Hello everyone, i have booked our wedding for December 2013, very excited my colour theme is deep red and ivory. Is there any other brides planning a winter wedding? it would be nice to hear everyones plans :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Hiya
Wow, CONGRATULATIONS!
I wanted a winter wedding (got engaged in January this year and wanted December 2012 wedding with the colour theme of deep red and champagne/gold) but was vetoed by my entire family and h2b.............so we're having May 2013 instead.
My ideas for the winter wedding were the romantic roaring log fire with hog roast and candlelight. So we're doing all my ideas minus the log fire in May instead.
Make sure you plan for possibility of snow (it'll be so beautiful if it does). My friend got married 2 weeks before Christmas and used storm vases with big candles and pine cones etc. in them for table centres.
Hope the planning goes well and you enjoy every moment! x
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Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorFluffyk04
May 2013 just over a year.... how exciting. Have you started making many plans?
I like the idea of big candles pine cones etc :) i like candle lights and hoping our church will let us have a candle lit cermony :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Ahhhh, candles in Church will be so beautiful with those rich reds flowers or bows at the ends of the pews (ok this is my dream - lol), I'm thinking of red or gold bows at the ends of the pews in Church for three reasons, firstly it'll be a little cheaper than flower arrangements, secondly it looks romantic and soft, thirdly, they don't get ruined if people knock into them.
I'm sure the Church will allow a candelit ceremony, hope they say yes. I would have liked this if I had the winter wedding, it'll be a little out of place in our May wedding.
Yes, we've started planning, the Church and reception venue is all booked, I've known since I was a child where I wanted to get married as I always imagined the same Church my parents married in and also where me and my sis were baptised.
I've tried on a few dresses too, it's all so overwhelming I have to admit but enjoyable too.
What are you other ideas? Do you have an idea on the dress? ;o)
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CommentAuthorFluffyk04
i have tried on loads of dresses, its so much fun but theres one i love its a Essence dress very traditional with lace i love it having a second fitting in two weeks and i think its the one :) getting excited thinking about it :) with a velvet deep red cloak.
we are having a french vintage car which will take us to the church which will have bagpipes playing (have a huge scottish family) hopefully followed by a candle lit cermony. Im having two bridesmades in red and a flowergirl in ivory and a pageboy.
at the venue we are having a harpist playing during the wedding breakfast which will decorated in a winter/vintage/classic theme, havnt really decided yet :).
Wow, sounds amazing and very exciting that you have probably found "the one" - the dress that is (h2b is a given lol).
I've tried on 6 dresses (apparently - I can't remember one of them but sister and best mate say it's 6). I have one possible dress out of those that I really like and would be happy to wear on the day by Madeline Isaac James in ivory, princess silhouette. I've got appointments booked at 3 other bridal stores to try on dresses I've seen that I think look nice in pics I've seen before I have to make my mind up so I should hopefully have a dress picked by July.
I think we'd like a classic car to take us to the Church then on to the reception venue after. We'll have an organist at the Church.
My two bridesmaids (sister and best mate) will be in deep red/burgundy/merlot long dresses and my flower girl (h2b's niece) will be in ivory (hopefully she will be past the nose picking stage by then).
I've no idea about music during the wedding breakfast yet but will defo just have a DJ in the evening.
We'll have a nice canapes and drinks reception when we all arrive at the reception venue before the wedding breakfast.
Being Chinese, some of the decorations will be Chinese double happiness signs (hence the colour scheme of red and gold/champagne). H2b is half Scottish but very happy with the Chinese theme and he has made it clear he will not be in a kilt.
I think I want those lovely red velvety large roses in my bouquet and the bridesmaids will have hopefully cream coloured carnations as their bouquet with gold something running through them.
I'm wondering whether I'm being a bit slow on organising things.
I need to sort out the marriage prep course still.
I love the harpist idea, will have to see if there is money in the budget for one or something similar (maybe I can just pop a CD on).
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorFluffyk04
i would advice you to try as many dresses on as possible even if you dont like as, as you might be supised. the dress i love i wasnt keen on at first but when i tryied i had the weirdest feeling and cried ha.
Again for the classic car, we didnt think we could afford one at first as they seemed expensive at the wedding fairs. however we was lucky to find a gentleman who had a classic car which did wedding for pleasure to up keep his car, only charging us £150 for the afternoon and the car is lovely....bargin!
Again for the harpist, i used to play the flute when i was at school, bumped into my old music teacher and she knew someone who plays and as a favour playing for us at a very cheap rate.
So far we have been VERY lucky.
Our colours and ideas seen very similar......and seem lovely. i need to sort out the marriage prep course, unsure what to expect.
CommentAuthorStaceyP91
exctitng, i wanted to get married in Janurary 2013 but OH wanted a summer wedding so July 27th 2013 it is :) we have royal blue & white as our theme.
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
Lol, you sound like you could be my twin. I also played the flute at school and the piano, I had considered contacting and asking our old music teacher to be the organist but I decided it was easier to just book through the priest in Church. If I had more money I'd have a choir at the Church. Music is important to me.
I agree the wedding cars at Wedding fairs are expensive, I've found some others online that are local to us so have sent links to h2b and asked him to explore further. My dad would love a classic car (as would I and h2b), we also need a 2nd car for my mum and bridesmaids.
I think there is something warm, romantic and comforting in our colour scheme.
The marriage prep course sounds interesting but a little heavy.
You do sound like you have it all under control. I will ensure I try on plenty of dresses, I've tried 4 different silhouettes and so far the Princess is the best. Fishtail looked amazing on and was so beautiful and glamourous but I felt like I should be on the red carpet at a film premier rather than walking down the aisle, column dress was ugly and shapeless on me, the enormous ballgown was gorgeous too and proper disney princess but I felt silly and thought I would be too self conscious wearing that all day so the Princess was a compromise, not being too big but still with the Princess feel and more practical (think bathroom breaks).
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorElliekitty
Welcome! I'm getting married in January 2013 and my colour scheme the exact same as yours! xx
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
Cool! Popular and good choice ;o)
How's the planning going?
Any useful hints/tips in our chosen colour scheme? Where are you getting the BM dresses? Not much in the high street in deep red at the moment (I wonder if it's the wrong season - I still have plenty of time).
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorElliekitty
Really good thanks, everything has been more or less sorted (major things anyway) how about you?
The only thing I can mention is be careful to not over do it the red, I'm balancing with with ivory as much as I can. I've already purchased my bridesmaids dresses, they are from debenhams but I picked them off bay for a bargain.
These are the dresses, having these with ivory fur shrugs and the girls will have an ivory rose bouquet with winter berries, might help inspire you :)
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
Good advice, I'm trying to ensure there is a good balance of red and light gold so it's not too heavy, especially as mine is a May wedding.
Nice dress. Maybe when we start looking in August/September there will be more choice in red in the shops, alternatively we just get them from a bridal store (more expensive though). I've seen one in BHS which my BM's like the look of from the picture but we want to get my dress first to ensure theirs compliment mine.
How are the groom and his entourage going to be dressed colours wise?
I've not really done much apart from book the Church and reception venue and look at mags and online for ideas and tried on a few dresses.
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorElliekitty
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There are some lovely dresses in BHS and I've never thought of what the bridesmaids will look like next to me! Should be fine... I hope! hehe.
Here are the suits we are having, my H2B will have a red button hole which will look like its out of my bouquet and the rest with have ivory. We had a direct service from a suit hire shop, so they came out to our house with loads of suits and colours so were able to match them up to the dresses pretty well. The red is a bit shiner in real life.
(mind the funny looking on-line manikin!)
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
Fab.
I was thinking along the same lines, h2b with the red cravat and button hole same as flower in my bouquet and thinking of the rest of the men in a light gold with button hole same as flower in the BM's bouquets so it's all matching.
My sis had a lace/chiffon type layer over satin for her wedding dress and our BM dresses were the same but just plain but they complimented the style of her dress really well so we thought that we should do the same with my wedding and get my dress first and find BM dresses that compliment that style - maybe I'm over thinking all this and should just make a decision and do something lol.
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorElliekitty
That does sound nice, I'm not very good with coordination. I'm panicking about getting the colour to balance, my main worry is the tables and going over board!
---Winter 2013 Bride ---
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Lol. I think we're keeping the tables simple, we don't really want huge displays where people can see eachother across the table.
H2B dragged me to a wedding fair (yes he wanted to go and I wasn't that bothered) and he spotted the shallow bowls with floating candles and flower heads floating in it too and liked it. I thought too it is simple yet effective and pretty and won't block anyones views across the table so we'll probably go with that.
My sister had very small and low flower arrangements as the centers (a larger display on the top table) with gold sprinkles and red petals sprinkled all over the table.
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorElliekitty
I think I have seen those bowls! I agree with what you are saying, huge centre pieces look silly personally. We were going to have goldfish bowls with a rose and crystals in, however our florist has offered to do some flower centre pieces for £15 each which will fit in with our theme. So I'm still trying to make my mind up, no idea what to go for...
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
£15 for a table center sounds like amazing value. I haven't yet sat down and discussed ideas or prices yet with a supplier so am yet to get an idea for what this will cost us but I was estimating £20-£25 per piece if we kept it simple.
Did your florist show you any pix that would help make the decision?
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
hi ... sounds
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
lol..have no idea how that sent before i was ready ... lol anyway .. sounds great cause im getting married in november 2013, we are having red, black and white theme, with a slight football edge ( H2B ) :) xxx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Ooh, I sense the table names being the names of footballers or stadiums ;)
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
lol yeah .. got it in one!.. footballers... and hopefully im going to get a congratulations on your big day letter from the club manager he supports.. or at least something that looks offical asc a surprize , and im thinking of having little choc footballs in the black and white foil in a red organza bag? what do you think? xx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Very cute. You're very good letting h2b influence this.
Can you get those letters? Are you having the wedding at the club stadium? I think people can do that can't they? xx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorElliekitty
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Haha that's nice & quirky Jenny! I like it, even though I'm not a football fan myself.
She didn't have any of the centre pieces but she did have them on display in another colour. When we saw her portfolio, we literately just went "that one!" it was exactly what I wanted and very reasonable on price. I think I'm leaning towards having the flower centre pieces, I just feel it won't add a modern/different touch which the goldfish bowls will, but on the plus side I wouldn't have to sort them out.
That does sound a good price, we got quoted £35 for our top table arrangement x
---Winter 2013 Bride ---
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
no its too expencive to have it at there club,im on a tight budget and im hoping so about the letter.. ive emailed them, and i will carry on emailing them till i get a reply. Its his wedding too and he really knows what he likes no matter what anyone else thinks and he gets very passionate about them.. hes a big fan of Westlife too lol so thats influencing the music abit too ...ha ha ha, so long as i get the bits i want im not bothered ... :) xx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Wow - you're getting a good price on the table centers from the florist, I'll have to see what ours can do when I finally meet with her.
I think it's really sweet that he's so interested and wants to contribute ideas, my h2b has his moments where he inputs his ideas etc. which is really nice, it'd be awful if they just weren't interested at all. I was worried that he'd think I was just taking over everything and I keep asking him what he thinks of my ideas and he does say what he thinks and wants, like the open bar and has an opinion on the table centers and he loved the idea of the Cancer Research donation for the wedding favours (he lost his mum to cancer).
Fingers crossed with the letter. xx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
yeah if i manage to get it i'll put it on here and the favours sound sooo sweet really nice touch ... and there my ideas but he loves them and always ask his opinions on ideas, sometimes hes more interested than others .. MEN!!! ...lol xxx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
and i was going to add you on to my friends but you need to unrestrict your page .... go to "my wedding" and down to "my details" xx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Lol - yeah, quite a few times when he's tired and stressed he's just not in the mood for wedding talk then other times he's enthusiastic, he does have a busy demanding job so I understand (but then don't we all lol).
We decided that the cards that come from Cancer Research to say that a donation has been made on behalf of the guest can be put inside a Chinese angpow (the red packets - wedding ones - that traditionally money goes in as a gift to the bride and groom from elders and from the bride and groom to children). My dad bought some gold and red ones when he was last in Malaysia and we'll use those as the favours, thinking of putting those gold foil chocolate coins in them too so it looks like there is money in them.
I hope you do get the letter, would be so cool! Something to put in the wedding album! xx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
aww bet your guests will love the sentiment and the letter would really make his year .. not just day ...lol xx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Maybe you should've asked for a video message of congratulations or something to play at the reception, how fab would that be!
xx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorCoconut
you all sound really organised! Iwe've booked for November 2013 - so excited!
We are having a purple theme :)
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Purple will be beautiful, my friend had her wedding 2 weeks before Christmas and had purple with a hot pink as her colour scheme and it worked beautifully with the winters day.
Lol - I think everyone else is organised, I have ideas but the only things actually booked are the Church and reception venue.
How much have you done? I'm really excited too. I keep getting teary when I think of being the future Mrs P, it makes me so happy. I'm so going to blub when saying my vows, going to be so embarrassing! x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
Hi, I'm getting married in December 2012 Not long to go now!My colours are silver and light blue Red and ivory sound gorgeous - a lady on here got married past december and had those colours and it was lovely x
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Silver and light blue will be beautiful - imagine the whole "look" if it snows! WOW!!! xxx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
Thanks I'm hoping for a little bit of snow Do you know what colours you're having?May wedding are beautiful with all the pink blossom tress and new flowers x
CommentAuthorInDreamland
I'm Chinese so having traditional and lucky red and gold/champagne as the colours which h2b was very happy to have thank goodness ;o)
I think those colours can be done in any season, my sis had it in April last year and a family friend had it in their July wedding.
I love the silver and light blue idea - very chic! You could hand icicle/snowflakes everywhere and have pearlised stones with your table center pieces or something - sorry, getting carried away!
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
lol dont give me ideas about the film dreamland...ha ha ha ... and i get emotional too when i think about it alll.. and too only have a few things booked not everything is a reality yet ..just alot of ideas to work ...and defo will be blubing on the day ...and i come out in a rash across my chest for no reason at all at times so i know for a fact that i will come out in that as im saying my vows...lol rich purple sounds fab and the blue and silver will look so magical if it snows ... wow!!! xx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthorSaraC1
were looking at end 2013 beginning 2014 unless we can get more of the budget in place then it will be sooner lol
CommentAuthorJennyTembo
fingers crossed for you hun and when you do im sure it wiil be eveything you dreamed of xx
looking forward to being Mrs Embo :)
CommentAuthoriluvcakes
We're getting married in November 2013 and our theme is 1950's with our colours being ivory and a splash of pink, trimmed with pearls and diamantes x
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CommentAuthorFluffyk04
Everyones colours sound lovely :) so exciting....... 1950's theme sounds great
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Jenny Tembo - struggling to use this site on fiddly blackberry! Will try unblocking profile when I get home later. So nice hearing everyone's ideas, means I can share and bore all you ladies rather than driving my colleagues and family/friends crazy with my constant wedding talk, although I don"t think I'm too bad lol ;o) xxx
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Think I've managed to unrestrict my page ..........can you try to add me please? Hope it works. Ta x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
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CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
Hi in Dreamland your profile is still restricted x
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Thanks - how about now?
This is more complicated than FB lol x
Married the love of my life on Saturday 11th May 2013 xxx
Had our dream perfect honeymoon in Hawaii!
CommentAuthorFuture mrs mac
Yeh thats it Lol i know thought it was just me getting old xx
CommentAuthorInDreamland
Fab! Thanks! It's awful, whenever I am about getting used to that site they change how it all works and I can't find anything lol x
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