Corinne & David Were Married in Malta on 25 July 2016 organised by Maltese Wedding Planner Sarah Young
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David and I are childhood sweethearts.
pearing - Sarah Young. After five
We met at a Hogmanay party when
minutes of looking into Sarah’s
I was in my sixth year of high school
work, I was sold that we definitely
and David was leaving to join the army.
needed a wedding planner and
After eight years of long-distance dat-
that we definitely needed Sarah
ing, and David’s two military tours of
(David however, took much more
Iraq and Afghanistan, we finally settled
persuading!).
in Glasgow and bought our first house Now, looking back, we both agree
together. David proposed to me on the day we moved in by saying that “he never
that hiring Sarah and her team was one of
wanted to be without me again.”
our best wedding planning decisions. Honestly, they made the whole process effort-
After eight years of long-distance dating, and David proposed saying that “he never wanted to be without me again.”
less and stress-free (aside from the usual guest stress!). We lost count of the number of people that commented on how relaxed we were on the run up to the wedding and the day itself. of the Palazzo Parisio are absolutely stunning and we fell in love with it straight away (ladies, your venue is like your dress, once you know,
After trawling through countless wedding mag-
you know!).
azines, we initially began our wedding venue
Hiring Sarah and her team was one of our best wedding planning decisions.
search in Scotland. There are many beautiful
Even to an obsessive compulsive organiser like
castles and venues however, none had the
me, the thought of planning a wedding over
‘wow’ factor for us. Feeling deflated after our
one thousand miles away was an extremely
With the venue and the planner in the bag, next
Scottish wedding venue search, we expanded
daunting task. During my many Google search-
came the best part of planning a wedding…
our search online to Europe and came across
es of Malta weddings (and I mean thousands!),
free champagne in bridal boutiques! All jokes
the Palazzo Parisio in Malta. The pictures online
I began to notice one name that kept reap-
aside, my wedding dress shopping experience
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was relatively stress-free (if, by stress-free, you
David’s shopping experience was relatively
our guests and a saxophonist joining us to
mean falling in love with a ridiculously priced
straightforward also. He picked a blue Hugo
dance to You’ve got the Love by Florence +
dress!). I found my dream wedding dress in the
Boss suit (inspired by Daniel Craig’s Tom Ford
The Machine. We got married in July, in 40°C,
fourth bridal boutique I visited, Opus Atelier in
suit) with a blue Burberry tie and Russell and
and were too distracted having fun on the day
Scotland during a Berta trunk show. I’ve been
Bromley monks. He finished his outfit with my
to let the heat bother us.
in love with Berta wedding dresses for years
wedding gift to him, a black Tag Carrera. The
and the moment I put it on I knew it was the
groomsmen were kitted out in matching suits
one. Thanks to an amazingly generous mother
from Next and the bridesmaids had multiway dresses from Debenhams (which we felt looked better than the original Two Birds version!).
There are so many highlights of the day that it is hard to pick our favourites Turning to our wedding day, we can honestly say that it was the best day of our lives so far. Everything turned out perfectly (all thanks to Sarah and her team!) and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. There are so many high-
Finally, my parting advice to all future brides is
and Sharon (Opus Atelier’s Irish owner), I or-
lights of the day that it is hard to pick our fa-
take a step back on the day for 5 minutes with
dered it straight away, over one year before our
vourites. However, the two that stand out to
your groom and take everything and everyone
wedding. My top tip for wedding dress shop-
me are: (i) the speeches from my Dad and
in. Oh, and a videographer should never be
ping is to wait for the trunk show (if any) as
David (as we could have lost them both to a
an option, a wedding video is one of the best
orders on the day usually benefit from a 10-
triple heart bypass and war respectively); and
memories of a day you have spent so much
15% discount.
(ii) our first dance finishing with fireworks and
time, effort and money on!
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