The day it self was amazing – as I walked down the weaving aisle “it feels like home” played through the sunflowers, I knew that this was the man I’d been waiting for my whole life. We had our photos taken at places that mean something to us – “the sunflowers” – Trent planted them just for me. “The Beach” – Trent proposed on that very beach, “The old Hut” – Trent’s family built the hut, “The harvester” – Trent’s pride and joy, “Anderson’s lane” – Our surname.

Within two months we were already discussing marriage, we were effectively “engaged to be engaged”! In March 2006 we shopped together for my engagement ring. Over the next four months, the ring nested safely in Nik’s possession whilst I was left pondering when and how he’d actually propose! On July 19 2006, Nik invited all of our family and friends along to our Flanagans gig. I was surprised and stunned when Nik begun strumming his guitar singing these words to the song he’d written.

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Weddings are fun, but anyone who has ever planned a wedding might be happy to tell you about the horror stories of everything that went wrong. Unfortunately, this happens all too often no matter how well you plan or how experienced your resources might be. Planning the wedding doesn’t have to be like that, though.

Of course, trying to cram plans into a tiny timeframe just doesn’t work well. Arranging a reception for 200 people in two weeks is all but impossible if you expect all the bells and whistles to be perfectly in place. One of the most important factors, therefore, in planning any wedding is to make sure the timeframe matches the type of wedding.

If you are hoping to get married in Paris, invite over 200 guests, and have your gown designed by Vera Wang ‘ you’re looking at more than year, working every day on the details. If you are just hoping to have a few people meet you in Vegas so you can get married by Elvis, even a nice wedding can be arranged in a week.

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For the last several years I’ve been a quite successful wedding planner for all types of weddings. The most important part in my books is making sure the Brides Maids complement the colors of the bride along with the wedding overall.

We need to make sure you mesh with the wedding gown and no feathers are being ruffled at all. So, just make sure you and the blushing bride are stuck together like glue as far as the color choices regarding the dresses are concerned.

Plus, up staging the bride is a huge no-no and is punishable by jail time in how many states now?

Does the bride rock the fashion world or does she fall flat on her face? If the later, help her out by telling her you really want to help with the dress decisions. If she does rock then you have nothing to worry about, right?

Pick out a beautiful dress with beautiful complementary colors to the bride and make sure it is not more extravagant then her dress in any way, again, this is obvious but you would not believe what I have seen in my years of doing this.

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