Wedding details

I’m told it takes around 250 hours to plan a wed­ding, and it’s no sur­prise when you con­sider the aver­age bud­get is report­edly £20k, with brides and grooms hir­ing and buy­ing all kinds of things to make sure they have the per­fect day. (Because I’m a geek and I worked it out, I can tell you that works out at £80 spent per hour of time plan­ning… scary!)

Here’s some advice on a few of those lit­tle wed­ding details from some UK wed­ding experts — I hope you find it useful.

How to choose the ideal wed­ding ring
Your wed­ding ring will be on your fin­ger for years and years… so how do you choose a piece of jew­ellery you’ll love for ever? Read expert advice on choos­ing the per­fect ring.
by Leigh Maher, Irish Celtic Jewels

How to have eco-chic wed­ding flow­ers
Con­sider your flower miles, go home made, and buy fair trade. There’s no need to splash out on elab­o­rate cen­tre­pieces when your guests will appre­ci­ate a more sim­ple and con­sid­er­ate approach to wed­ding flow­ers.
by Helen Pow­ell, Lilac and Lily

Lux­ury wed­ding sta­tionery
The argu­ment for splash­ing out on good qual­ity wed­ding sta­tionery — you get expert advice and design expe­ri­ence, but did you know you also gen­er­ate happy karma and help make the world go round?
by the team from Ivy Ellen

Wed­ding mar­quees part 1
Excel­lent advice from an expert wed­ding plan­ner — all about hir­ing a mar­quee for your wed­ding at home. The stuff you might not have thought of, from floor­ing and stages to the weather, cater­ing, toi­lets and gen­er­a­tors. Roman­tic, hey?
by Bernadette Chap­man of Dream Occasions

Wed­ding mar­quees part 2
Every­thing you need to know about cater­ing with a wed­ding mar­quee and design. An expert wed­ding planner’s advice on light­ing, flo­ral dis­plays and lay­outs for your mar­quee.
by Bernadette Chap­man of Dream Occasions

Wed­ding cakes for 2010
Some lovely ideas for extrav­a­gant wed­ding cakes — all the rage this year — and thoughts on flavours and prac­ti­cal­i­ties.
by Julie from Cakeydora

Where to start with wed­ding invi­ta­tions
A short arti­cle to get you started with wed­ding invi­ta­tions — when should you order yours, how many will you need and what else should you get to go with your invi­ta­tions?
by Jo Nichol­son from Wed­ding Paraphernalia

Wed­ding table plans
The wed­ding table plan can be a mine­field of eti­quette. This straight­for­ward and infor­ma­tive arti­cle will help you work out who goes where.
by Adam Ley­ton from toptableplanner.com

Wed­ding theme and design
Don’t panic at the men­tion of wed­ding themes — it doesn’t have to be Dis­ney or foot­ball team colours. Instead here’s a sim­ple guide to cre­at­ing a sophis­ti­cated wed­ding theme.
by Rebecca Gre­gory from Tem­ple Gregory

Wed­ding make up
Will you do your own wed­ding make up or hire a pro­fes­sional to help? If you’re con­sid­er­ing get­ting some­one in, here are a few rea­sons why it will be worth your while — flash pho­tog­ra­phy, long last­ing fin­ish and… well, per­fec­tion!
by Katy Ange­lidi from Make Up By Katy