Bridechilla - Wedding Planning Podcast

Friends have invited you to their wedding the week after your wedding but you haven’t invited them…what do you do? Feuding families and a mother in law who can’t let it go…just some of the questions featured on today’s Save the Date Wedding Podcast! I’m also delighted to say that I have accepted that I need help…(I’m always telling YOU to get help, hiring wedding planners and such!) and I have wel...

What I would call a helpful and super honest episode today, featuring confessions from a failed bridesmaid…me! I interview my bestie Nicole about not being a bridesmaid at her wedding… well being asked to be a bridesmaid and an MC and having to choose….long story! It’s an episode about perspective, hindsight and how friendships recover and thrive from their history. It’s a must listen to all who h...

#FridayQuickie…Today's episode is dedicated to awesome #bridechilla Ashley who left me an amazing voice mail! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be!...

How do you only invite people to the ceremony and not the whole wedding shindig if it’s at the same location? Motivating parents to get their guest list together…or ditching their guest list altogether and Misty wants some advice on a photographer who has had some dodgy reviews online…keep or set free, all of these questions and more are answered in this episode which is co-hosted by Rich! HE LOVE...

In this episode, I feature an interview with my best friend Daniel Burt. Dan was my best man at our wedding and he is a highly regarded and experienced comedian writer and performer. Today is all about your bridal party… in particular MOH’s and best men. What their responsibilities and roles and more importantly how do they interpret what you want from them? The interview is all about casting off...

In episode 097 of the Save The Date Wedding Podcast, I am delighted to be joined again by Jen, the DIY wedding queen from Somethingturquoise.com for part 2 of our special wedding hair series. As well as having the best wedding craft tutorial website around, Jen is a hairdresser (now retired) with over 13 years of styling hair for weddings, under her belt. In part one of the episode, Jen shared her...

#FridayQuickie…Rich joins me for this episode! It's fun. Enough said. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store and use the Codeword LISTEN for 10% off your order! Join the Bridechilla Community on Facebook. The best Wedding Planning community around. It's bullshit-free, jerk-free and a nice place to be! Keep up to date with the Bridechilla Blo...

Very happy to be joined by Sixty Secrets to a Happy Bride author Alex Miles on this Q&A Thursday episode of The Save The Date Wedding Podcast! SO much to love about this episode...Alex is a fellow Aussie, loves a laugh and provides some fabulous, practical advice on the show covering everything from skincare to babies, hotel room blocking to stolen ham…yep, stolen ham at her wedding. It’s hilariou...

Sixty Secrets to a Happy Bride author Alex Miles joins me to talk about wedding planning worries and how to clear the emotional cache when it comes to the pressure of perfection and the self-inflicted problem of the bullshit surrounding the lead up to weddings. I really enjoyed this candid and super fun interview…bask in the double Aussies accent, profanity-laden, info-packed episode of the #1 wed...

#FridayQuickie…Jillian asks about Bridesmaid’s gifts, how many gifts is too many? Should you have to bring a gift to every party? Are we suffering gifting overdoses? I report back on Groomy McGroomster’s international wedding requests and I have a whinge about my week! Brill! All that and a lot, lot more on the Save the Date Wedding Podcast, the #1 wedding planning podcast! Have a question or comm...

Can you add your own personal va-va-voom to a religious wedding service? How do you find a balance between your extended family's desires and wants, particularly when it comes to traditions and religion? Can you add color to a wedding gown using dip dye? All that and a bunch more on the Save The Date Wedding Podcast’s Q&A Thursday, where Aleisha answers your wedding planning questions! Be on your...

A total pleasure to share some podcast airtime with my new long-distance friend and super co-host of the very fabulous podcast Call Your Girlfriend, Aminatou Sow. Aminatou has been a bridesmaid over TEN TIMES. Word. In this episode, we discuss everything from valuing and maintaining long-distance (and local) friendships, the importance of the word ‘no’ when it comes to your bridesmaids, bad giftin...

#FridayQuickie baby! Today I share an interview with the wonderful Hamish from Bridebook.com...a fabulous new wedding planning website and resource! I update you on a wedding Q&A question from yesterday (love that!) Also I plug next week...which I have labeled 'the week of awesome'. Also if you would like to subscribe to my free wedding planning video series, visit savethedatepodcast.com/video Be...

Delighted to welcome back Danielle Calhoun from blacksheepbride.com to co-host wedding Q&A Thursday! In this episode, we feature questions about unwanted guests and family pressure…can you ask your Mum not to bring a plus one, if that person is someone you have deep negative feelings about? #bridechilla and self-confessed Pinterest addict Julie has come up with an amazing plan to host ‘cocktails a...

Delighted to be joined on the show today by BlackSheepBride.com founder wedding photographer/international good person and movement maker, Danielle Calhoun. Blacksheepbride.com encourages couples and wedding vendors to realize the true impact their purchasing habits could have on the greater good. BSB provides couples opportunities to see the change they can have on this world, purchasing habits,...

It's another Save The Date Wedding Podcast #FridayQuickie episode where I catch you up on the week, share some awesome listener emails and leave you with a wedding planning conundrum that I would love to hear your feedback on. Also if you would like to subscribe to my free wedding planning video series, visit savethedatepodcast.com/video Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla...

It’s an all voice mail/message wedding Q&A episode of The Save The Date Wedding Podcast. I LOVE receiving your gorgeous messages and hearing your gorgeous voices! In this episode, I cover questions about wedding dances, buying your wedding dresses at department stores and finding the perfect vintage jewelry and engagement rings. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! V...

Sometimes we think we can do everything. We go into superwoman (and man) mode where it feels easier to do a task ourselves rather than allocate it to someone else. Today on the show I am joined by planner and professional superwoman Sandy Hammer from allseated.com. She shares LOTS of wisdom about hiring a planner (whether it be a full-time wedding planner or day of the planner) and how you can bal...

Today on the show two fabulous wedding bloggers and real life friends Jess from www.thebudgetsavvybride and Jen from www.somethingturquoise.com (and past guests on Save The Date Wedding Podcast). We cover a lot of ground on the show…including DIY and craft on a budget, wedding planning trends for 2016, Pantone colour(s) of the year, how to gather family and friends to help you plan your wedding AN...

Today on the Save The Date Wedding Podcast it's the return of the #FridayQuickie..which is not so quick...soz...I had a lot to say. Hayley has some fab feedback on our mental health and wedding discussion and Abbey is worried that her Mum isn't embracing her 'blended family' wedding plans as much as the rest of the family. Get with the prog MUM! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Brid...

She’s back, my Mother-In-Law Veronika…a crowd favorite joins me again to answer your wedding questions. She’s outspoken, kind and knows what she wants…I reckon she might be the original #Momchilla. In this episode, we talk about uptight mothers, pregnant bridal party members and manners…VERY IMPORTANT! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store...

Wedding Q&A Thursday co-hosted by my husband Rich. We share a number of the fabulous emails and wedding challenges you shared with us after A Practical Wedding Week with Meg Keene. We received SO many wonderful entries, it was really hard choosing what issues and challenges to share on the show today! Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides! Visit the Bridechilla Store a...

On today’s wedding podcast I catch up with the gorgeous Maggie Lord, founder of rusticweddingchic.com, the original wedding website highlighting all of the wonderment that is rustic weddings, country gorgeousness, DIY touches and more. The rustic look can be very DIY oriented but as I always like to push on the show, when it comes to working your craft magic, some things are fab to DIY for your we...

I’m delighted to welcome Meg Keene, the founder of the A Practical Wedding to answer some wonderful listener questions about choosing a wedding theme and remaining sane during the lead up to your wedding. I know that you will learn a bunch and enjoy Meg’s wonderful enthusiasm for weddings, feminism and her fabulous sense of humor. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridechilla Guides!...

I knew I was going to get along with today’s guest when I visited her personal website and the first thing I read was a quote… ‘A Diva is the female version of a hustler’ Meg Keene is the founder of the fabulous website A Practical Wedding. She ‘turned a love of glitter and feminism’ into one of the fastest-growing wedding brands in the world. Be on your way to wedding Planning Zen with the Bridec...