Any other somerset brides-to-be??

Hello,

I'm local (ish!) to you...Bristol here! Getting married 25th May 2013 :-D

MrsStobe13 x

ETA: Also dieting, excercising and Wii-ing my way into a fishtail dress. I'm also a rugal bride and planning my own blessing (neither church nor Humanist but conducted by my Aunt) and doing my own flowers, got my stationery already..how can i resist the Me to You bears?! :-D

Ah yes bristol is'nt too far away from me.

Wow good for you planning your own blessing, makes it more personal to you and end of the day thats what its all about.

Im doing zumba on the kinect the poor people who live below me in the flat must think theres a elephant prancing around.

oh yes me to you bears are adorable.

Im getting married in a church, its only a small church next to my old first school which is my daughters current school and its where my dad is buried so its a very special to me.

Nope, we actually thought about having our blessing in Somerset but it was all sooo expensive!

Exactly, it was super stressful at first but I sat down Friday and just went hands to the keyboard and it looks beautiful! I've got 3 hard copies in wallets now, one for us, one for my aunty and a spare in case. We've even worked out all the music for our blessing but not for the registry office, weird is that?!

Hehe we have a ground floor flat, but our Jack Russell keeps looking at me running on the spot and going nowhere. I think he thinks I should be a few blocks away by now!

The first present my fiancé ever got me was an 18th birthday glass with me to you bears on. Since then, Me to You was our thing so the invitations had to be Me to You really. Even though my Mum keeps calling them the Forever Friends bears, totally different!

Aww that's sweet, I'm having a Registrry office wedding in Bristol City Centre then my blessing at a golf course in the village I grew up in which shall be beautiful! I've got a 12 hour hire on it for £180, bargain!

MrsStobe13 x

I am Wiltshire so that isn't too far! My family all live in Somerset. I am getting married 6th Oct at 2pm and I am very excited. I have had a horrible past year (lost my nephew and a unsettling time at work)and hoping this year is the start of something new. We are having autumn as our theme with the main colour as orange. I have 2 big bridesmaid and 2 2yr olds. MyOH dad is BM and his 2 brothers ushers. We are having a traditional church wedding with a bit different reception. Nothing major but having things like curry and fish and chips, Children's den next door, bouncy castle, photo booth (present from a very close uncle) etc

Venue is nothing special outside but inside is beautiful and has lovely views.

xxx

No indeed wiltshire is'nt too far. aww im sorry to hear about your horrible year. well your getting married this year so its going to an amazing time for you

iv had a few bad years and then i met my partner and he is truely amazing (which im sure most of us say about our other halfs) hes really put my trust back in people again.

im getting married 31th aug 2013 we are having satin red and crisp white as our colours and the little brides maids who will be 6 and 8 are having yellow flowers with red ribbon. (my daughter is one of them and the only input she wanted on the wedding was she wanted to carry yellow flowers. lol

orange is a lovely colour and with it being autumn the pictures will be gorgeous

we are also having a church wedding, altough our church there is a problem with the bells so i thought i would pick up some hand brass bells i see them at car boots and the give them to the children to ring as we come out the church. not quite sure it will work as well as it does in my head but should be fun lol

we still ar'nt sure where we are having our reception and evening do yet. possibly the village hall just over the road from the church although this may change.

loving the bouncy castle idea. we are having a kids area with a tv and dvd player which my sister is going to incharge of. theres also going to be colouring books, games and other things.

im just so eager to get things done, iv made my save the date cards but its way to early to send them out yet :/

xx

I'm a Somerset bride to be too! We are getting married 26 May, in the Church in the village I grew up in. We are having a village hall reception in a nearby village and can't wait to put our stamp on it.

It's nice to see another Somerset bride to be!

Hello fellow somerseterrr lol

Where in somerset are u? hows the wedding prep going? are u getting a catering company for food in your village hall? im just contacting catering companies to get prices if we were to use the local village hall.

how exciting for you may this year exciting times

May2012bride your wedding is the day after mine :-D I'm Friday 25th May. Only difference to me here is I'm kinda going civil :-)

MrsStobe13 x

Hello!

I am also in Bristol but getting married in Oxfordshire! Doing all of the planning myself but using a lot of contacts to get things done. Got my invites designed and am hoping to get them sent out at the end of this month, got the honeymoon booked last week and finalised menu with caterers. Still got soooo much to do any no time to do it as just started a new job and I have to be up north for training for the next 3 weeks so trying to cajole OH into helping, starting to feel like a horrendous version of DTTB though so can't wait to come home and fix all his c*ck ups! Hehe!

All this and finally starting to try to lose weight (maybe a bit late!) well done to all you sensible people who are doing this in advance!

Bristol is great for getting stuff done though, got a fab lady doing alterations in Kingswood and shall be popping to Bridezilla in Keynsham soon for last accessories and bits.

MrsStobe13 - how exciting! I think our weekend is a popular one for weddings.

Hairdresser_joy - I'm getting married near Somerton. I currently live in Hampshire though but my parents still live there and so we go back most weekends to see family and sort out the wedding prep. Where abouts are you? We are using a catering company based in Bridgwater for our food - she is doing a 2 course sit down meal (our starter will be canapes which a family friend will be doing) and evening cheese buffet for us. Have you decided what sort of food you want?

The time is flying by, I can't beleive it is just over 3 months now. Still feel like I have loads to do!

Hope everyone elses wedding plans are coming along well. It is really good to know there are other Somerset brides out there! x

Welcome!

Another Bristol bride here - getting married in Frome in 63 days! I'm from the states so I have about 50 people coming over - it's going to be a big family reunion... so excited!

It's been a bit hard doing the planning on my own - all my family and friends are across the pond but I have some great girlfriends at work - just not quite the same. You'll love hitched! I've actually only started using the forum regularly in the last month but wish I had been taking advantage of it from the beginning!

I can't believe how close it is! Had my hair and makeup trial yesterday. Makeup was great...Hair not so much. Think we're going to need a round two! Most things are sorted now... just a few more things to do and lots of the little details for the day.

I'm doing a kettlebell fitness class after letting things slip a bit at the holidays ? I'm really enjoying it - it's a great stress reliever - but I decided if I don't lose tons of weight I'm okay with that. I am pretty happy with my body (even though I'm at least a stone heavier than I should be!) and so is my OH and my dress fits great. I want to be healthier but I am who I am so I am not going to worry if I'm not the 'perfect' size on the day!

Good luck and don't be afraid to ask us ladies everything and anything!

I'm another Bristolian - getting married in June 2013 so still have quite a long way to go. Sending out save-the-dates this week, and then (I'm told) there's nothing to do for six months. I'll spend that time doing zumba and eating nothing but lettuce (yeah right) in an effort to lose about two stone.

I have been reasonably calm so far but I'm sure I will get a bit Bridezilla later on. I've been making OH watch Don't Tell The Bride & Bridezillas so I appear more rational when I'm throwing my hissy fits.

Crikey pokarekareana, I'm a May bride and even I'm not that far ahead! I've got health beserk though and (try) to work out every day. Like your OH, mine has had to endure hours of DTTB, Bridezillas, Four Weddings and anything else weddingy I can find! Mind you.. At the start of the idea he has more ideas and inspirations thn I did! Our venue is a golf course, soo we want it to feel quite elegant, relaxed and casual.

MrsStobe13 x

Yay more locals hello allllllll

well had a brilliant wedding prep day been emailing our vicar and we now have our draft wedding service with the hymns choosen and in place and the readings. So that now means i can make a start on designing our order of service yay loving it.

Also have the hymns all typed up and put in a nice border so i can print them out and send with the invites (which im told i should'nt send till next year which is fine as i still have to make them all lol) that way the guests will have no reason not to be filling the church with song.

Also a member of my OH's family phoned us to say she would like to pay for our wedding cake so all we have to do is choose one.

really has been a good day

Another Bristol Bride here!! I'm the 21st July 2013..

I'm trying to watch what i eat now and doing Zumba and DVD videos too... We have most of our stuff sorted we've booked the Venue, DJ, Photographer, decoration lady and I've started buying bits of I've seen them like sweet jars, bubbles.

I'm hoping to book the suits in April and the registrar I can't book until July! Like some of you I've been watching pretty much anything to do with Weddings on TV and i'm looking forward to watching the DTTB Proposal and Valentine Special tonight!!

Hope your all ok!

Hello fellow locals

how are the wedding preps going? anyone going to any wedding fairs? im hopefully going to one on march 3rd in Wells. altough this will be me going alone as partner is working and dont really have any friends who's into the wedding thing.

i hate waiting!!! cant even send my save the date cards yet as far to early? patience is not my strong suit! lol

I've thought about going to wedding fairs - I can't decide if it's a good idea or not. Has anyone been to any? Are they useful? I've seen that there are quite a few on around Bristol in the coming months.

I'm really complex..... I live in Reading, originally from Bristol, getting married this September in Churchill, Somerset :-). Planning it all on my own!

x

I'm back!! But briefly, cos I'm having a cuppa then off to paint our bathroom (whoever did it last time seems to have opted for a Bristol Rovers/Chelsea theme, eurgh!).

No real news here, H2B and I went and had a look at Berwick Lodge in Henbury on Saturday. Very nice building but the staff weren't great and there was a 50% hidden charge! The website says they hold civil ceremonies for £500, what they don't tell you is that it doesn't include the hire of the little building they are held in, which costs an additional £250! The guy that welcomed us offered us drinks, all dressed butler-like, he served the gentleman first. Isn't that poor entertaining?! I thought butlers were supposed to serve the lady first (maybe it's just me?). Finally, the woman who showed us around had to leave us pretty quickly. Considering we'd made an appointment to view the venue, they lost our business when we were abruptly told she had to leave to do something else!

Off of that one though, we're off to look at Blaise House Museum a week today. There's woodlands with rivers and bridges and acres of green grass, perfect for photos! It's where we used to hang out right at the start of our relationship, so it seemed like somewhere else we should investigate. The hire of the room is only about £350 for 2 hours as well, bargain!

MrsStobe13 x

Hey all i thought id get this up and running again. Anyone new in somerset getting married? im getting married august 31st! 240 days togo!!!

Hi

I can now say I am a Bristol Bride to be!

Have worked at lots of venues in the South West.

I am in Wiltshire, so not far off!

Hello all,

Another Somerset bride here from Taunton getting married 22nd June 2013 ?

Yay some more Bristol and Somerset brides!

Hello!

Another Bristol Bride to be!!

I'm a Somerset bride! Getting married just outside Taunton on 29th June 2013! Not long to go now!

Pleased to see some other local brides!

How us everyone's plans going???

Hello everyone, I'm a Bristol bride getting married in 3 weeks!!

Planning is all done, just a few last minute bits to sort out like making the seating plan and a trip to Ikea for lots of candles!

Great to see so many other local Brides, hope ur all getting on well with planning your big day!!

We must all come back and share pictures - others might get some ideas of suppliers etc...xxx

Hey ladies,

Don't s'pose any of you can recommend a good DJ? Preferably one that isn't too "dated" haha and someone who will play our playlist? We're not getting married 'til next year but I am really stumped on this one!

Your getting married the weekend after me Where about's in Taunton are you getting married? I live in Taunton but getting married on the outskirts of Wellington and marquee reception.

Future media are fab! We were going to have them but having a live band instead and they are doing a dj set before the band play. Were going to have both but sadly over our budget then

Brilliant, thank you, will check tme out. Looking for a DJ who can play lots of indie and 90s music!

Hiya!

i live in Bristol but am marrying in Buckinghamshire. Just wanted to say hi tho :-)

hope everyone is enjoying the planning!