I was being a bit sarcastic but glad you like the sound of it lol When I tell people my venue is a yellow building they aren't so keen

Next year will be my year to get back onto the fund raising. I was part of a calendar for testicular cancer a few years back, actually managed to get RS (a suplier on here) as the venue for the shoot. It was fab.

Yes, that's my venue. :-)

not a great picture but is this what you see when you drive past twirler?

It is stunning. That's actually the back of it but I prefer the back lol

*theres she was just a walkin down the street singing...do wa diddy,diddy dum diddy do*

sings from the corner........love the venue melody!x

permission to leave the corner to go 4 a wee??? x

Sorry, yes I think we're decided on menu. It works out about £40 a head and £25 drinks package which is good. The food there is delicious!!

Don't sit in the corner! Nobody put's baby in the corner

ya cant crash mine hee hee

Incidentally I love the idea of a fairground reception Mrs P! A bit like the end of Grease?! x

I really want a string quartet; H2B said no :o(

Oh Lisa, you are a wise lady my friend. What an idea! x

Really? Well, great minds think alike! I'll have to take a look at your pics x

Krazykitty - sounds like you have a big budget to me. I am exactly the same where I try and get as much as I can for my money, but I have a long list of must have's for the wedding. For example instead of hiring the men's black patent shoes at £15 (there's 10 of them) I found a person on bay of e yesterday who was selling them for £3.99 a pair with £4.50 p&p. I emailed them and asked if they would do combined postage and they said they would charge me £10 p&p for 6 pairs. So instead of it costing me £90 for the 6 pairs I needed to hire, I've paid £34.00 and I will sell them back on bay of e, after the wedding. I get such a buzz when I get a bargain.

I bought my place names on eBay - 100 for £3.50 and no p&p x

Flipping heck that's good, I haven't got round to any of that yet. I made cards to ask my bridesmaids and even though I was really really with how they turned out, I actually got so angry making them and even ripped some of them up in temper. I want to make my own invites but if I got that bad over a few cards, imagine what kind of psychopath I will end up. My other half just laughs because I'm such a drama queen.

Well what a glamorous and classy funeral that would be

lol i would have loved loadsa BM but but h2b couldnt match the numbers with his groomsmen and i didnt want it to look odd!!

im having a wedding free day today and i cant wait were off to take croc to wales for the day and do a bit of a shop

when i get back ill post a pic of my venue...

all your venues look amazing... im gonna have to stay on this site after my big day to have a peak at all ur piccies haha

Funeral???? Bless your heart - I will have to have a look now.

I am hopefully having my invites printed on arcrylic or wood or leather, once I have decided on a theme and colours.

cant find pics online of the actual rooms but if you go on crewe halls website into the wedding brochure, we are using the hall of pillars which have pics above, the carved parlour and drawing room x

Could you have a string quartet to play th wedding song? You have me thinking now, as otherwise we have to have a cd on

Croc you have to stay on this site anyway to keep in touch with all of our potential clients haha. I think I will carry on using it after the day purely because I'm so nosy and love seeing what other people are up to for their big days. I have enjoyed planning our wedding so much and still get excited over the little things.

Jo - I have seen Croc's creations and they have melted me inside. I am normally very creative, but it seems for myself, I just "cant do it" I have wasted more money, trying things out that I care to think about (being almost bed-bound I have turned into a net shoppaholic and been ordering crafty bits here there and everywhere)

I really want to bling my own shoes but I have a feeling I will end up spoiling them :-(

I know what you mean as I'm not always mobile myself. My h2b had to finished off the invites for me as I couldn't get them done which gutted me a little as he used a little too much glue and some of the ribbon is a bit wonky but I guess it isn't the end of the world.

I'm just about to set up shop buying craft items at wholesale price so may be able to get some bits a little cheaper than if you were to buy normally. Just depends on what you want. I'm going to make up DIY kits that are fail safe for brides that want to do their own but don't have the confidence. I think I will be able to sell them for a decent price too meaning that I can cater for all budgets. The h2b had a good idea the other day as I didn't want brides to feel bad about their budgets so he suggested names for the ranges like Chelsea, Kensington and Mayfair. (He does have some good ideas!)

I can't make them all myself with my health but figure that this could really take off if I can do some decent designs that don't cost the earth and are easy to reproduce. I know brides think that DIY is cheaper but it isn't always by the time they buy all the bits in, make mistakes etc.