Discussions from Planning

Okay, so I had just had 3 separate lots of bad news, and have PMS... But anyway, the girl in question (who 'flutters her eyelashes at the boss, always gets her own way, everything thinks she's...

My sister is getting married this Saturday and my husband is giving her away as our father died just under 2 years ago. I am 15 years older than my sister and my husband has known her since she was...

Hi all, Myself and fiancee are really struggling with table names at the moment. As she is Italian we want a British / Italian themed wedding and just can't think of anything perfect to suit both! Any...

We've spent so long looking at so many places and a lot of factors stopping certain ones we'd looked at & wanted to go, including Mexico, Egypt, etc. we then narrowed it to Cape Verde (not as far...

Hello everyone, first time poster please be kind I'm getting married on 30 December 2013, so I've got time to get organised but I'm organising from a distance (we live in London, wedding will be in...

I'm having a nightmare with wedding invites. I can only find wedding invites that seem to just give the basic information (wedding venue, etc). However, we need to also include a bit more detail in...

Pretty much what the title says! We need to make an appointment for our legal preliminaries and give notice, and at the same time we need to order copies of our wedding certificates. How many...

Hi, i love this dress but im not keen on the way the satin waist strap comes up to a point betwwen the boobs, i would rather it carried on across the waist unber the boobs in a straight line, like a...

Hi Ladies, I'm going shoe shopping with my bridesmaids on Saturday and I was wondering if I should also get them matching bags for all their bits and pieces? Is anyone else doing this? My preference...

My little brother who will be 8 is going to be our page boy! We've got bracelets for flower girl and bridesmaid! I would quite like to get him something centime natal but for boys I don't really...

Good Afternoon All, I'm new to this, have been engaged 2 years but this week we have finally set a date and found our venue. 31st August 2013 I have head in my head since I was a little girl that I...

So I've booked a hair and make up lady for myself, my 3 BMs and my mum. It didn't occur to me at the time that in order to get everyone done in plenty of time we'll probably have to start at about...

Hi! I ordered my lovely Justin Alexander dress early September and I was under the impression that it would take about 6 months to arrive into the the shop which would give me plenty of time for...

Hi everyone, I'm just doing my table plan for the printer. I'm fine with where everyone is sat, but what order should the names be on each table? The order as you go round the table or something else?...

After an initial conversation with the wedding co-ordinator at our venue (we're getting married and having reception at the same place), we ideally wanted a 2pm ceremony. Unfortunately, 3pm was the...

My best friend is a (gay) man and I'm thinking that I'd like him to have role at the wedding. If he was a girl there's no doubt that he'd be Maid of Honour so I'm wondering whether I could have him as...

Hi all, Apologies if there is already a thread on this first of all, but I struggled to find one if there is! I'm going to attempt to start making my invitations at the weekend - I'm doing pocketfolds...

Hi Everyone! My name is Stacey. I'm an American bride getting hitched in the UK (Kent to be exact) to my beloved English fiance. I know there are a few traditions that aren't the same over there as...

This is probably more of a post for those whose weddings are within the next 4months ish or those who are already married, but does anyone know for definate how many meetings they should have with...

Hi Ladies! I'm totally jumping the gun an pre empting i'll even be pregnant but was just wondering if anyone knew how easy it would be to adjut a dress with a buttoned dress ? Like can you make it a...

Hi there, im getting married in mexico and have booked a hotel to throw an evening reception when i return. has any one got any ideas on how to make this feel like a special day and not just an after...

I have chosen Bach's Arisoso - but on listening to it last night I wondered if it might be a bit sad. Who else is walking down to a classical piece and what?

As a groom to be myself and in the process of making a jump into wedding videography, I'm interested to hear some thoughts from past brides and brides to be on how much they have paid for a wedding...

Hi everyone Bit of a strange question I know... I have a string quartet booked for my wedding, but I need to provide the sheet music for the quartet arrangement. Does anyone know where I can get this...

I have been reading loads of posts but I am still not sure what to go for. Decorations? How to decorate the room? I am not interested in having loads of stuff hanging around the house afterwards, so...

So we had originally decided on a lake district wedding but we are now considering moving it up to gretna/dumfries area to see if we can get something a bit cheaper. Looking for any recommendations...