WEDDING COUPLES - we, your wedding suppliers DON'T STOP!

WEDDING COUPLES!!!⁠

Although new measures have now been introduced by our Government, we, as your wedding suppliers DON'T STOP!⁠

I promise to be working tirelessly to help you with your wedding planning virtually over the coming months, as I know many of you will be working from home and looking for hints and tips on your special day.⁠

As you can see my website has already received a little face lift with a new and refreshed look, so feel free to check it out when you've got a minute!⁠

In my latest highlights/stories on Facebook and Instagram, I have announced that since we're unable to meet in person over the coming months I will be putting together Facebook Lives for you featuring my "Guide to Effective Wedding Planning" talk, so that we can meet virtually and continue your wedding planning journey!⁠

I was due to present my Guide at five wedding shows and open days in the next two months, which have now been postponed to the end of the year, so I thought I could come to your living-rooms, home-offices virtually with my top wedding planning tips and hints and answer your questions as if we met at one of these events.⁠

Let me know in the comments below or send me a DM with your preference of when you'd like me to host my first of a series of Facebook Lives?⁠

Why Wedding Planning?

“There is not a better way to describe Oskar other than the wedding Guru!!

He is a true professional and his attention to detail is incredible. No matter what questions or worries my husband and I had he was always on hand to offer answers, support and reassurance. He made sure the run up to our wedding, our wedding day and the day after were as stress free and enjoyable as possible. Even keeping us in check when we had forgotten things.

I can honestly cannot recommend Oskar highly enough and I will never forget how relaxed and at ease he made us feel.”

Nicola – The Bride

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Why Wedding Planning?

I am often asked why I chose a career in wedding planning and I don’t really have one straight answer to this question. I also can’t honestly say that I planned for weddings to become my passion, they just did.

I started my career with hotels in 2009 when I entered my undergraduate course in Events Management at university. This was exactly 10 years ago last October! The management at the hotel I worked for very quickly picked up on the fact that I have an excellent attention to detail. For this reason, I was quickly moved to predominantly look after the weddings there and deliver them on the day. Both the management and the couples felt at ease with me at the steering wheel of all things weddings and I started realising that I really enjoyed weddings and I was good at running them. It was back then that I learnt about the practical logistics of delivering successful weddings, giving me a well-grounded experience for my next career steps.

Five years forward and I found myself in my first wedding planning role for four hotels in Edinburgh’s city centre. This is when I started learning about certain regulations and procedures relating to wedding planning, giving me a completely new perspective on this complex process. I grew my connection base with other venue coordinators and a strong network of wedding suppliers.

From there, I quickly progressed to take on my first management role in weddings for a portfolio of three luxury venues, this is when I was honoured by many of my wedding couples who nominated me to receive three Scottish VOWS Awards recognitions and I also received an industry recognition from the Scottish Hotel Awards during this time.

Following my success, I was privileged to support a team of nine venue coordinators UK-wide as a mentor in their wedding planning efforts and also presenting training workshops to venue coordinators annually at a national wedding workshop.

It was mid-year 2019, that I thought of planning weddings independently and for couples across the whole of Scotland or even world-wide.

So… why wedding planning? Because I absolutely love what I do, and I find my work incredibly rewarding and satisfying. I love seeing my couples faces on the day of their wedding, I always get a little tear…

What’s my favourite part of the job – you might ask?

I can’t say that there’s just one part of my job that I enjoy the most, but I most certainly have my favourites!

People – I just love meeting new wedding couples! They come to me excited, but at the same time a little overwhelmed and this is when I can provide them with much needed reassurance and just simply offer a pleasant introductory conversation. You’d be surprised how much of a bond you can create with a couple over many months of wedding planning, which makes it all even more fulfilling. I still keep in touch with many of my wedding couples to this day, and love hearing about their milestones!

Is there any one piece of advice I could give wedding planning couples?

Enjoy it all, because it goes faster than you think! I hear many couples throughout my career saying they would do it all over again as it’s gone way too fast, so take your time to truly enjoy your wedding planning together. If you can take time with your wedding plans and work on them together, you’ll find it bringing you both closer and you’ll experience some incredible things during this process. If you find yourself needing some help with your plans – I’m sure I could give you some advice.

Any particular stories that remain in my mind?

I have told you about the amazing story of Mr & Mrs Love in my previous blog – my heart still melts to this day thinking about their beautiful wedding.

There’s one more wedding story close to my heart that I would like to share with you… even my husband had a tear in his eye when I told him about it.

I worked with this loving and incredibly enthusiastic couple for over a year and a couple of months before their special day, I was asked to help with one aspect of wedding ceremony in particular – arrival procession.

Sadly, the Bride’s parents were no longer there to provide a resting hand on her special day and this beautiful Bride was having the dilemma of who to ask to walk her down the aisle. After some careful consideration, I came up with an idea that lighted up her gorgeous face, which also made my day! I suggested for her Groom to meet her ready in her dress, at this very important and special moment of entering the ceremony hall, and to walk her into the next chapter of their lives together. You can’t imagine how emotional and at the same proud the Bride looked when the doors to the ceremony opened and she entered the room with her soon-to-be husband! This is one of those beautiful stories that brings a tear to my eye, still to this day.

REAL WEDDING - Mr & Mrs Love

I have recently been asked about the highlights of my career and one of those beautiful moments I often recall is the wedding of Amanda and Stuart in the winter of 2016!⁠⠀

I still remember to this day how excited Amanda and Stuart were at the prospect of their timeless and sophisticated winter fairy-tale wedding!⁠⠀

It was on the morning of their wedding during the final setup that I could fully appreciate Amanda's vision - see for yourself in the images from Amanda. It is these moments that make my job incredibly rewarding, to see the beautiful effects of my work with my lovely wedding couples.⁠

One very special moment of Amanda and Stuart's wedding will remain in my memory forever - during my morning check on the Bride, Amanda opened a gift from Stuart and in a little lovely decorated box were sitting two porcelain turtledoves with a love message. My heart was melting. This might sound like a cliché, but you genuinely could feel the love surrounding this couple!

Amanda says that the turledoves are still make a very important part of their Christmas tree decoration to this day! You could simply feel the strong bond surrounding this beautiful couple - Mr & Mrs Love!⁠