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80th Birthday Dinner

By bernadette

In July I was contacted by Helen who wished to organise 2 separate events at her home in August and September. We recently showed you images from the Greek BBQ, and now I am delighted to show you the 80th Birthday dinner we organised. This event was for her Father in Laws 80th whereby she wanted…

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A Greek BBQ

By bernadette

In July I was contacted by Helen who wished to organise 2 separate events at her home in August and September. The second event was in September and I knew due to a large Suffolk wedding I wouldn’t be able to attend, thus Lucie ran the day for me. The brief was to organise a relaxed Greek…

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A 1950’s Picnic Themed 60th Birthday

By bernadette
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In April I was contacted by Sue who needed help finalising a party for her husbands 60th in June. She had booked Theydon Bois Golf Club and knew she wanted a 1950’s picnic theme, but wasn’t sure how to implement this.For the table design I felt we needed to have red gingham cloths for the…

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Wedding Planning Excellence Seminar 2015

By bernadette
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I am so very excited that the UKAWP are bringing back Wedding Planning Excellence (WPE) 2015, 27th – 28th November. This two day seminar is aimed at supporting new and experienced wedding planners providing practical, educational sessions for their business growth and development. The very first WPE was in 2009. There were no other wedding…

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The Week of a Wedding Planner

By bernadette

MONDAY Despite being a bank holiday weekend I have been working on #wedmin over the weekend. This morning was spent relaxing before starting work at lunchtime, I’m finalising all the schedules, updating them before the final version is sent to suppliers this week (they will have received a prior version) Last minute guests have been…

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Advice for the Mother Of The Bride

By bernadette

Every bride is different, your daughter may want you to literally organise EVERYTHING (particularly brides working long hours or those living far away from the wedding venue), some will want to organise everything themselves but for most brides there is a middle ground. As a wedding planner my job is not to take over; my job…

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Posing For Your Wedding Photographs

By bernadette

Everyone wants picture perfect beautiful wedding photos, but most people don’t believe they photograph well.  That is exactly why you hire a professional photographer to do your wedding pictures, but there are some easy tips and tricks you can practice in the mirror and use to put your best side forward. Necks and chins always…

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Wedding Planner Intern Required from September

By bernadette

I’m looking for a new intern – could this be you? Over the last 8-9 months we have worked with first Lucie then Leilani , we’ve had a lot of fun together and worked on various weddings and parties. But from September we’ll need someone new! What is an internship? An internship gives “interns” the…

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Dream Occasions, Coggeshall, Essex
enquiries@dream-occasions.co.uk
01376 561 544 / 07939 215 531

Please note every image shown on our website has been taken from previous events we have organised. Our thanks to the following photographers for sending us the images:
Jasmine Jade, Simon Carr, Kerry Morgan, Touch Photography, Tracey Hosey, Tim Bowden, Contre Jour, Mark Bothwell, Max Burnett from Weddings_M, Julian Porch