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Are you considering eloping to Ireland and weighing up the pros and cons of doing so? Here, we give you the warts and all guide to having an elopement wedding in Northern Ireland incluing the many positives and the few negatives.
One of the most common requests we get from couples when they’re booking their wedding is that they want to get to spend time with their guests rather than their whole drinks reception being taken up by photographs.
While it is unavoidable that you’ll have to spend a portion of time on your wedding day having photos taken, there are ways to maximise the amount of time you get to spend with your guests.
Weddings can be stressful, but we think they shouldn’t be. Here are 12 tips to take some of the stress out of your wedding day and make it more chillaxed.
Choosing a first dance song is arguably harder than naming your first-born. Yes, it’s that big a deal. Especially if you’re a massive music fan and have the weight of your fellow music-snob’s expectations on your shoulders.
Here are twenty left-field alternative songs for your first dance that will not only celebrate your love, but have your chin-scratching hipster friends reaching for Shazam.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
The quintessential guitar love song that manages to rock out while staying understated throughout. Bonus points if you can convince a string quartet to play it.
Big Thief - Mary
Haunting, delicate and beautiful with just the right pace for a slow dance. We adore this song.
Divine Comedy - Songs of Love
A beautiful and romantic song in its own right, but any Father Ted fans will lose their minds when the harpsichord solo kicks in towards the end…
Magnetic Fields - The Book of Love
The cover version by Peter Gabriel has perhaps become more widely known, but nothing beats the dulcet baritone vocals on the original.
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
A gorgeous Ukulele-based song that transports you off to the Amalfi coast.
Beach House - Take Care
We just love the dreamy pop sound of Beach House and the chorus of “I’d take care of you.”
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
From the amazing album of the same name by Spiritualized, it has the killer lines: I will love you 'til I die
And I will love you all the time, So please put your sweet hand in mine, And float in space and drift in time. Gorgeous!
Emiliana Torrini - Beggar’s Prayer
One of the most underrated indie artists with one of her most beautiful songs.
The National - Fake Empire
Never has a political song sounded so romantic. There are many The National songs suitable for first dances, but we can’t help but think this is the best.
Lord Huron - The Night We Met
A modern classic that sounds like it’s been transported all the way from the 1960s.
Alt-J - Warm Foothills
“I tie my life to your balloon and let it go.” A brilliant song from a really unique band.
Bon Iver - Re:Stacks
Skinny Love is a more popular choice, but we love the pace of this track from the same wonderful album.
Highasakite - Heavenly Father
The rarest of things: a cover of a fantastic song that somehow manages to be even better than the original. Heavenly.
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
I don’t know about you, but we can’t think of a more romantic movie than Lost in Translation. It also opened up this song to a whole new audience.
Jose Gonzalez - Stay Alive
We’ve heard Gonzalez’ cover of heartbeats used as a first dance, but never this one. It’s all about that epic build at the end.
Regina Spektor - Us
There’s something timeless about this awesome song by Regina Spektor that makes it a fantastic first dance song.
Cat Power, ‘Sea Of Love’
Having a smaller wedding? Nothing says intimate Indie love song like Cat Power’s Sea of Love.
Talking Heads - This must be the Place
Talking heads can do no wrong in our book, and as a first dance it’s impossible to beat the groove of this track.
Death Cab for Cutie - I will follow you into the dark
It’s less ‘until death do us part’ and more ‘death is no obstacle for love’ delivered up by Death Cab in a way that just errs on the right side of twee.
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
“Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known.” Grab your bridal party and rock out to this banger!
Twenty modern and alternative, beautiful wedding verses for humanist weddings in 2020 to help you with planning your wedding. A guide to choosing your wedding ceremony reading. Featuring The Magnetic Fields, David Bowie, Raymond Carver, Philip Pullman, Hilary T. Smith, Peter Gizzi, John Grant, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and many movie quotes
So you hate having your photo taken? Don’t worry, almost everyone does! And with the right photographer it’s really nothing to worry about.
Do you need one or two photographers? What is the advantage of having two wedding photographers shooting your wedding? Does it cost much more to have a second wedding photographer?
Thinking of planning a humanist wedding? We give you the lowdown on what Humanism is and how to organise a humanist wedding.
One of the most fun things when planning a wedding is to break old traditions, and to make new ones. Here's our guide to the wedding traditions and cliches that you can leave behind.