Hi Everyone,

I got engaged in May of this year and we are planning to get married in summer/autumn of 2015.

So far we have viewed one venue (in our first week of engagement, we were just so excited!) and now we have one more viewing booked for Monday. On Saturday I am going to a wedding exhibition with my mum but this is the only one we have planned as its so local and my fiancee is actually working there on a hotel stand.

I am going through phases of wanting to look at every wedding blog and magasine out there and colleting pictures for a folder I have started, to then deciding to leave everything until at least next year.

So....how early is too early to start planning? When is too early to book a venue? I dont want the planning to be over and all the decisions made too soon but its so exciting im struggling to stop myself! My mum wants to go dress shopping which ive told her is definitely out of the question until mid next year (still 2 years prior!!!) but other than that I dont really know what is okay to start doing? I think I just need something to keep me ticking over until next year so I can start enjoying the planning without doing too much and letting the wedding take over our lives for the next 2 and a half/3 years!

Any idea's and advice much appreciated, thank you xxx

I get married November 1st 2015 and started planning last year ITS NEVER TOO EARLY!

Yeah I agree with MrsNoz2b, defo dont get a dress yet and if u do start looking, justgety an idea of the type of dress u'd like as by the time ur wedding arives they'll b lots of new dresses in 4 that year. x x

I've already made that mistake unfortunately, one of my bridesmaids has barely been in contact since our engagement party :( however we have been close friends almost al my life so hoping it will turn out okay. The dress definitely has to wait I think, no matter how tempting it is! I dont even want to go and try any on yet incase I think I find 'the one' and end up making a mistake in buying too early.

Samantha, interesting that you bring up DIY projects as the idea's we have discussed are based on a very DIY wedding in terms of invitations and decor, so I'm thinking why stress nearer the time when I could do it bit by bit over the next couple of years...although I dont want everything to be faded and old!!!

Not really but I could find somewhere, how much have you done? Sometimes I wish we were getting married sooner so I could just get on with it but we would never have the money to have what we want, I need to learn to be patient!

Gemma have a search for a thread on here called ........My wedding planning diary, the things I have done/brought/booked or made so far!
Everything I have done or brought is on there lol

And nope I LOVE it lol
Not done much Since the beginning of Sep tho as it's all 3 kids birthdays, the last of which is Sunday so hopefully will be getting stuc back in soon before the christmas break lol

its never too early, thort id got bags of time to sort things out but it comes round all to quick..... wish i had done stuff earlier coz even tho ive got 10 months im startin to panic x

I'm getting married next September we have been engaged for a year now. Within the first month we had booked both the venue and the photographer and had a meeting with our now florist.
I knew who I wanted as bridesmaids and had asked them within a week of our engagement. Yes I do agree with the others about the bridesmaids as I did have a problem with one of them but that's all sorted now.

It all depends on you two and how much you want to spend. But first thing we did was set a budget ours has gone over at the minute by £3k and we are making our own invites, table plan and table names. These can cost a lot we got a quote and it came in at £1k just for the design we wanted we have brought the bits and has come in at £50 quid and we have made the ladies favour boxes as well so a big saving.

We got the bridesmaids dress, my dress and the shoes in June. Also remember when you view venues also ask how much the room costs as well as the civil ceremony as our cost an extra £400 + vat that wasn't in the budget.

The only reason we got bits early is because we are buying a house so we wanted to get all the big bits done before that.

hey im getting married in 2015 and have started planning... got my dress... yes i know alot of have said i am silly but the dress i have chosen is exactly what i wanted, so to be fair it doesnt matter if it is 3 years before or a year before i would have still chosen this dress... plus im not looking at more dresses now.
i have found our venue and made a provisional booking, and started looking for wedding cakes...

i think you can never start to early :)

I'm getting married in 2014. I have booked venue, registrar , car, photographer. Paid in full for my dress, paid half towards my groom's and his best man suits. Designed the cake. Paid dep on one bridesmaid dress. Bought our rings. Made save the date cards and sent some out and making bunting and invites. I am self employed and don't want the stress of worrying about doing things at the last minute and having to worry about the money too so I am paying as I go and hopefully all will be paid up and done a minimum of 6 weeks before so I can relax on the weeks leading up to the day or if I have overlooked anything I will still have time to get it sorted.

i dont think it ever to early if u know wat u want x