Discussions from Planning

We have fallen head over heels in love with the South Farm wedding venue in Royston, Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire but as we're set on a summer wedding on a Friday it really is at the very top end of...

I just feel so stressed, my cake maker (a family member of a friend) has said she can't make our cake now because she is having a baby and due next week. Our wedding is end of June this year, now we...

Hello!!! Last night I was pricing up my favours and I've decided to just order them all now, but when I was adding them all up, it dawned on me... WHo actually gets them? Is it just the day guests? Do...

Has anyone had ebony rose bridesmaid dresses? Looked at some in a shop window and loved them but dont want to get my hopes up incase they are way out of budget. Anyone have any idea of price range? Or...

We were sorting out some logistics last night, and we've been told that we can have confetti at the church but that it can't blow into the church, brilliant. However do we need to supply the confetti,...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good gold spray paint and nice sparkly gold glitter? There are so many different shades and brands and you can't always tell what the colour is going to come...

Hi there, Trying to figure when to do things at the evening reception. Is anyone having a band at their wedding? We have booked a reggae band and are wondering what time they should come on at. Also,...

Hi Ladies - My OH has recycled our ceremony pack (the choices have gone back so that's ok) but the pack had he reading we had chosen in it - it's one of the suggested ones in the Kent ceremony packs....

Please can you inspire me with gifts that I can buy for my mum and dad? I am really struggling. I think they would both like some thing that said 'father of the bride', etc but I don't know where to...

I would like to walk down the aisle to an instrumental version of Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars, but I can't find an original track anywhere - just covers. What I'm after is here on youtube:...

I instantly fell in love with my venue, both the look and the feel of it - very relaxed, informal and vintage, just what I wanted. However they have just had a refurb and to me it now has a very...

Hi. I'm new here and hoping for some creative ideas! Our best man can't give a speech at our wedding as he's just too nervous. It's a way off yet and he's already worrying about it. This doesn't...

Hi, I am planning some dates in the diary for wedding dress shopping and i'm unsure of who to invite. I have 4 bridesmaids, my mum and mother in law. I am really close with them all and want them all...

Hi all, I know there are a few posts on this already but I wanted some up-to-date opinions! My fiance and I have chosen to be married in my family church. It is where my whole family have been...

Hi, I am in major panic mode, I bought my dress about 4 weeks ago at the second shop I visited, after a very disappointing first trip the day before. At the time I was absolutely in love with it (I...

I have been thinking about a lot of music that I really like and is great music that I would really want to have played at my wedding, but a lot of it is inappropriate considering the tone of the...

Hi all, I found a lovely dress online months and months ago that I still love. I tried it on at my first bridal appointment a few weeks ago and, whilst it was lovely, it was tight on me so all that I...

So - the proposal has happened. You (or your partner) said Yes! (That's why you're here, after all!). Budget is planned (and spent!). BUT... what is the main thing you and your other half couldn't...

Hi everyone! (This is my first post so sorry if it's not in the right place) I'd be interested to know how many potential venues you visited before you booked the one I've spent the last month...

We're going to hire our glasses from Sainsburys, as they do free hire, and you just pay £1 per breakage. However I'm not sure how many glasses I will need... We will have 60 guests (or just less). Per...

I've had my professional pictures back on a USB stick for a couple of months now but haven't done anything with them as some of them are great but the majority of all the posed family pictures are...

Just looking for a bit of advice, has anyone made their own table plan? Like what you put on the easel or whatever. I am a total perfectionist and have diy everything I could from menu's to programs...

Hello. I am getting married in Sintra,portugal in october this year. I have got the venue, catering team and photographer booked but am looking for help with decoration, flowers, music:band/dj and...

Good morning ladies (and gents)! I'm trying to work out my annual leave for this year... It's got me wondering, for all you full-time, 9-5 b2bs, how many days off are you taking before the day? My...

Hi Ladies. I will apologies now for what you are about to read... I have a query? What are you all wearing on you legs? I know you are wearing dresses but are you wearing anything under your dresses?...

Hello - newbie to Hitched, I have been engaged 2 weeks today! I know this is a premature query as I haven't begun to think about what kind of wedding dress I want but I already can feel the tantrum...

Hi I'm looking at prices for wedding cakes and some seem completely over the top and as we're having a small wedding I don't want to spend a fortune on a cake hence I've started looking at the M&S...

Hi everybody. I've mentioned in previous posts that I'm not particularly interested in traditions or doing things in this wedding because 'I should, because it's a wedding' For example, I'm not doing...