my dress, bridesmaids dress and cake on my wall x

No way im having a spray tan, thinking about having just a few sessions in a uv bed, as I don't want orange on my beautiful dress.

We are planning to get married in registry in 2015 and in church in 2016 :) So may I join you ladies :)

PAID OUR VENUE DEPOSIT!!!! Woooo

Mum is already talking about dress shopping so I think we are going at the end of march when I have my week off work :D

Christina your ring is the one that goes with my E ring, im thinking about getting it or getting one specially made

Love your and BM dresses

Ive went with Tom Flowers Saffron pics in my album :-)

I didn't think it what I'd end up with but I love it

You never know, I prob wouldn't have tried it on but I went with an open mind and tried a very similar dress on and liked it but only because the assistant picked it otherwise I'd have over looked it xx

sounds like a plan donna, I didn't buy my dress instantly me and my sister went for lunch and thought it over and I spoke to Oh (it was a special offer day) I;m glad I got it when I did as its shot up in price. Be prepared for everything lol I never expected to find my dress when I did xx

Hi Ladies

We provisionally booked our big day this week... 7th april 2015 (8yr anniversary) and its at my dream venue! its getting exciting now as only 1year and 37days to go!

I have not started officially dress shopping but i have been hunting online and found the most stunning dress that i cant wait to try on, at the moment nothing compares to it! its alot more than i was hoping to pay but we shall see if its perfect on me too.

My colour scheme is peacock inspired (teal, blue purple) and having a vintage glamour feel with lots of lace and feathers.
its so hard to decide as there as so many beautiful ideas out there but whether they work with everything else is another matter.

Off to another wedding fayre tomorrow, see what other inspiration i can get :) have a great wknd all xx cassie

Our dream venue was way too expensive; even if we had pushed the wedding back a year; we couldn't justify spending £4500 on just the venue and food; not included ceremony room hire; registrar e.t.c

We received our official documents and contract from the hotel today; all very exciting but confusing as hell :S

Hi ladies back to the wedding planning after our nice break away from the norm, looks like ive missed loads on here. I got some catching up to do with my planning

I found me some nice shoes to wear for a 10r



Now I just have to practice walking in them.

Hi ladies....

Got a dilemma. ... so we provisionally booked our venue to then only go to another venue for a wedding fayre this wknd and my OH wants to marry there instead. It's beautiful but I'm annoyed cos I didn't look at it as a potential after already booking. So now I'll have to wait 2 weeks till the open eve to see how it will suit, this makes me anxious. And then to top it off they have some last min dates left this year which basically takes the price down by £1700!! He wants to discuss this. .... which is fine but it would mean marrying in 6 months rather than in a year and on our anniversary. .. potentially not getting the suppliers we wanted and my best friend (1/3 bridesmaid) not being able to attend as she's possibly moving to usa in 5 months for a teaching job!

What would you do...... for the sake off costs!? Xx

Hmmm - I think this year might be a push, especially with your friend not being able to make it.

But can't you book it for next year? I don't understand why you'd have to wait for the open evening to book it to be honest, although you haven't seen it done up you can imagine it from seeing the venue.


We went to two wedding fairs today and got loads of idea's :) so happy

oooh just a over a month before us Elise :)

I've been on a role this week; paid venue deposit; brought wedding insurance; booked and paid photographer deposit (saved £500 :D ) and now just booked my reception DJ for £170 to include karaoke :D

We are now thinking about changing the tartan for the guys as my cousin who gets married 3 months before us told us he is having the same tartan it's not such a big deal I had my eye on 2 tartans (oh isn't that bothered about which one it is).

Elise you sound so organised, I'm thinking about doing fudge as a 2nd type favour not said this to oh yet as he will think I'm nuts or I might just get the hotel to bring it out with the teas and coffee.

Wow mrs alin2b you have had a busy week great saving on the photographer though.

So far I have booked and paid deposit for the venue (great package)
Booked and paid deposit for registrar
Organised the photographer (fbil's dad I'd doing it for £150
Ordered our cake and laid deposit
Organised my dress and pad 25% of it
Booked the band and paid the deposit
Bought wedding insurance
Know what the guys are having as favours
Organised my hair and make up.


Still need to sort out
flowers I keep changing my mind on what I want.
BM dress
Kilts for the guys
Favours for the woman although I'm swinging towards a little candle
Coaches (we aren't having cars I have horrendous car sickness and will stay hotel night before)
And stationary.
Accessories for me and my sister
Thank you gifts

Don't think I've missed anything

Not every family has a tartan. Alan does have his own kilt and he will wear that but it's not one that can be hired so the other guys in the bridal party will wear a different one. We are both Scottish but my surname is Irish so doesn't have a tartan. I want a purple tartan to go with the rest of the couture and ohs tartan is red/green. We are looking at buying one for our ds tho so he is the same as his daddy.

I think it is def going to be ours, ive been listening to it a lot over the past week or so and the words have a great meaning. It is also not a 'typical' first dance song which is great for us.

Hey guys, its my first time back in a long time as we finally started planning properly at the start of this year, two years after we got engaged! We're having a really homemade day utilising the many talents of our family and friends! The reason we were able to start is that after agonising over the continually increasing price of our dream Scottish venue, we realised that my partner's parent's place was actually perfect! They bought a real fixer upper in County Down, Northern Ireland about 3 years ago, that gets more and more stunning with each new development. Their kind agreement to us having it there has saved us about 4000! We are applying to get a marriage licence for them so that we can have the whole day there on Saturday August 1st 2015, giving us time to keep saving and them time to complete more of the house! Failing that we will do the legal bit at the registry office in the morning, but save the rings and the rest of the personal stuff for a blessing set in their acre of land :) all really excited and have researched most of the suppliers needed!

Sounds very unique and will be very personal to you and your family

Sound lovely. Im doing nothing for awhile wedding wise. we might be moving house just waiting on the valuation coming through. We are going BM dress shopping in June after we have all been on holiday

Im the same love being busy. Ive got tickets to the Loch Lomond wedding fayre but not sure if im going to go I might wait and see if the flower lady in that area who I like is going and see what she is offering.

Im going for afternoon tea with my sister shes is my one and only BM and hasn't seen my venue yet we are going there on the 15th. My sis is away the first two weeks of may and we are away the last two so it will be a wedding free zone :) June will be when we go BM dress shopping again. Im just about to send off an email about kilt hire lol.

I will prob go again with my best friend or maybe treat mum and dad to lunch as dad is itching to go through but as its a bit of a distance its not like he can just pop in.

Just booked our suppliers for venue decoration :D