Tell us, Who are SD CAKES? SD CAKES is run by Saima Hebel and her husband David Hebel. They specialize in designing very unique and creative wedding cakes which showcase that WOW factor with bold colors and intricate details turning these creations into dreamy wedding cake designs and a display of the fascinating beauty of art. We are a home based business and we are based in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. SD CAKES have been published in many Irish blogs, as well as wedding cakes magazines around the world, including Cake Masters Magazine, UK American cake decorating magazine , USA and few Indian pub ..read more

Tell us, Who are SD CAKES? SD CAKES is run by Saima Hebel and her husband David Hebel. They specialize in designing very unique and creative wedding cakes which showcase that WOW factor with bold colors and intricate details turning these creations into dreamy wedding cake designs and a display of the fascinating beauty of art. We are a home based business and we are based in Portlaoise, Co. Laois. SD CAKES have been published in many Irish blogs, as well as wedding cakes magazines around the world, including Cake Masters Magazine, UK American cake decorating magazine , USA and few Indian pub ..read more

  Tell us a little about Wedding Belles; Wedding Belles is a bridal accessories studio and online store located in the quaint village of Castlemartyr in Cork. We stock all the finishing touches for the bride to be and Ellen, the owner, will go to the ends of the earth to assist a bride to be with her accessory selection. There aren't many shops like Wedding Belles around that focus only on bridal accessories...basically I eat and sleep them and I am never off duty, always available and more than happy to chat with a bride to be over Instagram DMs, Messenger, Whatsapp or whatever medium th ..read more

AHHHH! My first Giveaway, can you believe it?!​ I have teamed up with the wonderfully talented Anneli's Illustrations to give one lucky winner a bespoke bridal illustration, the most amazing keepsake. I am over the moon to be offering such a beautiful prize for my very first giveaway. This will definitely make one lucky persons week! Anneli is an incredibly talented artist, let me introduce her and her work: Anneli's illustrations creates custom bespoke wedding dress illustrations so a bride can remember with a glance how gorgeous and feminine she looked on her wedding da ..read more

This week we watched eagerly for announcements regarding the possibility of moving to a level 5 lockdown and wedding numbers being cut once again from 25 guests to 6 guests. At 9pm on Monday, the couples of Ireland breathed a sigh of relief, in the news that weddings will remain at 25 guests for the remainder of the year. When did we ever think the news that weddings of 25 people would be celebrated so greatly, as it was for many couples last night?! ​This pandemic really has shaken and changed everyone’s preconceptions of what a wedding “should and needs” to be. Of course, we have all seen so ..read more

Congratulations you’re getting married! My name is Niamh and I am a bridal hair stylist, a mammy of three smallies, and wife to a very patient man who helps me with all my admin… and grammar! I have become a bit of a gardening enthusiast since lockdown, I love the simple things in life and I like to think this shows in my work.   I qualified from Robert Chambers School of Hairdressing in 2011 and went on to work in some amazing hair salons. I always had a love for up-styles from the very beginning! So, I finally decided in 2019 to specialise in  ..read more

​I am lucky enough to have been present for Hundreds of wedding speeches, using this experience I hope I can provide some clarity around good speech content as well as the logistics of the wedding speeches! Some of the most common questions I get regarding the speeches are: "Who goes first?"  The traditional order of speakers is as below: The Best man typically acts as MC throughout the speeches introducing each speaker  Father of the Bride / Speaker from the Bride's Family  Father of the Groom / Speaker from the Groom's Family  Groom  And the Big ..read more

Here are a few helpful tips to help cope through from the initial planning process right through to your first dance!  ​ The planning process surrounding your day  As a wedding coordinator I have had the pleasure of looking after many different people and personalities in the lead up to the big day. In my experience the main reason for people worrying in the lead up to their day is that, for the majority of them, this is their first wedding. They have never had to organise a wedding before! At most they have been involved in perhaps a sibling’s planning process or as part of a friend ..read more

An interview with Bridal Makeup Expert Bronwyn Dunne Bronwyn Dunne is a certified beauty therapist, makeup artist and salon owner. She graduated from the Bronwyn Conroy Beauty School. She had the pleasure of being trained by Irish celebrity makeup artist, Paula Callan. For those who might not know Paula Callan, she paints the faces of such beauties as Roz Purcell and Doireann Garrihy, as well as many many others. Bronwyn has kindly sat down and answered all of our questions regarding how to choose the right makeup artist for your Wedding Day.  You graduated from Bronwyn Conroy Beauty Sch ..read more

Venues had without doubt already seen a growth in demand for smaller, more intimate, weddings. Even when worldwide pandemics, lockdowns and social distancing were mere concepts in the movie “Contagion”. I believe this trend will only increase over the coming months as a direct result of the Coronavirus. If this lockdown has given us anything, it is a newfound appreciation for what really matters. A time in our lives that physically distanced us to an extent we never imagined, has brought us even closer to those who matter most.     We know weddings will look different over the comin ..read more