2013 Brides

Heyloo Mrs2013,

we have our venue booked, the registrar provisionally booked (we had to do this so we could book the venue), we also have cars booked, a harpist booked and a live band booked...That's about it for now...I've just ordered our save the date cards too. How much planning have you done? xx ?

Well I have church booked, reception booked and tog booked, Cake sorted (my mums doing it) flowers sorted (my nan is arranging them, as I'm having silk). Make-up booked (its my niece in law to be), hair provisionally booked!

Centre pieces nearly sorted, so is my wedding wish tree (FIL2B making it)

Hoping by the end of the month to have sorted the suits and the cars!

I'm very organised! I keep doing wedding stuff when I should be doing work for my degree!

Hello

I am July 2013 and we have booked the Venue, Church, Photographer and videographer and band for the evening. When are you planning on sending save the dates and invites? x

I'm not sending save the dates! i'm going to talk to those I want their to make sure they are aware of the date!

The invites I will send some Feb next year as I have family that need to travel the rest probably April time give plenty of notice as I get married August Bank Holiday weekend!!

Beginning of Feb 2013 for us shofar we have..

Venue, TOG, VOG, suits, rings, bridesmaids dresses, minister, civil ceremony, all decorations, cake, centrepieces and decorations

Weve been planning for alomost a year tho so we are ridiculously organised!!

ETA also th band and the readings an harpist (our friend)

I have only booked venue, feel so far behind with things I am worried as we left it as we couldnt decide on things.

What you suggest next? TOG?

xXx

August 2013 too! Which day?!

so far..

Ceremony Venue

Reception venue (friends pub/restaurant) with food, disco, table linen included and room for the night in their chalets

Car (friends)

Tog (friend)

Buying rings on our Smooch appointment on Jan 30th

Absolutely yes, most of the good ones are already filling up for 2013!

TOG is next then I think.

When is save the date time? xx

I'm 20 Days after you!! :-)

I'm iffy on this aswell, I'm getting married on the 4th which is not only slap bang in the middle of the summer holidays it's also a Sunday so I might send mine out a tad earlier than the norm so guests (hopefully!) don't book their holiday so they can be at the wedding.

I was originally thinking of sending them out with this years Christmas cards (Blimey I'm thinking about next Christmas already!) but I'm leaning more towards sending them out to give 12 months notice now

We were NEARLY date twins, our original plan was the bank holiday weekend! We were worried guests might be a bit miffed they had to give up their long weekend as it's the most popular one to do stuff but I'm an absolute paranoid wibbler like that ?. Part of me does regret it though as a lot probably would have had the Monday off work so could relax more but oh well! Most aren't travelling too far anyway and it won't be going on till the small hours as I have M.E and I will be FAR too exhausted!

2nd March for us, engaged since July last year.

Got church, venue, save the dates and tog all sorted. Everything else I have researched to the nth degree but not yet booked or paid for anything.

For save the dates I would suggest about the year to go mark otherwise you may as well just wait and send invites (since most people send them well before the traditional 2/3 months before now). We sent ours more than a year before because we sent them with our xmas cards to save on postage.

Well I couldn't have it earlier i'm still in uni untill like the 12th August so I wanted time off to sort stuff out before the wedding!!

And if people don't come I have plenty to replace them!! lol

I am 17/08/2013......

I think a year then for save the dates maybe?

I am reseraching TOG's now xx

We have:-

booked our venue

booked our humanist celebrant

seen 2 togs with 3 more to see this week before we make a decision

My dress is decided

bridesmaids dresses finally decided (what a nightmare that was!)

bridesmaids jewellery bought

make up artist sorted

think thats it so far.

Annie 2000 when do you get married xxx

We are getting married in August 2013

Alot sorted then xx

We are getting married 13/4/13 and booked venue/reception then Christmas was only a few weeks off so had to get that sorted and done with so back onto planning now. TOG next, got one coming round to show us his work next week so will see. Feel slightly unorganised when reading these posts! Xxx

23rd March 2013 here!

So far have booked church and bells, reception venue, photographer, cars, flowers, band and my dress. In process of sorting my shoes, choosing stuff for BMs and getting my save the dates!

Ahh you've plenty of time!! Deffo try and get a tog sorted. They seem to be booking up fast, well here in NI they do anyway. Luckily our tog is a mate of my FBIL's so that's another thing ticked of the list! xx

Im getting married 06/04/2013.

So far we have booked the venue, registrar, and photographer. We have also bought the rings becuase we got a great discount in the boxing day sales!!

Ive been looking at bits and pieces but as of yet havent bought anything else x

Don't you just love the sales??!

Cangretulations! but isn't it a little bit earlier to make arrangements now?

Absolutely! We saved nearly £70 so well worth it! x

We are 27th April 2013, only have venue and church offically booked and have ordered my bouquet.

I know my tog and have emailed her but just found out she has lost her farther (hope she realises I didnt know this when I emailed her the next day )

Bought favour boxes, place cards, save the dates, and some decorations. I have my wish tree, getting my wishing well made in the next couple of weeks.

Thinking of buying the shoes soon and then booking cars

xx

Hi there, im getting married on the sun 28th august 2013! bank holiday was ideal for us, as we ve got people travelling from cornwall, norway and australia! ill probably do the save the date cards over the spring.

we ve got the venue and registrar booked, florist has been chosen - although i might change it. We are looking at another photographer this month and will probably then decide by feb. My make up is booked, the photo booth is too. Ive booked a venue dresser just to help with the top table swag, its a reasonable price and not going over the top. ive bought a few bits myself.

im now plodding along,i was really excited before but having to hold back due to me being like TARA4MIKE and studying for a degree!

What degree you doing? xx

Wow, you're all putting me to shame with your planning! I thought it was too early to do anything yet except go on a diet Also, I had to google "TOG" as I had no idea what you were talking about. Photographer? Do we really need to get one now? How do I go about finding and choosing one?

Anyways, we're talking June 22, 2013, but we haven't booked anything yet. We're going to see Hever Castle next weekend, which is my dream venue, and I'm hoping we're just going to fall in love with it and book it then and there so something can be set in stone.

I'm so happy to have read your discussion on save the date timing. I'm Canadian, and EVERYONE on my side is coming from abroad, even my entire bridal party, so I need to give them all a long window of warning. I was going to use Paperless Post for the Save the Date, though. It's not a free service, but will cost a pittance compared to real post. The cards are sent by email, they're very pretty, and it's an easy site to use. For anyone wanting to save on the cost of stationery, email is a great alternative, whether using a paid service or just sending them out yourselves! I'm planning to send my save the date emails 12 months ahead of the wedding, then send the invites 5 months ahead.

I'd ask friend etc or people you work with if they know any good ones, if not Google is another great tool to look around, and not sure about Canada but over here the TOG or photographer's get booked up fast I booked mine before I'd booked the church!!

Yep, there is a handy thread 2nd down on this forum which lists all the acronyms used in here like MOH (maid of honour) MIL2B (Mother-in-Law to be) etc etc

Clicky here!

The best thing to do is get a venue and date set in stone and then look for a tog, but if you're planning a Summer '13 wedding then start looking for your tog as soon as your venue is booked as the good, well known ones are already filling up fast!

As for finding one there is a supplier list here on Hitched and you can search in your region and read the reviews, also a lot of people make a thread on here asking for recommendations in a certain area. A lot of the brides who have since married still post here and I would much rather start with personal recommendations than picking out 3 or 4 from a Google search!