MY WEDDING - FEB 2016 PREVIEW

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Was it just us, or did another year just roll by even faster than the one before? The whole of 2015 seemed to pass by in a blur of activity for us. It could, of course, be old age, but we prefer to believe it’s because we were so busy planning the launch of all our exciting new initiatives!

We’ve actually felt a little like brides ourselves, especially over the last few months as our planning wheels took a hectic spin just as everything was starting to come to fruition. We had endless to-do lists that were frantically being checked off one by one, copious applications, tools and designs to mull over, multiple windows open on our Macs as we poured over data, text and images ... it seemed like a never ending task.

It did, however, bring home just how much good planning will work in your favour!

By working through the hundreds of tasks we were faced with in a timeous and methodical order, we achieved our goals one by one.

There’s only one downside for us ... unlike a bride whose planning actually has an end in sight, we’re constantly facing new challenges and the to-do lists are forever being added to or new ones created.

Our advice to those just starting out with their wedding planning, and those who are perhaps a way into it and completely lost, is to make very detailed lists. Start with your overall big picture, listing every possible wish or dream you have for your wedding.

Then take your budget into account and slowly but surely start refining.

It’s a sometimes tedious process, but it will reward you in the end!

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