Wedding Forum - Our palindromic wedding!...

Mrs Rodgers be careful it turns into an addiction I wanted 60 teacups and saucers and now have way over 180 plus teapots, and plates, and coffee pots, and silver casserole dishes etc you just cant stop once you start lmao as for the dress maker I dont blame you hun I would sack her off if thats all shes come up with, loving your wedding plans your soo organised xx

Thanks sweetie :) I'll make sure we don't.. We have a firm budget as we are students and can't afford any excess spending which we are sticking to so far but thanks for the heads up!!.. I'm going to send an email to her at some point this week saying thanks but no thanks, I waited 6 weeks and for that?? ^^^^^ Looks like she knocked it up in 5 seconds flat and just sent so I wouldn't get grumpy.... That's what I think anyway. It's a shame because I had high hopes for her given the fact that she brags so much on her website about how she wants to makes brides dress dreams come true because she didn't get her dream dress.... What a load of bo11ock3!!! xx

So.... After MUCH debate, we have finally decided on 23rd December 2016 providing our church and venue agree!!! We may be mad doing it 2 days before Christmas but hey, what the heck, you only get married once!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow moved to just begore the new year 2017 at least you don't have to totally change your wedding exciting news =D

That does sound like a wonderful day to marry. You can see the new year in as newly weds. Just make sure that the church you're using (if I remember rightly you're marrying in a Unitarian church) don't have any kind of vigil service on New Year's Eve.

So last night we had a bit of bad news about using the church rooms after the wedding because now that it is on new year's eve, we've been told that there is the possibility of not being able to use them as they have just signed a contract with some band that are going to perform each year. They have to check with the committee as to whether we can use them so we thought we'd look into other options in case but actually we've come round to the idea and prefer going to a hotel and having a sit down meal! As a result, we are now going to our favourite pub/country hotel nearby that we have used for all our big family birthdays and occasions which also means I've got the price down a little bit thanks to knowing the owners very well and wrapping the husband round my little finger. We are really pleased as they are a lovely couple and are so thrilled for us... and of course even more thrilled we want to go to them for our evening stuff ;) It will feel more like our wedding and a family affair, like we are part of the family at the pub etc if that makes sense! xx

Everything sounds so fantastic, Mrs Rodgers to be!! Getting married on 31st December sounds amazing, I have to say I am a little bit jealous about that :) harry potter theme too! Sounds so much fun!

Just been reading through everything ; wow a lot of ups and downs in terms of not being able to do what you want but it sounds amazing to get married on the 31st December and see in new year as newly weds! :D

Definitely a lot of ups and downs but it's finally settling down at long last. My Daddy's on side, we have a date that everyone is happy with and we are getting some clear ideas about what we want!

I know - I'm not good at art but what she sent me was an insult, glad you all think so and I will do right by not using her. I'd be stressed the whole time wondering what on earth would turn up!!!

We've had a very productive day - We've been out dress shopping and sadly, the dress Debbie really loved is being discontinued and if we haven't placed an order by next Friday, there's no chance of getting it BUT we decided to go back to another shop we'd been too before and by more luck than judgement she thinks she's found 'the one' and is something she'd never have tried on before! And the best part, it's only £500 as it's being discontinued too and is in their sale!!! Not just that, we arrived home and found this guestbook had been delivered. A Scottish friend of Debbie's sent it all the way down from Edinburgh and she's never even met us yet, we met online but has a heart of gold. It's exactly what we looking and so simple, yet pretty... All in all, a great day :) xx

You have so much planned and it's all sounding amazing, I love the idea of diagon alley and the great hall, I think it will be better then if you had actually booked the studio's as you'll have all those special touches that you've put together :) I want to come!

Your guestbook is so cute

So much has changed since I last posted a month ago!

Our date is now 15th August 2015 now we have a very generous benefactor!
Cathedral - Agreed but not paid yet
Registrar - Need to ring up and change the date :)
Reception venue - Potentially decided on but going to check on 27th March
Photographer - Meeting up outside the cathedral on 23rd March to see if we like her and her work!
Ceilidh - Reserved our date but not paid although my parents are now in charge of this so they may choose someone different
Bridesmaids - Chosen and also replaced our MOH!
Videographer - Meeting on 23rd March
Rings - Got my ring as it's my OH's inherited ring from her Grandma, OH has chosen hers from Samu3ls
Flowers - Found a lady who does goooorgeous artificial bouquets but not decided on her or someone else quite yet!
Cake - Homemade by me!
Invites/StheD's - Made by us!
Hair - Hopefully by a family friend
Make-up - Found several reasonably priced artists but need to shortlist
Dresses - OH has hers but needs to be altered slightly closer to the day, I'm going shopping tomorrow!
BM dresses - Ideas formed, just need to go shopping closer to the time... Don't relish that with 7 to cater for!
Suits - Hiring through F0rmally Y0urs

Getting married at either 9am or 12pm at the Registry Office then that's followed by our 2pm blessing service at the cathedral. Our day plan is in motion and our seating plan is being mapped out! All in all..... Think we've done quite well so far!

Wow I've just read this thread from the start and you've had so many changes to make. Pleased you got to move your date forward!

When it came to timing my venue recommended 1-1:30 so there's not too much waiting around for everything to fall together so we booked 1:30. I would maybe pick 12pm for the registry office so you don't have too long to wait as I personally would probably be too excited! X

Thank you both :) the date has been a problem from start to finish but hopefully it's sorted! Went dress shopping today and think I've found the one!!

You are alwYs changing your date hopefully this is the last time you have to change it bought forward again =D The dress needs something to bling it up a bit dress to plain for my liking but that's just me =D <3 X

But yeah, hopefully not.....

Went dress shopping on a spur of the moment thing, almost went home as we were stuck in traffic for 40 minutes but when we eventually got..... I FOUND IT!!!!!!!! I've paid the deposit and go back in September to be measured but so flipping excited, it's perfect :D xx

Paid our deposit for our venue and hoping to pay the registry office the entire total tomorrow! My aunt has offered to ask her friend to do our wedding cake too as she made my cousin's christening cake on Sunday and it was AMAZING!! All coming together nicely :)

Bought the OH's veil yesterday for £10 and bought both our bouquets today! Here's a picture of mine, the OH has got an ivory and royal blue rose bouquet :)
Also rang up the registry office and paid off all the fees bar the giving notice fee which we'll do later this year! We've also found a fabulous videographer for £200 who'll do just what we want so happy happy and done really well this week :D xx

Oooooh so pretty hun!

Thanks :) now we've settled on when and what we want it couldn't be simpler! The mistake we made was confirming registrar etc before we looked at all the venues and before we'd spoken to family on date/what they can contribute but lesson learnt and it's going swimmingly now! xx

Been doing quite a lot recently as some of you will have seen on other posts but I thought I would update on my planning thread :) apologies if I've repeated anything already in this thread but it's been ages!

Now that we've finished uni for the year, we've also been able to sit down and talk properly about what we really want rather than chop and change the whole time. We have decided on a proper colour scheme and theme which is going to be gentle pastels and a summery/flowery theme.

Bridesmaids are going to each be dressed in a colour (coral, mint, pale blue, pale pink, lemon, lilac) and going to be very relaxed - different styles that suit them and they can keep them too to use again if they want! Lots of flowers everywhere, relaxed, laughter, fun.. All of that hopefully as we know have a clear sense of what we want :) we have also bought hand fans for them which is quite fun too!

Hairdresser has been booked - £200 for 2 brides (inc trials), 2 mums, 6 bridesmaids and 3 grandmas which we are very pleased about!

Make-up has been booked - £124 including trials! We originally booked a lovely lady which is slightly more expensive but we were worried about the distance as purely for the trials it would be a 150 mile round trip, not to mention her having to travel up so we spoke to her and she was absolutely lovely about and completely understood where we were coming from. Luckily we hadn't paid her the deposit so we weren't tied into anything but felt we should discuss it. The end result is that we've found a make-up artist based in Exeter who literally lives round the corner and is also a bit cheaper which is a lot better all round we think :)

We've sent off our deposit for the videographer too and we are hoping to meet up with her sometime over the summer when we are down visiting my family. £200 for all the ceremony coverage and a little bit either side which is all you really want tbh as the ceremony is the important bit anyway!

Horse and carriage is booked - very excited about this as it's a complete surprise to Debbie!

We are going to have a board game/children's corner and we've booked a caraciaturist for 3 hours during the evening to do cartoon portraits for us and the guests - we thought this would be something fun and different for everyone, plus it saves us having to worry about favours which we don't want to do! It's also something for the less active ones to interact with should they not want/be able to dance!

Dress - I'm going to get measured either just before or just after I head back to uni for 3rd year. Very pleased as I've finally found some motivation for my diet so I'm going to be a bit smaller fingers crossed!

Accessories - we've both bought our veils and garters and now only waiting delivery on my veil which means when I go and get measured for my dress in September/October, I can take it along and see how it looks :)

Photography - We've paid our deposit and had our engagement shoot. We LOVE our photographer, she's so lovely and completely gets what we want... The photos were pretty good too ;) lol.

Reception venue - all going smoothly and been in discussions with them about drinks and buffet options. I'm a non-drinker generally so I wanted to find a way to satisfy both of us so we've gone for non-alcoholic arrival mojito's, non and alchy fruit punch for the meal, champers with elderflower and then during the buffet, they will hopefully bring out iced jugs of pink lemonade with strippy straws... Not forgetting the strippy straws ;) buffet wise we have asked about having cream teas and my homemade sponge cakes instead of the usual options so we are now just waiting on pricing for all of this to see whether it is actually feasible financially! Fingers crossed :)

Church.... ARGH!!!! Stress of the year DEFINITELY! We have less than a week to find out if we get to have the full marriage in the church. The annual assembly is meeting from Thursday-Sunday in Cardiff and as soon as the vicar has the result, he is ringing us... So tenterhooks it is!! So flipping nervous but trying to stay distracted however this is proving difficult and the closer it gets, the more sick with dread we get! if it's not the result we want, then we will have to do some serious thinking....

That's everything for the moment I think! Once we reach Sunday/Monday with the church's decision, we really can hit the ground running and get planning/arranging things because we will know what the situation is like invitations, horse and carriage, registrar, venue etc.... Stressful but fun at the same time! xx

Sounds like it's all coming together lovely :-)

It is coming together nicely :) really looking forward to it now we've chosen everything and got a clear idea of what we want! xx

Haha, thanks! We just thought, it's our wedding and we want to enjoy our food so what do we enjoy?! It may be a set menu but we've certainly added our own touch to it :D xx