Show and tell – Boho weddings

I’ve made good friends with a few wed­ding busi­nesses only recently on Twit­ter. Kelly Hood, wed­ding plan­ner at Boho Wed­dings and Events, is a won­der­ful lady and — as those of you who fol­low me on Twit­ter will prob­a­bly know — has me con­stantly in admi­ra­tion of her energy and enthu­si­asm for wed­ding plan­ning. She’s a real expert when it comes to wed­ding sup­pli­ers in and around Sheffield and York­shire, and absolutely devoted to her wed­ding plan­ning work.

So when Kelly emailed me for a chat, I pounced and asked for a mini-interview. And here it is!

This is Kelly from Boho Wed­dings and Events look­ing gor­geous with hus­band Nik at her own wedding

What inspires you?

I just love wed­dings, I love every­thing about them, I guess I am a true roman­tic at heart! It is a real priv­i­lege to be involved in people’s spe­cial days and I see it as a real hon­our that I am allowed to share those spe­cial moments with them.

I love it when I meet cou­ples who want to push the bound­aries a bit, who want to do things dif­fer­ently, but most of all I am inspired when I can see true love between a cou­ple, noth­ing can com­pare with that!

What do you love most about your work?

I love it all, I know that is a cop out… I guess the best bit really is watch­ing a cou­ple get mar­ried and know­ing that I have helped them plan their day and been involved with them in what­ever level they have allowed me.

I love get­ting a new project to work on and then doing all the research that goes into mak­ing it a real­ity. I am super organ­ised as well, so love this ele­ment of the job. I also love meet­ing my sup­pli­ers and new venues, I think it’s really impor­tant that I get out meet­ing as many of them as I can.

Do you ever get unusual requests?

Every wed­ding is dif­fer­ent, that’s what makes this job so great, and I do try and work with cou­ples that want to do things dif­fer­ently so I find that most of the wed­dings I work on aren’t your nor­mal run of the mill wedding.

Kelly was mar­ried in Ibiza and is launch­ing Boho Ibiza!

Do you have any excit­ing projects com­ing up?

I have some great wed­dings booked in for next year, as well as a few enquiries for our Boho Ibiza side of the busi­ness, so I am hop­ing for a few trips out there next year as well. I am also just in the process of start­ing the plan­ning for a big (non wed­ding related) event in August, it’s going to be a big out­door fes­ti­val type thing… very excit­ing and a dif­fer­ent area for me to branch out to.

Also I am cur­rently organ­is­ing the Sheffield Pride Civil Part­ner­ship tent which hap­pens on 26th June and from this I have a few other wed­ding fairs booked in that I am organ­is­ing in the next few months/next year.

And really excit­ing — I’m plan­ning a Trash the Dress shoot. It’s all top secret at the moment but all will be revealed in the near future to peo­ple who fol­low me on Face­book or Twit­ter. I absolutely can’t wait!

What one piece of advice would you give read­ers of Eng­lish Wedding?

Have the wed­ding YOU want, not the wed­ding you are told you should have by friends and fam­ily, if you want to do things dif­fer­ently then do it! Your wed­ding should reflect your per­son­al­ity as a couple.

Also do your research. There are so many good wed­ding web­sites, blogs and a huge amount of good qual­ity wed­ding sup­pli­ers out there to choose from. Don’t just go with the first one you find. Shop around and use sup­pli­ers that really get you and that you get on with.

Most of all enjoy it all, the plan­ning is so much fun, but don’t lose sight of why you are get­ting mar­ried, remem­ber there is a whole life time ahead for you together as a cou­ple, so try to focus on why you are get­ting mar­ried instead of all the lit­tle tiny details that on the day really won’t matter!

Thanks Kelly!

Find out more about Kelly’s alter­na­tive wed­ding plan­ning busi­ness: www.BohoWeddingsandEvents.com

And keep up with Kelly’s lat­est news at Blog.BohoWeddingsandEvents.com