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  How to Choose Your Wedding Music   When planning your wedding with Joanna Wilford Weddings, whether it is in a marquee in beautiful rolling countryside or a historic Oxford/Oxfordshire venue, the significance of selecting the right music for your...

Creating Enchanting Tablescapes for Your English Country Wedding   Hello, lovely brides and grooms-to-be! I'm Joanna Wilford, your trusted luxury wedding planner in Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Today, I want to share my passion...

Your wedding should be the best day of your life, the most joyous and personal celebration you’ll ever have as a couple. But it takes quite a few different people and responsibilities to make sure the day runs seamlessly and to ensure that you don’t have to worry...

The wedding cake is very much the focal point of the reception.  It will be displayed in a prominent place, and the design of the cake will reflect the style of the day.  An official cake cutting takes place, which is meant to bring luck to the couple in their...

  Civil wedding ceremonies are the most common wedding ceremony now in the UK and can be conducted at either a register office or approved venue which holds a civil ceremony licence.  If you want to have a low key civil ceremony then a register office...

  Ardington House is a beautiful, quintessential English Georgian Grade II listed stately home, set in 30 acres of grounds in the delightful village of Ardington which is nestled in the Oxfordshire countryside, at the foot of the North Wessex Downs. It is the...

May heralds the start of the wedding season, although 2022 has seen it begin slightly earlier.  Up and down the country plans and preparations are well under way and the subject of speeches included in those plans.  It can of course be very nerve wracking for those...

  I think that many people are under the impression that hiring a wedding planner is an unnecessary luxury or additional cost to their wedding.  After all they might perhaps feel that it is a cost in their budget that they do not need.  I think there is a...

    Wedding plans are coming along nicely.  You have booked your venue and caterers, decided on the type of ceremony you want and have booked a venue or church, worked out your budget, decided on numbers and now is the time to start choosing and booking...