Hello my little moers, how are you? What is new in the hood?
How are all the plans going for your amazing weddings? I would love to hear all about it!
I’m not sure if you knew or not, but the other week I was featured on the incredible and amazing ‘You Mean The World To Me‘ blog, giving a guide to getting married in Cyprus.
Hello my little lovelies, how are you? I don’t know why I’ve been calling you all little recently?! I don’t know how tall or small you are! One of my weird things I guess.
Anyway, just a quickie today as I wanted to share my recent radio talk on BBC Wiltshire with you. I was asked to go on and talk about wedding planning on the Graham Seaman show. He was talking about weddings in general and wanted me to come on and discuss what I do and how I can help couples getting married.
Bone die, which of course means hello in Sardinian as we’re taking a little trip to Sardinia in this post for a beautiful real wedding from Kama Wedding.
I’m not sure if any of you have travelled to Sardinia before? If you haven’t I totally recommended it as it’s such a beautiful unspoilt place, and if you were to get married there, it would be a perfect meditation wedding!!
Hola lovely people, how are we all today?
Can you believe a week today it’s Christmas Eve? I’m kinda of ready, but still got a bit to do! This year has gone really fast, and I think 2014 is going to be even faster.
Hello, hello, hello!!
I’M BACK!! I don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing for you? But I’ll take it as a good thing because I am a nice person, really.
So me and my partner have officially moved to the West Country, but not moved into our house yet! We have to wait till Friday for that part, but at least I can work and produce a blog post for you.
Happy Friday everyone!
’m unsure why it is Friday again? It just feels like yesterday that it was Saturday. Complete weirdness.
It’s Friday and you all know what happens on MO on Friday? Well I hope you do.
Today’s Colour Palette goes back in time to focus on Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Otherwise known to you as a country garden wedding theme.
Country garden weddings go down many routes and although they have been very popular in the last few years and people say there phasing out, there is always a country garden chic couple out there.
Country garden weddings are mostly inspired by English tea parties, picnics and shabby chic style.
The colours normally used are light pastels and baby’s all mixed together to add a beautiful pastel effect.
Below you will see my Mary, Mary, how does your garden grow colour palette.
Like always I like to thank the amazing few to give me this whimsical inspiration.
My Mum and Dad’s Wedding
My Mum and Dad’d Wedding
Follow my Pinterest board to see the other inspiration I had.
This is one of my favourite wedding themes as I love English traditional weddings with splats of various colours and vintage inspiration.
Hope you enjoyed.
MO xx
After working and living on the beautiful island of Cyprus for 5 years I thought it would be appropriate to write a blog post on why it’s such a popular and interesting island for weddings and why it’s such a money saver compared with a typical wedding anywhere else!!
Cyprus is one of the most popular holiday destinations for English couples to get married where you’re looking at over 5,000 plus British weddings a year and has been in the top 5 for many years and I believe it will be for many more years to come.
So why is Cyprus such a popular destination?
Those are just a few reasons why it’s so popular, this list can go on for a while!
Cyprus is split into 4 different areas the West, East, South and North!
The West covers one of the most popular areas of Cyprus which is Paphos and Coral Bay with a lot of established venues, suppliers and planners. It also covers the quaint/peaceful areas of Polis and Latchi that are perfect for that typical traditional Greek/Cypriot wedding and being a local fishing village you have the picturesque backdrop.
Heading to the East you feel you’re on a different island all together with the finest beaches on the island. In Ayia Napa you have the crazy nightlife if you wish, or travel a small distance to the relaxed area of Protaras where you will find a more laid back approach. Don’t let Ayia Napa put you off though as it only covers a small square area!! You don’t want to miss out having your wedding on one those beautiful sandy beaches.
The North and South are not as big on non-local weddings as West and East; but still have enough to make them popular decisions. Traveling to the North you will enter the Turkish side, so the laws and legalities are much different than the Greek side, but as it’s very new to travel you will find a very untouched/eerie feeling when traveling there. The North also holds the capital Nicosia – a traditional cosmopolitan city.
The South again is completely different from the North having the biggest resort on the island – Limassol a small city with everything; the beach, nightlife and traditional monuments making it yet another contender for your perfect wedding.
Like I mentioned above you can easily have a wedding from under €1,000 as the fees are only €382 for a civil service at a number of the town halls, a local photographer can produce an album of photographs for €300 and for a standard bouquet you’re looking at no more than €60!! However for those of you looking for a more luxurious/unique wedding on this beautiful island then you can go all out and spend around €30,000 and make it very similar to a UK wedding with flowers, photography, catering, cake, transport, venue hire, fireworks etc., etc. It all depends on what you’re looking for and what you want to create for your wedding, as like the UK there are a surprising number of choices (seems ironic as it’s a different country).
Cyprus gives a great deal of choice on your ceremony and reception venues and they are opening new unique places to interest couples all the time. The choice is completely varied for all over the island; from traditional Cypriot/Greek monuments, rustic Churches, modern westernised Hotels, luxurious yachts to name but a few. Each comes with great hospitality and service, the Greeks and Cypriots are very welcoming. However, there will not be a great deal of contact with the locals in terms of organising your wedding as your wedding planner will be your contact for around 95% of the time during the planning of your unique wedding in Cyprus. Yes a “WEDDING PLANNER!!” If you can imagine them to be the likes of J-LO and Fronc charging an arm and a leg for your wedding! You can rest assured that this is not the case. If you book your wedding through a tour operator one will be included with your booking. If you’re going with an independent wedding planner they use packages that can start from €250.
I plan weddings to Cyprus but my approach is fairly different from the rest and I, like the UK, create a service best suited to the couple from their ideas and dreams to determine the best service and percentage for the work.
I have taken you round on a tour of the whole island of Cyprus to give you an understanding of what you can create and see that the island is extremely versatile for anything you’re looking for, thus making it an extremely popular destination for weddings and why I love Cyprus Weddings.
For more information on Cyprus weddings follow the link to my website for advice and contact details – www.matthewoliverweddings.com
To finish it off here is a little video on 5 Reasons why to get married in Cyprus.
Love and best wishes,
Matthew Oliver xxx
Hello my lovelies.
Sadly this will be the last upload on my series abroad in Cyprus!
I was saving this to last as it’s my all-time favourite Church in Cyprus and maybe one of my favourites I have ever entered, purely because of the outstanding design, character and history of this vintage/rustic Church.
On this 5 Reasons we will go round the Church and speak on why it’s such a perfect wedding venue in Paphos/Cyprus.
Enjoy…..
Sadly that’s the end of the location videos to Cyprus, but never fear; it’s not the end of these great videos. I believe I’m developing and understanding myself a lot more, so be prepared for better and bigger vblogs!!
See you all soon,
Matthew Oliver xx
Hello, hello my lovely beautiful people. How was your weekend?
I had a super one (super for 3 reasons, super 80’s themed party, super partner and super Mario!!)
Today’s 5 Reasons is talking about the beautiful St.Georges Chapel in Paphos/Cyprus and the 5 Reasons why it would make a perfect wedding ceremony venue.
As promised because I was not able to go inside, here is a collage of photos of what it looks like inside this attractive modernised chapel. The beautiful couple are Rebecca and Steven Burt – Wedded last June.
So there we have it, a new 5 Reasons on yet another stunning venue on the island of love.
Speak again soon on the last and final video from Cyprus – Ayia Kyriaki Church.
Love and best wishes,
Matthew Oliver xx
Afternoon everyone.
Like I promised I would here is my 3rd of the 5 videos on location to Cyprus/Paphos on 5 Reasons to get married at the gorgeous venues in the Paphos region.
This one is based on the ever popular Peyia Town Hall, one of my favourites as it’s extremely traditional from the stone work right to the monument of lovers situated in the middle of the venue. This makes it perfect for any couple wishing for that rustic, traditional, unique wedding in Cyprus.
I’m sure you can see why it’s one of my favourites!
That’s the town halls completed on 5 Reasons why to get married at them. The next videos will be of the Churches in the Paphos region.
Best wishes and speak soon,
Matthew Oliver xx
Morning gorgeous, beautiful, lovely people.
Here is my second video on location to Cyprus where I go round different venues and film 5 Reasons why to get married at them! It’s never been done before so I hope it will help those of you who can’t make it to Cyprus before your beautiful day. With these videos I aim to guide you through what you can create at these fantastic venues in the sun.
This video is based on the authentic Paphos Town Hall which is the only Town Hall in the Paphos region where you can get married inside!
Enjoy and spread the love.
That’s it for now, but i’ll be back later with the next of the 3 Town Halls of Paphos – Peyia.
Love you all and take care,
Matthew Oliver xx
Afternoon again lovely beautiful people.
I am very exciting to announce and produce my first 5 Reasons on location at the beautiful town hall of Geroskipou in Cyprus/Paphos.
This is to help a lot of you who can’t go out to Cyprus before hand and see the venue and get an idea of what you can create with it.
This is the first of the 5 videos on location to Cyprus/Paphos.
Love and best wishes,
Matthew Oliver xxx
