Wedding Forum - Official 2017 thread!!...

Thanks Joanne. We are really happy with how they came out. we had to do a million test prints until we got the one we wanted but was really worth it

they sound great :)

Thanks Mrs W :)
took us 6 hours start to finish (including a quick half hour dash to h0bby cr@ft) so not too bad. cant imagine how long the invites will take.. eeek

It was yeah. Ran out of tape pens! 1 6m one did about 10 max... Got 3 with 22m on so sorted now.

It should be quite easy to break down. One day scoring the base then split the inserts/ pockets into different sections. Will be a lot of smaller days I think

Well... hello again lovely ladies! Hope everyone's plans are coming along nicely.

I have a suspicion that after tomorrow I will be jumping aboard the 2017 train again! I started my wedding planning career on this board but jumped to the 2016 board after an impulsive 'I can't wait that long moment'. Our dream venue was Longleat House in Wiltshire, which we changed to Beaulieu to bring the cost down and the wedding closer. After a little break from wedding planning, OH and I discussed what we really wanted. We want the dream... New Year's Eve at Longleat House. Why shouldn't we have our dream wedding? To be honest, I love wedding planning so much (as does OH) that we are more than happy to do it for a bit longer.

We are visiting Longleat House tomorrow. Am soooooo excited!

I love the idea of a NYE wedding too! It's quite a difficult thing to organise though. Longleat was amazing, but it didn't feel right. I am now having serious venues issues. I don't know what I'm looking for anymore. We love Beaulieu. They can do NYE which is great, but I want the evening reception to be held somewhere like a hotel to make it easier for guests with children. I have 3 myself and know how gutting it is when you have to leave somewhere because the kidlets need to go to bed. We're going to look at a venue called Rhinefield House on Saturday which seems to have it all so fingers crossed.

Hi, I'm getting married 08/04/2017 I'm so excited!! Venue, photography and few other little bits already booked.

Hi Laura, congratulations!

I've made some progress the last two weeks, booked the photographer who has agreed to let us pay in monthly instalments which I find easier than trying to save it all up. Also booked a lady to do the cake as we knew we wanted her, only paid a small deposit and will sort out details closer to the time.

I've also done a mock up of the invitations (I've uploaded a photo on my profile if anyone is interested). Couldn't get kraft paper that would print at home so ended up using parchment card to test but as we all liked it decided to stick to this card. Having a few difficulties securing the ribbon to the lace though, any ideas?

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Just uploaded some pictures of our ceremony venue

Sounds amazing Mrs D2B! Not much help on the abroad advice I'm afraid... not exactly well travelled.

Hello, welcome and congratulations Joanne! Gorgeous colours. What venue are you looking at? We hoping to have 14th April 2017 as our date.

Thank you and congratulations. Me and my H2B wants to get married at St Bernards Church in Hamsted

Well we are hopefully we can also have the evening reception at St Bernards Church because a nice lady from the church showed me and my H2B around the church. She said we could have the wedding there and if we would like to then we could use the hall as a reception but we would have to spoke to the main person to sort out the details. We are waiting for her to get back to us. However we do know that a service is about £400 because the lady that showed us around gave us some rough quotes for the service.

We have actually found another venue which is much nearer to where we live. It's perfect! It's called St@nst3d P@rk (LINK REMOVED). Have emailed asking to view it this week.

Mrs D2B - We are only going to be able to have a 2 night honeymoon because of the children. Thinking probably Paris.

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Ooops! I never know what I can or can't write!! Nevermind. I don't mind getting a reputation as a trouble maker.

We're going on a family trip to D1sneyl@nd Paris when the inheritance from my dad's house sale goes through with my brother and his kidlets. Unfortunately we don't have anyone we can leave the children with for a week really. They go to their biological dad's every other weekend so that's the only opportunity we'll get.

whether it's 2 weeks or 2days a honeymoon is what you make it, it's about you and your new husband spending time together alone after all the stress of the wedding so what ever you decide to do it will be amazing

That's true but we might not have a honeymoon after the wedding, we might have a honeymoon a couple years after but we don't know yet

Hi Emily!! How's thing's going for you?
Ok so have just started a thread to ask for advice on this anyway but would also like to ask you ladies personally too as I'm sure this is something you are thinking about or will be thinking about very soon
I have just been quoted £310 for someone to dress my venue for me, this includes 65 chair covers & organza sashes ,
8 centre pieces, full candy cart or ferris wheel candy cart with pic n mix & bags- scoop, sign & bag holder hire included, 8 table runners,post box, wishing tree, prop box hire, 8 table number holders, 65 personalised love heart favour packs and table scatters.
To be honest I don't need the prop box so will probs cut that out and I'm not really bothered by the post box and candy cart but might as well have them. I had originally planned to do the center pieces and set up etc myself but thinking about it I don't want to have to be rushing around the day before and on the morning of my wedding especially as I get really wound up when things don't look exactly as I expect them.
What are you doing in regards to dressing your venue? Are you paying out to have someone do this stuff for you? Is it worth it? And those who are doing it yourself are you glad you are? Or is it more hassle than it's worth?

Mrs D2B- for the price that isn't so bad definitely for decorating your venue.
LadyC- it sounds like you have found yours and H2B perfect wedding.
EmilyV17- congratulations to you too. How's the wedding planning going? Me and my H2B is only just starting to do the wedding planning. At the moment we are talking through some ideas about the wedding like wedding guests, venue, reception and colour theme but to be honest I need some help with some wedding ideas if you and any other UKbride would like to share to help us to plan our prefect wedding day. We are open for any wedding ideas or advice

I've not been good at all.. Mental health deteriated so went to my Drs pleading for help only to be told that the NHS limits treatment for mental health to 6 sessions max which he feels wont be beneficial. So after hearing that news I just broke down wrote him a 2 page letter about how its shocking that the NHS echos the stigma that mental health is viewed with. Took a couple of weeks off work and life in general to try to get my head around it and decide a plan going forward because there is no way we can afford private (would be £200 a month minimum). Still not sure what were going to do because I do need the support but made the decision that if I feel under pressure or am crying at the thought of leaving the house, I am not going to until I feel I can.
Thank you for asking xx (bet you wish you hadn't lol!)

Wedding planning has stopped after the STDs. giving our first one to my Aunt on Saturday before she goes home to America so that's exciting :)

Mrs D - I posted on the other thread that I would go for that if I were you.
Good idea about the wine. not sure how I wouldn't drink it though haha

Lady C - so glad that you have found your venue. I've got a bit confused. What is your date now? New year or April?

Joanna - that's a good place to start. I would say don't visit any venues until you have your guest list and budget done. then ask them to send you their price list so you can see if they are in your budget first. We were shocked what some venues were trying to charge for the state of their rooms etc. and some that we would have loved were wayyyy out of our price range. We found our perfect venue, £2k under budget off the quotes bit on here. Also, some rooms may be too big/small for your guest list so saves time that way. (but we did see some which could put up a partition wall to make the room the perfect size for you.

Thanks you Mrs D. I do try to keep my heath problems and general rants off here as it can get a bit much but thank you for the offer.

Since this morning when I wrote that I have had a call from the NHS mental health department saying that my GP had referred me to them. I asked when it came through and was told yesterday. so he must have done it following my letter.. makes me sick. why does he all of a sudden think its good enough. The lady on the phone was lovely and I explained what had happened at the GP and she said that there is an initial 12 sessions as standard maximum but there is another department which can give long term support if needed so there is no maximum like my GP said. Have an appt booked with them now. Got off the phone called OH and just cried.

The fact that he didn't know what he was talking about and gave me false information makes me feel like making a formal complaint but I don't think that I have the strength to do that at the moment. Might get OH to do it for me.

I have been on those forums and websites in the past and I agree about knowing there are other people in similar situations but I also find it hard reading their rants as I find it brings me down too.. its a catch 22 one really. if only it was acceptable to post your own ones and not read others. but that wouldn't be fair so I took myself off there years ago and wont join again.

Thank you for your kind words Mrs D. It does mean a lot to me. xxx

Thanks Sarah x

EmilyV17 - I feel your pain sweet. I was robbed of 5 years of my life by depression and social anxiety. Towards the end I was almost housebound. You will eventually see a light at the end of tunnel, I promise. You are on the right road. Also, my date is now 14th April 2017. It would be my parents 38th wedding anniversary and they have both passed away. Want to honor them on our special day by sharing theirs.

Mrs D2B - Spoke to one of the venues preferred caterers. They were amazing. We only have to supply drinks for during the day. No corkage, but £250 for the bar staff. They provide drinks for the evening and the prices are dirt cheap. We have a meeting with them in a couple of weeks so will know more then.

JoanneH4 - Have you got a wedding checklist? Have a little look at one and then make your own. Work out which things off it are a priority to you and how much of your budget you will dedicate to it. From your list, the thing missing which springs to mind is photographer and videographer.

LadyC- No we haven't got a wedding checklist. Where could we get one to have a look at to help me and OH plan our wedding. Because I want to have the perfect wedding for me and my H2B