Discussions from Planning

I'm so frustrated with my H2B's best man ☹️ Bit of background - me & H2B don't really have many friends and if anything we just have our work friends, who we haven't known that long. We're both...

Morning all! Finance and I are looking to get married next year. Does anyone know of any non-wedding wedding venues in Manchester/Cheshire? We're trying to keep the costs down as much as possible....

Hi!! Ok so we started the hunt for a venue for our 2018 wedding - I don't know about anyone else but I am struggling to find venues I like enough online to go and look at! We went and saw Gaynes Park...

hi Ladies, I have a brand 'new' DREAM wedding dress in which I have collected last month from the shop. My wedding was going to be in 2 weeks but we had to postpone it to September. I've noticed that...

As above... Wedding is in 10 weeks and I went for my trial yesterday. After 3 hours my hair has dropped and my makeup looks awful. Don't understand how the woman has raving reviews all over the place...

Hi, I am so stuck right now between Birtsmorton Court near Worcester and Ardington House near Oxford. Let me list my pros and cons for each and hopefully I can get some opinions on here! Birtsmorton...

Hi all, We're getting married in Surrey next year and really want to do a "bake off" style dessert table and get about 10 friends to bring cakes which everyone can judge/award prizes to. The venue...

Hi All, Just wondering - do you have a contract with your makeup artists? I'm going for my trial this afternoon (leaving in about 30 mins eek!). I've paid a £40 deposit, with a further £25 to pay...

Hi Ladies (sorry gents, I don't think this is one you'll care for!) I just thought I'd start a topic on how long it took for your dress to come in once you ordered it. I know that when I first got...

Hello all! First post - hurrah! I've only recently gotten engaged, so we've only just started to think about all the different millions of avenues we can go down. One is - hiring a tipi. If we do, I...

Hi All! I've planning a very British wedding- afternoon tea, bunting, etc etc. And we reeeaaaalllly want a Beatles tribute band. Any idea how much one would cost? (Wedding's in Dorest in May next...

I'm in serious need of some advice on how to break the news to one of my bridesmaids that she isn't who I've chosen for my maid of honour. She's quite sensitive and has got it in to her head that she...

I have six bridesmaids, including my elder sister, she has naturally fallen into the place of MOH (not much planning done yet so not actually specified this) but I don't want her to be MOH. Has anyone...

Hi I've been looking for the right pair of bridal shoes and have spotted two lovely pairs, one half the price of the other but I cannot seem to find the least expensive ones in my size or colour! I...

Hey Guys, So, I got an Idea Inspired by OneHartOrTwo's Engagement Ring flash post (which was only like 30 mins ago) Why don't all us lovely Wifeyyys-to-be give our engagement rings a flash! Not...

Hi all, I am hoping to draw on your wedding knowledge to help me put together a small discrete wedding for me and my fiancée Emma. We are looking to have a very small/ discrete wedding somewhere...

I ordered a custom fitted wedding ring from a company in America as my beautiful engagement ring is a bit of an awkward shape! It's very flat to my finger so all standard wedding bands weren't...

Hi there, we are looking for dresses for our bridesmaids and don't really know where to start. I was wondering if anyone can recommend some shops to try in Edinburgh/Glasgow. We are on a budget so...

I'm tired, and my brain can't google-please help! I have bought a multi-photo frame to display table plan on-it's for 4x6 photos, and we are going to print out the table lists and put them in there....

So, having bought my dress (shop sample) a year ago I had 3 st to shift to be where I wanted to be and be able to get in it properly. Fast forward a year, and I still don't have much less than 3 st to...

Hi Everyone, First of all, I don't think us newlyweds should be called OMs...or Old Married, I'm not old haha! Or is that not what it stands for? Secondly, Does anyone have any advice for those who...

Hi all, I booked my hair/makeup yesterday! this was causing me a bit of a headache as there's not much choice where I'm getting married (it's remote-ish; well, to a Londoner it is anyway!) and I was...

Hi all, My fiance and I are getting married next May. We are having a DIY wedding and so rather than a sit-down meal, want to get a fish 'n' chip or burger van. Has anyone done this? What kind of...

So I'm looking at ordering my bm dresses from this seller, she has awesome reviews. I'm waiting on colour swatches to be delivered. However, how much will the customs charges be? Will it just be...

This hadn't even come on to my radar but I was at a wedding last weekend where they did one, and then the next day my dad dropped a hint that he would like to do one (he hadn't been at the wedding, so...

Hi, I'm planning on having my sister, sister-in-law to be and best friend as bridesmaids, and 3 younger family members as flower girls. My bridesmaids are all different shapes and sizes and the flower...

We have 8 weeks until the wedding, picked up our bridesmaid dresses at the weekend, and the dress shop have measured one of my sisters completely wrong! They measured her 3 inches short (she's 14 and...

Hey Ladies, This is my first post, so be nice We recently booked our perfect venue in the month we wanted, couldn't be happier. Called to book the registrar and they can only do a ceremony at either...