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Well, date buddy, we are only 12 days away now. Your last working week will no doubt go by in a blur of excitement, anticipation and wondering whether your dress will be finished in plenty of time!! I...

Hiya, I've just joined Hitched and am looking for other June 2013 brides to swap advice etc with! My wedding date is 8th June and we've booked The Alderley Edge Hotel in Cheshire

After getting our quote from our venue we decided to sit down and work out costs for the rest of the wedding and were horrified that it came to nearly £4000! We wanted to keep it to £2 - £2.5k but...

Hi everyone, I'm newly engaged, and live in Bristol. We moved here a year ago and I don't yet have any really close mates here (close enough for bridesmaid duties anyway), so have little local support...

Hi We are at the early stages of planning and looking at food options. We want to get married around 2pm and really want to have a BBQ for our evening food but this leaves us not too much time...

Are you wearing a veil or not? If yes, are you going with a birdcage or something longer? I originally wanted a birdcage veil but my dress is strapless and there just seems to be too much of a gap...

Strange situation but my mum and I have both ended up buying the same item for my wedding without realising it! I ordered it online and she bought it from the shop. However by the time we realised it...

Hi there Was wondering if I could possibly get your thoughts/opinions? There's an opportunity that has arisen for me to import the American style wedding table linens. You know, the ruffly, feathery,...

Hello ladies, I've gone and fallen in love with a dress that is too expensive. I mean really in love. It is affordable though in America so my aunt plans to order it for me in New York where she lives...

Does anyone else feel like they just want the actual wedding ceremony bit of the day out of the way as quickly as possible? A few people have asked us if we're having readings / personalised vows,...

I have bought lots of teacups and teapots for our centrepieces and originally planned to have florist fill them with fresh flowers. However, due to financial constraints I now can;t have fresh flowers...

Hello All After much lurking, i now have a dilemma that needs forum help! So i have bought the dress.... at the BEST shop ever... Miss Bush in Ripley.. seriously they make you feel like magic, so...

Something that was big on my list was having a nice menu for the wedding breakfast. I want my guests to be able to have a choice of what they eat. So I need to (at some point) go to my venue and do a...

We're having: Formal sit-down dinner Bride drinking pints (but not lager) Speeches Pink Rock music (of all kinds, including shouty vocals) Anyone else going to own up? ?

I'm new to this so not sure if this is in the right place sorry! Have been engaged for over a year and always had in mind that our colours were going to be grey and dusky pink, but haven't actually...

I was just thinking, i love thinking about when me and My fiance met and how we progressed . How did you all meet yours? Mine..... I was working for a kitchen in a kitchen with in a factory called...

We have the majority of our 'main' things booked for our wedding already and have around £1,000 left in the budget. I have plenty of things I could spend the money on and want (as I'm sure a lot of us...

I am getting married in scotland outside at an estate. ceremony is to be followed by afternoon tea picnic. having 16 guets including four children. have booked a tog for four hours on the day. have a...

Right, I am beginning to panic The wedding is in 43 days. And I have so much still to do - starting to hate that I leave everything to the last minute but always get stressed . And I need your help....

I can't decide whether to do them after the 3 courses, or in between main and pudding. What are you doing?

As the title would suggest... what type of undies are you wearing? I'm so confused, my dress is strapless with a corset kind of top so it sucks me in, but should I still wear big spanx? Or should I...

Hiya in the middle of a MASSIVE fight with my OH's sister. There is a long backstory (basically she keeps on screwing up her life and her family fix it, money, anything you name it they give it to...

Hello all, so far I have been looking at hotel packages to take the stress out of having to organise everything myself, plus I like the idea of the whole day just being in one place and being able to...

Hi everyone I am a newbie here and I desperately need your help! I have been engaged for a year but am struggling to find a venue, I think my ideal venue doesn't exist! I really want to hire a venue...

Has anyone never had bridesmaids? i don't really have anyone to ask, I'm not close to my sister at all, she's 11 yrs older than me and lives in Singapore. I was 18 and OH 19 when we had twins so...

Some flowers I've seen and liked: peony roses, gypsophila, button chrysanthemums, hydrangea, brasilia. I know I want gypsophila bouquets for my BMs. That's it at the moment. I have no colour scheme...

Happy Sunday Brides-to-Be! Flash survey: Are you going with a sit-down 3 course meal or self-serve buffet on your big day? ? We love to hear the exciting plans you are putting into place for your...

Hey 2013 Brides tell us what colour your bridesmaids are wearing! Let's see what the trend is for 2013. ?

My mum seems to be quite uninterested in our wedding, and I wonder if she can't get her head around it because we're not using the 'wedding template' that everyone else in the family has gone by....

Hi ladies, Looking for another bit of advice. Some of you may remember me asking about colour schemes to match my fiance's tartan. Well, turns out to match it, it would need to be red or green - I'm...