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Internet brides…. your dream dress, or a nightmare?
It seems to be the topic of the week this week – the internet and brides. I’m not talking about brides who get linked up with their husbands via the internet!! But rather brides who are looking to get their … Continue reading
Bridesmaid sale
Happy New Year!! Some shops run traditional January sales. We don’t do those type of set-time sales in our shop, so instead we are having a special bridesmaid promotion for adult bridesmaid dress orders placed with the designers from today … Continue reading
At the end of the wedding day……
You spend a lot of time and effort getting it just right – the dress is perfectly pressed and immaculate when you put it on before you leave home to walk up the aisle… wind the clock forward… let’s say.. … Continue reading
Annual Christmas Accessory night
You are all welcome to Beautiful Day Bridal Cottage’s annual Christmas accessory night which will be held at our shop on Thur 8th December from 5pm to 8pm. At the evening event we’ll be getting in the festive spirit with … Continue reading
Win a free bridesmaid dress!!!
We’re running a competition at the moment – you’ll need to be a Facebook fan to do it though as it involves sharing a link of our bridesmaid photo album. All you have to do is to share the link … Continue reading
Getting married abroad – the destination wedding dress
I have noticed that more and more people are going away to get married – I’d guess that about 10% of my customers are going for a destination wedding, with places like Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the USA, Barbados and … Continue reading
The run up to your wedding – getting your dress fitted.
Most brides who buy their wedding dress with us choose our in-house alteration service. Whether you are getting your alterations carried out with ourselves or elsewhere, it’s worth reading this blog for tips. I do the majority of the pinning … Continue reading
The importance of having a good bridesmaid…
This day fortnight, I will be taking on the role of bridesmaid for Hayley our shop manager, and being the owner of a bridal shop for the past 7 years has given me an insight on how important a role … Continue reading
Annual Maggie Sottero designer weekend for 2012 brides
It’s that time of year again We’re almost ready for our Maggie Sottero designer weekend. This year, the event will be taking place on the weekend of 6th/7th August, and we’ve got some fabulous dresses in store for our brides … Continue reading
Caption competition
**** Caption Competition is now closed **** and the winner is, Maeve with her caption ‘What do you mean your on a roof in vegas!???’ Well done! We assume you are a fan of the film ‘The Hangover’. We … Continue reading
June Promotion for Bridesmaids
We have a fantastic offer on in our bridesmaid department at the moment which is running only for the remainder of this month. We have put a flat rate on our Forever Your dresses of £155, plus you will get … Continue reading
Men’s suits at Beautiful Day – 1 year on…
We’ve just had our first birthday of hiring men’s suits at Beautiful Day Bridal Cottage. It was a big change for us taking on men’s suits, but it has been a transition that has worked well for us thanks to the company … Continue reading
Brides looking for a bargain
The success of this year’s one day sale at our shop this month tells me that there are a lot of brides out there looking for bargains. We had lots of delighted brides out there who got a designer ex-sample … Continue reading
Maggie Sottero – if we don’t have it in stock, don’t rule us out getting it for you!
Currrently, Maggie Sottero have 277 dresses in their collection. I would love to have the money and space to buy in a sample for every single design, but it’s simply impossible for me to do this!!! At any one time, … Continue reading
Some top tips from past brides
I’m always giving out tips to the brides-to-be in the shop on the run up to their wedding. It’s mainly things like telling them to shop for their shoes and underwear before their fittings start, or getting their hair-trial on … Continue reading
Feel like a princess on your wedding day (without the Royal price-tag!)
With a week to go until the Royal wedding, I’m sure every bride-to-be at the moment is dying to know what Kate Middleton will walk up the aisle wearing. One thing we can all be sure of is that no-one … Continue reading
When should I be ordering my dress? Advice for a stress free schedule.
As a rule, we have always told our customers that they should have orders in 6 months before the wedding (at the very latest!!!) for wedding dresses and 5 months for bridesmaids (although some maids dresses can be got a … Continue reading
the weight debate (losing weight for your wedding)
Every bride wants to look her best for her wedding day, and for many brides-to-be visiting my shop, the topic of weight loss will come up. Many brides will be telling me how they’ve joined weightwatchers or slimming world, and … Continue reading
On a budget for your wedding dress? sample sale coming soon
It’s that time of year again when we have just got the latest discontinued notice in from our main supplier, Maggie Sottero. So on the 9th April, I will have a whole rail of dresses that I can no … Continue reading
Bridesmaid dresses at Beautiful Day – buying versus hiring.
We we often get asked why we don’t hire bridesmaid dresses out, and this question is cropping up more and more often as brides become more and more budget conscious. Every now and again I look at it, consider it, … Continue reading
Left it a bit late to get your bridesmaids?
Don’t panic!! If it’s two months to your wedding and you haven’t got your bridesmaid dresses, you are normally left with a couple of limited options, the main one being buying in high street store where you are not only … Continue reading
Choosing your wedding dress – surprise yourself!
As the owner of a bridal shop, people often ask me about my own wedding dress, with many assuming that either I owned my shop back then, or that I went around all the bridal shops in Derry and the … Continue reading
Flirt by Maggie Sottero for bridesmaids?
Every year we get tons of calls about people wanting to order Flirt dresses for their bridesmaids. Many of them would make fantastic bridesmaid dresses, but the thing is, they are hard to get hold of! The vast majority are … Continue reading
Maggie Sottero for 2011
We have about half of the new Maggie Sottero dresses in now. We’re really excited to see how our brides will re-act to this collection – one of the most diverse that we’ve brought in . There’s a real mixture, … Continue reading
Bridesmaid dresses – some tips
This is one of our busiest times of the year for brides choosing their bridesmaid dresses. And it’s a task that can be more daunting than choosing the wedding dress itself!! The first problem can be getting everyone to agree. … Continue reading
Curvy Couture
Whenever we buy dresses as samples for our shop, we always go to make our choices with our brides in mind, taking on board the things that we they are looking for. At Beautiful Day, we have always kept a … Continue reading
First Communion dresses – The big sale (updated Jan 2012)
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Starting shopping for your Wedding Dress.
Many brides are anxious about looking too early or leaving it too late, and I often get asked ‘when should I start looking for my wedding dress?’ Ideally, about 10 – 12 months is perfect. We like to have orders … Continue reading
Buying Online?
We are an authorised bridal retailer and only sell dresses through our shop. We do not sell dresses online, and place a strong emphasis on customer service and dealing with our customers on a one-to-one basis. We believe that a … Continue reading