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Find everything you need to know about planning your Irish wedding on Ireland’s top wedding blog. We cover everything from wedding updos and beautiful real weddings to finding the perfect wedding dress so sit back and be inspired and informed!
Top Ten Bridal Dress Shopping Tips with Lamelia Bridal Studio

Are you searching for your bridal dress? Today we’ve enlisted the help of Dawn from Lamelia Bridal Studio in Sligo to help you find the one.  This premier bridal studio is based outside Sligo town on the main Sligo to

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5 Real Mrs2be.ie Brides Share Their Best Advice

Nobody understands the stresses and strains of planning a wedding quite like the brides who have gone before you and experienced all those emotions first hand!  We know arranging the biggest day of your life can seem pretty scary at

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Ask the Expert – Wedding Flowers: Boutique Blooms

You’ll soon find out that your wedding flowers are the one key element of your day that bring all your planning and wedding look together. Today in our quest to help your planning go as easily as possible we’ve been

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10 Key Pieces of Wedding Planning Advice from Mrs2be.ie Real Brides

Literally the minute you announce your engagement you will be offered some friendly wedding planning advice from someone – that’s a fact! Whilst it is lovely and helpful to receive well-meaning advice when you are planning the biggest day of

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9 Useful Posts to Read Now You’ve Got the Ring!

Congratulations! We’re guessing if you’ve come to have a read of this post you’ve recently been the recipient of a lovely piece of bling and have accepted a marriage proposal – how exciting and welcome to the wedding planning club!

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8 Beautiful Unplugged Wedding Signs that Won’t Offend your Guests

Chances are if you’re on Facebook (and lets face it, most of us are!) you’ll have seen the photos wedding photographers have posted pleading with wedding guests to stop pulling their cameras out at very important moments and getting in

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21 of the Best Wedding Investments & Biggest Regrets from Real Couples

Real couples share their best investments and biggest regrets from their Big Day!

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The 7 Most Stressful Steps to Planning a Wedding

Planning your wedding should be one of the happiest times in your life, truth is though that it’s actually all sorts of stressful. Here are 7 things that are sure to cause you headaches over the next few months.

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8 things you MUST DO on your Wedding Day

One remark most recent brides have about their big day is that although it was one of the most perfect and amazing days of their lives, it ‘flew by’. There are plenty of things you can do to slow it all down a bit however, and to make sure you make the most of it. Check out 8 of our top suggestions here…

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8 Ways to Ruin your Wedding Day

While it’s not every bride’s plan to sabotage her own wedding day, nevertheless there are things some ladies do to set themselves up for some serious wedding day regrets. Want to find out how? Read on…

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10 Steps to Planning your Wedding like a Pro

Our guide to planning your Big Day like a pro!

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How To Avoid Bridesmaid Difficulties

If you are gracefully sailing through your wedding planning without even a hiccup caused by your bridesmaids, consider yourself a very lucky bride indeed! If, however, you find yourself spending more time sorting out their issues than getting support in return, something is definitely not right. Here’s how to deal with the top 5 problems your bridesmaids may cause.

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5 Biggest Wedding Planning Problems – And How To Deal

We couldn’t help but notice that, over the years, brides and grooms keep asking for advice about the same five wedding planning problems. We say – the best thing you can do is to know about them in advance, so in case they happen, you can handle them like a pro. Read on to find out what they are – and how to solve them.

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10 Things To Ask When Planning Your Wedding Budget

Some of the biggest decisions you’ll make for your wedding will be all about the budget – so how do you prepare? First, ensure you’re not left to make all the decisions on your own. Secondly, here’s a list of 10 important questions to consider – discuss them with your fiancé at the earliest opportunity, and together you’ll be able to agree on the things that are most important to the both of you. After all, it’s your wedding day – have it exactly the way you want.

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Ask the Experts – When Should I Expect to get my Wedding Photo Album?

There is nothing more exciting after your wedding than finally getting your hands on your professional photo album. All the Instagram and iPhone snaps in the world won’t compare to seeing your wedding day beautifully portrayed in a storybook for you to pass on from generation to generation. Of course, with all that anticipation comes a little bit of anxiety – “It’s been two weeks!!! Where the heck is it!!” – Before you lose the rag with your photographer, we’ve asked our experts just how long after your wedding you should expect to receive your photo album, and why…

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Ask the Experts – When Should I Start Shopping for my Wedding Dress?

Wedding dress shopping is one of the most exciting parts of planning a wedding, but it can also be one of the most frustrating and confusing of times as you search for and sometimes second guess one of the most memorable outfits of your life! Never fear, the wedding experts are here to advise you on the best time to start shopping and how to make sure you find the dress of your dreams with ease.

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What Do Ushers Do?

The groom has a job – to show up groomed and say “I do”. The best man has a job – to support the groom. But what about the ushers? Are they just decorative escorts to the bridesmaids, extras from the stag do, or perhaps something along the lines of Robin Hood’s merry men? Well – yes, no and maybe! How about no more guessing – here’s our no-nonsense guide to usher duties.

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What To Do After the Wedding – Your Legal Checklist

Peace at last… in the first weeks of your newlywed life you probably would like nothing more than to enjoy each other away from all the wedding planning. You may already have a to-do list for after the wedding – store the dress, send thank-you cards, return unwanted gifts… however, there are important legal things you should do as soon as you can.

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Ask the Experts – “Do wedding guests expect an open bar or free drinks at the reception?”

When it comes to your wedding reception, one of the main themes is how to make sure everybody has a great time without you having to remortgage your house to pay for it. A decent amount of your reception budget will go towards a drinks reception – but what exactly have guests come to expect from a wedding when it comes to toasting the bride and groom? A cup of tea or an open bar? We ask the experts what the current trend is when it comes to booze at Irish weddings…

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Ask the Experts – Flowers – I am a Bride with Hay Fever; What are my Bouquet Options?!

Hay fever is no fun at the best of times, and it’s certainly not something you want to worry about as your big day and big photo shoot approaches. Luckily there are plenty of brilliant and beautiful bouquets that hay fever prone brides-to-be can hold without a runny nose! Today we’re asking wedding flower experts Little Daisy, A Room in Bloom and Jamazin Flowers what popular wedding flowers have the lowest pollen count, and what other types of bouquet hay fever sufferers can opt for.

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