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New Supplier Added: Gary Barrett Wedding Photographer
We’ve recently added Gary Barrett Photography to the Wedding Photographers section of our Supplier Directory.
Click here to view Gary Barrett Photography
Fresh New design for mrs2be!
Fresh New Look for mrs2be
Last week, we unveiled a fresh new look for mrs2be.
We’ve listened to suggestions from both brides and suppliers and put together a fresh new look for the entire site. We believe the new mrs2be is more functional and easier to navigate.
But that’s not all! We’ll still be working away in the background by developing some cool new wedding-related features. For now, we have to keep our lips sealed but more details will be revealed at a later date.
We hope you like our new look.
Regards
Claire
My Wedding in Italy – less than 4 weeks to go!
Greetings fellow missies or should I say Buon Giorno! I’ve been blogging less and less as the big day approaches, this day four weeks (Saturday) I will be a married woman.
I am writing this blog from the beautiful hills of Sorrento, on the last reccie trip to make sure everything is in place for our celebrations. As you can imagine with the Icelandic volcano I have been lucky to dodge the ash and make it here at all. The scenery in Sorrento is so beautiful we are overlooking the Bay of Naples and we can see Mount Vesuvius in the distance, just keeping our fingers crossed its one volcano that is not planning on waking up anytime soon, otherwise we would have to elope to Vegas! 
Everything is almost in place for our wedding, firstly this weekend we had the opportnity to meet with the priest again in Positano to firm up the cermony. What a beautiful setting, also known as ‘The jewel of the Amalfi Coast’, the scenery is nothing short of breathtaking. I learned today that Flavio Gioia, the inventor of the compass, was from Positano! After the cermony it is traditional to walk the pretty cobble stone streets in celebration. The Priest has been most welcoming and the cermony is very similar to that at home. All that is left to do is mass booklet making fun at home, I will round up the bridesmaids to do some folding and stapling!
Our local wedding planners in Sorrento have been brilliant in helping us getting everything organised. We are using Sorrento Wedding in Style, two lovely ladies Emilia and Raeffaella, they have been most pleasant and helpful to deal with and have made me feel that no part of our planning has been to much (and trust me being an event manager I have tendancies towards being fussy!). We saw so many different venue options they have great knowledge of the area. I will have to encourage them to sign up as a supplier on Mrs2be.ie!
Our reception venue should look very tasteful when all set up. We got to see it prepared for a wedding today. Included in the menu we have welcome cocktails and a starter buffet with lots of nibbles including some Italian specials. That should keep the guests happy till dinner time. We have chair covers, table flower arrangements, outdoor flowers and our wedding cake all included in the price so it is a good deal all round. I want the day to be here already! Maybe I will load some photos afterwards 
That is about all I can manage for now, there is a glass of prosecco on the balcony calling me ….Arriveferci!
Maria’s Little Wrappers – mrs2be.ie chocolate bars
Maria from Maria’s Little Wrappers recently sent us a very thoughtful birthday present: a selection of her personalised chocolate favours. She even designed some especially for mrs2be!
These went down very well with the girls in the office!
The personalised swiss chocolate bars come in 2 sizes: 10g or 30g, and can be wrapped in silver or gold foil. Your personal message can then be added to your chosen design. These are an ideal wedding favour, but can also suit birthday or party favours.
Check out Maria’s Little Wrappers for further details.
(We’re off now to finish off the rest of the bars!)
mrs2be.ie is 1 year old!
mrs2be.ie went live this weekend last year. What a year it has been!
We knew from the start that we had created something special. Our entire ethos of having friendly moderated wedding forums must have set us apart because we didn’t think we would officially become Ireland’s second busiest wedding site in less than one year!
The site continues to grow with hundreds of new Missies registering each month. This is all thanks to you, our dedicated Missies, who have been logging on daily to contribute to the various wedding related and occasional non-wedding related conversations.
We had great fun with the competitions, firstly the “Post to Win Free Garters, Ring Cushions and Photo Albums” and then later with the “Post Like Crazy” competition. Our servers nearly died from the craziness! 
We’re still working very hard to help improve the mrs2be experience and we hope you’ll continue to use the site long after you tie the knot! 
Thanks so much to each and every Missie from the mrs2be team!
Thanks also has to go to our registered suppliers (all listed in our wedding supplier directory) without whom this site wouldn’t be viable.
Now we’re off to have some well-earned cake! 
