Current budget of brides spending on their wedding dress

The average price of a dress has well and truly reduced in the last year. And we have certainly kept up with this trend offering wedding dresses from €350. But in case you don’t know any of this and are unsure what lies ahead when you start you wedding dress shopping

1. The average cost of a wedding dress to order in to your size and colour is €1000-€1500

2. For high end designer dresses expect to pay in exccess of €2500

3. Most off the rack dresses (bought off the rail in whatever size and colour is available ) average in price at €700

4. 1 tier wedding veils with Swarovski crystals average at €275 and 2 tier €375 when bought from a bridal store.

Good luck in the hunt for your Dream Wedding Dress!

NO to RSVP cards!

Is it worth it?

Again we try to work with you and your budget so here’s some interesting facts to bear in mind when ordering your wedding stationery!

1. Don’t send invitations to family and friends that know they are coming

2. 20% of your guest list will refuse to come

3. Less than 20% of rsvp’s sent out come back to you!! Even with stamps.

4. Out of 100 people invited and confirmed to go to your day only 80% will go to the church. Don’t forget when organising mass booklets!

RSVP’s are fast becoming the biggest waste of money for couples-would you agree?

New trend emerging from Brides ordering flowers

We have noticed that brides are looking to keep costs down with regards to things that they may well not be too fussed about-an example of this is wedding flowers. Most brides want a beautiful bouquet but after that church decoration is not high on the priority list. As you know we cater to every budget so what is happening with a lot of brides is 1 of 3 things.

They are ordering fresh wedding party flowers-bride bridesmiads groom groomsmen, and getting a spray for the altar.

They are ordering the above and hiring our 2 large candleabras for the altar in place of the traditional pedestal arrangements.

They are ordering fresh bridal party flowers and silk flowers for the church.

Now obviously NOT ALL brides are doing this but its an idea!

Dipping our toes in internet networking sites

We have just started properly using twitter-totally addictive!, facebook and the blog. I am posting everyday and keeping the tweets up to date so that brides can follow latest trends and anything we find relevant to you we will post online in one or all of these sites. If you have questions or comments don’t hesitate to contact me!

Losing Weight for the big wedding day!

Recently I have noticed at least 90% of the brides I am looking after are looking to lose weight. Having tried every diet under the sun over a number of years and going from a size 18 to a size 8 and back up again (currently a size 14) I have done my fair share of starvation/points counting/cabbage soup/lettuce and ryvita. Last year I put on an extra stone + a bit! through purely eating non stop whatever I liked whenever I liked. Mainly down to stress I really felt I deserved it as I was working every hour God sent.This included the usual crisps, chips, and more crisps. I am a savory over eater most of the time but do dip my toe into the odd chocolate binge. So the weight went on and the dress size went up.

I did try a few times to stop but found I really did’nt have the will power to keep the weight or the cravings at bay-after all I was working so hard I deserved it! Anyway no weight came off-surprise surprise!

One day my husband announced he was getting me a present and it was a dog.I got her in October 2009  and have found this to be the cheapest, most enjoyable present I have ever received and have found myself 1 stone lighter since she came. As she needs walking every day, and is a real little guilt tripper when she isn’t taken out (sitting looking at the door at 11 at night-waiting to be taken out!) I am taking her out and at the start she was running quite a bit as she was an energetic puppy.

To cut a long story short the walking turned into running and the running turned into a regular thing and now I am finding I am eating more healthily, doing more exercise BUT the cravings are still there. However I am buring off more calories but I am eating chips at least once a week.

Does anyone find this problem-THE HEALTHIER YOU EAT THE HUNGRIER YOU BECOME??