

"Have a full list of all the photos you want. It's your no-nonsense guide to planning a wedding without losing your marbles. Listen to Hitched, Mamamia's wedding planning podcast. "Get your groom to buy two white shirts in case he sweats through the first one during the ceremony due to nerves, so then your photos afterwards don't have sweaty bat wings!" - Amy. You have created and seeing all your people happy is my lasting memory from my wedding." Madeline.ġ5. The day goes SO quickly and is a blur, but that one moment of peace and calm where it's just the two of you looking in at the wedding "The couple should carve out some time during the reception to step out of the wedding and look in from the outside. Weddings are boring for kids and all the parents appreciated it!" - Melissa.ġ4. "Have kids' colouring books and stickers for the reception. Really not worth the stress." - Madeline.ġ3. "Don't get so hung up on the little things - it really doesn't matter if the white flowers are carnations instead of roses! Things like that often put brides in a bad mood and they can't move past it. Nobody else is going to know or care so it's Half the guests forget to take home the bonbonniere, but they don't forget to drink the cocktail or drink!" - Amy.ġ2. "Have a signature cocktail or drink (something that will remind you and your guests of your wedding day) as the bonbonniere. On and can let them get busy with!" - Melanie.ġ1. Picking and organising the cake, booking wedding cars… anything you don’t need full control "If you have an over-keen mum or mother-in-law who likes to get too involved with your plans, delegate jobs so they feel important and still part of the process. There’s a lot of walking for photos." - Sherin.ġ0. "Choose comfortable shoes and make sure you wear them in a little at home. Very straightforward and no drama, plus, all my friends could relax and enjoy the day much more as guests."ĩ. "If you have a large group of close friends, don’t shy away from having just one bridesmaid or none. Instead of backing up to the toilet, straddle it legs towards the wall so your dress doesn’t get in the loo." - Sarah.Ĩ. "'Reverse kangaroo' when you need to wee. Party take off for photos and the guests stand around and get drunk!" - Rhiana.ħ. You get a beautiful first look photo, you get to do photos before your makeup gets ruined in the ceremony and while your hair still looks amazing, and best of all, there's no big gap in the middle of the day where the bridal "Choose bridesmaids' dresses that have pockets so there's always a lipstick, tissues or snack nearby." - Sherry.Ħ. "Do a 'first look' or get ready together because it means you spend time together and it's fun for the entire bridal party! It's becoming more and more popular, with the traditional 'can't see him before' going out the window." - Amy.ĥ. Everyone holds the bouquets too high and you can't see the dress in pictures." - Cass.Ĥ. "Give your phone to a close friend or bridesmaid for the day so that when you’re getting ready you’re not getting text messages asking you 'what time does it start?' Or 'where should we park?'" - Kelly.ģ. even if you supply both of your contact details)." - Jess.Ģ. Plus, it means that you and your partner can easily both be across all the wedding correspondence (because typically There's so much back-and-forth communication that clogs up your personal inbox. "Create a new email address for all wedding-related admin. You can then go to from your computer and delete the other person's contacts from each account.Off the back of her advice, we asked 25 women to share their own wedding day tips.įrom one bride to another, here's all the intel you need ahead of your big day.ġ. Then go to Settings>Mail,Contacts, Calendars>Add Account>iCloud, sign in with a different Apple ID to create the secondary account, and turn Contacts to On. To do this, go to Settings>iCloud, turn Contacts to Off and choose Keep on My iPhone.

You can then go to from your computer and delete the other person's data from each account.Īnother option if you're only concerned about not sharing contacts but wish to share everything else, is to set up a second iCloud account on one of the phones and sync contacts with the secondary account. To do this, go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (this won't effect the other phone), choose Keep on My iPhone, sign back in with a different Apple ID to set up a new account, turn on your iCloud data syncing, then choose Merge to upload the data to the new account.

(You can continue to share the same iTunes ID.) If you want to keep your data separate, migrate one of them to a different iCloud account. You can't not if the phones are sharing the same iCloud account.
