Sept Brides - hows the planning going?

So far I have:

given notice, bought my dress (not had it altered tho yet), bought place cards, sent the Save the Dates, booked the reception, booked the cars, booked the honeymoon (dad did it as a treat), sorted the chair covers and organised insurance

think that's all........

Sounds like you both are full swing into the planning. It is so exciting isn't it? Enjoy the coming months. Things will become more hectic but try to sit back and enjoy the process. It's half the fun! Good luck!

KCW

I did a load of planning & sorting yesterday! All my paperwork/ideas are finally in order in a folder. I'm glad I went through it all as I realised that I have to pay 25% to the venue in March! I also need to ring & book an appointment to give notice of marriage sharpish! Also on my list for the next few days is to book appointments with the florist & the dress shop where my fave dress so far resides & email the venue about a few bits.

I've done a lot but there still seems to be shed loads more to book/sort/buy!!

Venue for reception is booked, as is the regstry office. We went to give our notice on the Friday befor Christmas and can collect our marriage license from Monday! we will probably go and get it Friday though as DP works from home that day so can slip out and pick it up.

We know who our caterer is but need to pay them a visit and finalise costs (he's a friend with a catering business) sometime this month. We've also asked a friend who is a professional photographer to do our photography. Oh and my mum is making our cake - she did a practice one as a Christmas cake.

Im off to try wedding dresses on tomorrow with one of my bridesmaids. If I could get that sorted I'd bemuch, much happier!

Hey im also a Sept bride and got our big things sorted- venue, cars, dresses for me and bridemaids, registrar and the hen and stag do's are now booked!!

Next thing to look into is the florist then look into making our invites. What dates are everyone? I'm 7th

I'm the 8th :-) getting married at Northcote House, Sunningdale Park

I get married on the 20th.

So far I've booked the venue, registrar & photographer. I've designed & paid for my cake. Our wedding rings have been made, I got them just before Christmas. I've sent out Save the Dates & the same woman is doing my invites. I've chosen a design for the bridesmaid dresses, have found a dress maker & have put a deposit on some material. I haven't really gotta sort transport as my friend's hubby is taking the OH to the venue in his BMW & I'm being taken in a friend's Jag. The bridesmaids are gettting themselves there (they offered!) It's a one way 4 mile journey down country lanes so it seems like a waste to pay out hundreds on fancy cars that no-one will really see! I've booked an appointment with a lady I met at a wedding fayre for Wednesday to discuss flowers, centre pieces & chair covers. I've decided on my favours & just need to get another 2 quotes to make sure the price I've got is good! I've taken out insurance. I've booked my main hen weekend in Magaluf. My Sis is being left to sort the one nighter in this country! I've found a dress I love & I'm going to book another appointment at the shop this week. I'm going to try on some stuff from a new collection they're getting in but I think that I've already found 'the one'!! My friend is doing my make up free of charge & I'm hoping she'll do a few of my bridesmaids as well.

I still need to give notice of marriage, finalise my guest list & table plan, decide what I'm having accessories & hair style wise, find out how much my hairdresser will charge to curl all my bridesmaids' hair, buy shoes & hair accessories for them, buy a dress & shoes for my 2 year old Daughter who's flower girl, decide who is going to be my 2nd witness, choose all the music for the ceremony, sort a playlist for the evening reception & lose another 3 stone!!!

Is this September 2013?

congrats ladies hope ur plannings going well,

I'm getting married on the 28th, already got kids so will have them as pageboys

done it all backwards aha.

Just had another November gone so I sort of left planning for a while and am coming back with a vengeance, lol.

So far,

picked m.o.h, and bridesmaids.

flowergirl,

booked church,

venue and paid deposit,

picked menu , need to confirm though.

booked photographer,

got dj,

got hairdresser,

bridemaid bouquets (under construction I'll post them later)

flowergirl kissing ball,

made and sent out 'save the date' cards

bought invite kit. (if any of you live in doncaster go to the works in lakeside)

bought an oil painting pad to make my own guestbook,

fake butterflies,

purple ribbon.

Erm, thats it I think.

Still need dress, bm dresses , suits, my bouquet, button holes, shoes, pageboy suits, favours, transport, table plan, centrepieces , doing our own decoration.

Date twin! I am also the 7th, 8 months today!!

7th Sept here too!

Thus far, have sorted:

Guest list
Reception venue- paid deposit
Registry office and given notice
Cake (have an appointment @ end of Jan for tasting! YUM!)
Honeymoon (dad)
Hair (friend)
Make up (sister)
Photographer (OH's cousin)
Table linen & napkins (OH's auntie who's handy with a sewing machine!)
Wedding night hotel (mum)
Band for reception (brother)
Hen weekend
Save the dates (sent)
Invitations (have been liaising with the person making them; going to pay at end of month and send out in March)

To do:

Dress, shoes, etc.... ☹️
Rings
Bridesmaid dresses
Flowers, decs, etc for the venue. Have loads of ideas; just have to pull my finger out and start making / buying them!

Not much to do then, I guess! Thank you- this list has actually made me feel a lot better about the whole thing! ?

These sites are so addictive I've been on all morning, lol.

good luck on your planning all of you.

Hey ? We're getting done on 28th Sept, booked venue, regsitrar, bought dress, got TOG, booked band, invites done, STD's sent, half done kiddie activity packs, half bought sweetie table bits, flowergirl dress bought, shoes got - aaaaand breath!!

Made appt for florist Monday as I was trying to make my own brooch bouquet but realised last night that I dont actually like it ☹️

Still need to sort menu, mens wear, honeymoon, but not too much really!!

Actually starting to worry that it'll all look ridiculous! Anyone else feel the same?!

I know I was thinking that today - ARGH scary when its said like that esp when I realise how much we still need to pay oops

I know what you mean! We've got quite a strong 'theme' so I'm worried it's just going to look tacky once it's all pulled together.

Although, in all honesty, I don't really care if it does...all being well, I'll be too drunk to notice!! ?

Hi Ladies

September 6th for me!!!

So far not alot

Given notice

Booked registrar

Booked venue (all in same place)

decided no cars as were staying there

Ordered dress

got DJ (someone we know)

Uncle doing photos

thats about it!! Oh bought my shoes yesterday, just randomly while out shopping. My mum bought us a guestbook but its a bit boring (should be grateful i know) but might change it. And i think my mum said she had booked our friend for chair covers will have to double check that. Im very laid back. Cant decide on a colour theme!!

We're getting married 21st Sept.

Have sorted so far...church, church choir, venue, menu, dj, band, transport, TOG, flowers (Mum is doing pew ends and two displays, florist is doing buttonholes, and bouquets), deposit paid on my dress, shoes for the day, cake (Wonderful mum again), cake topper, centre pieces, frame for table plan, invites designed but not printed yet, hair and make-up trial booked, diet plan - two stone lost.

Yet to sort...print invites, personalised converse trainers for evening, flip flops to give away, baskets for flip flops and confetti, get confetti petals, arrange OoS and design OoS, favours contents and their boxes with tags, place names, design table plan, bridesmaid dress, flower girl dresses, teddies in place of flowers for flower girls, men's suits, wedding rings for us both, accessories for me and bridesmaid, gifts for everyone, diet plan - to loose another two stone.

Ooh date twin doddy!

god asif you have your dress you're so organised!

I'm making my own guestbook atm I'll how that project disaster turns out.

I'm a bit stressed atm my bridesmaids seem to all hate each other for various reason, cue muggins here being caught in the middle ☹️

I understand this. We're not having a theme as such so I don't have that to think about. Probably the opposite, infact. I worry everything will look a bit random and like a mismatch!

September 1st for me.

We've booked the venue, hotels, sorted videographer and photographer (family friends), ordered (silk) bouquets, bought table decorations, bought my dress and ordered shoes to try when I go for dress fitting, bought my jewelry and tiara, bought gifts for the ushers and best man, put in the cake order with OH's work colleague and yesterday bought the bridesmaid dresses! It seems like a lot but there's loads more to do....

I don't feel like we've done a lot, but did quite a few things last year:

Booked venue (same place all day), booked bedrooms at venue, booked registrar, given notice, booked photographer, got bridesmaid dresses, OH has sorted out what suits to hire but still need to get measurements.

To do: my dress (getting a high street one so no time pressure), choose menus (venue should have new menus ready at end of Jan), sort out cake (getting M&S one so no rush), book DJ, sort our hair, buy new make up, save money to pay for all of the above!

It sounds like everyone is doing well! I'm seeing a lady about flowers, centre pieces & chair covers tonight! I'm also going to my venue tomorrow to meet the new events co-ordinator & run through my booking. Soooo excited!

I would love to see flashes of all your ideas/themes ladies. I'll post some pics later from home

Hi!

September 13th for us! So far have got sorted: venue (same place all day), registrar, rings, florist, photographer, cake, centrepieces, my dress, my shoes, honeymoon booked, invitations, info cards and RSVPs, DJ, caterers and I have a provisional booking with a hairdresser. He's got his stag do booked, and the location for my hen has been decided so just stressing chasing people for money so it can actually be booked!

I thought that I'd pretty much done it all but when I sat down and thought about it today I realised there is still a ridiculous amount of stuff to do! Starting to feel a little overwhelmed - anyone else??

Have you all got wedding insurance? That's something else that H2B keeps bringing up!

Before Christmas I felt all calm because I could think well its not til next year, but now that its this year I feel a little neurotic! Haha.

Lauren

Hi Lauren

I was the same when I sat down with my Sis last Friday & sorted through everything & wrote lists! Once the excitement died down a bit I felt a bit anxious about all that's left to do!

Yes I have sorted my insurance. It was only £28 for very decent cover. I think the company was called ESL but I'm not 100% sure!

Hi ladies

I'm 14th September and soooo excited. I have actually a thread going on thefrot page at the mo with Flashes so feel free to have a butcers.

Done:

Venue (everything all day is there)

Chair Sash's, table crystals, centre pieces, favour boxes

Flowers

My dress

My Jimmy Choo's :-D

My jewllery

Bridesmaid's dresses

Given Notice

Booked TOG

Booked hair dresses

Dad's a printer and sorting out invites - will just have to pretty them up

Bought my ring

DJ

Previous night stay in hotel suit to get ready in

Insurance

To Do:

OH's ring

Mens Suits

Page boys suits - although can't order until closer to the time as they keep growing!!

Presents

Make Up artist

Guest book of some sort - My frient is very artistis so might get her to make me something

Think thats about it really. Everyone else seems really organised too x

Hello everyone, mine is 14th September 2013 ?.

So far we have:

* Church booked

* Venue booked

* Chair covers booked

* DJ booked

* Menus booked (this is with the venue, we need to sample our menu over the next few months or so)

* Accommodation booked

* Dress bought, first dress fitting tomorrow, yay

* Bridesmaids dresses sorted

* Suits booked, need to choose which specific ones we want on Friday

* Flowers booked (done this yesterday)

* Cars booked

* Photographer booked

* Shoes bought

* Table name holders bought

* Veil/Tiara bought

* Hair/Make-Up artist chosen (sending my cheque tomorrow)

* We've chosen our wedding bands and are buying them on Friday, yay

We still need to:

* Choose our cake

* Wedding favours (these are kind of done, just need to finalise)

* Invitations

* Table Plan

* Thank you gifts

* Guestbook

* Jewellery

* Honeymoon

I'm 6th Sept too! havent done much, booked church & venue, got bridesmaids dresses, been dress shopping for me but not found 'the one' yet. Trying to find a band at the mo! Meeting a photographer next week (friends dad) and doing my own flowers :-)

Happy plannig September Girls!!

x

Ooh some brides with the same date!! Just under 8months for us! Finally picked a colour theme after finding gorgeous dresses in dusky pink. Anyone on any fb groups, I joined one recently found it quite handy but all the dates are very separate so wouldn't mind a September one too x

Oh god I'm even more scared now, you are all so organised compared to me.

I booked the cake the other day just need to pay the deposit.

Did anyone else find trying to catch the wedding co-ordinator at hotels a right ball-ache? answer the damn phone!

off topic=I'm getting some caramel highlight s today wahey! get rid of this mangey blacky colour

I generally email my Wedding Co-ordinator but she answers the phone most times I ring! How did your hair go?

I found my florist at a Wedding Fayre at our venue. She came round last week & OMG she's amazing! She was so helpful & passionate & interested. She's also helping me with decorations for the top table, cake table & post box table as well as doing part of my centre pieces & all my flowers. She's doing a Wedding Fayre on Sunday & is using the flowers she's exhibiting to make up samples of everything I'm having on my Wedding day! I'm meeting her at my venue on Tuesday to look at them & can't wait!

I have also sorted my invitations & booked an appointment to give Notice of Marriage

Sounds like we're all getting there! When are your Hen do's and whats the plan! We are going to Reims in France in June, I chose the location and the rest is up to the my MOH and 2 bridesmaids. SO excited :-)