Discussions from Planning

Morning Ladies, I am after some advice on the etiquette of evening invitations. My OH and I have lived together for 2 years and have pretty much everything we need for the house, aside from big things...

My OH have decided that our wedding is gonna have a movie theme to it. We're aiming to recreate famous movie posters to name our tables after, we've also decided to write our invitations in the style...

Hi everyone, just started wedding planning and would love some advice if poss! We live in Northampton but are potentially thinking of a venue in the Lake District which is where we stayed when we got...

Hi ladies I'm new to the whole wedding planning experience. We are getting married on 28th April 2012 we've got loads of ideas and I am keen to book things ASAP as only 7 months away. However my...

We are about to embark on suit shopping. Just wanted some advice on what is the norm regarding who wears the same suits. Obviously groom and best man (or men in our case), and ushers? And father of...

Hi ladies, My SIL's hen party is coming up and we are trying to think of some things to do during the hen party- i.e. a few little surprises for the bride. Her hen do is a rather classy affair- having...

Hi. Has anyone please used Sun and Snow weddings for planning a wedding in Crete. Would you recommend? Thank you

I have ordered a personalised wax stamp to make wax seals for our invites, I read online I should use a cool melt glue gun but can't find one for 11mm wax sticks. Hobbycraft have one for 7mm sticks,...

Hi everyone! Hope planning is going well (wish I’d discovered this forum sooner!) We are getting married May next year & starting to think about invitation designs etc. I am thinking quite a...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a hard plastic clear storage/display box for my tiara. We're making a shelf of wedding bits for our dining room and one if the things I'd like to display on it is my...

Hi all, I was wondering if I could pick some brains about less traditional wedding foods. MOB and H2B are both very fussy and only really eat traditional English foods but I wonder if guest would...

Hey everyone, Just wondering if anyone has had a blessing back in the UK after a wedding abroad? Me and my fiancé are wanting to fly off to Hawaii, just us two, have a small beach wedding alone and...

I can't find anywhere decent to hire them so I've been buying a few but trying to get one's that aren't too expensive and people will actually want to use. Those of you who are are having them what...

Hi everyone, We are not creating a gift list as we already have a home, and have all the furnishings we need. However we will be moving once we are married so would like to ask people for Next home...

Hello everyone, I am really hoping someone might be able to help me. We are having a Catholic wedding without mass, I'm Catholic and the groom isn't. We have been trying to do our order of service for...

Hey everyone, I wondered if anyone knew of a supplier who could arrange a basketball arcade game to our wedding in Sussex? It's a bit of a difficult one to google so thought I would ask on here!

Hello!! We are getting married on 31st October 2026.We are doing a autumnal type wedding with aspects of Halloween horror Looking for something a bit alternative for our wedding, entertainment,...

Im not sure where to start

Hi, Hoping you lovely girls can help me out here. I'm trying to spread the cost of the little wedding bits and this month is children's packs. We have 13 kids coming and I want to make my own activity...

Which registrars are easiest for guests?

I’m a South African getting married in Scotland to my Scottish fiancé and I can’t get my head around evening food?!? We have canapés going out at 2:30pm. Our reception dinner meal and dessert for our...

Are you doing a confetti throw? Our venue only allows natural confetti so we'll need to provide it. Initial costings were around £80 so we decided against it (the cost of things for a wedding is...

Photographers - how do you know that they are good and that your not going to get ripped off with a rubbish one?

Are you doing it yourself? Or have you asked someone who can do 'posh' handwriting? My mum suggested one of her friends as they can do that special type of writing, but I just think what a palavour?...

So we are having a small ceremony of only 20 people and I am thinking of then doing speeches at the evening ceremony with all the guest, but then what time would we start the ceremony in the evening?...

Hello! I've not been on here since before I got married, so firstly apologies for being a part timer... it's my friend's hen night tonight and I've just been told we're supposed to bring games for the...

A new show is being advertised on Sky called Battle of the Brides, the blurb for it is that it will be two brides, same dress (even though the ones shown evidently are wearing different dresses) same...

Anyone got any suggestions? I'm borrowing a veil from a friend. It hasn't been cleaned and is a bit grubby at the bottom from when she wore it. Does it need to be dry cleaned or do you think a hand...

Hi everyone, I'm planning my wedding and want to give each guest a slice of cake in a beautiful personalised cake box. I'm looking for boxes that are sturdy, elegant, and can be customised with our...

Hello, I am going all digital with invites and rsvp and I was wondering if anyone has done this and if they had any advise/site/ platform they could share with me

Hi all! I'm a new(ish) bride and we're starting to plan our wedding. I should be excited but to be honest I'm not and the reason why is budget. For reasons I won't go in to, we're having to keep our...

This is mostly just a vent, but I’m beginning to get frustrated with my future in-laws. Mainly OH’s brother and sister-in-law. Because OH and I have a long distance relationship I’ve only met them a...