Archive for December, 2011

Thank You

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

As this is the season to be jolly, give thanks and reflect on the year we’ve had – this last post of 2011 is to firstly thank all our guest contributors who at very short notice kept this blog going whilst I have been on maternity leave.

All of their posts in my opinion gave insightful and helpful information which hopefully helped you with your wedding planning and is essentially what The Butterfly Journal, An Inspiring Wedding Guide is all about.

If you haven’t had the chance to read their inserts head to our archives starting from March this year or click on their names in this post. In the meantime Jemma Watts, Charlene Hutsebaut, Sarah Sowerby, Kathryn Reynolds, Tracey Denise and Jayne Denneny your support meant a lot.

And finally to our readers, we hope this year’s posts has been as good as the last and we ask you for just a moment of reflection.

What have you enjoyed reading on our blog? What would you like to see more of? Or what do you think needs improving? Because simply put in order for our blog to get better and better we really need your feedback. All we ask is just one minute of your time for your thoughts and suggestions, so please don’t be shy.

Merry Christmas and a prosperous, happy New Year. Enjoy yourselves and we’ll see you again in 2012.

To keep or not to keep that Wedding Dress?

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

With the year quickly drawing to a close we raise a topic that is prevalent with a lot of brides who have now got married – what do I do with my wedding dress?

With thoughts of starting a family or even saving up to buy a house, the year of planning is now over and with gorgeous photos, videos and happy memories to keep forever – the dress that took ages to find now tugs at the heart for a very different reason.

This dilemma is right at the top of one former bride and our final guest blogger for the year, Jayne Denneny, Sales Manager at catering company Payne & Gunter. Jayne got married two years ago and is now in a real quandary about what to do, so its only fitting for her to take centre stage and put her case to you to see if you can help her. Over to you Jayne.

‘Finding the right dress!

Most brides spend what seems like an eternity on this one element of their big day and then in 24 hours the moment has past, the dress has been worn, and its foreseeable resting place is locked away in a cupboard.

The dilemma now is, is that where it will stay or should I sell the dress to put towards our ‘future fund’ i.e. ‘babies and things’.  For a realistic bride this may be a no brainer however there is something that keeps holding me back from loading it onto a reputable site to help me sell it.

Essentially I LOVE my dress and as most brides believe, I looked my best in it. Memories of my celebration are locked into it and once it’s sold I’ll never be able to open up the wardrobe and look at it and let all the memories flood back. 

The other part of me thinks however – stop being so sentimental, it’s just a dress!

I’m torn. If I decide to keep the dress I love the thought that I may use it to make a christening gown for my first born or maybe it is purely the fact that it was the best day of my life and I want the memory to remain ‘hung in my wardrobe.’

On the other side I really believe that someone else would really like my Maggie Sottero, Adelaide dress. So why not give them the chance to have the perfect day in it just as I did.

So what do I do? I’m completely torn knowing that if I take the plunge I could regret it forever.

Jayne Denneny, Payne & Gunter

What do you think Jayne should do? We would love to hear your suggestions as you may provide the answer Jayne has been looking for.