Wedding Forum - Wedding Planning Diary 18.06.2016♥ update...

I lie...because you are a month before me :) xx

Found some more bridesmaid dresses that I really like - they are from a UK based seller rather than China, yippeee! They are £65 each but plus £15 for a different colour and plus another £25 to have them custom made. Thinking it would be best to compare my bridesmaids' measurements to the measurements of the standard sizes given and see if it would actually be worth spending an extra £25 per dress for custom sizing. They have looooads of colours to choose from and can order swatches at £2.95 each, so not too bad. Might order some swatches in the new year and have a look.

I still like some previous dresses I found on a China website but would get them made by a UK dress maker if I went for them. She who can't be named has sent me some material swatches but struggling to get the right shade of blue.. apparently she doesn't have a baby/sky blue :/ the first one she sent me is too dusky compared to the other shades and the second one she sent is definitely more green than blue and far too similar to the mint green!

Got a while to think about it, but thinking maybe I need to compromise a little on the actual dress in order to get the exact colours I want, which I think is more important.

I started off with sky blue in my head for my bridesmaids, and ended up going darker. I was forced into a quick decision when I found that the dress I wanted for my three older bridesmaids was being discontinued. I was planning to put the teenagers in something different and my MOH was going to make them. I decided to play safe, and rather than ordering a sky blue and trying to match it later, ordered Mediterranean blue and decided the teenagers would be in a different colour, but with accessories to match so there was unity. Further down the line I ended up matching them all in the same colour anyway, and having pale flowers. The darker blue looked really good.

Hi Flossie,
I haven't read the whole feed but wanted to say my wedding is planned for the 9th of June 2016 and you are a million miles ahead of me! I came on here looking for ways to keep occupied and proactive while still 2 years off the wedding - ha! We are still very much in the saving saving saving stage as our families are huge and we have 450 guests to feed!

We're going for a vintage chic feel and are still not 100% on colour scheme. I'm an Event Manager myself but this whole thing is getting the better of me!

I'm in South London myself (just moved from East London)

Anyhoo, just wanted to say well done, I'm in awe!

Mel

OH went and paid in our coins into the bank this morning and I have just transferred it over to my ISA. Most of it is his tips from work and we saved £760 in just over 3 months :) I've also saved about £600 myself out of my wages. On top of what was already in the ISA, we now have just under £2100 at the mo :) aim is to save at least £3500 next year (hopefully - assuming nothing goes disastrously wrong), and continue buying bits and bobs out of our wages. Looking good at the mo :)

It is surprising how quickly it adds up. I've been putting bits and bobs in the jar when I can but for the past few months I have been transferring £150 across to the wedding fund as soon as I get paid otherwise I know I probably wouldn't do it lol. Should be doable.. hoping for more than that, but if we have £5500+ with still 6 months to go until the wedding then we will be in a great position :) starting to feel real now the pressure is on to really save! x

Well done with the saving :)
Our pot tipped well over the 5k mark just before Christmas, it's very exciting :D

In my head I've got £6k as the figure we'd need to hit to cover everything, but realistically I don't think we will need any more than £5.5k, maybe even less. We have already paid £1k deposit to the venue, but my parents are being amazing and picking up the venue bill which will be about £5k, my dad is paying for the photographer and my mum is buying my dress - she also wants to pay for our honeymoon but I want to put any money we get given towards that. If we had to do it all on our own there is no way we would be getting married in 18 months time lol. OH's mum also has a little savings pot on the go for us which I really didn't expect her to do.. I think she wants to buy OH's suit but not sure if she realises how expensive his suit is going to be...!!

It is hard knowing everything you have to pay for and knowing you don't have the money yet! I struggle with waiting for things.. when I want something sorted, I want it sorted NOW haha x

Haha I know the feeling :) We have paid out quite a lot already so having a nice pot to sit on knowing we are nearly there is very satisfying!

Wedding rings ordered! Went and tried mine on today before ordering online - got 15% off online which took it from £550 to £467.50, then a further £20 cash back through a cash back site, so saved about £100 :) should be ready to collect within 5 working days!

OH also got in the mood to ring shop and ended up putting a deposit down on one :) very exciting!!

Kind of relieved that something so big is all sorted this early as its less to worry about. Now we can stop guessing how much we would spend on rings and get on with saving up for the rest of the day.

Pics are in my album :) x

Congrats on picking rings! Apart from getting my dress, the rings were the most 'real' moment for me! x

Thanks ladies. It did feel very strange.. and still does haha. I still feel like I'm pretending to be an adult getting married sometimes, I wonder when it will actually sink in...

Thanks Emma! :) can't wait for it to come now. I will want to wear it straight away, bet I will be trying it on all the time lol x

Just had an email to say my ring is being picked up by their courier today so will be in store soon :D hopefully go and pick it up Saturday x

Awesome! How exciting :)

When you know it's the one you just know! At least it's a big thing ticked off your list :) x

Just had a call, my ring is ready for collection :D going to get it on Saturday x

I'm as impulsive as you too Flossie. Gets me into trouble occasionally lol xx

Just heard back from the cake lady. She quoted £170 for the naked cake and £60 for the set up and delivery. I think £230 is a little high even taking into consideration the set up and delivery.. Told her our budget is £200 for a naked cake so see what she comes back with.

That is a lot for a naked cake, I have been quoted £219 and that is for a 3 tier, fully iced cake with sugar roses. I would of thought £100 - £150 would be the average for naked cakes including set up x

Luckily mine is a school friend so she has charged a bit cheaper, but I think the highest quote I got was £320 with the sugar roses. So naked cakes should be about half of the price x

How quick was that for your ring lol!

Fingers crossed for £200 cake!

What's next?! Dress? ;) xx

I can't wait for you to go dress shopping! I'm excited to see how it all goes for you!

What kind of flowers are you going for? Real or artificial? Xx

Haha I agree with April I'm excited to see what you find dress shopping :D

I don't think I'll be going anywhere!

They are great prices! Xx