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Hi all, am new to this and hoping that someone can help. We're getting married in August 2015 and are looking for a dry hire wedding venue in Hampshire and maybe Surrey as we live in Southampton. At...

Hello! I'm here again with yet another nugget of confusion and indecision ? My mother-in-law-to-be today mentioned to me about the recessional for after the wedding. For anyone like me who has no idea...

Hi guys! Does anyone know what the etiquette is for tipping suppliers (i.e band, other musicians, caterers) on the wedding day when you pay the balance? Obviously given that they provide good...

Hi ladies. Just wondering if anyone has bought the above dress? Due to go dress shopping in two weeks. My friend dragged me in a shop before xmas and only tried two dresses on... this being one of...

Hi Does anyone know anyone who can create a 'clip art' image for you to use on invites etc. I've looked on google and not found what I am after, so wondered if anyone knew of someone who could make...

Hi all, I am just about to order my veil from Pink Margaret and am unsure of what width to go for. I tried a veil on in the bridal shop that I loved, they told me it was Chapel length but didn't...

Helloooo, So I have four adult bridesmaid all from different parts of my life so even though some of them may have met once or twice they don't really know each other at all. I was thinking about...

Is anyone else experiencing stressful hen do planning. I am getting to the point where i dont want one! My MOH is planning the hen do for me and running things past me before she books - problem is we...

I cant sleep, 1 because of excitement and the other because of a cold (sods law) so after 4 1/2 hous sleeps of sneezing i thought id get up pack the sweet buffet anx the house in ship shape for 8am...

Has anyone had any experience using pocketfolds for invitations - have you purchased them blank or even made them from scratch? I saw a tutorial online for making them from scratch using sheets of...

Advice needed. It will cost us an extra 50 quid to book our registrar over a year in advance. But im worried that if I leave it to the year mark they will only have rubbish times left. Also do we need...

Hi ladies! I'm having such a dress dilemma & I've never even tried on a dress! (Yet!) I've always had 'the dress' pictured in my head & I've always loved Vera Wang's designs. So I 'stumbled'...

I want to get through as many places as possible in the shortest possible time. Does anyone have tips tips of where to start :-)

Hi All I have decided to make my own wedding invitations which has worked out cheaper. I don't know what glue i should use to stick the information bit to the card itself. I tried Pritt Stick buts its...

Hi ladies, i really cannot find a band i like or a band within my budget. I've been looking for weeks, i have emailed a couple of bands but have had no response. I really don't know what to do and i...

So after much thought, discussion and number crunching we have decided on a venue! Argh!!! Very excited, but also nervous. We've got to make an appointment to confirm and pay the deposit. I absolutely...

After lots and lots of thinking about favours, I've decided to get charity favours. Is anyone else going down this route? I'm just getting simple ones from Macmillan Cancer. They are little seed packs...

Hi, I have a problem with if we should have my Dad's fiancée (so my soon to be step mum) on the top table. The back story is my Mum died about 2 and a half years ago. My dad started seeing his fiancée...

Hi Everyone Does anyone have any wedding venue suggestions for the East Midlands? We live in Derby, but would consider further afield, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. Any...

Hi everyone! My partner and I are looking to wed in June 2016! We are struggling to find an affordable wedding venue (looking for a civil ceremony, so would like somewhere where we can get married...

Me and my fiance are getting married in a large church so we want as many as our friends and family to join us for the special moment of us saying i do. The problem is for our wedding breakfast we...

Our wedding is in three weeeks my mum got an "our daughters wedding" photo album for christmas, does anyone know where i would get a MY SONS WEDDING album as my OH mum is on her own??

Hi Everyone We recently went to veiw Berrow Court in Edgbaston/Birmingham and really love the venue itself, but have notcied the is quite a few bad reviews on the place and have been told by a friend...

Hi everyone, hoping for some help from fellow brides to be! Out of the goodness of their hearts, a friend of my MIL has offered to make our wedding favours for us, home brewed beer! Had our tasting...

I thought I'd made my mind up about my entrance music but apparently not... Initailly I said I'd have the traditional 'here comes the bride' as it's a church wedding & for us, it wouldn't be right...

I bought my dress at a sample sale so I had to take it away with me, but the lady in the shop gave me the phone number for the alterations lady they use and told me to ring her in August to book in...

Hi all, This week I contacted my vicar to get our July 2016 wedding put into the diary. In short, we have been told the only available time is 12pm. I was originally hoping to get married at 1pm. The...

I am starting to narrow down my search for my wedding dress, as I think I am trying to be too open and i'm not getting anywhere! My favourite designer at the moment seems to be the Mori Lee range, and...