Pointers

Professionally recorded footage provide the best medium to 'relive' your wedding day. When it comes to selecting a videographer for your wedding (or other event) a lot of factors come into play to ensure you find the best fit. Here are 21 questions to ask before hiring

This piece is pretty much for the bride and groom as it is for the all people who want to stand before everyone and wish the couple well or give a funny anecdote. As the bride and groom, it is imperative to let your maid of honor and best man know you’re what you look out for and what to avoid. I have been a guest at a fair share of weddings and heard a good amount of toasts. It’s amazing (not in a great way) some of the things people  say when they are under the influence of whatever.

Okay you have been chosen as the maid of honour. Seriously, being selected out of the long list of girlfriends to be the maid of honour is a huge honour. But, as the saying goes, with great honour comes great responsibility. You can bask in the ambience all you like, but you need to live up to your title in name and of course in action. Remember this is an exciting time for your friend, but also an extremely hectic and taxing time as well. It’s important that you prep well and make conscious effort to ensuring the sanity of your friend  as she plans her wedding.

Let's face it, these days hiring a wedding planner is not a luxury. Nigerian weddings and parties have so many moving parts that it's easy to get overwhelmed and miss the very essence of the wedding or party. Unfortunately, due to the relative 'ease' it takes to start a wedding planning business there are lots of 'quack' planners. We have compiled the a few tips to help you spot the fakes and save yourself the agony. 

The out of town wedding is the most stressful of weddings to put together because you now have added factors to consider when planning. So, to avoid the above scenario, when you decide to have an out-of-town wedding, the following are additional things you should take notice of:

Create two budgets:
One for the wedding, the other for the logistics. It will make it easier to monitor how money is being spent and show you where you can cut costs from or add funds to.

Whenever I think about the wedding guest List, in fact whenever I think about any ‘by invitation only’ guest list, I’m always reminded of the story of Sleeping Beauty, whose parents omitted to invite Maleficent the evil fairy to her christening, who in retaliation cursed the baby causing all manner of problems for the young girl and the Kingdom going forward. The story serves to remind me that when guest list are drawn one must ensure that those invited will attend with the best sentiments; familial repercussions must be borne in mind where family members are concerned.

The bridal shower is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the wedding process for the bride. This is perhaps the only party that she doesn’t have to get involved in the planning or execution, although some brides still do.