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Mellow_Yellow
***Good Luck Thread - Peaches_M - Getting Married Tomorrow!!!***
Mellow_Yellow, 23 March, 2012 at 11:13

Your big day is finally here! I hope it is everything you ever dreamed of, and that you have a wonderful mariage!

Fergo, saturday 24-Mar-12 24 1,710
mummymrs2b
Feeling a bit unorganised??
mummymrs2b, 23 March, 2012 at 22:02

Getting married in April 2013 and so far we have booked the venue, photographer, and put deposit to secure my dress. Not done anything for a while now, keep reading other posts on here and people are...

Vintage84, saturday 24-Mar-12 4 611
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Guest book- removable pages?
laurac1983, 24 March, 2012 at 08:32

Hello I have literally just registered. Im helping a very close friend who has just booked her wedding for 12 weeks time!! eek! i only got married last sept so I know how much she has to do, hence...

laurac1983, saturday 24-Mar-12 1,627
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Professional Pumpkin Carving
, 22 March, 2012 at 14:02

This is probably really random, but my OH and I would like pumpkin centre pieces, we have been looking at white pumpkins and tiger pumpkins and wanted them to be carved quite vintage looking with...

squidgybob, friday 23-Mar-12 17 5,177
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Wedding Chair Cover hire Birmingham.
lovely emma, 6 March, 2012 at 20:41

Hi everyone. I wonder if you can help. I have been searching the internet for a company who i can hire chair covers from. I wanted good quality ones but of course budget has been an issue for me.I...

The Bridal Room Leic, friday 23-Mar-12 1 727
AllyMcBear
Help!! Trying to find a someone to make a fascinator for my mum - any ideas??
AllyMcBear, 19 March, 2012 at 23:34

My mum has bought her outfit and we cannot find a fascinator in her colour anywhere. Does anyone know of someone that makes to order? Thanks x

staceylynch6, friday 23-Mar-12 12 2,035
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Rock n Roll band for a London wedding
FuturePowell, 22 March, 2012 at 21:58

Hi can anyone recommend a good rock n roll band? We're getting married in surbiton which London way. Had a look on the Internet but it's difficult to know where to start! Thanks in advance

Nik_Nak, thursday 22-Mar-12 373
Knees
Booking a band without hearing them
Knees, 22 March, 2012 at 10:09

Has anybody done this? For our home reception, we wanted a band who played at my cousin's wedding. They were friends of the groom. I got in touch with my cousin a year before the wedding, asking for...

Nik_Nak, thursday 22-Mar-12 12 2,410
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2pm wedding with no wedding breakfast
Mkell, 21 March, 2012 at 21:40

Hi all I was wondering if anyone had there wedding at 2pm with no wedding breakfast. I am planning canapes and drinks and have also bought extra bottles of champagne for guests . I am now worried...

Mkell, thursday 22-Mar-12 11 2,150
cford09
Table Centrepieces - DIY or worth splashing out?
cford09, 22 March, 2012 at 12:32

Hi everyone! Just wondering what you guys are doing/did about centrepieces for your tables at your reception? I'm horrified at how much florists want to charge for a display and have been thinking...

maxinegallie, thursday 22-Mar-12 11 4,879
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Engagement ring insurance
hampshire_bride, 21 March, 2012 at 13:20

Hi everyone. I am fairly new to all of this. I got engaged last month and I think it's a good idea to get the ring insured. I have never worn such expensive jewellery and have never even owned a ring...

2b_MrsB, thursday 22-Mar-12 11 2,721
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LOU LOU bridal FB16 tea length dress with bolero
sd644, 3 January, 2012 at 23:02

I have seen the dress of my dreams online, but would love to know what it wil look like on a real person if you know what i mean. Has anyone has bought or worn something similar and is willing to...

JennyH10, wednesday 21-Mar-12 13 4,400
Mrs*W*2B
Legal advice? engagement ring!!
Mrs*W*2B, 20 March, 2012 at 15:28

Hi Ladies (and Gents!) I'm not sure if anybody can help but I will try and explain as best as I can and if anybody has any advice or experience of this then please let me know because me and OH aren't...

Blonde Viki, wednesday 21-Mar-12 48 5,142
haylee81
Face plan leading up to the big day?
haylee81, 20 March, 2012 at 20:27

About a month ago the lady that is doing my make up for the wedding told me to prepare my skin, so I decided on purchasing the clinique 3 step. I've noticed the last week though I have started coming...

*sweetpea*, wednesday 21-Mar-12 13 1,716
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Civil ceremony - Do we have to see each other before ??
LittleMissB, 21 March, 2012 at 09:38

I have just been going trough our registrar pack and noticed that it says we will both have a quick interview with registrar together before the ceremony. We are getting married at a hotel and the...

Mellow_Yellow, wednesday 21-Mar-12 4 1,075
Pink Han-bag
Timings/Order of day for civil ceremony
Pink Han-bag, 21 March, 2012 at 08:28

We're getting closer to actually setting a date so of course my mind is wondering to other things, I'd like to have an idea of how things will run in my head just so I can 'see' it a bit more if that...

Pink Han-bag, wednesday 21-Mar-12 6 4,270
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Funky flat shoes? Help!
BatsGirl, 20 March, 2012 at 17:36

Hey, I feel I have doen nothing but look at shoes (for mine and another's wedding) in about 6 months. 'im indoors is a smidgen shorter than me and I am really conscious of not looking like the Broons...

Canary, tuesday 20-Mar-12 7 3,744
moonpie1985
How much will my hair grow in 15 weeks?
moonpie1985, 17 March, 2012 at 16:08

I currently have very straight hair down to just past my shoulders. I usually have my hair very short and have been growing it since getting engaged hoping for long hair on my wedding day. I am...

BatsGirl, tuesday 20-Mar-12 5 8,186
Mrs*S
I'm not having any bridesmaids.....
Mrs*S, 19 March, 2012 at 13:50

I'm getting married in early June this year and I'm having a bit of a panic right now about bridesmaids. Even when I was little I knew that I would never have any bridesmaids because I would...

jojo2, tuesday 20-Mar-12 26 2,655
Red Baroness
Civil Ceremony Vows
Red Baroness, 19 March, 2012 at 16:28

We haven't received our information booklet yet, so I imagine this will probably be covered in that, but I've been wondering about the wording. Can we use the traditional religious ceremony wording,...

DarkMoomin, tuesday 20-Mar-12 19 16,739
Barefoot
Negotiating refund of venue deposit - WWYD?
Barefoot, 19 March, 2012 at 18:50

OK, as I've mentioned, we're changing venue. We realised venue 1 wasn't value for money and there were several charges we hadn't initially been made aware of. We had given them a total of £750...

Barefoot, tuesday 20-Mar-12 9 4,258
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Bridesmaid Dress Swatches, Dessy...a bit of a rant...
, 17 February, 2012 at 11:58

Hey Everyone, I found the perfect bridesmaid dresses, more importantly all 5 of the bridesmaids love the dress too. They are Dessy gowns, 200.00 each which is over budget but if it makes the girls...

schiocco, tuesday 20-Mar-12 33 7,938
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HELP My wedding dress is too short!!
katiejm1989, 19 March, 2012 at 23:58

Hello, i am fairly new to this so you will have to bear with me.... My budget is fairly miniscule so i decided to look on ebay for my dress, i fell in love with a gorgeous new wedding dress that...

3d jewellery, tuesday 20-Mar-12 6 2,019
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Wedding Insurance - reviews?
, 19 March, 2012 at 09:59

Hi All Before i start paying deposits - i want to get my insurance sorted I am having a low budget wedding - there isnt any wedding cars, photographer is a friend, no church (having ceremony,...

sian-tiffany, monday 19-Mar-12 4 12,269
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Budget for Honeymoon
chez1988, 17 March, 2012 at 18:25

Even though our wedding isn’t till June 2013 up to now we are pretty organised and got major/most expensive things booked and bought/got ideas on the other things. This got me thinking about our...

HayleyMay, monday 19-Mar-12 33 3,185
MrsStobe13
Church weddings & non-believers
MrsStobe13, 19 March, 2012 at 15:00

Hello ladies, This is one I've been left to have to ponder for the past 24 hrs and I wondered if anyone else had been in the same boat. First off let me say that up until the past few months I've been...

HayleyMay, monday 19-Mar-12 14 2,553
DarkMoomin
confetti container inspiration?
DarkMoomin, 19 March, 2012 at 13:53

Good Afternoon ladies, I really hope you can help me out with some inspiration. Our venue will only allow us to have real petal confetti - so I have bought some dried petal confetti from ebay as I am...

Kriek, monday 19-Mar-12 10 5,536
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Anyone been to Paxos Greece???
, 29 July, 2010 at 13:29

Hi Ladies, We're getting married in Greece in 2012 and after hours of looking on the internet at different parts and locations we thought we had decided on Zante....however...I've had a complete...

gfere40, monday 19-Mar-12 8 2,890
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Miffed about my Hen Do!!!
Country Flower, 15 March, 2012 at 14:28

Feeling rather miffed so going to have a little rant - apologies in advance! Ok, just to set the scene I do not have loads of girly friends - I have a very (Very) small circle of close friends then...

Country Flower, monday 19-Mar-12 10 1,512
cford09
Honeymoon gift list wording - HELP!!!
cford09, 18 March, 2012 at 14:41

We have decided to go for a honeymoon gift list for our wedding as we already live together and thought this would be a nice idea rather than the slightly embarrassing option of asking people for cold...

cford09, monday 19-Mar-12 13 35,387
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How much did you spend on your dress?
lucilledd, 17 March, 2012 at 22:05

Hi all I'm a bride to be and also starting a bridal business but I'm struggling to decide on who to stock as I have a few choices! I have a feeling I'll hear from Magggie Sottero any day now and I...

ebony_rose, monday 19-Mar-12 64 5,591
moonpie1985
Is it a rule to have wavy hair if you are having it down on your wedding day?
moonpie1985, 17 March, 2012 at 16:24

I am searching far and wide for wedding hair inspiration. I have come across hardly any where it is straight hair. Seemingly everyone gets married with wavy hair! Has anyone got any straight...

Kriek, monday 19-Mar-12 31 3,989

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