yeah im going to write down a few songs that i want specifically played - the guy who is doing the bongos for us is also getting us a DJ! And to top it off we know itll be decent as they play at all the clubs in town so yay!

I made the first tier of our wedding cake yesterday and finally finished all the evening invitations too so they should all get posted tomorrow :)

I am having all fruit 9/8/7".I am only doing it because its fruit and i can do it way ahead of time.I wouldn't even attempt to do sponge as i would be too stressed doing it all at the last minute lol!

My cousins Mum did 200 cupcakes for her.She made the cakes in advance and froze them but she still had to ice all 200 plus a giant one that sat on top with buttercream roses the day before the wedding (unfortunately the might before had been the hen do whoops!)She says the very thought of cupcakes or buttercream now makes her feel ill lol.

What flavour sponge are you having?

Mmmm i am a sucker for jam with buttercream definitely! xxx

I have got silk calla lilies. When I asked my friend to make them all I thought I had only asked her to do 6 button holes, but when I was working it out the other day I needed 7 but knew she had nearly done them all bar the final touches. Fortunately I had asked for 7! Phew. They are so lovely, she has done a fab job of them, and even better they are silk so get to keep them after.

I'm getting very excited today. Ordered the bridesmaid shoes today. Good old Bay of E. Can't wait. :-D

Aww sorry to hear that! Can you to make a list of things to do and give yourselves deadlines to stick to? I've found that's helped me with a cople of the ga hat were taking a while to decided!

Good luck. The reception is the key then as Mrs B2B says the lists are only going to help you. It also helps being out of "peak wedding season"
Lots of people keep saying that to me at the moment! xx

Definitely, that should help loads. xx

If you don't hear from them ask I have already starting asking people who have not yet R.S.V.P if they intend on coming so if anyone cannot make it we can fill the space rather then wasting money x

I made sure I had my r.s.v.p's back by end of march or at least knew their intentions ! Luckily everyone is coming we expected to and the ones we didn't think would aren't as they're in Australia! I would call them and ask as some people are just forgetful if they have a lot going on........

I'm waiting for my table frames to come today, apparently they should be here but I can guarantee I'll blooming miss them when I go out after my lunch break!

I'm really worried about my flowers though, my bm is a florist and has said she will do them but she's a bit unreliable with jobs she's had and currently isn't working so am wondering where she's planning on getting them from at cost price ......... I'm considering buying some fake bouquets from the bay as a back up, what do you think? I'm trying to meet up with her but everytime it gets close she cancels and says she's not well or won't get back to me! It's sooo frustrating! She said she was over the moon to be a bm m we have known each other for 11 years but yet she never contacts me, it's always me contacting her and then she won't meet me :-( quite sad really...... I don't know what to do!

Hello girls

Iv had a very productive weekend... suits ordered, unity candle bought, bridesmaids dress bought (in a larger size) and we are getting close to choosing our vows. We just need to speak to the registra about the vows. I have booked a tonne of appointments for when we are next in Durham, e.g hair, make up, photography, cake and registra...Its so exciting ladies only 115 days to go eeeeeeek.

Obsidian_Winter looks like you have a very busy few months a head of you lol. What day did you say you were getting married on? The key is delegation. Give others little jobs to do. I asked my mum to choose the flower girl dress and I said Mark had to sort his own suit out (which he has finally done!).

I have decided to make my own favours. I am buying loads of pillar candle (cheap off a certain autionn site) and putting some personilsed rippon on them, then putting them in a little gold net favour bag. Marks happy with this idea so when I get paid I will start buying....

We are making our own cakes. We are having cup cakes and then getting a cake from the supermarket in which you can decorate yourself as we have a large cake topper, and I thought we can put the ribbons around it which are our colour scheme which I have left over from the flowers.

Hi all don't know if anyone remembers me, I haven't been on much. I've had a rotten few months so haven't been able to enjoy planning our wedding for a while. My health has been rubbish and my h2b had to have an op to repair a ruptured achiles tendon so i'd just about got myself sorted when i had to start looking after him for the last 3 months. It has tested our relationship with the many obstacles we've had but somehow we've got through it all and its just brought us even closer together. I'm back into the swing of enjoying the plans for the wedding. We've started getting rsvps back and i'm sorting out making bracelets for the ladies favour boxes. I'm having a go at those universal contour wraps tomorrow so will see if i can lose a few awkward inches too lol

I'm going for another fitting after i've had the wrap done so i'll have a better idea of how my dress fits. Haven't had any alterations done yet but the seamstress said as long as i don't lose too much weight it won't need altering too much lol. Its meant to be good for detoxing the body and get rid of water retention so think i will benefit more from that than the inch loss haha. Will hopefully post more updates of the wedding plans now i'm getting back into it. How's your plans coming along Mrs B2B

I'd managed to get quite organised before so wasn't too bad. My dress is a 14 but so am i, its too long so will need taking up a little bit and the side panels might have to be let out a little just to allow me to breathe haha, its a perfect fit otherwise. My mum is designing and making my bouquets and another friend of the family has kindly offered to supply the flowers in the church as a wedding present but we still not sure on the colours, was thinking oranges, browns, golds but will have to see. Long time since i was a size 10 lol Its just a case of saving up the rest of the wedding money and paying for everything now

We're having golds and ivory - I love your colour scheme that will look amazing. I've got birdcages too, I also bought some led mini pillar candles to go inside them and was toying with the idea of making homemade silk flower wreaths for the birdcages to sit in the middle of so we could add a few more autumny colours to our scheme then. I was thinking of adding love quotes on little dove shaped cards and attach them to the side of the birdcages too

Obsidian_Winter sounds interesting... Id love to have a halloween wedding, tricle toffee and toffee apples. It sounds ike you have alot of help... everything will come together I am sure

I cant remember when I need to try my dress on. Im sure the lady said August but I my mum said its July. Im sure she said my dress wouldnt arrive until August!! I will have to ring up and asked!

Aww thank you Oct12bride, yes definitely improved on the health front now so up and up from now on. Went for length alterations on my dress today, they weren't sure how to do it without spoiling the lace but fortunately the seamstress came up with a solution phew so i'll now eagerly wait for the phone call to say it is all done yay

Ooo wow Marie I would get your day invites out soon! Def august for the rsvps as if people can't attend you have enough time to invite others!

H2b has been working on his speech today! Has apparently done the first page lol bless him! Is everyone's hen sorted now? I'm doing Segway, a buffet/ BBQ and a night out on the 6th October! Can't wait! X

Times dragging for me so going to throw myself into my work for a bit and see if that helps! Have decided tonight to do a course I have been pondering over for a while so this should keep me more than occupied!

Hopefully getting my candles for my centre pieces this weekend and may even push the boat out and start my favours! Get me haha x

We've been to look at suits today and decided on tails, no top hats though. H2b wanted a normal suit but like the chap said, if we had normal suits they would not stand out from the others, so tails it is. I have said to him though to ask his best man if he will pay for his suit as I am asking my step dad to and my mob is paying for her dress.

Think we have decided to do away with canapés at the wedding now. Will save a few hundred pounds.

I think h2b only sorted suits as we were having a cuppa before dropping his kids back and the shop was up the road.