"A common worry is that a planner will come in and take over; this is definitely not the case at Temple Gregory as we understand how important and personal your wedding day is – we are here to sort, advise and facilitate, not take over.
On the actual wedding day itself having a planner means that our couples can just totally relax and enjoy their day without having to worry about set up, suppliers or timings!"
Rebecca Gregory, Temple Gregory
I'll be honest – when I was planning my wedding, the idea of paying someone to 'plan' and 'style' the day for me just didn't make any sense. Why would I want to hand over the reigns of something that was supposed to be personal and mean so much to me? Why would I let someone else style my day – how could they possibly get it how I wanted it? I was so wrong. And I've pretty much done a u-turn on that way of thinking since getting married and becoming a full-time wedding blogger.
I nearly killed myself trying to plan our wedding day and only just about managed it on top of my full time job. I can completely see why hiring someone to take forward your very personal ideas and make them look amazing makes sense, which is why I'm delighted to have Temple Gregory as a sponsor of Love My Dress…
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2011, Segerius Bruce
Temple Gregory are London based wedding and event planners, Rebecca and Svetlana – they work to ensure the look and feel of a wedding day is as flawless as the logistical side of things…
"We plan luxury weddings and like to make the planning process a luxurious experience for our brides.
We are based in London but cover the South and also do weddings abroad…"
Those gorgeous detail shots above are from the Temple Gregory launch event that was held at the Savoy Hotel back in March. I was lucky enough to be a guest. It was such a beautifully designed evening.
Becky started out with a career as a Lawyer, but left to fulfil her dream of doing something more exciting and creative. It all started with planning a friends wedding, and Becky tells me she has never looked back since…
"We are usually with our couples from the very beginning, so do all of the venue and supplier research, booking and coordination throughout the planning process. We also work on the design concept and use this throughout the planning when approaching other suppliers and coming up with new ideas. I know that some brides think that a planner is an extra expense that they do not need when they can do it all themselves, however this really is a false economy as a good planner will save you so much time, stress and money – as well as preventing typical mistakes that couples can make…"
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2011, Eliza Claire
This gorgeous sequence of images comes from a wedding I featured last year on Love My Dress that Becky styled, you can see the full feature here…
"I genuinely love everything about working in weddings, but I especially love the wedding day itself when you see everything come together and a very happy bride and groom."
"Our signature style is probably best described as chic, stylish and luxurious. Although this is our signature style, all of our weddings are still quite different, as each couple has their own style and ideas. They may want vintage, simple, grand or modern (to name a few) and we are there to guide them and help focus in on a style…"
"We often find that our brides like a lot of different things and it is our job to help focus all of those ideas into one stylish scheme that she loves. Each wedding is quoted on an individual basis following a consultation and comes with a full wedding proposal…"
Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2012, Pearl Pictures
You can see more of this delightful 'Glamorous and Gold' inspiration shoot over on the Whimsical Wonderland Weddings blog…
I hope this has gone some way to demystifying the role of the wedding planner and maybe encouraged some of you wiped out by the prospect of organising your own wedding, to contact Rebecca to have a chat about your plans and ideas.
You can find out more by visiting the Temple Gregory Website or by view the Temple Gregory pages on Love My Dress. Temple Gregory can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. Becky also writes a fashion and lifestyle blog Delightful Finds & Me which is actually packed full of truly delightful finds.
I'd
love to know your thoughts on hiring a wedding planner – and I'd
especially like to hear from those of you who have hired a
planner/stylist and how you found the experience.
Much love all,
Annabel
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From now until Monday 3rd September 2012, Love My Dress will deliver a lighter, but just as
beautiful set of content – whilst Summer breaks are taken. Thank you so much for your patience during this time.
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Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.
