Another new person

Welcome to Hitched!

You'll get loads of ideas on here on how to cut costs and still have a beautiful day.

Tell us about what you have planned so far! What is your date and where are you getting married?

Hi Janine, welcome to hitched!
Sure you'll love it here it's the place to come when driving everyone else mad. I'd be screaming my plans from the rooftops if it wasn't for on here as i'm boring everyone else to death

We were similar to you, started off with our date in October and everything was a bit of a mad rush and we found ourselves scrimping and planning ways to make it really low cost but the stress was getting too much so rearranged it for next June and feel so much better for it, and like you the budget it slowly going up. It's amazing the things that can take cost up.
Look forward to hearing more of your plans, and feel free to do a few flashes (pictures of your plans, dress..cake etc

Hi Janine, I'm Janine too! ?

Welcome to Hitched, it's a great place to get all your wedding talk out of your system. If I didn't use this my friends and family would have killed me by now I'm sure!

Our wedding we had planned to be a fairly small budget day but it's slowly crept up. It's still not what anyone would refer to as an expensive wedding but still more than we'd planned. There are some great tips on here though.

enjoy your planning ?

Hi

Thanks for the welcome!

So far I've booked the venue (Hyde bank farm near Stockport), photographer and I'm about to book florist. Men's suits are booked - getting a lot of "he's more organised than you" jokes - outrageous! He probably is though...

Think I've found the dress- going back to try it on and maybe order it next week. It's Lusan Mandongus LM2180b. I only tried it on because my mum and sister wanted me too - thought it was way too princessy and floaty. It was a bit if a magical transformation when I tried it on- felt like I should be leading a unicorn behind me (in a good way if that's possible).

Still lots to do! Was planning to do a lit of DIY - like make my own cake but my mums working on me to change my mind so i dont get stressed out by it all. Next on the list are bridesmaid dresses but there I'm stuck because I have no idea what colours to go for! Do you know what your having matthewsmummy3?

June is a lovely time for a wedding- I've gone for April cos he wanted to get married on Easter bank holiday Saturday. June would have been my first choice otherwise!

I have no idea how to flash yet and I'm on my phone slacking at work- will try and get some pics up soon!

Hi, Ooh you sound very organised!
I've not even tried a dress on as i'm still losing weight but I think i'm going to go in the next couple of weeks to try some & see what suits etc, really just an excuse to parade around in a dress lol.
Just googled your dress and it's stunning!! Any that makes you feel like you should be leading a unicorn is the one in my opinion ha
Good on you, wish I could make my own cake & save some pennies too! I bake cupcakes & some sponges etc but couldn't handle a wedding cake sadly, i'm sure it would topple with my knowledge going into it haha.
We're getting married in Pollok house in Glasgow..so even though it's June we're not exactly guaranteed a nice day lol, don't mind really though. I like the thought of an April wedding too especially over Easter that would be really nice, are you having any easter themes in there like favours or anything? Some brides have had eggs / bunnies etc as choc favours
Our BM colours will be red as is much of the wedding colours, bouquet will be roses with some white ones thrown in etc so going to try and stick to that colour with everything although we're struggle to stick with a particular theme, so many nice ideas.
No probs, it's the little film icon above the box you type in to upload pics etc..sure you'll get the hang of it when you're not slacking hehe