Seating plans are one of the most stressful parts of planning a wedding.
Wedding planning tip #5
When you handover the seating plan to your wedding planner, put a star by the people that should be facing the head table. As a planner, I often receive seating plans that tell me the order in which guests should sit around the table, but I don’t know where on the table they should be positioned. To help me out, let me know who should have the best view of the new Mr. and Mrs.
When considering ceremony music for your wedding, there are important factors you need to think about:
1. Style / Formality
2. Sound / Pitch
Style / Formality
Are you having a formal or informal wedding? Is there a cultural element to it? What about a theme? A string quartet would work well for a formal wedding in a hotel or historic venue, but an acoustic guitar or ceilidh would be better suited for a barn wedding. Research music from you and your partner’s home countries. Maybe you can incorporate the maraca or steel drums!
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The marriage requirements for the UK can be quite tough and demanding depending on your situation. If you’re an American, Canadian, or any other foreign national getting married in London or the UK then it might be worth having the legal ceremony in your home country followed by a blessing with friends and family in the UK. You can have your blessing in a church or listed venue (see Church of England and Roman Catholic requirements for church weddings and marriage requirements for a civil ceremony). The blessing is fairly transparent in terms of wording and format, so very few guests will be able to notice that you’re already “legally married”. The blessing usually involves traditional wedding music, a reading, a hymn, and a prayer, but there’s lots of wiggle room to tailor it to your own liking. It’s not legally binding but you can still exchange rings and a kiss as you would in a binding ceremony.
Meeting marriage requirements can get tricky when partners are from different countries but for the American/American couple the blessing works beautifully. Happy planning and as always, we’re just an email or phone call away.
You're the best thing to ever happen to me. Leanne - 2010 Bride
