Discussions from Planning

Hi ladies Newly engaged and just booked our wedding for November 2015. Starting to think about everything needed for the day and although it's a long time off yet this is something me and my fiance...

Today I bought the most expensive pair of shoes I've ever owned! Lol. But I completely fell in love with them. I picked them up as a joke initially, then tried them on and***BAM!!!***. I just want to...

Oh boy - hit another couple of road bumps here. Found out last week that the Golf Club where we are holding our reception may be about to fire their steward, (or their steward may be about to quit...

I've asked my best friend to be my MOH and her daughter to be a flower girl. She'll be 11 when we get married but I'm having trouble finding dresses I like that I think will be appropriate for her....

Lovely ladies, I'm getting married in October and we are on a budget after having splashed out on a pianist! So, I want to ask you, have any of you ordered fake flowers instead of real for...

(try not to sing the Peppa Pig song whilst reading that!) I love the big bubblegum balloons, but at £30ish a go, they are way out of our budget. Has anyone used the DIY ones from Hobbycraft or has...

Hope this is ok to post, found it and thought it might help some of your fellow future brides! Found this site when I was shopping for cheap wedding stationery. They do invitations, favour holders,...

I bought my dress a couple of months ago, it's due in the shop next month. When I tried it on I didn't have a petticoat under it but I recently saw a picture of another bride wearing my dress with a...

Hi all :-) My OH and I have been trying to write our guest list (or at least rough idea) over the last couple of weeks and are finding it increasingly difficult! He is from Birmingham way, whereas I'm...

A couple of my friends are organising my hen as a surprise for me (I'm not having BM's or a MOH) and the only stipulation I made was that it shouldn't be costly (I'm getting married abroad and people...

Hi all, I need desperate help with my venue hunt! I live in Doncaster, and i am happy with a registry office ceremony, but i am having a nightmare trying to find a reception venue. In a dream world it...

We're giving lottery tickets as favours (first three numbers of each ticket will be our wedding date; 5, 10, 14 - and we're going to make nice envelopes for them to go in with little notes of thanks...

Evening ladies, seeing as I doubled my budget on my dress last weekend I am going to have to make my own centrepieces for the tables. I'm looking for cylinder vases in 3 different heights, floating...

Hi everyone, Please can you help! We have been looking for a barn wedding reception venue in the York area but having no luck. We're after something a little different. We've searched the internet but...

Hi, My friend of 7 years had been acting strangely with me for a few weeks and two weeks ago she was incredibly rude to me for no apparent reason. I asked her what was up but she kept on saying...

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I can find this film, I found a double pack on ebay and they charged £147!!!! Surely that's not right?!

Hi everyone, I'm having an absolute nightmare with my Mother in Law too be. I get married August 2014 and she is just taking over as she feels I'm not getting things done quick enough. It's causing me...

Hello! Just going through all sorts of options and combinations for the food for our day, and I stumble across M&S party food, which looks like the incredibly easy and a faff-free option (although...

<dink dink dink dink> (thats me tapping my wine glass with a fork....) Ladies and the odd gentleman - can I have your attention please? *a hush falls around the forum* Thank you. I am Snow 'I...

Hi all Hoping someone will be able to provide some ideas for a Wedding Venue where we can hold a Tipi Tent style Wedding. We will be looking at doing the Wedding fully self catered e.g. provide our...

Hi all, Am recently engaged but firmly in the grips of wedding-planning fever!! I'm having sooooo much fun but there is so much to think about so these forums are brilliant I'm planning a winter...

Hi everyone, Need ideas what to put in kids activity packs to keep them amused. I don't have children myself. So far I've got colouring books! Haha! Need help......

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We got married in May 2014 in Devon and I thought it would be useful to share my thoughts on local suppliers to other Devon...

My OH and I are really stuck on finding a nice message to include on a card asking for small donations towards our honeymoon. I've heard people saying poems are cheesy and some people find them rude....

So, after 2 months, my venue's caterers have finally got back to us with a quote for our afternoon tea buffet, and I am... underwhelmed. Just wondering if anyone who also did afternoon tea for their...

Just came across this article, may be helpful for anyone considering buying items from China: http://offbeatbride.com/2014/04/ebay-wedding-dress-made-in-china

Hello, Me and my partner are hoping to have a very small registry office wedding but my local one is a bit soulless! Can anyone recommended a picturesque registry office? i live in Essex but I'm...

Hello Hitched, I'm newly engaged and am just trying to set a date now. We know the church we want to get married in, but are now toying either either the Saturday of August Bank Hol (2015) or the...

We are having canapés after the ceremony and then the main meal which includes dessert so I really don't think the guests will want to tuck into cake after all that food. My idea to the OH this...

I would like to include a photo I Spy in the children's activity bags but all the online templates are very American and can't be changed. Does anyone have a template that can be adapted at a

I am really worried my husband-to-be is going to hate our wedding! We've just got engaged and I'm ridiculously excited about the wedding planning! However, my fiance is incredibly shy. He's fine in...