After 3 weeks of assignments (homework was a distant past and takes some time getting used to!) and charitable work in Vietnam, Bridelicious is back. Sorry for the lack of posts and updates. Fret not, I have not called it quits. Still buzzing with lots of ideas and inspiration for you gorgeous brides out there.
Photo credit: Deviant Art Tattoos Girls
After 3 weeks of assignments (homework was a distant past and takes some time getting used to!) and charitable work in Vietnam, Bridelicious is back. Sorry for the lack of posts and updates. Fret not, I have not called it quits. Still buzzing with lots of ideas and inspiration for you gorgeous brides out there.
Photo credit: Deviant Art Tattoos Girls
I’ve learnt my lesson. NEVER tell suppliers the true date of your wedding unless you need them to deliver on the actual day itself. Otherwise, make it up. I’ve had issues with both dress tailors and shoe-makers for my bridesmaids. Both times their excuse for not delivering the finished item on time was that it wasn’t urgent as my wedding is in 2-months time. Are they taking the piss? Do they not understand that 1. customer is always first 2. if they tell me it’ll be ready at the end of March, that’s what I expect? Just because the practice in Hong Kong is to delay everything till the last minute doesn’t mean every bride wants that.
Fellow brides out there, sometimes lying can be the best way forward.
If you’re one of those brides, like me, who’s decided a wedding planner is unnecessary and just adds to the overall cost, you may need to enlist some help when it comes to arranging the seating plan. Drawing up the guest list for 300 odd people was already a headache in itself; just wait until you start receiving the RSVPs and have the glamourous task of putting together a seating chart. You don’t even know where to start! Luckily, I found this software, a bride’s little helper that you can buy and download to your Mac (who uses Microsoft nowadays?!). You can add groups such as couples and families or colleagues and schoolmates and a chart will appear with seating preferences. The beauty of it is you can select a skull icon for those guests who shouldn’t be sat next to each other and for arch enemies, an icon indicating that they shouldn’t even be sat near each other. Choose the table setting, be it round tables or long and start dragging and dropping those names!
Bride’s little helper comes with a price. At USD29.99, I think it’s worth every penny.
www.perfecttableplan.com
