july/august 2010 brides

Hiya!

I'm thinking about table decoration..... you and I chatted about these earlier today!!

Also thinking about buying my veil but stuck as to where to get it from

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Hiya

This week I am going to be looking at florists

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We are starting to look at rings & honeymoons, Also starting to look at flowergirl dresses and need to email the florist about adding on something for FG.

I'm looking at flowers at the moment, specifically looking for some tall white and green centrepieces, maybe with a little blue in..........it's taking a while!

Hiya girls. thanks for giving me a bit of a nudge. rings is a good idea zippy, h2b has his sorted but i havnt got mine yet, i only having a plain gold band, so maybe i should go buy it. its 1 of them things that altho i know havnt got around to getting. im also looking to get centrepieces dorted out. iv been quoted 35 pounds per table by the florist and i just duno if my budget can stretch. wats everyone else paying per centrepiece? i seriously might think about making my own, but is that just an added stress i can do without? cant decide really x

I'm quite lucky in the respect that my venue supplies the flower centrepieces- they have about 10 different styles to choose from; you pick and then give them the colour you want and they make them (well their florist supplier makes them). So I will be making my choice in november when my venue have the wedding fayre and the supplier showcases them.

My MIL2B's friend is doing our flowers, and has said £25 for a posy and we can talk about anything bigger. We're only having 4 tables and top table though, so it seems a bit more reasonable then. If we were having 10 or something I think we would have to rethink!

Hi Chocoholic Claire,

sounds like we are aiming for the same thing in centre pieces (although i am a June 2010 bride) so if you get any great pics etc, I would love it if you could share!

Thanks ?

Hi hkj, I'll certainly share if I find any! Have you tried project wedding? There are lots of pictures on there, just a case of having the patience to look through them all!

At the moment i am aiming to get bridesmaids dresses and accessories, wedding rings, honeymoon and groomsmen suits sorted by christmas!

Well that's the plan anyway!

My main aim at the moment is bridesmaids dresses and going to give notice in mid Oct. Have any of you done this yet? What kind of questions do they ask you? Hope its nice & easy!

Hi all, im getting married in August 2010, and at the moment things seem pretty sweet (although i dont want to tempt fate!!) we have almost everything sorted and lots of deposits paid already some things are already paid in full.

We gave our notice on the 21st September, its quite formal but thats due to the legalities.

Im going for my first lot of wedding dress measurements on 19th December.

I do seem to have hit a lull at the moment too now though so am throwing myself into the organisation of my hen weekend, im having a pamper weekend at the ocean hotel and spa at Bognor regis resort!!

Lotsof love to you all x

Hi all

Well as most of you know I've recently ordered my dress, next on our list is booking the honeymoon and then sorting the bridesmaids outfits - it sounds bad but I really can't be bothered with that, just think it's going to be such a headache! ?

My CBM is sorting out my main hen weekend but I want to arrange a day at the races too so that anyone who isn't coming to the main one can come to that.

A very close friend is making my tiara so now that I've chosen my dress we'll need to meet up and talk about ideas for that.

Don't think rings will take us long, we both have a pretty good idea of what we want so will probably do that nearer the time.

Have already given notice - was really quick for us, just in and out really! They just asked us for all our details and we signed a few bits and that was it, sorted.

I've booked my florist but will probably wait till the new year to meet up and talk about specifics, as I want to have my colour scheme confirmed by then and hopefully that will be sorted once we've done the bridesmaid dresses! Then I will look into cakes, favours and all the little bits like that - oh and H2B will have to start looking at suits.

Hello Ladies,

At the weekend we picked a cake & also got all the table centre pieces sorted. The cake is being made by a friend of h2b's family she has her own cake shop so we went there for a look round on Saturday & she had a table all set up with fish bowls on it with lillies wrapped round the inside of the fish bowls for centre pieses which looked fab & she said we could use all that stuff for our Wedding if we wanted so we were really chuffed.

The next thing on the list is shopping for fabric for the bm dresses in Oct or Nov, my friend is making the bm dresses.

Hi, we get married in August 2010, and gave notice last week, you will need your birth certificate, passport, and a bill proving your address, they ask you a few questions together and then split you up and interview each of you on your own while you/ he remains outside!!, not a nice experience so good luck!!? ( takes about an hour!!)

Bridetobehaha

Bride to be you experience was very different to ours although mine was horrible due to a horrible lady regista putting her nose into things she shouldnt it was a very swift experience we both went into the room together and gave address details, showed passports and gave our address, fathers occupation, DOB etc all in all 10 minutes!!

K x

Ours was a bit like bridetobehaha's but the register was lovely.

Anyone got anything to flash? I'm sat at work, and need something to keep my mind busy, otherwise i am staring at the clock.

Thanks for letting me know about your different experiences, I'll make sure we allow at least an hour & fingers crossed its a nice registrar.

This is what we did aswell but we had to go in one after thr other. I was in there for about 15 minutes & h2b was only in there for about 5 minutes.

Cool, your experience Keelz is even shorter than others. Here's hoping!!

I have had a little lull just recently BUT next on my list...

-Ordering my dress. Have choosen but not 100% on colour. Got to make an appointment for a couple of weeks to go back to shop with my Mum and CBM

-BMs dresses...not finding anything i like so starting to worry a bit!!!

-Giving notice. We have our registrar pencilled in but actually need to go and give notice etc. Got to make an appointment for that too.

-Mum and i are making the centrepieces so really need to go and get some materials to start trying things out!!

Hi Autumn Rose,

I'm finding Bridesmaid dresses harder than I imagined, what are you looking for?

I'm officially back in wedding mode as well. Yesterday it was exactly 11 months to go...wooooohoooo!!

So far I got sorted Photographer (downpayment paid), Piper (downpayment paid), Venue (downpayment paid). Also went for a first look at dresses a couple of months ago and will go towards the end of the months to some other shops to see whats around. Been to two wedding fayres already and going to another this weekend. Once I got my dress sorted, I'll think about the colour scheme and see some florists. OH will go Kilt viewing with his pals in a couple of weeks....and for a 'couple' of drinks after (aye right)

So by the end of the year I want the florist, cake, dress, Kilt sorted.

We apparently im far too organised, this is what I have done so far:

• Venue booked
• Registra booked and given notice
• My dress bought
• 3 BM dresses bought
• Bouquets ordered and buttonholes
• Cars booked
• Photographer booked
• Videographer booked
• Magician and lucky chimney sweeper booked
• Favours planned (cant make them yet, too early)
• Cake sorted as sister sorting it
• Colour scheme sorted
• Suits booked

Think thats is so far! hehe

It's a day late, but I am thinking of going to try on this wedding ring

only £175 from Ernest Jones, Bargain!!

Oh Zippy, that looks soooo much like my engagement ring!!!!! Only OH got it from Crisholm Hunter lol...and it was a bit dearer tehehe, it;s a looovely ring

Love it Zippy!!

Well i think the problem is i'm not 100% sure!!!! My colour scheme is dusky pink and cream so ideally a nice antique pink colour....but that's harder to come by than you think. So i was maybe thinking of a deep gold which wuld go nicely with the whole scheme....

I don't mind full or tea length skirts although i think i prefer tea-length. All the ones i find are just so 'bridesmaidy' which i know sounds ridiculous!!! And it seems to be impossibly to find anything from the high street in the right colour.

Just have to keep searching i guess!!!!

Thats exactly the same problem I'm having. I want lilac chiffon & tea length dresses but like you I can't find the right colour on the high street. I also don't want 'bridesmaidy' dresses, I like shiny dresses but its not what I want. I can get what I want from a bridal store but they are soooooo expensive. I've stumbled across this site http://stylenotesltd.com/Members/MyWishlist.aspx and have found 3 dresses that I realy like that can be custom made & in the colour I decide & for only £50! Trouble is I can't see what the back looks like or feel the fabric so I'm gonna send for a colour swatch so I can check out the material. If I like it I think I'll order 1 dress for 1 of the bridesmaids that a similar size to me & then if we really don't like it as a bridesmaids dress I can always wear it to my friends wedding in may or sell it on ebay.

Good luck with your search

Thanks for the link will have a look.

That sums it up really, i want non-bridesmaidly promy type dresses but in a very bridesmaidy colour.

Good luck with your hunt too !!