2024 is here and it's time to get organised with a new wedding planner
Whether it's a new year's resolution to get more organised, or you're feeling overwhelmed with the wedding planning, use the new Our Wedding Planner to keeping track of your dreams and decisions for a stress-free wedding planning experience - allowing you to focus on enjoying day!
Our Wedding Planner will not only organise your big day, but also create treasured memories for years to come. Every detail of your wedding, including hen and stag parties and the honeymoon are covered, allowing you to create your perfect wedding and keep that all-important budget on track along the way.
Bursting with easy to follow advice, and space to record details of every conceivable aspect of planning the big day, this new book offers a one stop depository for ideas, prices, venues, suppliers and guests.
The perfect starting point for couples feeling like rabbits in the headlights when it comes to planning their dream big day, author Laura Britton is confident that her book will also be a useful aid for couples using a professional planner to share their hopes, dreams, and expectations. Laura says, “Having been diagnosed with FND (functional neurological disorder) following a car crash last year, I have been unable to work. As I didn't want this illness to define me, I created a book that would help people and provide treasured memories to come, hence Our Wedding Planner. The motto for my business is ‘cherish the ordinary moments, for they have the power to become extraordinary memories' and this book is all about putting in place a wedding plan that will always be remembered as a special time.”
Laura Britton’s decision to embark on a new career as an author, brings into play the full extent of the experience gained having worked for a number of years in the wedding industry.
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