Essex Brides

Oooh COO are making my wedding ring too. Really like their styles, and fantastic customer service too. I'm really excited to be getting it from them

Im meeting with a few photographers this week, hoping to get one booked! Spoke to the priest on friday and date is now confirmed, yay!!! Finally feel like im getting somewhere, I have even started a wedding box and got a few odd bits to start collecting!!

Hello!

Am just engaged and first post but previous lurker ?. Hoping to get married in August 2015 in Essex but looking at these posts feeling very behind in the old planning department!

Have been searching for a barn type venue but struggling with availability when we need it and would be grateful for any suggestions please!

Thank you

Where in essex are you looking?? We looked at a few barns- channels, blake hall (nearly booked), maidens barn, ye olde plough house (barn style, but not a real barn)

Thanks SunnyBrownDiamonds138!

Anywhere at the moment! Loved Blake Hall but was booked up all the dates we wanted.

Will have a look a Maidens barn, that's not one I'd seen- thank you!

Would be better off at a different time of year I think but H2B is a teacher so limited if we want to go away straight after.

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Hello and welcome pleased to see you are getting some help with your potential venue already. Don't worry you're not behind - I only set my date at the end of January this year!

Not sure where in Essex you are looking but Crabbs Barn is nice too.

Maidens barn is really nice, I forgot vaulty manor too. Ah Blake hall, did you meet Austin!! ?

Im a teacher too so we are getting married second week of the 6 week holidays. I presume you are wanting a civil ceremony then?

Maidens barn is really nice, I forgot vaulty manor too. Ah Blake hall, did you meet Austin!! ?

Im a teacher too so we are getting married second week of the 6 week holidays. I presume you are wanting a civil ceremony then?

Maidens barn is really nice, I forgot vaulty manor too. Ah Blake hall, did you meet Austin!! ?

Im a teacher too so we are getting married second week of the 6 week holidays. I presume you are wanting a civil ceremony then?

Maidens barn is really nice, I forgot vaulty manor too. Ah Blake hall, did you meet Austin!! ?

Im a teacher too so we are getting married second week of the 6 week holidays. I presume you are wanting a civil ceremony then?

Duplicate?

Duplicate?

As others have suggested, Maidens barn is beautiful. As is Crabbs.

There's also the Reid Rooms, Gaynes Park, Channels, Crondon Park & Ye Olde Plough (Bulphan) offhand which all have a barn look/feel.

But there are loads of other gorgeous ones. You'll find one ?

Sorry can't figure out how to quote :/ sent off for the brochure for maidens barn so fingers crossed ! Thanks Pavone

Had just looked at the brochure for Blake hall- when I found out they weren't available didn't want to look round in case loved it even more!!

Hoping for a civil ceremony that we can have outside - weather depending. Was also going to have a look at Prested Hall which although not a barn had the outside space - if anyone has any experience with them?

If you don't mind me asking- SunnyBrownDiamonds138 how far in advance did you need to book to get a date in the school hols?

Thanks all!

I'm an Essex bride but getting married just on the Essex/Suffolk Border at Priory Hall in Hadleigh, Suffolk. We are getting married in August so not too long to go now.

The company doing our flowers are amazing so thought I would share: The Vintage Flower Company. They are based in Maldon and the owner Clare Luke has been really helpful. They do have a website and a facebook page.

All of our suppliers are booked, just waiting for a few RSVPS and then we are more or less done. H2B has started writing his speech as has my dad so all systems go at the moment!

Hi everyone, newbie here.

We're Essex-based and looking at venues in Essex, Kent and Suffolk, trying to find our perfect setting.

I'd love a church wedding but my OH really wouldn't so we've agreed that we won't. I know he'd do it (I'm catholic, he's atheist) if I asked him to, but he wouldn't be comfortable and the significance of the Mass could be lost on him. So I'd rather it be somewhere that we can both enjoy. Not looking forward to telling my grandparents though!

I'm liking the look of Creeksea Place, has anyone been there? There are loads of lovely venues in our area, but we know people who have married at each of them, and we want somewhere different from our friends.

I'm not really sure where to start with planning. We're v recently engaged and have agreed our ideal date (June 2016), I've asked my BMs and MOH. He's chosen his Best Man and ushers, but hasn't asked them. I think we've agreed the colour scheme and we both know the rings we'd like. We've written a rough guest list so we have an idea of numbers. I really want to get properly planning now - I feel like 2 years is too long to wait! I'm not sure what we need to do first though - I guess the venue / date is the best place to start?!

I'm soooo grateful for this site and the forums, it's all v reassuring :-)

Hi Mrs AAtobe!

We started planning in Mid 2012 for our Sept 2015 wedding so I know how you feel with it being a while off.

The first thing we did was get venues sorted- we couldn't book anything else until we had a date and to have a date, we needed the venue to be available ?

From there we focused on the things that tend to get booked up first. We hired a caterer, photographer and videographer first and have been booking the odd thing here and there ever since- flowers, band, MUA etc

It's always good to take your time and do some research, but definitely focus on booking the things which are important to you and book up early first.

Enjoy the planning whilst you can, it flies by!

@MrsAAToBe

You really do sound like you have everything on track. I'm probably at the same stage, still with 18 months to go. Every now and again the panic sets in - I hope I'm not the only one?!

I know what you mean about getting married somewhere new, somewhere where our friends and family will be seeing something for the first time! We've booked Braxted Park (www.braxtedparkweddings.co.uk) have you heard of it? It might suit you and OH as you can get married in the church, in the orangery, in the rose garden - there's loads of options.

I really want to get on and start looking for dresses but have a major diet start before I even want to start looking.

Girls - How long before the wedding should I be looking - 6 months? a year?

xx

What day are you looking at? Blake hall had a few thursdays in the summer hols a few weeks ago ? We booked down hall 2 weeks ago (paid deposit tonight!!) But they didnt have the exact date we wanted(first 2 thurs in aug) we had to go for 30th july, so second week of the hols.

Hi!

I'm getting married at St Andrews Church, Good Easter in Chelmsford 8/8/2015 and having our reception at the local village hall.

So far have booked Church, hall (obvs), hog roast and my dress. Got loads and loads of ideas for stuff and am just trying to make it all happen

It doesnt have to be a mass to get married in a catholic church.my OH is catholic but I am not nor is my family. We are just having a service.

Braxted park is lovely, I used to live around the corner. I am the same with the dress, want to lose a stone in the next year, but I have been told some shops can take 9 months to get the dress made etc after ordering. Remember you can always have it altered.

Ooh Down Hall looked amazing!

We ideally need a fri/sat as got family coming from ireland so they won't be able to take more than 1 day off work really- i think we will be lucky to find somewhere the date we want but ill blame him for not proposing sooner- ha ha ?

Hi Pandabarney, thanks for the florist recommendation! They were on my shortlist :-) I'm glad you've found someone you're happy with and hopefully some of our other brides might be helped by your suggestion. Your OH and dad sound very prepared :-)

Hello and welcome to the thread LittleRay and MrsAatobe! Glad to see you're getting some advice and suggestions already, let us know how you get on.

Bumping this in the search for more Essex brides :-)

How is everyone else getting on? Let us know how you're getting on with your plans ladies, or whether you need a recommendation or have any you'd like to share.

Thread established bride here, obviously, but thought I'd pop my head up to say "Bridesmaid dresses arrived today!" - exciting times!

How are the rest of you doing?

Florist meeting, hair trial and sorting out planning for the day with the videographer so a very busy week for me!

Going suit shopping with H2B tomorrow! Can't wait to get that sorted and see him in his suit, hubba hubba, he he.

We still need to get our wedding bands, hoping we've not left that too late everyone seems to have got theirs?!

I'm an Essex bride too! Getting married in August at the Old Rectory in Brentwood/ Basildon ? not long to go now!

Thank you!

Venue now almost officially sorted- Prested Hall near Colchester - ceremony outside if the sun shines! It was the bunnies and ducklings running around the gardens that got me ?