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AboutWeddings
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Congratulations!
elcome to the first edition
of About Weddings, the
local wedding magazine that
is jam packed with advice and
sources to bring your big day to
life.
My name is Leanne Nuttall and I am the
editor for About Weddings, I have over 10
years experience in the wedding industry
and director of CuetheEvent a wedding
specialist company which covers the
Northwest.
You have probably heard already that
weddings are stressful to organise but why
should it be? My mission for this magazine is to give you the tools
so that you can confidently work yourself through the maze of the
industry and best of all its FREE!
In this issue we will be looking at budget weddings speaking to
genuine suppliers of the industry and answering the question, Can
you plan a dream wedding on a budget and still have what you
want?
I’m engaged myself and believe it or not being a wedding specialist
doesn’t make planning a wedding any easier, I to have been
struggling with the endless options that are available to me, so
you’re not alone.
So sit back, relax, take notes and let’s get planning!!
Leanne Nuttall
Editor, About Weddings
The
Wedding
Specialist
CuetheEvent offers a superb selection of wedding
planning packages which are adaptable to suit any
budget. Each package acts as a guide to support your
personal wedding requirements.
The founding director Leanne Nuttall has over 10
years experience in the industry and has a distinction
in Themed Event Planning and holds a Personal
Licence Holders certificate which is accredited by the
BIIAB
Her involvement in your wedding can range from a full
wedding day coordination to an advice only capacity.
Available Services
Help finding your bridal gown
Researching and sourcing venues and suppliers
Hourly advice sessions to discuss your wedding
Full or partial wedding planning
So for trusted wedding advice and support
contact us on
07956515750
weddings@abouttameside.com
www.cuetheevent.co.uk
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Wedding Venues
Finding your dream venue
with our top 10 tips
Finding the perfect venue is a tricky
business, with so many venues
offering packages and seasonal
discounts and now more venues are
licensed for civil ceremonies and
partnerships so choosing the right
venue for you requires a calculated
approach.
Choosing your venue needs to be
the number one thing you arrange
because without a venue there is
no wedding date, without a wedding
date there you can’t book suppliers.
For me I knew instantly that I
wanted a stately home but I need
one with accommodation as I have
relatives travelling from all over the
UK.
As a wedding planner I have helped
numerous couples find their dream
venue and I’m going to share with
you a selection of tips on making
the process easier.
Top 10 Venue Finding Tips
1. Before you even begin searching
sit down with your partner and
decide on your budget for the
venue – there is nothing worse
than setting your heart on a
venue to find it’s too expensive.
2. Once the budget is set write
down what is important
for you in a venue, does it
need accommodation, or do
you need a place with open
grounds?
3. When viewing a venue take
pictures of the following areas:
Outside
Entrance
Function Room
Ceremony Room
Bridal Suite
Bar Area
Toilets (there is no point paying
to make a room look nice if the
toilets aren’t maintained)
When visiting a venue for
the first time it can often be
overwhelming and you can
forget what the room actually
looked like especially if it’s a
large venue with additional
accommodation rooms to view.
4. Ask to view the venue when it
has been dressed for a function.
This will give the opportunity
to check out the venue dressing
supplier and help you visualise
the room for your wedding.
5. Check reviews and speak to
former brides.
They will give you the inside
knowledge on how the venue
performs during the wedding,
did they meet the standards?
Better to know now if they
deliver poor service than on
your special day.
6 Ask to meet the ‘on the day’
coordinator.
Some venues have a wedding
coordinator who books the
wedding and an operations
manager for the actual
functions; ask to meet this
person before the wedding so
you get to know each other
before the big day.
7 Ask if the venue is exclusive.
Will your wedding be the only
one, if not how do they manage
other guests of the venue?
You don’t want to be paying
for unwanted guests at your
wedding!
8 Ask what back up arrangements
they have?
If you want an outside wedding,
you need to be confident that
should the weather not be on
your side that the venue makes
other arrangements that you
would be happy with.
9 Check the small print.
I have seen brides get attracted
to a venue based on the price
being advertised and it wasn’t
until they began the planning
process that they realised that
restrictions are in place that
ends up making the venue
more expensive than they
first thought. For example
the package price is only for
a certain amount of guests
any extra comes at a cost,
cutlery isn’t included or even
the centrepieces are what the
venue offers and to have your
own costs more than you can
afford. So always read the fine
print and if you are unsure ask.
10. Most important TIP:
GO WITH YOUR GUT!!
Oaklands Hall
This spacious venue is a former
Stately Home and offers convenient
location coupled with excellent
parking facilities. Based in Hyde the
Masonic Lodge can cater from 150
to 200 guests quite comfortably
and offers a reasonably priced
bar tariff for your guests. Popular
restauranteur Matteo Sassanelli Jr
has an established reputation for
fine food with menu choices to suit
all budgets!
Why not arrange a viewing of
the impressive facilities which are
suitable for weddings, anniversaries,
birthdays, parties, celebrations and
events of all kinds!
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Searching For Your Dream Dress?
A brand new bridal
store has been set
up in Ashton-underLyne, Wedding Dress
Outlet is owned by
award winning designer
Victoria Rogerson, after
graduating with a degree
in Textile Design with her
dissertation in wedding
dresses she went off to
exhibit in Paris at the
Indigo Trade Fair selling
haute couture design to
the likes of Louis Feraud,
Oscar De La Renta, Diben
Lingerie and Massimo
Rubini.
Need A Dress In A Hurry?
The Wedding Dress Outlet isn’t
like your typical bridal store,
all the dresses stocked are
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available to take away the very
same day, all of the gowns are
over stock, end of line and show
room samples. Best of all they
come with HUGE DISCOUNT.
The size range is from size 8
to 30 with at present over 400
gowns spread out over 3 floors.
Want Something Different?
Victoria’s service to the
wedding industry doesn’t end
with her huge selection of
gowns, should you want to
tweak the gown, add more bling,
even add butterflies to your
dress then Victoria will do it all.
Working with her motto ‘Dress
of her dreams at realistic prices’
is a passion of Victoria’s that she
will be sharing with any bride
that walks in.
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Candy Cart
Wedding Photography
Want something
different for your
wedding guests
then why not
introduce them to
the Candy Cart,
Owned by Suzy
from Suzy’s Sweet
Memories her
wide selection of
sweets will have
everyone’s mouth
watering.
Is It Worth To Pay
For A Photographer?
Throughout my years
in the wedding industry
the one piece of advice I
have always given to my
brides is research your
wedding photographer,
don’t just go with one
because they are cheap,
check out their quality
of the photographs and
where possible speak
to former clients. Why?
Ian Williams a wedding
photographer tells us
why.
The Candy Cart is
able to accommodate
any colour theme with
small and large sized
weddings being catered
for and prices starting
at £150 and includes
refills and the option of
a member of the team
staying to set up and
serve.
“It is vital to book an
experienced professional
photographer, and not rely on
someone who may, or may not,
be able to deliver on the day,
however it may unfold.
A professional photographer
will be experienced in
photographing in awkward
lighting and/or locations, in
rain or shine, will have spare
cameras, lenses and
lights with them “just in case”,
and will be insured should
things go wrong.
Vicki from Liverpool had a
terrible experience with her
photographer, he turned up
on the day did the shots that
she asked but never received
her wedding album and had to
resort to using pictures that
guests took to create her own
album which although turned
out fabulous, not having the
photographers professional
pictures of the special moments
makes her wonder what she has
missed.
Fully insured and a
proud member of the
National Farmers Association you can be rest assured that quality is
a 100% guarantee
*Also available for birthdays, christenings and other private
functions*
Wedding Stationery
Wedding invitations
like your wedding are
personal to you, they
can range in size colours,
text and design but with
personal touches comes
cost so it’s important
you shop around and
get quotes, Katie from
Minuteman Press in
Ashton is the graphic
designer and can help
you design your wedding
invitation and even
supply matching coloured
ribbon.
How you write your invitations
is down to personal choice,
there are the traditional text
but why not go creative, there is
no right or wrong just like your
wedding it’s down to YOU.
Don’t forget if the wedding
is a few years away send
out save the date first, then
sort your invites out about
6 months before then post
them about 6 /8 weeks prior
to the wedding with allowing
3 weeks for RSVP’s to return.
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minuteman ad
Minuteman Press in Ashton can
turn invitations around with 48
hours notice so do not panic
if your wedding is around the
corner!
What to include in your
invitation?
You should have the main invite
itself which has the wedding
announcement as well as several
enclosures such as
1) RSVP card
2) Directions to the wedding
venue (s) church and reception
if in separate locations
3) Accommodation information
such as local hotels to the
venue
4) Gift information – if you are
requesting specific gifts such as
charity donations, information
of gift registration
5) Dress code – if you want
your guests to wear specific
attire
6) An addressed envelope for
guests to place all the RSVP’s
and cards in and post directly
to you
Balloons and Venue Dressing
In Hyde is a shop that can
transform any venue into
something spectacular,
and offers to do so at
reasonable prices.
Speaking to Katie the owner
of A Balloon Shop in Hyde
says that “ Having balloons
for the evening gives the
wedding reception a party
feel, and they often work out
cheaper compared to other
centrepieces, plus they make
great distractions for kids.”
With over 20 years experience
and having the store passed
down by her parents, Katie’s
flare for creativity shows when
designing a theme for a wedding.
Now offering chair covers to
compliment centrepieces, and
being able to match fabrics to
colours bringing your wedding
theme to life is now easier than
ever.
*Also available for birthdays,
christenings and other private
functions*
*Katie is also a proud supporter
of Gift Of A Wedding*
Cakes
Gone are the days when
the traditional white
iced fruit cake takes
precedence when choosing
a wedding cake especially
if you don’t want it.
Are you a jam and sponge
lover like my other half, or a
chocoholic like me and the
thought of a triple chocolate
sponge is more to your taste.
Trifles in Ashton is an award
winning bakery who encompass
passion and enthusiasm into all
their cakes, having been a long
established family run business
the experience speaks for itself
in the quality of the cakes. All
cakes are handmade to order,
so no matter what your design
maybe, you can trust trifles to
deliver. Cakes start at a bargain
£350.00 with ribbons to match
most colour schemes.
TOP TIP: Cut your cake at the
beginning of your wedding
breakfast, and then have the
waiting staff serve it as dessert
with the coffee. This will save
you money as you won’t need
to buy dessert and it means less
cake wasted.
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Dressing the Mother of the Bride / Groom
Before you begin I
always advise that
the wedding couple
and the mothers sit
down together to
outline what would
be acceptable to
wear and what isn’t,
doing this early will
save any arguments
and money! It is
important for the
mothers to feel
comfortable in what
they wear but need
to also respect the
theme and tone of
the wedding.
TIP – be firm in your
decision but allow for
compromise.
Once this has been cleared
why not make a day of it, go
out on a girly shopping spree
and help each other pick
outfits, Decisions in Ashton
has a fantastic range of outfits
on hand, from formal classy
attire to a wash of various
colours. A fantastic range of
designer wear includes labels
such as Gina Bacconi, Joseph
Ribkoff, Michaela Luoisa and
Frank Lyman. The team have
an extensive knowledge of
women’s wear and can help to
ensure that the outfit you chose
compliments your body type
and purse.
Nothing makes us feel glam
more than a nice pair of heels,
so stroll on down to Shubar
and dress up your outfit with
elegant heels and a matching
bag!
At Shubar they stock a wide
range of glamorous shoes from
Van Dal, Lotus, Ruby Shoo and
Lunar, and range in sizes from
3 to 8, with Van Dal and Lotus
coming in half sizes! Need a
wide fit? No problem Van Dal
comes in the wider E fitting
making comfort more accessibly
available.
Deborah from The Shubar
shares her top tip for breaking
in new shoes.
Wear them at home, even
just watching TV or doing the
washing up in them will help,
little and often.
Never buy shoes that really
Wedding Advice
I’m not a girly girl and
hate having my picture
taken at the best of
times, the thought of
having my photo taken
for my weddings fills me
with dread but I really
want to capture the day
HELP!!
This is something that most
brides dread the most about
their wedding and unless your
job is having your picture
taken all day every day then
posing for pictures isn’t going
to feel natural, most important
advice is talk to a variety of
photographers and go with one
that you feel comfortable with,
look at their album do they
do natural shots that capture
the wedding without forced
posing. Another good tip is do
pre wedding shots with your
photographer, take an afternoon
off at a local park and get a feel
for the camera, you will get use
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to your photographer and on
the day you may even forget the
photographer is there!
I come from a big family and
have 5 sisters and 4 very close
friends, I would love to have
them as bridesmaids but my
budget wont stretch to cover
the costs. I would love to have
them in the wedding but I
cannot stretch the budget, what
can I do?
Have you spoken to your sisters
and friends about the situation
you are in? If not then I think it
would be a good idea, give them
the option to be involved by
suggesting they buy their own
gowns.
Do you have any wedding
related worries or need
help deciding on seating
arrangements then email
weddings@abouttameside.com
and your question may be
featured in the next issue of
About Weddings.
hurt even if you love them you
have to enjoy your shoes and
your feet are important.
If they need a little extra
breaking in, even after wearing
them at home we offer a shoe
stretching service free of charge
to give them a boost.
So what’s stopping you?
Head out to Ashton
and find your perfect
outfit today!
Designs On You
GRADE A jewellery
offers customers the
latest up to date service
in creating bespoke
jewellery It’s a brand new
cad design system but it
is different from the ones
that jewellers have used
in the past.
The package is more customer
friendly basically they can alter
items on screen in front of the
customer in real time, for example
if they wanted the metal colour
changing we can do it there and
then and it changes instantly,
we can change gem sizes and
the settings we can change the
shanks the colour of the stones
everything. The metals the
shop uses are mainly gold silver,
paladium and platinum.You decide
which stones they want and
then we go into another screen
that shows different size stones
inserted stones or non certed
stones from GIA certs to HRD
certs and then you can pick from a
range of stones what size you want
what colour you want and clarity.
With a wedding ring or
engagement ring Grade A can
normally turn that around within
2-3 weeks, depending how involved
it is.They can also can give a price
straight away which gives the
customer time to go away and
have a think about it before having
to purchase.