Discussions from Planning

Not had one of these threads for a while and seen some bizarre stuff lately. One was that a bride and groom demand all their guests dress up for the full day (and evening) in leis and grass skirts for...

One of my bridesmaids was going to do my hair for the wedding but we are now thinking that it is just not going to be practical because of timings on the day and we do not want to rush and get all...

Hi. My name's Emma and my fiance is Paul. We have a four-y-o son called Tommy. We are looking at getting married in August 2013. We live in Wisbech and do not want to have to travel miles to a venue....

Hi All, Not sure if this is a bit of a random problem or not! We have decided we want to reserve seats for specific people in the front few rows of the ceremony. In part this is because we were at a...

After a lot of nagging to get OH to find a song he likes, and me having to sit and listen to all of them and the listen to the words, we have finally decided on Amy Winehouse - Will you still love me...

When we hired our mens suits because we wanted 5 we got a 6th free, so offered for the father of the groom to hire a suit for the occasion. Well unexpected to me, having left it with the groom to sort...

Oh my word its expensive! So far all quotes are coming in way above what I can afford. To have me and my bridesmaids hair and make up done is looking at about £800 - £1000 and thats without a trial...

Hi Ladies, I'm new here so be gentle with me ha-ha. Ok so we have found out we are getting some unexpected money that we have decided to use to get married. We've had confirmation that it should be...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...