We’re so excited to be finally sharing with you Daejauna and Alex’s amazing wedding day! Daejauna is seriously one of the most gorgeous brides we’ve ever seen — her look from head to toe is absolutely stunning and with the most incredible hair accessory. Their day took place in Killarney on 4th of July, complete […]

We are so excited to announce the launch of our newest expert advice adventure: Waterlily Weddings Journal. This monthly magazine is designed to focus your planning strategy, diving into a particular area or element of your wedding (or elopement) and giving you some really excellent ideas to think about incorporating into your day! This is […]

The best part of a destination wedding is that you can create a wedding experience. It’s not just the day itself, but also the events and activities and wonderfully unique Irish experiences you will have with your guests leading up to and after the wedding. Andee and Josh created just that for their rehearsal, using the […]

We had an absolute blast helping Andee and Josh plan their dream destination castle wedding in Ireland last year and are so excited to be sharing the photos and details of their gorgeous day with you! Andee had a great sense of style from the beginning: a custom brand logo and palette of soft rose quarts […]

While the times we are living in are making more and more brides and grooms think about the option of an elopement or a intimate wedding as an alternative to their big wedding day we have adored, recommended and planned them for over 14 years! Some of our greatest weddings and happiest memories are from […]

With all of the restrictions on gathering sizes we have been thinking a lot about our favorite small weddings over the years. Smaller weddings offer a very intimate experience for the couple and their guests. They are stress free, romantic and full of love. I think these are things we could all do with more […]

It is just about one of the oddest Friday’s I can remember in 14 years of running Waterlily Weddings. Instead of being knee deep in confirming final wedding details and the minutia of on the day schedules, we are helping couples uproot their original plans and dates and move to a completely different time of […]

It’s a cool and crisp morning this St. Patrick’s Day. The sun is shining and the sky is a brilliant azure blue — a sneak peek of spring and all its glories that are to come. If not for the incredible events happening around the world with the novel coronavirus, this would be a spectacular […]

Welcome to March! With St. Patrick’s Day coming up in a few weeks, we at Waterlily Weddings thought it’d be fun to go through some notes and separate the fact from fiction on what’s Irish and what’s not. Many pubs in Ireland (and in America) have what are called “quiz nights” — one night a […]

Ireland is a unique place in that it can really accommodate any kind of wedding, any size, any style, and budget. In particular, however, it seems to really fit the niche for intimate weddings. Not to be confused with elopements, intimate weddings are full weddings with a smaller guest list — usually not more than […]