October 2015 brides....

Thanks MrsWakinstobe!

Ohhhhhhhh what favours are you doing? What’s your Tiara like?

Sounds like you have everything running to plan JJ

I’m at that annoying stage of putting things together. Going to look at creating a centrepiece next month once I have created the flowers for them and need to push H2B to start creating the design for the invites as everything has arrived for them apart from the inserts (which he needs to do).

Then the only major thing is that I’ll pay off my wedding dress. Saw some beautiful flower girl dresses but I don’t want to get them yet as the girls are so little they will probably grow out. Just worried about them going out of stock or off sale.

Also anyone with flower girls are you having petals or a wand for them?

Your ring is lovely Lui, where did you get it? I'm on a mission to find find one at the moment!

I'm having 2 flower girls. Don't know what they're having yet. Was thinking maybe one of those flower ball things(!). It has a proper name but I really can't remember what it is!

M&S have some lovely flower girl dresses at the moment and a good price too. Don't know whether to get themat the size I think they'll be or just wait.

Strangely enough it came from H Samuels. I was going to head to the jewellery quarter but thought I’d pop into my local stores before I headed there and spotted this one and went to try it on and fell in love.

Ohhhhh yeaaa I know what you mean, might try that, although with my girls I’m not sure they would carry one without accidently swinging it and hitting it off something as they are so excitable bless them.

Thats what im thinking, I’m not 100% sure if they smaller than the size for their age as they are dainty girls for their age.

The main problem is they are down south and I’m here and the ones I’ve seen are BHS and they don’t have a BHS near them so I’m going to have to buy them travel down or have them travel up and try them on ect. I want to make a big day of it to get them and their pare4nts excited just not sure if I should go down or get them to come up. Pain in the bum!!

How are you any way AnnaMolly?

Not bad thanks Lui

Feel like I'm in a bit of a lull with the planning. We've now booked all the big things so I'm looking at the smaller things. I've decided to do trick or treat bags filled with sweets for our favours so I've just bought the bags and a 'trick or treat' stamp from eBay to stamp them all with.

I've also found some bargain candles and candlesticks for my tables from ikea so I'm happy with that.

God, this is probably the most boring update EVER! Sorry all >_<

Ohhhhhh nice!! You should flash them when you make one?

I bet I know which ones you are on about, I’ve been in Ikea about million times this weekend and saw some. If they are the ones Im thinking of they are lovely J

I know what you mean, I’ve brought all the big things and my last thing to pay off that’s big is my dress which I’m paying off next month but apart from that it’s the little things and putting things together. I’m waiting for that rush that people are mentioning, I imagine that will be from around April-May onwards though.

I haven’t posted for a while. It seems to be that some of us really have hit a lull in the planning.

I went to have my dress fitting last Saturday and I fell in love with the dress. I realised the train was a lot longer than I remember it to be! I wonder how I will get around with all that fabric!

We are having test shots with our photographer this Saturday morning where we shall take some at home and the rest and the church so that photographer can adjust his lighting to suit both for us (I’m a lot darker than my fiancé). If I am not happy with the lighting, I will make fiancé wear lots of fake tan, it is important that the bride looks good.

Mrs Watkins – Your dress is beautiful. I like the look of the material.

Lui – Good luck with making your table centres. I spent way too much time online trying to put our together in my head and I fell for absolutely every little design out there. The final piece will be - tall vases with flower arrangements at the top. I will have the vases filled water crystals and immersible LED lights in them. We will also have silver teal lights around the vase all placed on a mirror plate. Basically, I hope that our centres will end up looking like the one in this picture but ours will be in autumn colours.

Happy Polly I love those centre pieces, what a cool idea. Where on earth do you get waterproof LEDs from?!

Lui - will post a piccy of the tiara when it arrives - it's gold with diamontes in a leaf sort of pattern (looks nicer than it sounds lol). My flower girl is going to have a basket like this:

Favours - I'm putting together a cellophane bag with blue foil covered chocolate hearts, little gold chocolate hearts, mini mint hearts, gold 'Just married' rock, and a little poem tied with ribbon. For the children I'm doing personalised boxes with some activity books, bubbles, crayons, pens, pencils, a glow stick wand and maybe some Lego.

HappyPolly - thanks - it's taffeta so is a bit lighter than satin. I need to have the train shortened still and it taken in a little around the bust so will look slightly different when all done. Love your table centres idea - they are great :-)

AnnaMolly - that was the first question I also asked when I saw the immersible lights. Lol. It turns out that you can get them from amazon and ebay and a lot of other websites. These are the ones I got. I will put 2 lights in each vase as our vases are 50cm tall.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BVYS3R6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

I ordered one light and a small bag of water crystals. I put them in one of my vases here at home just to get an idea of what it might look like. Pic below shows my attempt.

For favours we are going for these cute boxes.

Hello ladies!

It's been a little while since I've been on here. I don't get all the notifications! I hope you're all well and the planning is coming along nicely? I'm ordering our table runners tonight. I need to cheer myself up!

I went over to talk about my dress yesterday. I had concerns it looks different in pictures of other brides. The lady said that of course it looks better on those girls because they are much smaller than me. My belly is bulging and it's pulling the dress. She basically told me that if I want it to look nice I need to shrink myself. I've been in the gym nearly every day for a few weeks as it is and watching what I eat as I'm trying to lose the last of my baby weight. That felt like I kick in the teeth really. I thought I was doing well!

Because I am unhappy with the dress the way it is, I feel like it's a bit unfinished. I've opted to have sleeves put on. At first the lady said she has put sleeves on my dress before and it look lovely. Later on she them said it looks frumpy. Oh gahhhhhhhh!!!im now being charges £100 for the extra lace whether I have the sleeves or not. Who knew one dress could cause so much stress! I've been in tears today because I keep going round in circles over my decisions. The one person I really want to talk to about it, I can't! That person is my fiancé, urgh!

Anyway, we have decided against making our own invites. As simple as some of them are we aren't really creative and we don't have the time! We have found a company on eBay that will make 50 for £30. We are happy with that! I have a question though... Do you send an RSVP card to evening guests?xx

SaraPoppy - that is such an awful thing for that dress woman to say! I would want to kick *her* in the teeth honestly. She doesn't sound very nice at all so I would take her opinions with a pinch of salt and just go with what you like, sleeves or not.

You say your belly is pulling at the dress, is it something that a pair of Spanx would fix? My post baby belly needed a good squish back in place! Honestly though, if I'm thinking of the right person and you flashed your dress, it really looked amazing on you.

I know what you mean about invitations, I just don't think I'm creative enough to do them myself. And I have no idea about RSVPs I'm afraid!

AnnaMolly is was the dress lady the used the words 'your belly is bulging' ? I know I have a little weight left over but I wouldn't say I'm bulging. I'm 5'7 and 9 stone 9 pounds. That could very easily give someone a complex. My dress was the big poofy A-line with the sparkly waist band.

I think I am going to have sleeves. I just think they look very elegant and hopefully they will keep me warmer!

Invitations are so hard! I've never received at evening invite so I'm not quite sure what's supposed to be on it!

last night I ordered my burlap table runner and some more paper pom poms. I've researched my flowers and added up the cost and I've found a great place I can hire little bits from like decorative tree stumps to put my pumpkin centrepieces on. I'm also hoping to surprise my fiancé with the big light up 'love' sign. He's desperate to have it, it's the only 'creative' bit of input he has had but the prices were about £250. I've found a place that does slightly smaller ones for £110. I'm hoping he doesn't catch on and sees them for the first time at our reception. I also discovered that this company hires out the exact same umbrellas I have bought. I paid £120 for 6 heart shaped umbrellas for myself and my bridesmaids incase it rains. That's a lot of money! I can hire them for £5 each! I've told one bridesmaid planning on letting them keep them. Would I be really awful if I sold mine and hired them instead? That money could be used to buy wine for the tables or something?xx

I looked back and it was definitely your dress I was thinking of. You really looking amazing in it, I would never have said in a million years you needed to lose any weight! That dress lady sounds like a massive b*tch. Maybe she's just jealous of your fabulous figure

when I was looking at dresses my other potential had sleeves, so I agree its you, I think they're very elegant.

i say hire your unbrellas, such a bargain compared to buying. I'm sure your bridesmaid will understand.

Hi Ladies,

Hope everyone is doing well?

Sarapoppy – I can’t believe the woman in the dress shop said that to you. If she felt the need to say anything (which she shouldn’t), then she could of found a nicer way to say it!! Can’t believe that!! I looked back and saw the dress and it’s beautiful and you look stunning in it. You can’t even tell about your tummy area so I think you have nothing to worry about but I know how you feel struggled with my weight all my life and even though everyone else thinks you look good you just don’t feel it!

Happypolly – love your centre pieces and the small little boxses, they are so cute ?

So I had a bit of a mare at the weekend, we went down to my H2B dads as he is baking the cake to test some, I really wasn’t impressed with what was baked but we have to stick with him baking it as we can’t afford to buy a cake now. Luckily he didn’t ice it and it was just the cake part, maybe i was too excited as I didn’t have cake in a while so just want impressed. Oh well worse case I’ve decided is that I just wont eat any of the cake apart from when we have to cut it. Not the end of the world but what can you do. Then we went to see h2b’s gran who wouldn’t stop moaning that the hotel that we have block booked for the night wont let people in before 3pm. The hotel isn’t connected to the venue its just a separate hotel we are staying in, in the area so we can have breakfast together as a family and what not. Now I don’t know if I’m just being a grump but I don’t see what the issue is? We are getting married at 2pm so if they are so bothered they can get ready at home and then drive up that day, if not come up and stay in another hotel the night before. There are plenty of other people who have to wait to check in after the wedding it’s not the end of the world. Now they also want me to try and arrange a mini bus to get people from the venue to the hotel. I don’t have the time or the money to look into it.

I think because it was a rushed weekend I’m just annoyed.

Bleugh! Sorry for the rant.

How is everyone else?

Hi everyone hope you are all well and not letting the wedding madness get you down too much!
Sorry I have been a bit absent over the past few days, my grandma passed away on Friday so everything's been put on hold for a bit

MrsWatkinsToBe - how are your centrepieces coming along? Looking forward to seeing a flash soon
May I ask where you got your wedding post box from? I'm having a nightmare finding one that's not a huge rip off...
Your favours sound lovely (as does your tiara) and the flower girl basket is really cute

Happy Polly - how did your test shots with the photographer go?
I have to say that I really like your centrepieces and favours

AnnaMolly - How is your mission to find a wedding ring going? I think I know the flower ball things your thinking of, I've always called them flower balls! But apparently according to Google their called kissing balls...
Did you decide to get your flower girls dresses yet?
Love the sound of your favours btw!

SaraPoppy - sorry to hear you've had problems with the dress alterations lady, I can't believe she said those things to you! Hope your feeling ok now and that its all getting sorted.
If you haven't done your invites yet, I'd suggest looking at Hitched as I got mine from here and their lovely! My best friend and I are going to add a little bit of bling to them but they were affordable without looking cheap.
Not sure if this helps but I have never had an RSVP with an evening invite.
Sounds like you've been busy sorting out decorations, did you decide what to do with the umbrellas? I would say hire them...

Lui - has your H2B done the invite inserts for you yet? Hope your centrepiece creating is going ok...
I know what you mean about the flower girls dresses, I found a gorgeous one for my niece but I know she'll grow out of it unless I leave it to the last minute.
I'm having a little flower wand for her as I know she'll simply tip a basket upside down! Although according to my FMIL if she has a wand she should have wings =/
Did you decide what to have for your flower girls?
Just a thought for BHS, you could always order them and have them delivered to their parents house. They could try them one and send them back if their no good, and then they can show them off to you next time you see them
Sorry to hear that you weren't blown away by the cake, maybe H2B's dad was nervous and didn't do his best? Fingers crossed it'll be lovely on the day.
Could H2B have a little word with his nan and explain why the check in is at 3pm? Maybe she thinks it's all connected and therefore its just poor service?
If everyone is that concerned with having a mini bus, I'd say sort it yourselves!!

Big hugs to all that need them

xxx

MrsWatkinsToBe - I am also having a nightmare with finding a post box. I look forward seeing your centrepieces.

LittleMissPanda - the test shots on Saturday went very well thank you very much. He came to our house first and took some photos there. They turned into our engagement photographs. I think he got the lighting right. We then went to church and had all the lights switched on but without using flash the photos were awful! I have since checked the paperwork given to us by the vicar and it clearly states that no flash photography is allowed. I am going to plead with the vicar to make an exception for us as I am very dark in that you can't even make out who that dark figure is in the photos.

as for the centrepieces flash, before you all compliment, those flashes I showed last week were from the internet. I just wanted to show what I aim to achieve with ours. I have since bought the components that make them up. All that is needed now are the flowers to be installed by the flower lady on top of the vases. She will need to make 9 centrepieces on the morning as she won't be allowed to decorate the venue until the morning of the wedding. She will also need to decorate the church for our ceremony at 12noon. I am actually starting worry that she won't be able to finish them on time. The logistics of the wedding day morning have me in a little panic.

Oh after the photographs we also went to see the cake lady and I believe she knows what she is doing. She is OH parents neighbour and she used to teach other people how to bake and decorate so I think ours is in good hands. We are having 4 square tiers of vanilla sponge, lemon drizzle, and 2 fruit cakes. They will be in ivory icing with autumn coloured flower details in the corners of the cake and flowers on top.

Littlemisspanda I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandma. My thoughts are with you and your family.

The comments the lady made were a bit harsh but to be honest it's given me a kick up the bum and I've lost 5lbs since I tried the dress on 3 weeks. I've got another 6lbs to go and I'll be back at pre-baby weight. I'm still not convinced that losing weight will make the bodice longer but we shall see!

i will have a look on hitched invites as we still haven't heard back from the seller on eBay and I'm getting impatient now as I really want them sorted before I start work on Friday.

I'm looking for sweet inspiration at the moment. We have got 8 fishbowls as we were originally having these as centrepieces but now we are having pumpkins we have decided to have a sweet table and use the bowls for this instead. With valentines day so close we found tubes of mini packets of love hearts for 99p each so we have stocked up on those and also jelly hearts. I will keep an eye after valentines day for some other bargains. We will be doing this on a budget so don't want to go too crazy. As long as the sweets will still be in date I'm happy!

can I ask what everyone is having for their welcome drinks? I asked on the main board and had some good suggestions. The main one being winter pimms. I want something that goes well with our autumnal rustic theme. I really want baileys chocolate for drinkers and plain hot chocolate for non drinkers but my fiancé isn't too sure.

The next big for me to sort is the bridesmaids dresses. I'm dreading it! I need to find a style that will suit 5 girls ranging from size 8 to 20. Some want to cover their arms, others don't. I'm not a fan of wraps as I think they can look a bit like a prom accessory. My bridesmaids will all be 30 or over so I want something that looks grown up but not frumpy in a light grey colour and for under £80. Urgh!

LittleMissPanda and HappyPolly - my post box is this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291023760271

I ordered a personalised card to go on it separately - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151553583355

LittleMissPanda - very sorry to hear about your grandma - hope you are all coping okay x

SaraPoppy - can't believe that the dress shop lady said that. You look fab in your dress.

My tiara has arrived and I'm really pleased with it :-)

We're going up to my parents at the weekend so will be doing our practise table centre then, so will post photos early next week.

Oh, and for me it's 8 calendar months today :-) Can't wait!

Littlemisspanda - Big hugs lovely! Hope you and your family are doing well and thoughts are with you! **Big hug**.

Mrswatkintobe - your tiara is beautiful and I love it It will look stunning with your dress!

Sarapoppy - Well done on losing the weight!! Go you lovely!! Hopefully you can kick the ladies butt with how awesome you will look when you turn up and your able to put the dress on and be like "I look awessssssoooooooome".

H2B hasn't started the invites yet, hes recently been accepted into the prudential ride of London to Surrey so it focusing on them, I've asked him if this weekend that we can start getting them sorted so that we can send them to print and I can start putting them together a bit at a time. I have finally got the bits together for it so its just his part! Just dont want to seem naggy to him!

I haven't started the centerpieces yet, I have just brought the bits but every weekend this weekend is just busy so had to push it back to the 21st for flower making and from there I'll start painting my skulls to see how they come out.

I couldn't be arsed with the argue with H2B or cause a rift with his Nan so ive asked the wedding planner if its possible to help on this one. She has been amazing with it all and really think she will deserve a massive thank you afterwards. They do know its not a hotel associated with the venue I think they are just trying to be a pain in the arse and put more stress on us which is not what we need. I just don't see the problem of either driving up the day or checking in later. I've done it plenty of times at previous weddings as its just part and parcel of it. I'll just see what the wedding planner says and take it from there!

I've decided I'm just not going to mention it again and if they want a mini bus they can sort it and speak to everyone and get a payment! Its money and time I don't have now with moving positions at work, having busy weekends with family and planning the wedding. Anyway enough of that as its just making me rant and I feel annoyed with them at the moment!!

drinks... so when we come out the ceremony we are having processco and juices but at the meal we have tequila sunrises to fit in with out theme! Going to be awesome! Pimms is a good idea, just not a fan of the drink myself... what about a signature cocktail that you and H2B come up with?

Also anyone else have a sunny but chilly day on Sunday ad Monday? Its what Im hoping we have on our wedding day, well either that or a super warm day

Hi ladies, I have been crazy busy with work, but have been trying to keep up with everyone's plans. It looks like it's all coming along nicely

My H2B is looking for a red suit jacket to wear for the wedding, but he's finding it impossible to find one for hire that isn't an insane price. I've told him he should buy one and he can still hire the rest of the suit if he wants as he will then only need black trousers, a white shirt and a bow tie. Has anyone else's H2B decided on a different colour? If so, how easy has it been to find something?

Hi ladies, hope you all had lovely weekends!
Thank you for all your nice comments and hugs, its very much appreciated.

So the past two weekends I threw myself into wedding planning to try and take my mind off everything else, and I must say I've done so much!
It's a little bit worrying as I didn't realise I had so much left to do =/
I have finally sorted out my centrepieces and now have ones that I think are really pretty, plus I know they can be transported from the wedding breakfast venue to the evening reception venue easily. My friend has offered to set up the wedding breakfast venue for me with the centrepieces, fairy lights etc on the day so that's a load off my mind.
I also now have my veil and shoes!! My veil got delivered last weekend, I ordered a custom made veil from http://www.theweddingveilshop.co.uk and I must say it's beautiful I'd highly recommend them to anyone. And it turns out there was an upside to having the car blow up, my darling OH gave me the money we got from the scrap company to buy my shoes, must be love
We had our menu tasting last weekend and absolutely loved all of the food, really going to look forward to that now!
My MOH has booked an appointment for us to go and view the reception venue this Saturday, so we're taking a whole bunch of decorations with us to see what works and what doesn't work, and after that we're going to crack on with blinging up the invitations.
Hope your plans are all coming along ok...

HappyPolly - I'm glad your test shots went well, and hopefully your vicar will let you have flash photography. Maybe you could show him one of the test shots to emphasise your point? Your cake sounds amazing, I must admit I do really like lemon drizzle! I love your centrepiece inspiration, and I'm sure all the components will come together beautifully. Maybe your flower lady can get someone to help her if she thinks she'll need an extra pair of hands...

SaraPoppy - Hope your feeling better about your dress after those nasty comments, I think your doing really well with your weight lost I wish I could do half as well as you have!
Did you take a look at Hitched invites? I'm not sure if they still have 50% off at the moment =/
If your still looking for sweet inspiration you could check out your local cash and carry (if you have one), my OH and I go normally before Christmas and you can get some real bargains
How are you getting on with bridesmaids dresses...?

MrsWatkinsToBe - Thank you for the link to your post box, my work computer doesn't let me access eBay but I've written it down to look at when I get home.
Your tiara is absolutely gorgeous btw, love the detail on it. How did you get on with your practise centrepieces?

Lui - Did you get to sort out your invites at the weekend? Isn't it a pain when life gets in the way of wedding planning!
Sounds like your OH's nan is trying to cause problems were there aren't any, fingers crossed your wedding planner can sort something out for you and that you don't have to worry about minibuses and checks in again
Hope your flower making goes well next Saturday...

mrsbelcher2015 - I'm afraid I'm no help whatsoever regarding red suit jackets, my OH went for a charcoal suit that we bought from Moss. Have you tried just putting it into Google and see if there any shops online?

Sorry for such a long post, I will try to keep up more this week...
xxx

Hi LMP,

Hope your ok and everything is going well.

Sounds like everything is coming along well for you, which sounds awesome! We did manage to sit down and work out our invites, I’m await and test print and also the lady at the venue to come back to confirm the times we have put down are ok. (Don’t want to get them printed and the times not be confirmed and then be wrong.)

I think she is trying to cause an issue but I’m over it now, the hotel has said no so she will have to deal with out and just figure it out. At the end of the day we have planned a massive day and there will be some things we don’t take in account for certain guests so will need to deal with it.

Cheers lovely! ? Pushed it back to March as just have too much going on now with OH best man coming up and visiting people and going places. Diary is pretty fully booked!

How are your invites coming along? I also ordered all of our gifts for the bridal party! Also picked up some awesome earrings for me and the bridesmaids to wear on the day which I’m so excited about.

Not sure what to do with myself as I’m still 8 months away. Hoping our licence arrives in the post one day coming too.

Hi girls, can I join?

We're getting married on 21st Oct, only booked a week ago! We're having a small registry office wedding with 13 guests and our son, who will be 4 then onto our favourite pub for a meal. I've been reading some of your posts on here and am slightly relieved we're not having a big wedding - the planning sounds too stressful! It's going to be very informal.

We've got a meeting with the registrar in three weeks to give notice and pay the fees. I have to meet with the pub owners to decide on a menu - it's going to be a set menu so was thinking of giving people a choice of 3 starters, 3 mains and 3 desserts - will that be enough do you think?

As we have booked this last minute and completely secret, our guests (other than my mum and his parents) don't know yet. So do I send save the dates and then invites with menu choices on at a later date? or just send invites when I have menus?

We're also not having kids there (other than our own) so I'm not sure how this will go down either.... x

Ordered these shoes this morning from lightinthebox
http://www.lightinthebox.com/women-s-shoes-heels-pointed-toe-stiletto-heel-pumps-wedding-shoes-more-colors-available_p2122097.html

Plain, like me lol! x

Hi Firsttimebride83 - welcome and good luck with your planning. I would have thought your number of choices was plenty. We'll only be having 1 choice for all (other than for veggies).

I had a good weekend at my parents' house. I took my dress up as my mum hadn't seen it in the flesh and she loved it :-) We're going to see a dress make soon to sort out the alterations I want doing on it but I'm very happy with it.

We had a go at setting up a mock table centrepiece - here's a flash - the finished ones would have more crystal diamonds but I didn't want to open up the bag of 1000 to try it lol. Just deciding if I need to add ivory ribbon to the top of one of the bottles or not - what do you think?

We've paid the next installment on our venue today which is exciting :-)

Hope everyone's preparations are going well. x

Hi everyone. Does anyone have any knowledge of growing pumpkins? lol. we really like the baby/munchkin pumpkins to use as name places to add bit of halloween into the mix but seems really difficult to find any info out. can anyone remember seeing tiny pumpkins in the supermarket last year? I wasn't really paying much attention back then as I wasn't expecting to plan my wedding for this october!

apologies for such a random post!

x

Hello,

Sainsburys had tiny pumkins last year!

Rebeccafcr- Thank you! the other half want to try and grow them so I'm relieved to here there is a hopefully a back up plan

I was going to try this! I think I'll just be going round all the supermarkets buying all their pumpkins instead

Hello firsttimebride83! Your shoes are lovely. Also 3 choices for each course is plenty. You're very generous, my guests aren't getting so much choice!

Your shoes are beautiful

Hi ladies, hope your all ok today
I realised today that the matching RSVP cards and menus are too big for the invites I've bought =/ we weren't going to bother initially but then thought it would be a nice touch. You'd think if their all the same design they'd be the same size??
I have some pictures that I'm dying to flash, so as soon as my phone sorts itself out I will be going a little bit bonkers...

Lui - glad to hear that you managed to work out your invites now, hopefully you'll get your times confirmed soon and then you can get printing! And well done you for not letting your H2B's nan get to you any more, like you said you've organised a huge day and there's always going to be something someone forgets. We all know how stressful this wedding planning stuff is...
Ah well if you pushed the flower making back it gives you something to look forward to
Ooh what are the earrings like? I'm a sucker for jewellery, I managed to get my earrings necklace and hair comb sorted at the same time that I bought my MOH & bridesmaid their necklace and earrings (gotta love a Debenhams sale!)
I'm sure you'll think of some things to do, today I found myself googling confetti of all things!

firsttimebride83 - hello and welcome your wedding sounds lovely, and I think 3 choices is plenty (my guests are only getting 2). Personally I would save some money and not send save the dates but its entirely up to you. Don't worry about not having kids there, my OH and I are doing the same thing with my niece being the only exception and so far *touch wood* nobodies had any problems.
Your shoes are really nice btw

MrsWatkinsToBe - that's great that your mum liked your dress what alterations are you thinking of having done? Your centrepieces look amazing, I think an ivory ribbon isn't necessarily needed but it would look nice.

MrsFRtobe - sorry I can't help with pumpkins, I haven't got a clue!

xxx

Hi firsttimebride83, everything sounds lovely and as I mentioned your shoes are beautiful!! My guests are not even getting one.

Mrs Ftobe – No idea maybe a gardening shop may have them nearer the time, pop into one and ask to give y7ou an idea.

LMP – Oh no can’t believe that they are the different size; I’m with you and would have thought they would have all been the same size. Maybe guillotine them? I printed my toilet signs are work and the ratio is off so I’m getting someone to guillotine them to take the white borders off. Heres a sneaky flash of them:

Emailed the wedding planner and confirmed the times so going to send everything off for a test print and then hopefully everything is good and ready to be put together. Exciting times. We decided early may to send them out as H2B will have to design the seating plan in time with his 100 mile cycle and stag do so gives him some time as we have asked for them back in August.

Heres a flash of the earrings:

They are only for the adult bridesmaids but thought they would be awesome and a nice little twist. I’m not wearing any other jewellery due to it irritating me and the way I want my hair I’m not having a tiara either. So thought they would be fun ?

I googled confetti too, got wondering if I needed ii! I’m still not sure about it, although it would be awesome to have a confetti shot ... I’m not sure if I want it or not yet.