Discussions from Planning

Hi Last weekend we went and looked at Bellavista in Milnrow, today we went to Hyde Bank Farm in Romily and next weekend we're going to look at Hey Green Hotel. I'm just wondering have any of you been...

Hi this is my first post We are getting married on sunday (eek!) and we have cystic fibrosis pin badges as favours for our guest. My daughter has cystic fibrosis so its a cause very close to our and...

I stupidly ordered my wedding dress without checking the price for alterations. I've just found out that the shop will charge me £180! Is that reasonable?! How much are you brides paying for your...

Good or bad idea? We are doing a wine reception and wine on the tables - I'm thinking it might help us to accurately balance the amount we order? When doing the table plan I would just put 'R' or 'W'...

I'm undecided! Easier to walk in but not sure if it makes the dress too structured for my liking.

Hi everyone My fiancé and i looked at the Tudor Barn yesterday and i was blown away. next saturday we are looking at Lilibrooke manor. Can anyone let me know if they have had experience with these two...

Hi everyone! This is my first post and not really sure what I'm doing but here goes... I am getting married next year in May and have left it as late as possible to choose my wedding dress as I wanted...

Is anyone else having / had a non-traditional top table seating plan, and allowed their parents to sit next to one another? I really want to do this, as I feel both sets of parents would much rather...

(picture deleted) It's a round diamond, but it's set in a square. I tried on a d shaped rolled edge band left a massive gap between the two. Please help me find a type of ring that wont leave a big...

I saw them in a magazine, and have just read Frans write up on here. I was expecting them to be properly OTT and brightly coloured, but most of them are rather tasteful (IMO) I love all things disney,...

Given my choice I would happily go and get married day. I don't want to wait another 20 months I picked up my wedding ring ysterday and it has just made me so excited again about everything. Last...

Opinions please... in other words, please boost my confidence on this one - or make me speak up! My parents are paying for catering, so are the ones liaising with the caterers we're using. We've had a...

Hello everyone, I have bought a sample dress which does need some alterations (length taken up and taken in a bit). Can anyone recommend a good seamstress in the Hampshire/Surrey area. I am based in...

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...

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...