Words by Rachel Wood, ELLE's Head of Experience; Luxury Division.

I'm super-excited to be taking over the wedding-blog baton from newly married ELLE team members, Leisa and Fern. What’s even more exciting is that I have set a date already - Saturday, 6 June - and found the most perfect venue ever: Dewsall Court.

Now, as I run ELLE's events for a living, you may think organising a wedding would be an absolute breeze for me (maybe in comparison to the ELLE Style Awards!) 

But we shall see.

So I will be documenting the highs and lows of wedding planning on the blog over the coming months. Don’t forget to check back in next week, after our first proper site visit, and first date with the vicar, which is scheduled for this weekend...