Discussions from Planning

My sister is 4 years younger than me and is getting married in a year.. I am getting married in 8 weeks. I just want the focus to be on my wedding for now, but she won't leave hers alone, she is...

We've just booked our wedding for August 2013 at Chilham Village Hall (near Canterbury in Kent) .... We both loved this venue when we went to see it but i can't help feeling a bit like people will...

Hi hitchers, Myself and my partner Noel are planning a shotgun wedding on the 8th July this year. ?? We've been together since we were 16 (10years now) and have been engaged for over a year and we've...

Hi ladies, I have not created a post before but have commented on others so hope I am doing this correctly! My OH and I would like to incorporate both our cultures into our day and would quite like to...

Hello all I am new to the site and this is my first post, I'm hoping someone will be able to help me. After nearly 5 years of engagement and 2 children I am finally planning our wedding! What I would...

I've spent hours looking for dresses! They are either too expensive or cheap and coming from somewhere overseas which doesn't allow returns and has awful reviews. I want to spend about £100 for an...

Hello, my wedding is now only 6 weeks away and i am trying to keep to my budget as far as possible and plan all money due out when to ensure we have everything we need. now my wedding dress fitting...

Hi, I'm looking at dresses at the moment for my 2 adult bridesmaids and 1 junior but haven't budgeted it even thought about shoes. I'm already paying for dresses, make up and hair. Us it ok to ask...

I have Indian heritage and would love to mix that in to my wedding. I'm thinking mostly jewel colours and perhaps some of the patterns on invites and placeholders etc, but what I would really love is...

Good news... I've found the dress of my dreams Bad news... Its from a designers collection years ago and was about £6k when I want to spend £200 max I've found an ebay store making a knock off, I'd...

Firstly, I'm starting this thread more for amusement, because it seems to me that the best way of coping with some of the wedding planning that doesn't go the way you think, is to be able to just...

Looking at the potential of wearing bow ties for all groomsmen at our wedding. Do I need to look for a particular suit to go with a bow tie or can I wear a normal lounge/evening suit? We were hoping...

Hello, I am looking to hire some gold or copper cutlery for our wedding in April. We are getting married in Suffolk. Can anyone recommend a supplier?? I am struggling to find someone and our caterer...

Hi, I'm getting married in less than a year and I'm planning all the usual bits (exciting!!) So whilst drawing up my guest list myself and the Mr have hit a snag... Her... My dad's new girlfriend, we...

Hi there, I wondered if anyone had booked a venue and then read a bad review about it? We've recently found the perfect place, totally fell in love with it and reserved it. I then googled it and read...

Happy Wedding Anniversary Wishes My dear, you don’t need to worry about how hard life is, because I will always be by your side to go through it. Happy anniversary, my love. I will never forget the...

I never really thought about it until we decided to get married but I don't really have anyone I regard as close friends, not close enough to be a bridesmaid, so I decided that I wasn't going to have...

Hi all, My fiance and I have decided to have a sweetheart table just for the two of us at our wedding to avoid awkward situations with my parents (divorced and don't get along well) but I was just...

His, Getting married second time both in our early 50s not too sure about things. Do you provide onfetti for the guests to throw. Also we have provided favours, ror is that still old fashioned? Also...

As a wedding and events planner i have done so many over the years and have loved making peoples special days become reality. Im getting married in october its booked for the day before my 40th...

First-time poster. So, this past week of wedding-planning has been particularly tough. The main culprit is my sister, who agreed to help with the planning but has been so absent. Granted, she has a...

There is nothing anyone here can do but my hairdresser has just let me down 9 weeks before my wedding and now I’m faced with trying to find a new one. To add to the issue it’s ladies day at the races...

Can I be done? My filtb has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and not looking likely that he has a whole lot of time left. I'm thinking we've got this year with him, so ideally looking at...

Hi We're having our tables in an E-shape during our wedding breakfast, i.e. three long tables branching off the top table. I'm trying to find somewhere I can buy a seating chart to have displayed in...

Im trying to work out if an afternoon tea style wedding breakfast will work for day guests and if it will be cheaper... i don't want to not feed people enough but as it's a summer wedding we don't...

HI everyone, So here it goes.. I’ve decided to go ahead with the whole “elope” get married at the registers office without telling anyone. My partner and I had previously planned out wedding last...

Myself (25) and H2B (26) have been together 11 years since school and are getting married in August. My OH’s grandma is 80, is probably seen as the family matriarch, she retired from teaching 20 years...

Hello! I've just been told by my hair and make up artist (having already paid £500 for a trial for me, my sister and mum, and a £50 deposit), that as there is so many of us having stuff done on the...