Staying True to Your ‘Chilla’ While Planning a Wedding Far Away from HomeMegan Velez, DestinationWeddings.com shares her best tips for maintaining your chill while planning a destination wedding, far away from home.The only thing that can spark more stress than planning a wedding is planning a destination wedding – even for a Bridechilla! All of […]
Lessons from organizing two weddings in two continents in nine monthsMy husband and I always knew that getting married will be a big project. Him being Australian, and me Croatian, we established early on that the only way to pull this off would be to have 2 full weddings – one in each country. We […]
360-Comparison is The Thief of Joywith Lucy SheridanA big conversation in our post wedding facebook group, The Chilla Grads is post-wedding coping, comparison, blues and feelings surrounding expectations not being reached when thinking about our wedding celebrations. I am delighted to be joined by Lucy Sheridan, Comparison Coach whose aim is to help people get […]
Nova Reid is a favourite friend of the Bridechilla Podcast and someone that I always enjoy catching up with. In 2012 Nova launched her blog nubride.com with the goal of making a conscious effort to provide positive images of couples of all ethnicities. ‘To begin to realign and introduce a diverse mainstream wedding industry, by […]
Modern, Hip and Rocking Williamsburg Rooftop WeddingProject Manager Althea and restaurant owner Sean met an Oscars Party (Argo was the winner that year), through friends of friends! They share the details of their vibrant and personal Williamsburg Rooftop Wedding.Tell us all about the proposalIt was actually pretty spontaneous. We booked a snowboarding trip to Breckenridge, […]
Love is love, a Modern, Same-Sex Raleigh WeddingPlanner Kaitlin Stammetti from Rowan Lane Events shares her design inspiration behind a recent styled shoot that was created to celebrate support the ethos of ‘love is love’ and the LGBTQ community in Raleigh, North Carolina.What inspired the shoot?Raleigh is a special and exciting city. As a big […]
Family Matters- Bridechilla Q&AAnytime you have a gathering that involves both immediate and extended family, there is a high likelihood that you will have to deal with family matters. We all have weird and difficult family members. Planning a wedding and inviting them means that family drama of some kind is probably going to happen. […]
A burnt white wedding dress & broken heels, 10th vow renewal in HawaiiChip and Nina where the ultimate Bridechilla and Groomchilla and didn’t let a burnt dress and a broken heel get in the way of celebrating their 10-year vow renewal in beautiful Hawaii. They kept calm and carried on celebrating with their family and […]
Episode 358Your Wedding Floral TimelineWhen it comes to choosing how to incorporate flowers in your wedding decor it can be challenging to figure our how to best make your budget stretch and to navigate what flowers are in season, how to DIY aspects and how to know if you are getting a good deal or […]
Kristofer and Natalie’s Non-Traditional, Jewel tone, Scottish WeddingInspired by ‘badass Chillas’ Bridechilla Natalie and Kris decided to ditch tradition and make their DIY, Scottish wedding day all about them including details of all the things they love, like Disney, Harry Potter and their family!Tell us a little about you and your partner!Myself and Kristofer met […]