Winning Time!

As mentioned in my last post- during the fair two weeks ago, there was a little competition running- a chance to win a 'Meet you halfway' wedding package (or anything within that package that bride and groom want)- so that is wedding planning assistance, decoration help and Alphia Events fully for their disposal. To see  Meet you Halfway package- worth £800, and all the other packages go to 'Services'.  


So just to recap- Meet You Halfway consists of: 

leading up to your wedding

Up to 6 meetings with bride and groom
Unlimited phone and email contact
Visit to the venue for walk through
Provide elite vendor list
Attend 3 vendor meetings
Assemble a monthly task list for the couple
Create timeline of the ceremony and reception
Create design and décor concept, if needed
Develop floor plan blue prints for ceremony and reception
Distribute wedding day timeline to vendors and bridal party
Confirm all wedding day vendors
Communicate any and all wedding day details with vendors and bridal party
Provide extensive wedding day checklist for bride, groom and bridal party
Orchestrate rehearsal

on your wedding day

Coordination of entire wedding day
Provide one assistant coordinator
Manage all wedding day activities, including ceremony and reception
Set up and organize all décor and creative needs
Oversee the set up and tear down of the ceremony and reception sites
Coordinate the arrival of vendors and guests
Support bride, groom and bridal party throughout the day
Distribute final payments and/or gratuities to vendors
Supervise transfer of gifts to designated family member, room or vehicle
Troubleshoot when and if needed
Provide a wedding day emergency kit
Be super excited for you

And the winner of this super duper wedding package is.. 

Nicola Branagh

Quirky Weddings Alternative Fair

Last Sunday, I was one of the suppliers exhibiting on the 2nd Alternative Wedding Fair organized by Quirky Weddings. It was such an amazing opportunity to meet so many beautiful brides (and grooms) and to have a chat about their ideas. I'm so excited to hear that many are choosing outside of the box thinking rather than opting out for 'you gotta do it' mindset.

One of the things I do for my brides is an inspiration board- I had few of them on my table as well for brides to have a look at, and I was surprised that so many haven't actually heard of it yet.

Inspiration boards are not a necessity but they're so easy to make and I find that it really helps me stay in the right direction on the event. Because after you have been so close to the event for a few months, it's easy to lose direction or sight of where you're going with it all and what is or isn't important and keep true to the feeling of the wedding. So basically, inspiration boards are just collages of images or pictures that inspire you. It should have a similar thread going through them. The images don't even have to be EXACTLY what you want on your wedding, though they can be.

When brides don't really know what they want their wedding to look like, I usually recommend just saving pictures they like in one folder. And then after few weeks when the folder is nice and full, they can look through the pictures and see a theme or inspiration coming out of them! And that's practically your inspiration board!

Here are four that I did for the wedding fair:

Sweet Sweet Love

Whimsical Elegance

Good Green Fun

 Rustic Lavender

What's your favourite?

These were props for a competition to win 'Meet You Halfway' wedding planning package. The winner will be announced very very soon , so watch this space! 

July Wedding

Here are some snippets of my and Graeme's wedding, that Alphia Events officially organized and designed :) Some more pictures are either on Navyblur blog/coming soon to a magazine near you/ Facebook/ Alphia website/ soon to be featured on the blog here!

Orders of Service

For our wedding, I have been doing all design work- invitations, RSVPs, thank you cards etc. I have to say that orders of service were my absolute favourites because I really went all out and could do anything I wanted with it. So I designed a book. That's right, a proper 12 pages long book! Here are some sneak peaks, more will come after the wedding!

What a Wedding Designer Can Do

I love colourful weddings full of flowers and laughter! I often browse a lot of wedding blogs ( I will write a post about this later) to get an inspiration/ or just stay in the loop of things. And when I see a perfectly beautiful wedding that is flawlessly executed, I am sure they had a wedding planner and designer. This is of course not to say that the bride didn't have the inspiration or the ideas- but it is virtually impossible to be the bride and ensure the smooth running of the event. (I have a first hand experience in this!) This fiesta style wedding was planned by  Simply Modern Weddings and styled by dandelion&grey. I love the execution of every single detail and the fun that this wedding screams without being tacky or garish.

(all the pictures were taken from an amazing wedding blog Green Wedding Shoes)

First of Posts!

Ok, here goes my newest venture!
Hi, I'm Filipa, the body, mind and heart behind Alphia Events. This will be Alphia's blog, all things weddingy and all things Alphia-y (if that's how you'd say it!).  For anything else, visit my other blog- Feathers of Inspiration.

So, Northern Ireland- here come the wedding planners! I have recently noticed/discovered at least 4 very fresh and new wedding and events planning companies, and it seems like we all started around the same time! Clearly great minds think alike, right?:) Let's be honest though, weddings did need a bit of fresh air in Northern Ireland, right?

I'm really excited about where this all will take us and to get to know all the fab vendors and other planners and share on the creative thought process! And it is brides that benefit from it all, so yay! :)