Rebels' Guide

If there’s one single moment in your life that you absolutely must get exactly right, it’s surely your wedding. This occasion should be not only an expression of your monumental love for your partner, but also a bench mark for the amazing times you hope to share as a couple in the future… In other words, it’s a big ask. There’s a near-endless list of ingredients that make up the perfect wedding, from the musical entertainment to the Priest charged with presiding over the nuptials, but perhaps the most crucial thing of all to get just right is the location. Here are a few particularly special wedding destinations which you should seriously consider if you’re thinking of hitting the road and getting hitched somewhere far-flung and fantastic. Las Vegas Everyone knows there’s a negative side to Vegas weddings – the Britney Spears/The Hangover part that invariably sees reckless quickie marriages ending in divorce. For the most part however, Vegas weddings are truly wonderful affairs. G...

A guest post by the amazing Chris Holland of  thesongnerd.com ! When choosing songs for your wedding, be it for the dance, bridal entry, whatever… my number one piece of advice is firstly: choose a song you love. Play your favourite songs, whether you think they’re “a wedding song” or not. Truth is, there are no rules when it comes to music. There are several lists online with nice “wedding songs”, generally slow ballads that are nice, but may be impersonal, mushy, cheesy, or not you. Here are some suggestions, a couple are ballads, but some up-tempo, fun, left-of-centre choices that may just suit your personality or be suitable at one certain benchmark of your ceremony. Perhaps you want your guests to laugh and have fun, not necessarily shed a tear at your romance. The nature of a song is that there are 3 or 4 minutes worth of lyrics – plenty of time for some words that may not be exactly appropriate for your wedding. Listen carefully, see how much they matter to you. If t...

I love seeing wedding style trends from other countries, today’s style comes from Ireland, though you won’t find any Leprechauns here. In-fact most of what you’ll read below wouldn’t be out of place in an australian wedding. Thanks to  crowesawmills.ie for shooting me the inforgraphic.

Congratulations on getting engaged to be married! Saying yes to a wedding proposal is the best decision someone can make, I think marriage is one of the most important threads in the fabric of society. As you start planning your big day, it’s worth noting that weddings today are a weee bit different to your friend’s wedding last year, your parents wedding 25 years ago and that wedding you went to that you thought was terrible a few years ago. Here’s how weddings are different in 2014: 1. The majority of weddings don’t happen at 3pm on Saturday now. From the wedding bookings in my diary, more and more weddings are happening outside of 3pm Saturday, the old school traditional time of bridal bliss.  The new popular times are 5pm Saturday, 9am Sunday, 11am Saturday and 5pm Friday. Tuesday, Thursday and Monday are becoming crazily popular as well! It’s just a reflection of modern society where a good handful of the population don’t work Monday to Friday, 9...