Essex Brides

I'm also an Essex bride - we're getting married in Crabbs Barn hello everyone

Hello *waves* oh wow your day is almost here! Exciting times

Omg got so excited when I saw this post. Getting married in Brentwood cathedral next august, and just this week we are trying to finalise a venue. After seeing about 20 we have narrowed it down to either-

Friern manor

Blake hall

Down hall hotel or

Ye olde plough house

All so different cant make up my mind, on second viewings now!!

This thread will be really good to get some info on reliable suppliers.

Hi Shamy!

I'm an Essex bride, marrying at Down Hall on 1st November. I also live 5 mins from, and work 2 mins from Gosfield Hall!

Bridesmaid dresses are at the top of my to do list, oh and RSVPS... I'd like some of them!

Im getting married at The Old Rectory on 31st July. Eek. Still quite a lot to do. Bridesmaid shoes are a bloody nightmare to find and not the got the bouncy castle or garden games sorted yet. Bit worried now as my make up trial is not until June. Seemed like plenty of time but now I see everyone else has theirs far more in advance.

Hey Shamy,

here is a little flash of my bridesmaid dresses...

as you can see the colour scheme is pale pink and the boys are in blue suits so I hope it all comes together!

Anybody else feel free to flash away...love a good flash! ??

Those dresses are gorgeous natalie, they from coast?

Thanks ?

They are from a bridal shop in Kingston but I think Coast have just released some that are very similar!

Oh what lovely venues you are considering! I had brochures for all of them but I finally recycled them over Easter. I absolutely loved Down Hall but we decided it was a little too far away for us. I'm 99% sure we visited Ye Olde Plough House.

Hopefully we can all help each other with that let us know how your second viewings go.

Hi DeeBee! A Down Hall bride how lovely. Ok I have to ask then, is there a particular reason you didn't choose Gosfield? (I'm just hoping it's not anything to do with the service!)

What colour BM dresses are you looking for? My RSVP deadline is tomorrow and I've had about 75% back which isn't bad I suppose.

Don't talk to me about BM dresses what kind of thing are you looking for? Maybe some of us can help? I love a bouncy castle. I'm sure the timing of your trial will be fine, odds are you'll love their work. Who have you gone with?

Colour scheme twin! (Although our groomsmen will be in black). How many BM's are you having?

I have the dresses sorted...tho that was a nightmare too...its the shoes I need now. I have 4 bms,2in grey and 2 in lilac. 1has size 8 wide feet and is tall,1 is short so needs high heel, 1 is only 11 but wants a heel and my 15year old daughter wants flats. Aaaaarrgghhh

Nothing can annoy me today tho as I ordered my memory bouquet brooch last night and have just ordered giant garden games on a really good groupon deal :-D

Sorry I mis-read your original post. That is a very wide collection of shoes! What colour have you decided on? Silver would woke well with those colours I think.

Hi,

I would recommend a visit to savvy cinderella, March, cambs where they have all things wedding under one roof. Sue is so helpful. well worth a visit.

Lynne

Thanks but im south essex so cambs is too far really. Havent decided on colour yet....may ha e the adults in grey and girls in lavender but was also thinking about silver as I agree that would go with both colours.

Have you guys been to any wedding fayres in essex? I went to one at mulberry house on sunday, was really helpful. Found a really good company that personal your wedding ring to fit your engagement. OH really like the man rings too, reasonable prices aswell.

Hi everyone, I'm an Essex bride, getting married at The Lawn in Rochford on the 21st August.

My flowers are being done by Faith Gurel, her Facebook page has lots of examples, I was really impressed with her!

I still need a veil and some shoes and bridesmaid shoes too... Among other things!

Was it alba rose? Picked up our rings from there on saturday. They are stunning.

The brentwood centre fayre is great,especially early on,as its massive and you get lots of info and freebies. We went to one at the lawn on rochford too.....found our florist and cake maker there. Was expecting a small number of stalls but there were lots of suppliers there and it wasnt too busy.

The cliffs pavilion one is also worth doing but it gets really busy and I found it quite stressful

Savethedate....Ooh we are florist twins!!!! Faith is doi ng my flowers too and she has done my invites. I love her.

No it was a company called Coo. When is the brentwood one? Just so happens if I threw a stone from my window I could probably hit the brentwood centre!!

She's great isn't she? She's doing lots of bits for the wedding centre pieces etc... I loved all of her ideas, very creative!

Yes im so pleased I met her.

I think next brentwood one is in sept but they are run by heart essex so it will be on their website.

I'm glad you're pleased with your rings. We have just got a quote from Alba Rose to do my ring and are just waiting on the picture to come through.

Hey ladies! Im getting married at 3 Rivers in Chelmsford, but not til 16th May 2016!

Hey ladies!! I am getting married at newland hall, in roxwell Chelmsford on the 30th May...1 month today!!! I am pretty well organised and not too much left to do now! Our colour scheme is white with a touch of nude/pink and champagne! Off on my hen weekend next week in Majorca!! It's getting really exciting now! For all the 2015 brides, you will not beeline how quick it will come round, we booked our venue in October 2012 and it's literally just flown by! I guess it's cos wedding planning is so much fun!

*believe

Hi

I'm getting married 4th Sept 2015... a long way off so I hope I'm allowed to be part of the group

I'm getting married at Braxted Park and so far...think I'm super organised!

Paid the deposit, booked photographer, bought bridesmaids dresses, favors and place settings!

I've got one hell of a spreadsheet going...lets just make sure everything goes to plan :/

Any words of advice from those further down the line.

xx

Hi Mrs Chowdhury! Welcome to the thread. Hopefully we can help you with some ideas

Hi Daisydoll! Wow 1 month to go how exciting your hen do sounds amazing.

Hi Emma, welcome to the thread

you have done so much already! That spreadsheet must be magic.

I couldn't get the dates I wanted at Gosfield as they were already booked up. Then we found Down Hall which as well as looking gorgeous and being super friendly and welcoming is being super accommodating regarding our dogs who are hugely important to us as they brought us together! Have heard lots of incredible reports about Gosfield Hall though!

The bridesmaid saga is rather complicated - I have 3 bridesmaids and my wife to be also has 3, we want them in the same design but Team DeeBee in pale blue and Team Mrs DeeBee in grey/silver. We have various body shapes to consider so need to find something that comes as both a full length and short dress. Seriously considering an online bridesmaid company right now but have had rather a lot of horror stories!

Re: RSVPs I've now had 3... and we only sent our invites out on Friday morning so that's a good start! Also had a text from my mum to say she's had a first item be snapped up from our gift list too! Our gift list is fairly unconventional because we didn't want housey stuff, felt money was impersonal and are only managing a mini-moon so instead we've whipped up 'Wish List For Our First Year Together' and filled it with all manner of stuff - afternoon teas, restaurant gift cards, whisky tasting sets, a golf lesson, cinema gift vouchers, theme park tickets, etc and then asked my mum to coordinate it - we're even letting people pick dates for things for us!