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UKbride Member Request 2 Oct 2019

Surprise for my partner

Hi I’m wanting to surprise my partner on our wedding day but I’m struggling for ideas that won’t cost the earth , any ideas will be greatly appreciated thanks

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Carlie Goodge
Carlie Goodge 2 Oct 2019

I've arranged for a surprise for my partner trying to keep it secret is proving hard. maybe you could make a little box full of things, there's plenty of inspiration on Pinterest and Etsy. for example some socks so he doesn't get cold feet etc

Without giving too much away ( in case he reads this, can never be too careful lol) I've arranged for a pair of a certain animal to make an appearance after the vows at our wedding. He was obsessed with the idea when he saw it on social media, but i turned the it down straight away, so he won't be expecting it at all.

Debbie Moffatt
Debbie Moffatt 2 Oct 2019

Aww that sounds amazing I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for the idea

Katie Johnson
Katie Johnson 3 Oct 2019

Im not sure if your partner is male/female but although i dont marry till next week i got my future wife a necklace locket and put pic of her grandparents in who sadly cant be with us on the day. So something for her to wear aswell as feeling like they are there with her x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

I did a box with little bits in, like an engraved hip flask - to calm the nerves, mints for fresh breath, socks for cold feet, a "good husbands" ladybird book, property of boxers with mrs Drake and the date and some other little bits, think it was £30 max

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

Reasons why I love you books are great, I got one for my husband and he loved it.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

I make keepsake groom keyrings

Danielle Davies
Danielle Davies 3 Oct 2019

I'm giving my H2B a present on the morning of the wedding (I'm planning on giving it to his best man to give to him as they are staying at the venue the night before). I havent bought it yet but I'm thinking of getting him a watch with our wedding date engraved on it (not a pocket watch tho as I want him to actually wear it), and maybe a new aftershave that will always remind him of the day.
And for the actual wedding, I am making some Roses made from harry potter book pages for my bouquet as I love harry potter. But what he doesn't know is I am also making some out of star wars comics as he loves comics and star wars. X

Zoë Longbottom
Zoë Longbottom 3 Oct 2019

Personalized geo filter for Snapchat - I got one covering my venue for 11 hours and it cost a fiver!

Rebecca Vieira
Rebecca Vieira 3 Oct 2019

I made my H2B a photo album with all the photos of us taken over the years and wrote on each page where they were taken etc. In the front page I wrote some words from the heart. He loved it and got quite emotional

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

Mustang to take him xx

Jacqui Hindmarch
Jacqui Hindmarch 3 Oct 2019

I'm making a box with a card, a photo frame, groom socks and undies, a packet of tissues and a pocket watch x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

Should start by saying our wedding is Disney themed. I have currently got my h2b a set of mickey mouse cufflinks but am also going to get a couple of other bits and pieces to go in.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

We had singer secreto! Dinnertime performance, surprised everyone

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

I got this made for my husband, i think i got it made from esty and filled it up x

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Debbie Moffatt
Debbie Moffatt 3 Oct 2019

Thankyou for all the suggestions they all sound great 😬

Fiona Robertson
Fiona Robertson 3 Oct 2019

I got my husband a pocket watch that had a picture of his gran on it as she passed away 2 years before we got married and he was really sad she wouldn't be there. I also got him a letter from the football team he supported. Xx

Rachael Watkinson
Rachael Watkinson 3 Oct 2019

I was going to do a grooms goodie box with lots of little things; socks or boxers, a mini cologne, some sweets, a mini bottle of his favourite tipple etc. With a card from me.

Rachel Dawes
Rachel Dawes 3 Oct 2019

In the months leading up to the wedding I hid my husband's pocket watch which was broken but had massive sentimental value. On the night before the wedding we were laying out our outfits ready for the morning and he was horrified to realise he'd forgotten to bring it. I played along for a short while, and we joked "it's the ONE thing we've forgot!"

When we exchanged gifts he received a small Hessian pouch with "and so the adventure begins" written on it, and inside his fully functioning pocket watch. We both had a little cry...

Annabel Cookson
Annabel Cookson 3 Oct 2019

I was hired to bring the dog to meet them when they come out of the ceremony. The dog is his world and it was an amazing moment.

Donna Milner
Donna Milner 3 Oct 2019

I got my hubby cold feet printed socks with name and date on cuff links that said meet me at the alter with date and time on then a little laugh I wrote I love Donna on the bottom of his shoes so when he knelt down at the alter guests just burst out laughing he had no idea not a lot of money but a little keep sake x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

My husband surprised me with an all woman Mariachi band! Was amazing. They just came walking through the guests to the stage Music was amazing xx

Becky Wilds
Becky Wilds 3 Oct 2019

I am writing my h2b a letter for the morning about all the reasons why I love him and why I'm marrying him. But I may add some of your ideas about socks and photos. Xx

Selina Bolton
Selina Bolton 3 Oct 2019

Fill 12 envelopes with Date night ideas and he gets to open one a month on the date your wedding was and then month 12 is a Special Anniversary one!

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

I got my husband a watch, but the watch front was a map of where we got married. 🥰

Beverley Farrand
Beverley Farrand 3 Oct 2019

I got him a pair of socks that say so you don't get cold feet. And a groom's survival kit. He loves the socks and still wears them. He saved the kit in our memory box.

Josephine Parkinson
Josephine Parkinson 3 Oct 2019

I did a journal for my husband was about £25 online. I also got an engraved collar tag for our dog with our married surname, phone numbers and our wedding date on it.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

That’s what I have had done plus a pair of personalised socks & boxer shorts for the day , an engraved glass and a bottle of JD and a card

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Hayley-Marie Roberts
Hayley-Marie Roberts 3 Oct 2019

I surprised mine by showing up 😂 seriously though I had a glass engraved with what I love about him. Only a little token, I was his main present!

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

I got my hubby a pocket watch. It had the date and words "yours for all time..."

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UKbride Administrator 3 Oct 2019

I bought garden ornaments from rusty rooster all of which had personal meaning and memories for us. Each one had a note attached with the reasons behind them. Pride of place now in our garden following a few sentimental tears that our best man captured on the day.

Laurence Koster
Laurence Koster 3 Oct 2019

We didn't have a wedding car because we stayed at the venue the night before and the wedding night.
But I organised a surprise tuktuk to take us from the wedding venue to lunch the day after the wedding.

Sarah Foley
Sarah Foley 4 Oct 2019

I bought my husband a card and wrote a nice not in it for him to open. I also bought him some socks, and I made him a keyring with a picture of his dad in it and a very close friend of ours. I did myself a keyring with my dad's picture in it. He surprised me with a song, we've never been able to find it on karaoke, so he made it, and then sung it to me, he knew it would make me cry, and it did lol x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 4 Oct 2019

I got my husband a card from liverpool fc it was signed by all the players. I got the best man to give it him during the speeches x

Racheal Ealing
Racheal Ealing 4 Oct 2019

I bought mine an experience day racing super cars and a Rotary watch x

Becky Mitchinson
Becky Mitchinson 4 Oct 2019

Write a letter or leave him a voicemail saying the things you may not want to say in front of every body xx or even just a little surprise of his favourite food or drink or something related to your first date xx

Karen Wernham
Karen Wernham 7 Oct 2019

how about a memory box, pictures and things that meant a lot to you both and a lovely letter in about your special day and your hopes for the future..

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 13 Oct 2019

I got my husband a keyring and had it engraved with part of our wedding vows on it. X

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