Discussions from Planning

Me and my partner have been planning our wedding for the last few months and booked our venue for September next year. We was going to have a small wedding this year but decided we wanted to save for...

Hi, I don't know if this is a tradition, but I've seen a few people do it and think it is a nice idea. My thought pattern went something like this: There are material gifts I could get him that he...

Hi I'm getting married next year and starting to look at dresses. Although I have yet to go in and have a look at them in shops,I have been looking online. The prices I've seen are about £900+ which...

Hi is anyone doing party gift bags for their hen as a thank you to the girls!! Also what do you put in them.

Just spoke to the seamstress recommended by the shop where I bought my dress. Wedding is 25th September and they have scheduled the first fitting for 5th September. Does this seem like its a bit late...

I apologise in advance for bringing down the mood, but needed somewhere to get things out. My grandma sadly passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a difficult and painful cancer...

Just thought I would share the link to Matalans wedding stuff!! I didn't even know they did anything, but it's totally cute and looks really affordable!! Some of the stuff they are selling I was...

PP We are getting married next month!!!!! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hi all, I posted this week about cancelling our wedding in Scotland due to various reasons - we have now done it! And I'm so excitedly have my wedding mojo back. We've got meetings with the church and...

I'm looking for a venue for my civil partnership reception next year - we definitely want to get married in London but all the venues here are so expensive! (I'm from a tiny village originally and...

Hello all, So, my beloved and I have just started talking about actually ending our engagement of almost 10 years and doing the whole marriage thing instead. Yay!!! We only want something small...

I've got a friends wedding this summer (day guest) do you think this dress is suitable?...

We aren't having additional guests to the evening so it's just 53 people all day. I think most of the day will flow quite well but we have about an hour or slightly longer after the dinner and...

Hi, I'm looking into putting together a 'Bridal Box' to give to my sister the night before her wedding. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas that I've not thought of on what to include in it. So far...

I was wondering if anyone had any tips of northern registry offices that didn't look like an office inside! We have a very tight budget, so going for registry office - but would prefer it to be a...

Hi everyone - newbie post I'm sure it's ridiculously common but I am really beginning to have doubts about my wedding dress. I chose and paid for it in November last year, and now it's coming up to...

Hi, had a bit of a slow down on planning but just seen some beautiful personalised hangers when nosying at our togs recent weddings. I've looked on etsy and price wise a little steep for the number I...

So, be warned, this is LONG. So much so I will post it in bits, with lots of obligatory flashes. This wedding features arrival of both bride and groom on a bike, an iconic venue in Newcastle, a...

Hi all! I'm new here, first time posting! I am getting married next year in Las Vegas with 14 family members and friends attending. We are then having a UK reception for about 150 people to celebrate...

Hi ladies, With 11 days to go my mum has decided we should have OOTD for our ceremony! So my question is, what did those of you who had/are having one include in it? Did you go funny or serious? And...

Hi ladies, Our venue is dry hire and so we need crockery, cutlery and glasses etc. Our caterers can hire this for us but we would like to get our own quotes as well. Has anyone done this before and...

OH and I have been offered free waltz lessons - we start on Saturday. We're going to waltz for our first dance but don't want a 'standard' first dance song. We're both into punk/ska/alternative/indie...

Hi Ladies, The finishing touches are being put to my hen do invites. It's taking place in the city that I live in, and where the majority of my friends live. I have decided to invite my friends and...

I saw a post about table menus recently and it got me thinking. Everyone is having the same at our wedding: Starter - mozerella tomato and avacado salad Main - chicken and chorizo paella (vegetable...

Hi im thinking for my reception having a flip flop basket for the guests. Ive seen some on ebay £48 for 20 flip flops im sure i can do it myself for cheaper. Buy a wicker basket and get some cheap...

Hi, We are getting married at Northbrook Park next year and wonder if anyone has used The BBQ Chef Caterers? Thanks!

Ok I'm not getting married until May 2017 but venue etc is booked. But now I keep hearing on here that people have booked their registrars, so: How do you go about booking one? How soon should I be...

Hi all I am seriously considering using dried flowers as they look amazing and are much more convenient for storage and transport to venue etc etc. I was looking at the English Rose Garden bridal...

I have come across the following website, http://www.aislestyle.co.uk where they sell literally thousands of wedding dresses. I have had trouble finding the right dress for me but there is one on that...