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Hello ladies, This question might be strange, I hope not. My fiancé is Scottish and he tells me there it's not customary for family or guests to give money gifts at weddings. In Spain, weddings cost...

I'm hoping I can get some advice. My other half and I have decided to get married next year. We have a date secured. We are currently keeping this on the downlow because my friend is getting married...

Hi all, my fiancee and I are planning a DIY wedding next May with a grand total of 50 guests. We are wanting to save on our pennies and have our own open bar at our reception. Naturally we have our...

Hi, We have a friend of my family doing the photos for our wedding as a favour. As a thank you gift, I was thinking about getting him an engraved pocket watch. Does this sound ok? "Name. Thank you for...

Hi everyone. Me and my partner are getting married in a hotel and we both decided we wanted to stay there the night before with our 2 children. We have booked seperate rooms and from the beginning we...

Hi Hitchers! Can anyone recommend a good company that does printing on card? I'm looking to get a cover for my order of service. I would like A5 size (or whatever size A4 folded comes out as ) as I...

I'm getting married in less than 3 weeks (EEK!) and I decided on the weekend that I really don't like the hair and make-up person I've booked. I've found an alternative hairdresser that I really like...

Are you out there? Or am I the only crazy enough one to get married in that month? Especially in a barn?

Some of you may remember I had biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig woes about matchy matchy and colour clashes etc. Now realising that actually, my “nothing matches but they are all a shade of pink or gold”...

Hello ladies - I need your wisdom! We will have a table plan set up so that guests can see where they're sitting as they enter the reception. I'd like to also have place cards printed for them/have a...

I sent my invites out In August as we're getting married abroad. I've just found out that my aunt has been slagging me off behind my back because I haven't invited my cousins. Whoops!!

All the rings i really love are eternity bands! every time i look, im besotted by a white gold band set with emeralds. i know it isnt traditional, but does it matter too much? id rather pay for a ring...

Hi all, apologies if this is in the wrong section. I've been looking at a 4mm Platinum wedding ring that is in Argos for £349, it is hallmarked 950 and seems much the same as others I've seen for...

Hi all... again it seems like although we have an amazing venue and it's at a better price than any of the others we've liked, every time we talk to them about a change they're throwing on ridiculous...

Hi all, This is my first time on the site as i feel i need some impartial advice please. My fiance and i got engaged in September after being together for 5 years. We currently live in Dubai but he is...

We're having a small, just for close family wedding ceremony and breakfast followed by a much larger evening do for other family and friends. We want to send save the dates to the close family for the...

Morning Ladies, I am contemplating going to the National wedding show in a few weeks, just wondered have many of you have been and what are you thoughts? is it worth going? I had planned to go with my...

My father died in 2008 and it's just occurred to me that they may mark him as deceased on the marriage certificate tomorrow. Does anyone know if this is automatically on the certificate if either the...

Right ladies.. I have seen a dress I really love... but no idea who designs it or if anyone has seen anything similar on their search.

Morning Ladies, I am after some advice on the etiquette of evening invitations. My OH and I have lived together for 2 years and have pretty much everything we need for the house, aside from big things...

Yay!! Cast came off on Friday and my ankle has healed well so have been able to hobble around this weekend doing some last minute bits and pieces. The hospital gave me a giant moon boot to wear if I...

Hello Everyone! I'm new to the forum and thought I'd start a new thread around wedding themes. I love looking at pictures of people's wedding and hearing all about their theme and inspiration so...

Just for fun! I was chatting with my BMs at the weekend about all the various ways in which wedding planning makes you crazy. The things you buy that on an other day you wouldn't dream of spending...

Having decided the best option is a register office, I sat OH down last night to make a rough guest list of day and evening people to get an idea of numbers. As expected, we've got 14 more than the...

Hi All, Our reception is on in the same place we get married. We marry at 3pm and sit down for food at 5pm, I've got a band from 8pm, photo booth from 7pm, sweet cart all day. Ive realised today, that...

Hi I'm not sure when to send out day and evening invites and when to put the RSVP for. Our venue needs to know numbers for food about 6 weeks before - wedding date 29th August.Do you normally send out...

So, we are considering a skiing honeymoon as we love skiing and got engaged in the mountains. However we want it to feel different from our standard ski holidays. Has anyone been on a ski honeymoon or...

Im trying to find invertations at the moment and am struggleing. i like the idea of pocketfolds with different cards/sections but to have them made the way I want it's going to cost a fortune! Ive...

I need help and advice in regards to waxing. My hen do is planned for 20th June and the big day is 18th July. I want to be waxed for both but as close to wedding as possible to last my honeymoon. When...

Hello all Sat down with H2B to work out our budget for the wedding. Realistically we can't afford for me to spend more than £800 on a dress (with £200 for shoes and veil etc and any alterations the...