Discussions from Planning

Has anyone got any recommendations for hair and make up artists that cover the new forest please. I've contacted quite a few and I'm really struggling with any level of service! I don't know if I'm...

How much is everyone spending on their wedding cake? I have no idea what is reasonable, we fancy a three tier lemon, chocolate and vanilla sponge. The few places we have enquired with are around...

My OH and I are humanists and my partner in particular is a strident atheist. It was never on the cards to have a church wedding and we are doing away with quite a lot of the traditions that weddings...

Hi I got engaged two weeks ago so am in the very early planning stages and just wondered if someone could assist - either you're planning your wedding reception in a marquee or know someone who has!...

We booked our venue at beginning of Sept for 12 Sept next year. Its a converted barn where we will have ceremony and reception, around 50 day and 80 evening guests. We arranged ceremony room, welcome...

Hopefully this will post..... I saw a beautiful dress on don't tell the bride this week. It was quite plain at the front just a lace top but the back was open and had diamonte strings hanging down...

I know you are not allowed any religious content with a registry office wedding but I really want to walk in to "Heaven" by Do and am not sure if this will be classed as religious or not. Any other...

Hi all, just wanted to gauge opinion really, if you other half is getting married wearing their uniform are you having button holes and are they wearing their medals? We cant decide if both are too...

I'm really fed up I can't find a wedding venue my budget is 8k for the wedding and at the minute everywhere I've look I'd is coming up as £4500 ? I didn't think it would be this much for a venue at...

I really like the convertible bridesmaid dresses by dessy & 2 birds but with 6 adult bridesmaids £250 a dress is waaay out of my budget. Has anyone found a similar thing elsewhere?! My colours are...

Oh my goodness, I can't believe this time tomorrow the girl doing our hair and make up will have just arrived, and I'll be getting ready to marry the love of my life! Lots to do today, but it's all...

My OH can't wear a wedding ring due to his work and the fact that he is left-handed. We want to get him a tattoo of our names/initials and wedding date instead but don't know of any tattoo artists...

I thought I'd settled on a colour for the bridesmaid dresses.....navy. Stylish with elegance I thought. I don't know why but my original colour theme popped into my head last night (strawberry and...

Hi all, im getting hitched in 2016 already chose cadbury purple as the colour butf wanted to carry on with the cadbury theme, for example cadbury roses names for table names etc but dont want to look...

I am desperately waiting for the flower girl shoes I have fallen in love with to come back in stock in my nieces size. They have been out of stock in pretty much all sizes for weeks, checked today,...

As the title suggests I'm struggling! We decided on significant numbers to add a more personal touch. so far we have how many days since we met (over 4000!) how old we were when we met the day in...

Hey ladies, need some advice on how to tackle this, my 3 bridesmaids are all different shapes & sizes, one slim & 6foot 1", one 5,5 with a huge bust & curvy shape, and one 5 foot 2" with a...

Hello, So when I got engaged, I asked my three sisters to be bridesmaids. We struggled to find any dresses on the high street in the colour I wanted - coral, so we thought we'd have them made, a...

Hello Please can you share with me your wording for your invites, both for guests invited to the entire day and guests invited to the evening only? Our wedding is at a church, then on to another venue...

So me and my partner are getting married at 3pm in a C of E church about 15 mins away from where we are having our reception. I am also getting ready at home which is also about 15 mins away from the...

Didn't know if people would be interested but Sky Living aired a documentary about newly wed couples in their first year of marriage (called Hitched!!) The first episode was shown back in th spring I...

With 10 days to go, I'm feeling so incredibly impatient! I know it's almost here, but I just don't want to wait anymore! I'm not sleeping well either, so i'm worried by the time I get there i'll be a...

Anyone used them for BM dresses? So far they ladies have been great with all my questions and the fabric samples I purchased are good. Just not sure whether to commit to going with them...

I keep thinking of going to wedding fayre but then talk myself out of it. Are they just an excuse for the venue to sell themselves (already booked ours so no point looking at others!), or are there...

Hi - was just wondering if anyone knew of a website where I can set up a 'honeypot' rather than a gift list. Looking for something we can set up to pass to guest, if they wish to give us a gift, they...

Hi there! Any help would be AMAZING! we are looking for a rustic barn type venue in the area of sussex/ kent/ surrey where our guests can camp. Don't want to spend any more than £2500 for a venue. our...

So I almost fell off my chair when I found this company (got the link from hitched.co.uk). They have wedding packages from as cheap as £229 - £1179 ranging between 3 and 8 hour coverage. The £500-ish...