July 2011 Brides......"Where you at!?"

We dont have much left to do (famous last words)

Rings still need sorting

Vows, music, readings

Menus/seating plan

Underwear

Thankyou gifts

Not much here to do:

1. decide on readings

2. buy underwear

3. find table number holders

4. buy sweets for sweetie table

5. pay everything off when needed

6. buy gift for my dad (struggling with this one)

7. wait for the big day!!

Just the little bits really that cant do till have next meetings and few bits to buy:

1. Confirm hymns and readings at marraige classes

2. Meet with photographer again to discuss photos we would like

3. Follow up mtg at hotel

4. Hair trial

5. Buy present for best man and my parents (rest sorted)

6. Suit and dress fittings

7. honeymoon and hen weekend clothes!!

8. Table plans, order of service, menus, place cards to make.

Theres probably more!

I dont want to write down what i need to do...... [:'(]

1.) Bridesmaids shoes & FG's shoes & socks

2.) Bridesmaids/Grooms man Gifts

3.) Table names(having LOVE in different languages but i haven't sorted them yet?, Place names & Seating plan (4 more photoframes to buy)

4.) Choose music

5.) Confirm Vows, Promises and readings.

6.) Complete Invitations for day guests and start evening ones..Place cards etc.

7.) Have my Hair & Makeup Trial

8.) Order my cake (M&S)

9.) Order Grooms/man suits

10.) Make thank you cards/ Gift bags

11.) Sort my underwear and buy some for h2b

12.)Fill out H2b's groom book and buy his gufts.

13.) Meet the tog

14.) Complete the painting on wooden signs, and do the ton of DIY little bits i want to do...*sigh*

15.) Kids favour bags & teddybear hunt.

Need to meet hairdresser and have hair trial
Buy rings - going in two weeks
Order suits to hire
Send out evening RSVPs but cant do that until day time ones are all back
Place name cards/seating plan - cant do until RSVPs are all back

That's about it!

Just ordered flowers and bridesmaid dresses. My dress doesnt arrive until 6 weeks before the wedding.

How is everyone doing? Ive just looked at my wedding calender and i have one appointment nearly every week for next 8 weeks!! So excited!

Ive got photographer meeting, reverand meeting to finalise service, dress fitiing, hair fitting, make up trial, meet the organist, meeting at the hotel and my hen weekend in 6 weeks!!

x

Haven't been on here much recently! Just don't seem to have much time.

Still to do:

1.Suits

2. Table plan and name cards.

3. Decide on music and vows.

3. Gifts for best man and 2 ushers.

4. Jewellery for me.

5. Hair clips

And that's it i think.....i hope!

Oh choose the menu, but i don't see that as a job lol

Still got to pay balance for flowers, cake and suits, buy wedding party gifts, by necklace earings, bracelet and side tiara, order favors, garter, post box, print off menu's (cant do until after the menu tasting on the 20th may) sort out play list, have hair trial and order wish tree, and lots of other bits and peices!

Order the cake/cup cakes (mum to decorate the cupcakes)

Buy grooms shoes (and find some he likes first!)

Get all the cufflinks engraved

Do the order of service

Confirm catering numbers

Order the ice

Pay for and pick up the rings

Buy ballet shoes for the flower girls

Order the favours

Write the place cards and finish off the table plan etc (mum is doing this - phew!)

Pay for all the other things on order

Choose entrance and exit music

Have my fittings and collect the dress etc

Make the flower girl necklaces and also a necklace each for my mum and MIL2B as a thank you... and make a thank you piece of jewellery for the MOH and other bridesmaid for arranging the hen do.

Buy final part of H2B's wedding present

Finalise mens suit hire (sizes etc) and collect 1 week before the weeding

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH only 11 weeks to go!!

Hey girls

I am getting on well been off the last two weeks so done a few things.

Still to

get bridesmaid dress (going tomo)

have second hair trial

choose music

sort out rsvps and table plan

get gifts for bridal party etc

buy underwear

buy flower girl shoes and cardies

make up kids packs

Hi all

Havent been on here for a while.

Only things left to sort are:

Print place cards, print table names, print seating plan, pay for everything and have final meeting with venue.

That's about it.

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Have little niggly bits to do now!

1.thank you gifts for dads (struggling!!)

2. dress fittings

3. OH shoes

4. My shoes (doing Wednesday)

5. send evening invites

6. book honeymoon

7. 2 page boys outfits (last minute as 2yr olds grow overnight!)

Lots more but its all I can think of ATM x

My days ticker is at 73-Getting v scary!

I have just looked and I have 97 days left to go! Not sure how that happened?!

My list is:

Accessory for my hair

Hair trial

Pay for things

Little BM shoes

Thank you gifts

Make up trial/lessons

Facials

Uhm, that's it I think? How are you girls feeling? I keep getting little butterflies every time I think of it. Like now, for example! x

Glad to see I seem to be at aboout the same stage as everyone else! Still got;

1. Hair and Makeup trial - this Saturday

2. BM shoes (again this Saturday)

3. BM dress fittings

4. Still waiting for my dress to arrive and have fittings!

5. Not even sure what I'm doing with underwear?!?

6. Make table seating plan, favour labels and little stationary bits and bobs

7. Meet venue again for last minute details

8. Finalise flowers etc

9. Meet TOG

10. Pay lots of things off

11. Meet DJ, choose a first dance (we're so indecisive!)

12. Seating plan

13. Best man/Usher gifts

14. Kids bags

...eek sounds like a lot now! Haha... oh well still got a while to go yet!

edit: Not much left now just final dress fittings and DJ song choices

Not much... but looking at the list below... ?

1. My dress - yet to arrive (estimating mid to late May)

2. Bridesmaid dress/shoes/accesories - to be sorted in June

3. Wedding stationeries design - by this week!!!

4. Pre wedding photo - late June

5. Main course to decide

6. Getting my ear pierced for the earings - hopefully done in a week or two

7. Bestman/BM gift

8. Seating plan/place card - June/July

9. Hair & Make up trial ??? Not sure if I have the time to do it! (lol) Scheduled for 27 June

10. My underwear - June

11. Wedding ring - May June - Ordered

12. Hens night - June

13. LOSE 1 STONE!!! - will start doing Jillian Michael 30 27days shread in June!!!

Hope my "June" schedule is not too tight!

*Updated 25 May 2011*

**Updated 21 June 2011**

Hi Girls!

Right, lets see what i can cross off my list!


1.) Bridesmaids shoes (did have them but are to big for one BM and cant return them as i've had them to long so my mum and me are having them hehe)
2.) Bridesmaids/Grooms man Gifts
3.) Table names, Place names, Seating plan Order of the Day & Favours
4.) Choose music
5.) Confirm Vows, Promises
6.) Complete Menu & RSVP insert for invites
7.) Buy Hair Accessories for BM
8.) Have my Hair & Makeup Trial
9.) Confirm Cake Design (They know i want a 4 tier Heart shaped cake in White, but didnt give them any more details at the time)
10.) Confirm Flowers
11.) Buy sweets for favours
12.) Book Honeymoon (18.06.2011, 6 Weeks before)
13.) Menu Cards
14.) CD's for guests pictures
15.) Get ER Cleaned
16.) Take BM's Dresses back to be steamed


I'm also waiting for BM & my dress to come in which hopefully will be over the next few weeks...then there will be alterations


Hmmmmm not much done!

Best get cracking!!

**Updated 27th June**

Woohoo my dress is finally in the shop (been waiting since September) so going next Wednesday for my first fitting.

got my hen this coming weekend, very excited.

Just need to burn all our music playlists onto discs and pay all the final payments for everything and print off the name cards

Please cross everything for me that my dress fits next week!!

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Ohhh fingers crossed CSayer!!

I woke up this morning with horrible dress wobbles :-( feeling pretty low today & i just think to myself stop been so silly!! I tried it on in a size 14 & they put bull dog clips on the back to tighten it around me so i could see how it fit & when i tried my dress on it didnt look the same, think its the hips im more worried about than anything!

Samantha didnt you add a picture the other day of you in your dress? I remember thinking how lovely you looked! I have same feelings though but im sure you fell in love with the dress for a reason x

To do:

1. meet with Registrar

2. buy page boy suit

3.pick up dress from seamstress

4. sit back, relax and wait to become a Mrs.

Have little niggly bits to do now!

1.thank you gifts for dads (struggling!!)

2. dress fittings - had 1!

3. OH shoes

4. My shoes (doing Wednesday)

5. send evening invites

6. book honeymoon

7. 2 page boys outfits (last minute as 2yr olds grow overnight!)

Lots more but its all I can think of ATM x

My days ticker is at 73-Getting v scary!

ETA. The days ticker is now at 44 days! Where did those 30 days go??!!

Thanks, i do love the dress just worried its not as nice as i remember, plus i dont think i like the hoop think maybe a petticoat would be better?! ill be ok once i go for my final fitting ?

Ladies!!

I'm not sure if anyone else has realised but we are all officially getting married NEXT MONTH!!

Argh!!! ?

I said the exact same thing this morning ?

Still to do for me .......

1) find grooms shoes

2) order everyones drinks (doing a slightly different drinks package)

3) find a bracelet for me and necklaces for bms

4) have hair trial.

5) buy bridal party gifts

6) finalise flowers (beginging of july)

7) last dress fitting.

Now everything is paid off i can finally relax a little as these are only little things left to do x

I'm a bit gutted my ticker stills says 2 months today!

Was looking forward to 1 month 4 weeks 2 days!

You'll all be glad to hear I've finally made some progress and even have a list: lots of stuff made and sat safely on computer just to be be printed!

Print and make Place Cards

print menu

print guest book sign

Print Table names

Table plan

make fudge

make favours

email photographer

pay photographer

venue seating plan

Venue ceremony plan

Confirm final details with venue

post box

pay venue

pay cake

book hair and make up trial

buy jewellery

but hair items

buy underwear

get page boy suit

cousin Present

uncle Present

Mother Presents

dad present

get dress altered and cleaned

check BM dresses fit

music playlists

book brothers room

collect suits

flowers-everything to do with them, OH mum is doing so just need to decide

bag up each table bits

BM and usher presents

OH- write speech

list of shots for photographers

honeymoon toiletries

pack for honeymoon

print reading

honeymoon money

visa's flower girl shoes and hair

goody bags for kids

possible boudoir shoot

It will all be fine!!! Sure missed some bits! Only stressy bit is waiting for bridesmaid dresses to arrive to check they are ok

How random, after made this post, my ticker updated!! thankyou ticker gods for listening to my prayer! hehe

Currently sh*tting myself! 1 month to the date tomorrow!

Had first dress fitting last nite

Final BM fitting next wk

final florist meeting next wk

teeth whitening next wk

table plans - being made by Hib Paper Doll. May only be one line on here but I bet its takes a whole wkend to sort!

Name place cards

Flower girl present

order of service to confirm & get printed

decide wording for charity favour cards

OH needs to get all the men on the wedding presents

Gettin injection this Friday for honeymoon

Mum needs to book make up trial - she has very sensitive skin so defo needs that first

need to get mum & dad posh hotel voucher - want to wait till closer to the time so that its well dated for them

need some wee thing for the bridesmaids as well....ive already got them their shoes & jewellery & a wine glass charm but need sthing else

Erm, crikey just noticed my tracker = 15 days to go!!!

I've done absolutely everything and so can relax until the big day now! ?

How's everyone else doing?

Here's my list of things to do;

Make up the favour bags

Send emails out letting guests know that there's been a change of route to the venue and that confetti is allowed!

Print off a nice photo of me and Sam for our guest book/post box table

Send a confirmation email to;

Photographer

Venue decorator

Flower lady

Pick up my dress and have the hem taken up a little

Gift-wrap the wedding-party gifts

And that is it!

Still to do with 16 days to go...

1.) FG's socks

2.) Bridesmaids—Sam Tiffany Bracelet. Hankies for dad. Phot frame for M, Wrap all presents.

3.) Table names(having LOVE in different languages but i haven't sorted them yet?, Place names & Seating plan, Menu’s & Table Names. (ring caterer for menu wording)

4.) Place cards, menu’s, Table names

5.) Sort my underwear.

6.) Fill out H2b's groom book and buy his gifts…….Birthday gifts…Watch?

8.) Photo’s list of shots we want.

9.) Complete the painting on wooden signs, and do the ton of DIY little bits i want to do...*sigh*

10.) Teddy bear hunt,

11) Print off photo’s for picture boards.

12) Make up wine glass charms/Pass the parcel

13) Collect 30 more t-cups.

14) Buy my nephews b'day pressie.

Not that much really i guess......!!

I've just been going through this one....its worth getting a list from the internet of wedding photo lists makes it alot easier !! ?

I don't know if I want to list everything...............well here it goes

* Underwear for the day

* Gifts for FOG, MOB, FOB and ushers

* Shoes for flowergirl

* Buy miniature whisky favours (these are to match the whisky table names)

* Buy foam roses to decorate the artifical topiary trees at hotel

* Final meeting with venue coordinator next week and pay final balance

* Confirm harpist music

* Confirm and pay balance for florist, coach company and chair cover hire

* Finish table plan

* Buy stuff for childrens activity bags

* Buy a few more decorative things

* Pay cake lady

* Waiting for wedding rings being made

* Chase some evening rsvps

* HAVE MY HENNY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!

You know this is the first time in months I've actually written down what I still have to do, I've always been too scared. I'm sure there's more I've forgotten.