Bridechilla - Wedding Planning Podcast

Episode 77 of the Save The Date Wedding Podcast. None of us engaged and married folk are planning to get divorced… unless you’re running some sort of visa scam…good luck to you but realistically a bunch of us probably will. I’m sure you don’t want to hear this now…you probably want me to be talking about and posting things about bunting and floral hair crowns (gorgeous!) but tough titties… we are going there. In Part 2 of this special Save the Date Wedding Podcast interview, my guests, therapist Susan Pease Gadoua and journalist Vicki Larson has literally written the book on marriage, It’s called The New “I Do”, reshaping marriage for skeptics, realists and rebels and it is a GREAT read! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I answer lovely listener questions about… choosing your wedding day makeup artist. Do you go for hair and makeup artists or separate people? What’s the most cost-effective option? Finding wedding buddies…people to share your wedding planning journey with, when your friends and family are far away! And one of my favorite wedding Q&A conundrums so far…what to do when a close friend books their wedding on a date that is on your wedding day (or frightfully close). Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If half of all new cars bought in each year broke down, there would be uproar. People would go mental! But when people suggest that maybe every single marriage doesn’t look like the next and isn’t meant to last until death, we’re faced with a negative nelly response. People don’t want to hear that things may not work out and I get that but with statistics like 10% of first marriages won’t make it to their five year anniversary, I think we are obliged to delve deeper and look at why this is happening and what we can do to avoid it! This week's podcast guests are the co-authors of The New I Do, therapist Susan Pease Gadoua and journalist Vicki Larson take a groundbreaking look at the modern shape of marriage to help readers (and listeners) open their minds to marrying more consciously and creatively. Offering actual models of less-traditional marriages, the book covers unique options for couples interested in forging their own paths. The New I Do acts as a guide to thinking outside the marital box and the framework Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode 74 of the Save The Date Wedding Podcast! Hurrah! Q&A Thursday… all the way, where I answer your wedding planning questions, share hints, tip and guide you in the right direction (whatever works for you) when planning your big day! Wonderful questions from lovely Save the dater’s this week including, how do you go about planning your wedding when your bridal party is in a different state…or country and how to select the right person for the biggest job in the wedding business….marrying YOU! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As I am sure we’re all well aware, the average wedding costs $30,000 these days. That’s a larger operating budget than many small businesses begin with. Not to be the voice of doom and gloom but sometimes things that are completely out of your hands can go wrong, vendors don’t come through with the goods (literally) and you can be left out of pocket. Today podcast is a must-listen if you are planning to spend any money (I’m guessing that is ALL OF YOU) on your wedding, giving you helpful tips from Wedding Lawyer Christie Asselin from www.yourweddinglawyer.com, about how to prevent problems and cover yourself if they do. Knowledge is power, my friends! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Save The Date Wedding Podcast Q&A Thursday is my favorite time of the week because I get to share your stories and questions and hopefully help you out of a conundrum or two along the way! This episode I look at cultural appropriation at weddings…eg when a person takes something that has cultural significance from another culture for their own use and in the process lacks understanding and respect of the significance behind that thing has….you get me? Look, it’s basically (and this is very un-PC)… white people taking everyone else’s ideas but removing the meaning behind these activities. Looking good without the meaning. Boo to that. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parents, we wouldn't be here without them (fact) but I'm not going to pretend that everyone's relationships with their parents is perfect. Some people don't have any relationship with their parents, whilst some people consider their parents to be their best friends. Weddings have a, some would say, nasty habit of stirring up underlying issues and placing challenges in our paths when it comes to parental relationships and expectations. The funny thing is, when writing this, I wasn't even thinking about in-laws. Wedding Gods, help us! Here's thing, wedding planning and families don't always mix. I was inspired to record this episode by two podcast listeners who contacted me with parental-based questions. As I often am wonderful communications, I was touched by the openness and honesty that these two ladies gifted me in the communication. I really do feel like you are my friends all over the world and I love that you write to me in that very way. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flowers are here today, dead tomorrow. Granted, they look pretty and smell nice but they don’t need to be everywhere, being clutched by everyone. Before you get angry at me for killing your floral fun, in today's episode (a Q&A episode following on from the last podcast) I bring you some smart ways to have to create your wedding flowers on a budget. I’m by no means suggesting you cut flowers completely, just make the ones you do use count. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wedding flowers don’t have to break the bank! Yes, wedding flowers can be pricey but if you get creative, you can still have gorgeous blooms adorning your celebrations and not have to mortgage the house to do so! In this episode of the Save The Date Wedding Podcast, we explore, how do you budget for your flowers for you big day? What shorts cuts can be taken and which flowers last the longest and how to work with your venues decor to make the most out of flowers and decorations. Are you considering a flower crown? I speak with super florist Harriet Parry about how to choose the rights size and blooms to make you look super gorgeous and not like a bobblehead. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RSVPs are a contentious issue. Waiting for those little cards to be sent back can sometimes feel like time has stopped. Why aren’t people replying quickly? Do they not want to come to your amazing wedding? When do you start sending bitchy texts to people asking them to hurry up and respond? Weddings can bring out the bitchy side in everyone and I don't say that lightly. I mean what other scenario combines, spending lots of money, alcohol, reunited family members and extreme high heels? Relationships can be stirred up, I'm sure you're finding that everyone has an opinion about EVERYTHING and it's often hard to decide who to listen to...(me!). Today on the podcast I focus on the RSVP…how to get people to respond quicker and make sure only the people that YOU invite attend! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Choosing wedding vendors, the people and businesses that you pay to help shape the wedding of your imagination into reality, is tricky business. Do you like them? Are they within your budget? Do they have strong opinions on your sexual orientation and who you are marrying? Wait a second…what? Is that their business? What the hell happened to equality? Can you imagine meeting a wedding vendor and them refusing to serve you because of who you are marrying? Today’s special Save The Date Wedding Podcast guest is Olympian, Blake Skjellerup. As well as representing his country (New Zealand) at the winter Olympics, Blake is an ambassador for the gay games AND he’s getting hitched! WOOT! As one of the very few professional males athletes to come out whilst competing, Blake has become a reluctant (but impressively confident) spokesperson for the gay community… Now, with his impending nuptials to his partner Saul Carrasco (Carrasco is a fashion stylist and blogger for Trend Styled), Blake has written a number of pieces for Huff Post about planning their wedding and outing vendors who actively discriminate against LGBT clients. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No matter how exciting your everyday life I can guarantee you that you will all suffer, in your own special way, a bout of post-wedding blues. It's perfectly natural to feel a little Debbie Downer or empty after a big life event such as a wedding. Think about all the time and energy that you and your partner have committed to making this great day happen. You've devoted hundreds of man-hours to planning, spent months saving money and when it's all said and done it can feel a little bit weird. For lots of people, it's not just the organizing part that you will probably miss, it’s the attention and excitement in the lead up to the wedding that you can sort of getting used to, that when it's gone can feel like a bit of a void. In this episode, I offer some solutions to get you out of the rut and back organizing and having fun! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may think that etiquette is something only the Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey has to deal with but you know what?...it's a really big part of being a member of society. My guest today is Cheryl Seidel who is an etiquette expert, the voice behind the 'Ask Cheryl blog' and she's also the founder and President of RegistryFinder.com, an intuitive search engine that helps gift givers quickly and easily find online registries for weddings, baby showers, graduations and more. Cheryl is also a contributor to The Huffington Post and an etiquette expert. In this episode of the wedding podcast we debunk some common etiquette myths, look at new traditions and ditch some old ones! It's lots of fun and I'm not afraid to say that Cheryl surprised me with a few doozies that I had no idea existed! Etiquette refers to conventional forms and usages: the rules of etiquette. Decorum suggests dignity and a sense of what is becoming or appropriate for a person of good breeding: a fine sense of decorum. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is the correct time to send Save the Date cards or messages? Should you send them at all if people know when your wedding is happening? Is it ok to send them via the interwebs? Can you use facebook and Pinterest to share information about your wedding? All very good questions which I answer in this episode of the wedding podcast! Read the blog to learn your own to create an online Save the Date mail out using MailChimp and where to find fabulous inexpensive Save the Date cards on Etsy. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Wow look at her, she's confident'...please take note of the magic word 'looks'. Today on the Wedding Podcast, I wanted to focus on a topic that I think plagues all of us (no matter how extroverted we may seem) at one time or another, how to boost confidence and feel good about yourself. You may be reading this, thinking, 'Aleisha, that is easier said than done' and yes, I agree, often a lack of confidence goes back to childhood, how you were raised if your parents were confident people and how they projected that on you! The purpose of today's show was to give you a glimpse, with the help of Nova, from NuBride.com (who is a trained Life Coach) of how we can begin to make small changes to habits and routines, to reprogram (or at least temporarily mute) that little voice that rattles around in your head that says 'I can't' and 'Don't do that' and 'You look shit' and give you some starter exercises to shift your thinking. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wedding Q&A #moneyweek. It's all about the moolah on today's wedding Q&A episode, continuing the theme of #moneyweek on the show. One of the most popular themes of my Q&A requests is money. How to talk about money? How to save money? How much money to spend? As listener Kay points out the term budget has many different meanings… A millionaire's budget is very different to someone who earns $30,000 per year. When it comes to talking about wedding planning budgets I always try and keep it in perspective and of course this is a place primarily of no judgement so even if you are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on your wedding I know that you will find some value in the advice that I keep on this podcast. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don’t want to be a total Debbie Downer here but financial issues are often cited as the top reason for divorce and separation. I know most of you haven’t even gotten married yet but I think it’s vital for you to start your partnership off on the right financial foot, which is something that my guest today will help you do! Ginger Dean is a self-taught personal fiancé guru who I’ve been following for years, she is the founder of http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/(possibly the sassiest domain name on the whole of the internet) which is an online community dedicated to helping a woman manage their funds. With a degree in forensic psychology she’s been described as a ‘shrink and a debt shrinker’, I invited her on the show today to help you think about money and budgets and spending in a different way. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As well as answering your wedding planning questions, my guest on today's show is Emily from the Wedding Hair Company! The Wedding Hair Company is a hand-picked collection of the UK’s top hair and makeup artists from the fashion industry and she reveals lots of tips and some very sensible (and fun) advice about wedding hair. Also on the show, I explain how easy it is to set up your own personalized wedding email account to keep track of all of your wedding quotes, subscriptions (have you subscribed to my newsletter yet?) and contacts, all in one place. This is a great idea to separate your wedding life from your real-life and to collate all the important info that you need to keep track of to reduce stress and mental-ness. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's wedding invitation time! So, you’re organizing this shindig and hopefully not come to blows over who is attending (listen to this podcast episode if you are struggling) and now you’ve got to tell people about it. I popped along to the Etsy Wedding Fair to meet some very talented stationery designers, artists, illustrators, and letterpress legends to bring you advice on how to choose the most fabulous wedding invitations, budget and timelines! The main goal of the invitation is to convey information. Who, where, when? You don’t need 18 separate cards and sections. The wedding invitation is the first opportunity (unless you’ve sent a Save the Date) that you have to convey to your guests the tone and style of your upcoming event. If you are having a classic formal wedding, express that to your guests with an appropriately colored and worded invitation. If it’s a rockabilly wedding, get that theme going early, have fun with it, use color, etc. As you’ll learn in today’s podcast there are many different printing and design processes that you can select for your wedding stationery. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the Wedding Q&A, it’s all about table seating plans, podcast love and finding that fabulous pair of wedding shoes that won't require you to seek medical attention! I've had a very busy couple of weeks recording interviews; videos and meeting wonderful people at some major international wedding events that have been held in London recently. The Esty Wedding Fair, The White room and London Bridal Fashion Week, were all held over the same weekend and I had a fun time cramming them all in and meeting some wonderful wedding vendors that I will bring to this show very soon. I was very excited to take a film crew along with me on the journey so I will be sharing some of those videos with you very soon! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making a speech at a wedding (or anywhere actually) for many people is a mortifying event. It doesn’t have to be this way! I promise, by then end of this podcast with my very special guest, Australian TV superstar (and my lovely friend) Julia Zemiro, you’ll be raising a glass to toast the success of your own future toasting (that is meta). We bring you the three P’s to shine (Practice, Preparation, and Pizzazz) and even if you aren’t giving a speech at your wedding we provide some pretty handy guidance on how to pick an MC and create a workable rundown and timeline for your wedding that keeps everyone perky and on track to having the BEST NIGHT/DAY OF THEIR LIVES! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Q&A Thursday and today is a very family-oriented wedding Q&A podcast, with two listener questions both asking about, on some levels, the inclusion of family in weddings and traditions. Listener Olivia wants to know how to best acknowledge, in their wedding ceremony, loved ones who have passed on, without making it a massive Debbie downer? I ask blogger Nova from nub ride.com to help me answer that question. Listener Adela asks about wearing her mother's wedding dress...is appropriate and how does she revive its color and perk? Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before you seal the deal and hand over a deposit, there are lots of questions that you should ask potential wedding vendors to decided if they are the ones for you. Today I’ve gathered some of the big questions that, if asked, will help you save time, money and your sanity when it comes to planning your dream wedding day! Please check out the episode blog for links and extra info. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Q&A Thursday and the accidental theme of this episode's expectations! I speak to hairdresser Stephanie Stevenson about our obsession with looking like celebrities (which is often impossible with all the tricks that they have access to and we don't) and how to balance your family's expectations when it comes to organizing the wedding you want, not what they want. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest today is pretty influential and I don't say that lightly… Rachel Wilkerson Miller is a Senior Lifestyle Editor as Buzzfeed and I would bet 1 million podcast dollars of which I do not have that if you are on the Internet and planning a wedding that you have read or shared one of Rachel's posts. In fact, if you've spent any time on save the date wedding podcast Facebook or Twitter page, you definitely would have read her posts because I love sharing them! As well a sharing her wisdom on wedding planning and feminism, I'm so excited that Rachel came on the podcast to make the big announcement that Buzzfeed is dedicating a whole new section to weddings on the main page, so you don't have to be searching through hundreds of posts to find your wedding-specific info. Coming from a person who spends a lot of time on wedding blogs, forums and groups this is amazing news! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you are struggling with how to go about having 'the talk', eg speaking to your family and loved ones about your wedding and money, then hopefully advice given in today's Q&A episode of the podcast may help you out. My guest today is Rachel Wilkerson Miller...she's a professional writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. She currently creates and edits content as a Senior Lifestyle Editor at BuzzFeed. I am certain that you have read some of her posts, especially on the Buzzfeed Weddings Facebook page! As well as producing some fantastic contents of Buzzfeed, she also maintains her personal blog... one of my favourite go to websites that interesting articles, long reads and links. Rachel started blogging in 2005 and has been writing about weddings since 2013 with her work appearing on The Huffington Post, Yahoo! Shine, SHAPE.com, Birchbox, The Nest, and A Practical Wedding. I'm so happy to welcome Rachel as a guest today and you will get to hear more about an exciting announcement from Buzzfeed in the next couple of weeks. Please check out the episode blog for links and extra info. Follow Save The Date Wedding Podcast on Twitter @savethedatePC Aleisha’s Twitter @leishamccormack Make sure you Like the Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/savethedatepodcast Have a question or comment. I want to hear it! Be sure to visit http://savethedatepodcast.com/connect/ #Weddingy #WeddingPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who are you getting married for? You better have answered 'each other'. Today's episode is titled 'Don't plan your mother's wedding' which comes from a quote from my wonderful guests. Britt and Josh from elopmentcollective.com Josh is a marriage celebrant and Britt is a wedding planner/boss lady behind their business. Between them, they have organized and officiated A LOT of weddings and as I say in the podcast, the vibe that this dynamic duo gives out is what I think every wedding vendor that you hand over your hard-earned money to, should give out. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Wedding Q&A covers everything from vintage wedding dress shopping with Karen from Rock the Frock and I talk about sourcing quality hair and make up artists in popular wedding destinations (it can be tricky!). As well as answering your wedding Questions, I bring you my interview with Karen, the incredibly knowledgable and lovely owner of Rock the Frock. Karen has an amazing reputation for sourcing vintage and unique wedding gowns for brides and bridesmaids all over the world. What this gal doesn't know about wedding dresses… no one knows. Even if you aren't in the market for a pre-owned wedding dress, there is plenty to learn. In our interview Karen reveals the very important steps to finding your dream wedding dress, how to make sure it fits you correctly and that you are comfortable on the day. We both agreed there is nothing worse than seeing an ill-fitting wedding gown, with escaping cleavage or seeing a bride having to hitch the dress up throughout the day. I guarantee you that you will learn laugh throughout this interview and I really hope I can have Karen back on the show again soon because she is a wonderful resource when it comes to wedding attire and finding that special outfit. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Destination weddings are fast becoming a very popular option for brides and grooms who want to escape with their family and friends, to somewhere possibly tropical and celebrate their nuptials in tropical style. I'm joined on the podcast by Megan and Rebecca from destinationwedding.com, who both help couples plan their dream destination weddings all over the world. I'm going to take a stab in the dark that most couples during their wedding planning process, dream of chucking it all away, hopping on a plane and eloping. And lots of people do! If you are considering planning a destination wedding or just want to picture yourself on a beach, cocktail in hand, then today’s episode is for you! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Wedding Q&A covers everything from sibling dramas to surprise bridal pregnancies! I'm continuously surprised and delighted by what you send me and I get good vibes every time that little email noise pings. Today's episode title is Pregnant brides, Wedding Rebellion & Siblings. I tackle a couple of questions who are somewhat struggling with their moral compass and also shifting the thought pattern to new circumstances. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Girl Scout/Guide motto is "Be prepared" and that's exactly what you'll be after listening to Save The Date Wedding Podcast! Today I present you 7 sneaky wedding expenses and how to avoid them. It's all about staying one step ahead, doing your research AND being a wedding planning, money-saving ninja. I guarantee you'll be ahead after listening to this episode. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Wedding Q&A covers everything from broken bachelorette plans & which wedding catering to choose to suit your vibe. Cocktail? Buffet? Silver Service? I'm very happy that I have TWO guests on to help me answer your wonderful questions! There are some people that you meet that you instantly just connect with. When I started following Joshua Withers on Facebook, I knew that he was my sort of person. A mutual friend suggested that I interviewed him for the podcast… As he is a bit of a star celebrant… Registrant… The person that stands up the front and make the whole wedding legal! A quick bit of cyberstalking from me revealed that Josh and his wife Britt also ran a very intriguing and wonderful looking company called popupwedd.co. As you'll hear in an upcoming podcast episode, Josh and Britt are passionate about helping couples create a wedding date that represents them without causing financial strain and having to succumb to pressure from family and society, when it comes to budget and themes. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Staying cool, calm and collected when planning your wedding, is often easier said than done. I talk a lot about aesthetics in the wedding podcast…how things will look, where to buy the best stuff etc but today I wanted to step back and focus on how you feel because no matter how flashy the dress or suit, if you aren’t happy and glowing on your wedding day on the inside, then you might as well just pack up and go home. Today’s guest is a nutritionist, life coach, and yoga lady Jennifer Helene. She runs a bridal coaching course and today shares ways to find calm, get centered and focused in the lead up to your big day and how to keep that coolness after the wedding! BAM. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and Save The Date Wedding Podcast host Aleisha McCormack, has answers! In this episode, Aleisha answers questions about Bridesmaid's budgets, hair and makeup and tackles the topic of age…what to wear when you aren’t 24…becuase as listen Sue says ‘There are a few websites that occasionally have an article about older brides, but even their ads for "mature" bridal dresses have 19-year-old models’. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visiting an alternative wedding fair doesn't have to mean that you have dreadlocks and feathers in your hair...although feathers are actually a very popular motif lately. I see the alternative as stepping outside the 'same same' box and adding that special touch that only you and your partner can bring, to make your wedding day truly yours! In this episode of The Save The Date Wedding Podcast, I spent the day at the Eclectic Wedding Extravaganza, an alternative wedding fair that had so many steal-able, fun and impressive wedding planning ideas and touches, I thought my head might explode. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and Save The Date Wedding Podcast host Aleisha McCormack, has answers! In this episode blogger Nova from Nubride.com returns as a special guest Q&A questions answerer person. Nubride.com (modern weddings with a splash of diversity) has quickly become a destination for brides of all colors, ethnicities, and backgrounds because Nova is presenting all the info that the mainstream media is often ignoring. Sillies. Today Nova and I tackle Sexy Spanx, Crappy Customer Service, and apocalypse plans! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For me, some of my favorite memories of weddings (including my own) is dancing. When I dance, I really commit. Shoes off, gyrating, weird fist-pumping, Elaine Benes style, sweaty commitment. Today’s episode is all about picking the right music (and performers) for your audience, venue, and event. My lovely guest is Shola Kaye, she’s a professional singer and with her band has supported celebrities such as Florence and the Machine, Paul Young, Tony Hadley and has performed extensively internationally. She’s been to a LOT of weddings. Listen, learn and take note if you want your wedding dance floor filled with booty shaking joy! (WHO DOESN’T!?) Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and Save The Date Wedding Podcast host Aleisha McCormack, has answers! Another jam-packed Wedding Q&A episode! Including questions about horrible bosses, the topic of the guest book bitch and how to pique your fiancé's wedding interest! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode is all about embracing differences. I don't know about you but I don't really look like the gals in the bridal magazines because A) I'm 5"2 and B) I'm not a model but I am white and if I squint I can sort of visualize my head on their body. Todays’ guest is Nova, founder of nubride.com, ‘A modern wedding blog with a splash of diversity’ which has quickly become a destination for brides of all colors, ethnicities, and backgrounds because Nova is presenting all the info that the mainstream media is often ignoring. Sillies. Her blogs posts are in-depth, thought-provoking and fun! I really relate to her because that's what I'm hoping to present with each episode of the podcast. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and Save The Date Wedding Podcast host Aleisha McCormack, has answers! Today Jessica from thebudgetsavvybride.com returns as a special guest Q&A questions answerer person. We answer your questions…how to talk about family financial contributions to your wedding day, the perfect beach wedding show and we tackle the conundrum of who should you buy gifts for… bridesmaids? Your partner? Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A theme free episode of The Save The Date Wedding Podcast, where I cover everything from gift registries super finds to how we changed the wording in our wedding ceremony to support our gay friends. I also talk about how to go to FREE regular yoga and fitness classes in your area and look at items that you may not buy yourself but are fabulous inclusions on your wedding gift registry. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and Save The Date Wedding Podcast host Aleisha McCormack, has answers! Today I tackle questions from two listeners both called Meg! Meg #1 is struggling to find the right way to ask guests to gift them money and manage a way for overseas guests to contribute without having to currency convert or accept cheques! Meg #2 is have a terrible time with one of her fiancé’s domineering friends. It’s Wedding planning Q & A all the way baby. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are plenty of ways to streamline your wedding planning and if you have a smartphone and internet access it’s obvs even easier. Today I am joined by Jessica from thebudgetsavvybride.com to talk all things wedding apps, discount sites, coupons and wedding tech to make your life a breeze and save money along the way! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and Save The Date Wedding Podcast host Aleisha McCormack, has answers! In this episode Celebrant Josh Withers returns as a special guest Q&A questions answerer person. Josh is an Australian marriage celebrant (who regularly travels all over the world marrying people) …lucky chap and lucky people, because Josh is tops! We talk grooms grooming (I learn what pomade is!) vow writing advice and Josh talks about how he’d change his wedding if he and his wife Britt were to do it again. Get ready, because there are TWO Australian accents to deal with! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Etsy is a magical place were clever, crafty people unite to sell their wares so the DIY inclined (but not time blessed…or skill blessed?) can buy up a storm. If you want a DIY wedding but never want to touch a glue gun, then Etsy is the place to be. I call it DIY without the Y. A marvelous place for couples to find all sorts of very specific decor details too, themed items, bunting, wedding and bridesmaid dresses, boutonnière, oh man, I could honestly list about 3,000,000 things but I won’t because you are far better off spending the time I’m listing things actually looking at Etsy. If you’ve never ventured onto Etsy or if you’re a fan and just looking to delve a little deeper into the crafty HQ, then this is the episode for you! I Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and Save The Date Wedding Podcast host Aleisha McCormack, has answers! In this episode Karen Cinnamon, from smashingtheglass.com, is back on the Save The Date Wedding Podcast as a special guest Q&A questions answerer person. Karen’s last visit on the podcast was a hit so I couldn’t wait to meet with her again and she came with her own questions (so resourceful!) and lots of fun. We answer HEAPS of questions today including how to add guaranteed fun wedding details and how many wedding dresses are too many? Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Ways to De-Clone Your Wedding Clone is probably a little harsh but I fear many brides and grooms are suffering from copycat-it is, being sucked into the vortex of the same sameness. So in today’s episode, I’ve rounded up my 11…. not 10…11 favorite ideas to de-clone, personalize and add that little bit of you that no one could copy, even if they tried. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve got wedding planning questions and damn girl, I have answers. This Q&A Episode of the Save The Date Wedding Podcast has something for everyone...affairs, venue hunting and post-wedding blues. My guest host today is Lindsay, Editor and wonder woman from the wedding and wedding venue blog, Womangettingmarried.com. Lindsay and her team specialises in finding the best wedding venues across the country, and the information you'll want to know for each. From facility rental fees to how late your wedding can go until, they do the wedding venue research so you don't have to. BAM! In this episode Lindsay and I both agree that our role in your wedding planning should be seen as an outspoken but neutral internet friend...with good contacts. We're Switzerland! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrant Selection with Josh Withers. Have you chosen you, marriage celebrant, officiate, minister, registrar or registrant person? You know, the lady or gent that makes the whole wedding official!? The topic of actually making it official is my theme today and my guest Joshua Withers…Josh Withers to be relaxed about it, is a little bit of an expert in the area having married hundreds of couples (thousands!?) across the world and has gone about creating his very own brand of wedding ceremony awesomeness which makes him very much in demand! One of the surprising continuing themes of my podcast interviews with wedding planners, bloggers and experts is how often they remark about couples neglecting to consider the actual wedding ceremony. Yeah, you know the bit when you and the other person actually get MARRIED, make it official, sign the docs and are legally bound for eternity. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's #bridesmaidweek on The Save The Date Wedding podcast and what better way to celebrate than to have the author of The Bridesmaid Guide: Modern Advice on Etiquette, Parties, and Being Fabulous, Kate Chynoweth on as my special guest to help me answer your burning bridal Q&A questions! Her book has sold over 100,000 copies (!) and Kate knows what she's talking about. What's great about the book is that it's from a bridesmaids perspective and that makes it a FABULOUS gift to give your bridesmaids as a thank you for accepting my bridesmaid proposal! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blog, read podcast show notes and be inspired by real Bridechilla Weddings Join Bridechilla founder, Aleisha on Instagram, for wedding inspiration and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices