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Oliver
Oliver

Upham, Hampshire · From January 2026

Happily married 🎉

1 March, 2026

209days 12hours

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DIY invites- designing myself then printing online. Confused!
drbride, 7 September, 2015 at 11:24

Hi all, I was hoping to get some advice on designing your own invitation and then printing online (thinking of printed.com). Their templates are all in software I don't have eg adobe illustrator and I...

MartinaBlom, monday 21-Sep-26 20
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Designer
Expensivebluehair43279, 27 January, 2024 at 13:44

Hi, I’ve been working on a design for our invitations but I want to make sure everything lines up properly. I can’t see which company it is on there and have message Hitched twice but not received any...

Adnan, friday 18-Sep-26 27
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Vistaprint - upload your own design - anyone done this?
MrsDWT, 27 January, 2011 at 16:39

Hello I plan to use vistaprint for my wedding invites as i think they are fantastic value. The only problem is I cant really see any of the standard invite templates that i like in my colour scheme....

Oliver, monday 14-Sep-26 12
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Married name options
Galbear, 20 December, 2015 at 12:28

Hi all, I am trying to decide whether to just change my name to my hsuband's surname or whether to keep my maiden name and double barrel it. Have any of you found any pros and cons to either of these...

Oliver, monday 14-Sep-26 22
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Are parents allowed to withdraw their children from SATs?
Fimble, 16 April, 2009 at 12:27

I have a feeling SATs will be scrapped by the time this is relevant to me but just pondering... are parents allowed to say that they do not want their children to sit SATs? I know most teachers are...

Oliver, wednesday 9-Sep-26 22
HeidiHole
What colour shall I paint my hallway?
HeidiHole, 8 September, 2008 at 10:48

We've just decorated our sitting room and next weekend Mr Hole wants to do the hallway. I am all out of inspiration, looking at all the colour charts online has made me colour blind. It's quite a big...

Oliver, saturday 5-Sep-26 23
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Live wedding illustrator
Lauren, 11 November, 2025 at 22:13

Looking for a live wedding illustrator to paint a maximum of 90 guests either individually or in couples/ families. Looking to use these as our wedding favours. Venue will be at South farm in Royston...

Oliver, saturday 5-Sep-26 2
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Photo App for wedding guest to upload pictures too.
Tanya, 4 October, 2024 at 15:15

Hey everyone! I was thinking about using a photo app for my wedding so that guests can upload pictures taken at the event. I'd prefer to keep the photos private among those who attended. If anyone is...

Pkr92b, saturday 5-Sep-26 22
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Bio Sculpture - is this how it's meant to be? :(
skyrocket, 23 December, 2011 at 20:55

I had Shellac 3 weeks ago at a salon near me. It chipped and peeled within 2 days so a week after I had it done I went somewhere else and had Bio Sculpture instead. I loved it and it looked great....

Oliver, saturday 5-Sep-26 17
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Hair & make up help!
Savannah, 5 January, 2026 at 16:39

Not having a bridal team like bridemaids so I’m struggling to find people to do hair & make up as a lot don’t travel for a small number. Im happy to go to them instead of them having to come to...

Maneva, monday 7-Sep-26 7
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Resize stock photo
Jay, 14 January, 2024 at 20:47

Does anyone have any ideas to resize the photo for your website on here? Each time I've done it, it's just zooms right in. Nightmare

Mohan, sunday 30-Aug-26 11
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Online Guest Photo Uploads
Carly, 19 June, 2024 at 18:55

I want to use a designated online guest photo upload platform so that all of my guests can add photos to the same place, has anybody used something like this and who did you use? I’m planning to put a...

Oliver, wednesday 26-Aug-26 14
Becky
Website - photo
Becky, 2 May, 2024 at 21:32

Hello! I’m having trouble on our wedding website - we recently received some gorgeous pre wedding photos and I’d like to use one on our website but every time I save it comes out blurry! I’ve tried...

Oliver, sunday 23-Aug-26 25 2
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How many photos should you receive?
Fireworkandfairylightwedding, 9 March, 2018 at 22:49

I’ve spoken to a photographer today after the one I was going to book previously let me down. I’ve asked for a full days photography from bridal preparations right through to our fireworks and...

Oliver, friday 21-Aug-26 18
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Flowers for mothers
Jane, 26 April, 2024 at 14:20

Confused - my mum mentioned it's expected we present her, MIL and step MIL with flowers at the speeches. Whilst I'm happy to do this for my mum, I'm not comfortable doing this for MIL and step MIL. 1)...

Jack, wednesday 9-Sep-26 18
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Photographers raw images to edit
Sarah, 4 June, 2024 at 09:56

Hello We have just got our photos back from the photographer (we got mardied abroad and used local photographer over there) and we really didnt like the way they were editing our photos as they kept...

Oliver, sunday 16-Aug-26 16
Gemini_Bride
Photos of wedding on Facebook before evening guests arrive!
Gemini_Bride, 7 August, 2014 at 18:25

I am on my way to a wedding reception and as I am on the train on the way up from work I had a quick pop on Facebook. My news feed is full of photos posted by guests who are there all day of the...

Wallpapers, thursday 21-May-26 26
TrixieSaurus
Still no photos... how long did yours take?
TrixieSaurus, 30 September, 2016 at 13:23

Hi All, We've been super patient with our photographer, but other than the preview collage I posted (which took 3 weeks!) we haven't seen any photos yet. Wedding was 6 weeks ago now, and I'm beginning...

Oliver, monday 27-Apr-26 49
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Best Man's Speech Jokes for Next Door Neighbour
Mozster, 11 June, 2014 at 15:57

I'm the best man for my next door neighbour and I wondered if anyone had any neighbour jokes or anecdotes that I could use in my speech?

Oliver, wednesday 22-Apr-26 6
Anyone had/having a Blessing?
, 15 October, 2011 at 22:28

Hi everyone, bit of background to start with: H2B and I have both been married before, my mum and dad are divorced and do not get on, and we don't get on that well with H2B's mum. I also get really...

Oliver, wednesday 22-Apr-26 16
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table names for a Christmas or winter theme
Leanne86C, 21 March, 2014 at 16:00

Hi, I'm getting married at the end of November and we are stuck on table names, even something a little different would be good, we don't really want reindeers or carols though. We've got 9 tables...

Waqar, 4 hours ago 17 1
Cheeky_pie
Film quotes as table names
Cheeky_pie, 5 June, 2011 at 09:07

Both myself and my OH are huge film buffs so i thought we could have famous film quotes from films as our table names we have 13 tables including the top table so below are a few I had thought of. If...

Deltaexecutor, saturday 12-Sep-26 50
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Editing Review
Sarah, 18 December, 2023 at 06:35

I’ve made a mistake on a review of a supplier I made and I can’t change it myself or get in contact with someone from Hitched to ask that they edit the post for me. It’s incredibly frustrating for...

Adnan, thursday 17-Sep-26 34
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Food options
Naomi, 29 June, 2025 at 18:23

The main reason I have set this website up is for easy RSVP & for guests to choose food requirements. I have spent so much time trying to find out a way to do it I think it would have been quicker...

Jamshed, thursday 10-Sep-26 111
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Displaying photo of us growing up - ideas needed
robertson2b, 9 February, 2011 at 13:31

Hi At our wedding I would like to display some photos of both myself and OH growing up. The only idea I have currently is to display them on an iron heart board but I don't think this will be big...

Oliver, tuesday 21-Apr-26 15
Tara
Good kids entertainment (bonus if it entertains adults also)
Tara, 27 December, 2025 at 14:57

I have a handful of kids coming and want them to have fun. I’d feel better spending more money if the solution would entertain adults also. I haven’t been to many weddings and none with kids so I’m...

Suihuan, thursday 24-Sep-26 123 7
Little Madam
Welcome drink - to have or not to have - opinions please
Little Madam, 27 March, 2011 at 14:39

Our guest list is very wide and varied in terms of ages / types of people so we know a "standard" welcome drink won't work for us and would be wasted. We have planned to provide Afternoon tea on...

Anaya, saturday 22-Aug-26 27
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Engagement Photos
Amber, 11 September, 2025 at 00:25

Recently started planning mine and my other half’s wedding - however, I’m worried that because we don’t have any engagement photos, that I’m missing out on something. I was thinking about taking some...

Voocccie, tuesday 14-Apr-26 6
Dancing-Peanut
Photo Sharing
Dancing-Peanut, 22 January, 2020 at 15:17

Hi I am looking at ideas for guests to upload photos of the day. There are loads of apps - but most you have to take the photos through the app, and not just simply on the phone and then upload. Does...

Paula, thursday 20-Aug-26 20
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Wedding photo app, for guests to upload their pictures too.
Tanya, 4 October, 2024 at 15:20

Hey everyone! I was thinking about using a photo app for my wedding so that guests can upload pictures taken at the event. I'd prefer to keep the photos private among those who attended. If anyone is...

Abdul, wednesday 26-Aug-26 146
Spamboule
Grammar help please
Spamboule, 23 October, 2008 at 18:06

Sorry if this is a bit WP related, but given the fact that many planners are uable to differentiate between your/you're etc I thought I'd be better off over here ? OH has written the menu for our...

Oliver, sunday 8-Mar-26 16
NikiST
Place name cards.... etiquette?
NikiST, 9 June, 2011 at 11:13

We're only having first names on the place name cards, we're also using people's shortened names, names they are more commonly knows as like "Tony" instead of Antony.. etc. So with that in mind, what...

Oliver, sunday 8-Mar-26 17

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