get so busy and people don’t think to ask you if you need a glass of water or another Prosecco from the bar – maybe assign a Bridesmaid to do this?
Things that went really well and that I would recommend:
We had a church wedding and the ceremony was beautiful! It was an hour long but very personal and intimate even though we had lots and lots of guests it felt very magical. The aisle was very long and I felt like a princess walking down with my massive train and veil. So I would definitely say to consider a church wedding even if you think that it isn’t in your options.
I would also say the lineup that we did (‘Receiving Line’) was an absolute highlight of my day. There is a lot of opinions around doing a lineup (could it take too long etc.) but we found that a quick hello with every guest on their way into the seating area was an absolute perfect way to be able to make sure that we at least had a few words exchanged and a cuddle with each and every guest that was there on our day. We had 120 guests for the day and an extra 30 at night so it was just perfect for us. We organised our lineup by having Maid of Honour and Best Man stood together first. The idea of this was that they could introduce each other to each other’s friends for anyone that hadn’t met either side. Then we had the Brides Mother with the Grooms Father so that they could introduce each other to each other’s side of the family. And then vice versa with the Bride‘s Father and the Grooms Mother, And then myself and my Husband at the end. The venue staff were stood beside the line ushering people on if they tried to talk to one of the line members for too long which worked brilliantly to have a quick 10 to 15 seconds with each guest just to say a quick hello congratulations please enjoy your day.
Another thing I LOVED was that we had a Mr & Mrs Colin the Caterpillar Cake, which was amazing! It was from M&S – each one feeds 50 people… plus all the little baby ones are perfect for people to grab and go from the buffet!
Whatever you do on your day and however you celebrate your wedding please just make sure that you don’t stress and have the most magical day that you can as you only get to do it once.
Lots of love from a Mrs to a miss (or two),
Mrs Bland xxx
Well there we go… plenty of advice for your own Wedding Day!
Let us know which part you enjoyed/helped you the most with your own Wedding Planning!
We hope you enjoyed this blog post… stay tuned for many more Wifey-Wisdom coming your way soon…
We can’t wait to read YOUR ‘Mrs to Miss Letters’ one day!
Lots of Love,
Mrs T (& Mrs B) x
