Discussions from Planning

Hello I am wondering when is best to send out save the date cards . Also do you send them to your evening guests or just your day guests . Where are people getting there’s from?

Band or DJ ?? This decision is really hanging us up, we just can not decide. Probs and cons / experiences would be greatlyAppreciated. X

Happy Friday Everyone!! I am getting married in June 2013. We are having a New York themed wedding due to this being the place we got engaged. I just want to share the NY things I currently have...

Oh has seen lego men attached to buttonholes and now wants to do this. I have no idea the best way to attach them though and am worried about ruining the flowers. We're picking up all the flowers from...

My OH and I are feminists. I often feel guilty therefore by the fact we didn't do away with the engagement ring tradition. We just went along with the 'man buys woman diamond' thing without even...

Hello, I wonder if anyone can relate or offer advice. My father-in-law2B who lives abroad was diagnosed with a brain tumour 6 months ago. My fiance had proposed and in our minds we'd planned a short...

We booked our wedding two years early and both me and my wife to be picked my best man together. The decision was a friend that I had known for a shorter time than a lot of my other friends, but he...

Does anyone know which venues hold Indian weddings?

Soooo we have booked the venue (provisionally) but we are going to book the registrar soon. When do you pay for the registrar ? Is it at the first meeting ?

Hello My fiance and I have opted for a midday wedding and , as we are having the civil ceremony at the same venue as everythgn else, need to come up with some good entertainent ideas to keep everyone...

Does anyone out there know if its possible to either get married or at least have the reception on a beach in the uk? are there rules against putting up marquees for example. Any thoughts appreciated....

Hey all, I always think of my dad when 'Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars' comes on the radio. He used to play it on his guitar and it's a favourite fond memory of mine.... plus, it's a really good song lol....

Music is massively important to me... i love indie, folk, alternative styles of music, but will consider anything, however I am really struggling to choose something to walk down the aisle to....

My Mum is doing my wedding cake and shes under the impression that I HAVE to have fruit cake as some people like it, I bloody hate the stuff, understand not everyone likes chocolate or some people...

I'm having a last minute wobble about timings for our day. Our church offers 12pm or 2pm services, and ages ago when the vicar said he would marry us we went for 12pm, as we thought any later might...

Anyone doing this? Or does everyone stay in a hotel afterwards? We may just go home as our venue is a barn and not many hotels near by! Just wondering what everyone else is doing! x

Did you know that your ring is covered for one year warrenty and includes FREE resizing (or an exchange) even if you've worn it!! I bought my wedding ring in February - I went in today to see if they...

Hey everyone, I am after a few ideas as to how to keep guests entertained between the ceremony and the evening reception Any ideas would be highly appreciated 🫶🫶

Recently started planning mine and my other half’s wedding - however, I’m worried that because we don’t have any engagement photos, that I’m missing out on something. I was thinking about taking some...

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Cany anyone help? Im welsh and my partner is English. Our wedding is taking place in Northampton but would like to incorporate something Welsh into our wedding. Was thinking maybe Welsh table names?...

Hi all, My brother is getting married in february. He has aksed me to do a reading at the wedding and Im so stuck as what to do! He doesnt want it religious as all the others are, but more personal. I...

Hi, is anyone building their own wedding cheese cake? It seems that if I buy my cheeses from the cheese counter at the supermarket I can do it for about £80 instead of well over £100 for a ready made...

Well i'm off to Oxford Street with dress swotch in hand on Saturday with my Mum and Aunt in tow to see if I can get some wedding shoes. I have had big problems upto now as it appears that my Benjamin...

Hi everyone! After a bit of advice, we are getting married in September 2025 and have booked our photographer. However, we've realised that the photographer lacks communication. We have emailed and...

What are you having during the signing of the register? Were having a friend play a piece on the keybaord but have a feeling he has just said yes to be nice - dont know what else to ahve as with him...

So, I just excitedly opened a letter from the vicarage, expecting it to be the date of our next meeting to discuss order of service etc. It's not! Our lovely vicar, who is well loved and rising...

We are getting married in an amazing venue next year, but can't decide whether photos will be enough to truly capture the day. Would be great to hear the pros and cons of getting a videographer? Do...

We are thinking of hiring a caricaturist for our wedding, but when do people think this would be best to have? We were thinking either between the service and the reception (or wedding is at the same...

I ordered and paid in full for my wedding dress from Unique Bridal in Wimbledon (in Elys department store) back in December 2009. I'm getting married in 10 weeks time and despite initially being told...