Wedding Forum - New to arranging weddings...

Hi Joseph,
Welcome to the site, everyone on here is super friendly and will help you with anythign you need. I would say the very first thing in planningto do is sit down honestly and talk about money. Wrtie down exactly how much is coming in every month and how much is going out and that will allow you to determine how much you can save and how long it wil take to save the money you want to spend on your day. Also write out your guest list, this will help when picking out a venue. You will either only look at venues that will hold all of your guests or you will then know if you fall inlove with a smaller venue that you will have to drastically cut your list but it will make the choice much easier. With a budget and guest numbers sorted you will be able to start the first part of your planning which is finding the perfect venue and setting hte date xx

Yep as Cathryn said; we are all friendly and don't bite...well mostly not :P Any questions just ask :) to

Think i may have figured it out, is there anyone that can check for me ?

go to your details and it will bing up your name aress etc...scroll to bottom and where it says profile change to public x

UNRESTRICTING YOUR PROFILE:
If you want to 'make friends' with fellow members, you will need to 'unrestrict' your profile. You will also need to do this so fellow members can leave helpful links on your wall (as no links are allowed on the forum).
How to unrestrict your profile-
1. Go to ‘My wedding’
2. Scroll down to ‘my details’
3. Once you have clicked on ‘my details’, scroll down again
4. At the end of this section there will be a drop down box next to ‘privacy settings’ under ‘wall permissions’
5. Click on the drop down box and select public – people can now post links on your wall and befriend you!

yeah thats you x

hi joseph, welcome to ukbride ,like the others have said youhave come to the right place for some pointers i had never even been to a wedding let alone arranged one but these ladies and gents have really helped get all the things into place.
Your first start is to work out your budget be realistic and then you can arrange things in order of importance to you to make your budget work. Then of course you hae to decide where this wedding will take place and of course when! then you can start going about finding registra and booking dates. in my opinion its always best to check dates with your registra before confirming venue date as they are not always available.(or if your a marrying in a church then obviously this will not be a problem) get a notebook! probably the most important thing to get down all those ideas and most of all have fun once you have the basics booked and organised then the real fun begins! and have a look at the home made thread on here for some amazing ieas for things you can make to personalise it.

Hi Joseph, Congratulations, Have you booked a venue yet or looked at any in your area.

Hi Joseph, welcome!!

Welcome & congratulations! Xx

why dont you both wear a suit in different colours. In all honesty the suits are not too important just now but working out a budget and a date are the first thing to do xx

thanks for the help peeps, no neither of us are military guys or have any welsh or Scottish background.

We don't really have a budget, what is the norm?
A date....
well i suppose maybe new years eve? that should be a good party :)

I'm trying to research, but I'm not finding too much on same sex weddings :(

Hi joseph, Are you getting married this dec or next? I know a few venues near where you live that might be useful to you. Il write them on your wall. Appox what sort of price you looking to spend on a venue?

We are getting married in our local unitarian church which allow us to have a religious ceremony if that's what you are looking for :)