Discussions from Planning

Ok I need opinions please. I'm getting married in October and my fiancé and I have decided on a menu with 3 starters, 3 mains and 2 desserts for everyone to choose from. Starters and Mains have a...

I have bought my 3 adult bridesmaid dresses (Lori Ella maxi dresses in navy from Coast) and now my dad and 14 yr old sister have booked their flights, I need to get my sister a dress. I don't fancy...

Hi All After some advice please...... I've asked family friend (who is invited to the wedding) whether she would be able to make cupcakes for us for our wedding cake. She is an amazing baker and I've...

Many of our guests are asking if we will have a gift registry or gift list, we haven't yet sent out the invitations and don't want to offend our guests but rather then gifts, for those who insist on...

I am in the process of making some little signs to go around the venue for different things and I am trying to use song lyrics wherever I can - but I'm a bit stuck. E.G. Table with dressing up props...

Do you send save the date cards to everyone or just the daytime guests? We are having a weekday wedding so want to give people plenty of notice by sending save the dates, however I don't want the...

We are taking our time organising the wedding stuff - I've been hovering around here long enough to know not to rush into anything haha! We've talked back and forth about doing it just the two of us...

Hi all. How far in advance did everyone book in advance for their weddings? In wondering how long is too long. Thankyou.

Hey guys, Hoping to get some advice on a bit of a demanding groom. My OH seems very set on all of his grooms party (2 dads, 2 best men and 2 - possibly 3 - ushers) looking exactly the same. I am a lot...

I have a really small budget but want a fabulous cake. Has anyone seen dummy cakes? Would have like 6 or 7 tiers and only the top 2 would be cake the others are just iced polystyrene. Am all for this...

Hi I have a pronovias dress which I love but has lots of layers, i'm looking for a hoop to take the dress away from my legs. From looking online I think my best bet is a jupon 116, nylon petticoat...

Hi, It's almost a year until we wed (21st) and today I went to visit the venue for the first time- really exciting. I'm having a bit of trouble with contact from my 5 bridesmaids. I set up a facebook...

Hi everyone! I've been researching flowers today as this is one bit of my wedding that I haven't even researched and tbh I'm not sure where to begin. I've had a tiny look on M&S at the bouquets...

Quick question: has anyone bought 'Rainbow' shoes for their wedding? The bridal shop I got my dress from stock them and I tried some on during my fitting. They were comfortable (for the 20 minutes or...

Hey, I'm new to the forum so hopefully I'm putting this in the right place Basically i'm starting to try and get an idea of a guest list, for numbers really. I'm hoping to keep our wedding to around...

Hi there... my fiancé and I have only recently got engaged, but are looking at getting married June next year... I've already upset my mum as we don't want to get married in the village church where I...

Got mine Saturday morning. Did your OH see what you had done? Does it matter? Dunno how it can be avoided apart from take it all out/off before I come home?! Not keen on that! xXx

Hello ladies, My boss is doing a reading for my wedding in a months time (he's like a second father really) and came up with the idea to put the reading in a pretty folder that we could keep as a...

So we've had a few ups and downs with my mum and well as my OH's mum but really not sure how to tackle this one or if I'm being a bit over sensitive and unreasonable. I'm not a selfish person at all...

We are hoping to have our wedding reception in a tipi. I was wondering if there is anyone who has done this before who can give me a breakdown of the cost. I know there will be a lot of add ons:...

I have no idea about how much to budget for flowers and need some help!! Luckily centerpieces are included in our wedding package so that's all taken care of. However, there's my bouquet & the 2...

Just about to insure the wedding, saw something on a website about insurance not necessarily being valid for weddings over multiple days. Our venue isn't licensed, so we are planning to have a...

Hello, I've had lots of problems with the shop I ordered my wedding dress from. They were lovely until I paid my deposit, then I didn't hear anything again. I emailed a few times to ask for delivery...

Hello, I'm just wondering if anyone knows of somewhere you can buy a floating cake stand from? We'd like to have a mixture of cake flavours including a small fruit cake, however I know you can't stack...

Hi, I'm new here so thought I would introduce myself and pose my first question. So, my OH proposed a fortnight ago! We've been together for a year and a half and living together for about half of...

Help, we think we might have messed up Booked our venue back in January for our wedding in June 2016, the venue suggested we book the registrar from January onwards. Now that we have told our friends,...

We have just booked our honeymoon, so excited! We are going to be travelling round the west coast of America, San Fran, Yosemite, Mammoth Lakes, Carmel, Santa Monica, San Diego, LA and Vegas. If...

Hi, Beginning to think about hymns for our ceremony. We would ideally like two appropriate hymns that people who aren't regular church goers might recognise. Any suggestions ladies? Thanks?

Hello everyone I am getting married at the end of October to my wonderful fiancé whom I have been madly in love with for the last 33 years. We are having a very small wedding for 25 guests at a...

Hello! I'm pretty clueless over here having never been to anybody's hen do. My friends are located in opposite ends of the country so I'm going to end up having two hen dos - one in the north and one...

Hi All, This is my first post, so please do bear with me if this has already been covered in another thread somewhere. I'm after a little bit of advice. My fiancé (still not quite used to that)...