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What size duvet cover to put over dress for storage?
My preloved wedding dress is being delivered today and I have managed to find somewhere to store it on a hanger until next year (once I have tidied it out). A few people have said they have a plain duvet cover over theirs, what size is it? Does it have to be completely plain or is a little bit of embroidery ok? I’m off out…
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managing dress expectations
took my daughter on a wedding dress research visit yesterday & the two dresses she fell in love with are £1100 & £1300 each plus £180 alterations charge (which they didn't mention). I realise these are not overly expensive dresses but she only has a small budget (about 6k) so this would be an enormous chunk. She has…
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Help - Wedding bolero
Hi All, Well I'm down to 25 days now and I'm starting to fret now with all the little bits. I've always hated my arms and I've decided that I want a bolero to cover my arms as i have a strapless dress. Do any of you lovely people know where I can get one, reasonaly priced? Thanks xxx
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civil ceremony songs
Hi all We are having a civil ceremony in a hotel in July, and have been told we need around 6/7 songs for the service (me walking in, guests waiting, signing register and us leaving) so I was wondering what songs everyones having for what part? Have only picked my song for walking down at the moment (groovy kind of love…
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vista print
we were thinking of money saving ideas for invites, thank you cards etc so checked vista print out. well we got 250 business cards which we designed and did thank yous on, which will be on every plate during day. these were free and postage was about £3 evening invites, we thought, lets do post card invites, with same…
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Am i being unreasonable??
We are getting married in our home town but our venue is about 30-40mins away.we get married at 11.30 so your talking about 45mins for the service which is 12.15,15mins for pics outside (FIL is a photographer so have asked for most of the pics to be done at the venue) so thats 12.30/12.45,over to the venue 1.15/1.30…
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beaded and artificial bouquets
Hi everyone. I hope you don't mind me asking here..:o I am considering adding beaded/artificial bouquets to my collection (I currently make jewellery) and started to have a look online at Etsy mostly. some of the prices are :eek::eek::eek: I got married almost 8 years ago now and although i can imagine prices have gone up…
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When you don't have a gift list / don't want anything
Hi, Our invitations have gone out and people are starting to rsvp which is great, but they're also asking if we have a gift list. So far 3 people have asked in the last couple of days and I've said we don't want aything, just for them to come. All 3 times, as I said it I could practically hear / see them thinking we want…
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Cheap venues in Hertfordshire?
Hi, I'm new to the forum and as of last Wednesday, am engaged! We'd like to get married within 2 years (we've been together 7 and a half already!) and I was wondering if anyone knew of or could recommend any nice venues in Hertfordshire? Basically we're not too fussed about chair covers and an MC and all that stuff as we…
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BHS Wedding Dresses
Do BHS stores (the ones that stock the wedding collection) actually have wedding dresses to try on/buy in store or are they only available online? I went in store a few weeks back to look at bridesmaid dresses but never noticed if they had wedding dresses there!
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Stationery all matching?
Will you have all your wedding stationery matching? Have ordered free postcards from Vistaprint as the Save The Dates.....but then thought, oh crap, have I committed myself to this Vistaprint design for everything else now?? We can afford to spend a little bit more money on invitations and probably weren't intending to get…
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Can you help find this Bridesmaid dress
Can anyone help to find this Bridesmaid dress please. Lela baby ivory bridesmaid dress, BHS size 12-18 months. BHS have now taken it off their site. Even the second choice (champagne) is out of stock and has been for weeks. http://www.bhs.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/bhsstore/657366/228595 Any help appreciated. Thanks Chris x
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Devastated with my wedding photos
Hello all, I've just received my wedding photos and I'm devastated. There are no full length photos of me and my dress. No photos of the back of the dress. No photos of me and my bridesmaids, the list of group shots requested hasn't been taken. I'm so upset, I can't stop thinking about it. Has this happened to anyone else?…
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I need to vent! Bridesmaid Issues!!!
Grrrrr, I need to vent! I get married in less than 6 weeks, and I have two bridesmaids - both my younger sisters. Now the eldest of the two has b***hed about everything from the dress (it is beautiful!), the shoes (she was free to choose whatever she liked as long as they were ivory/cream), to whinging when I say she'll…
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does lilac and gold go?
hello, i really cant decided on any things at the moment!!! ive got ivory chair covers and table clothes and gold satin saches, can i put lilac rose petal on the table ?? or would those scatter crystals be better? ive also got fish bowls and mirrors for centre pieces but dont have a clue what to do with them?? my flowers…
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Planning our wedding
Well we got engaged Christmas Day 2011. We have been holding back on everything as money is the issue! We hadn't even set a date because of this! We have accepted the fact we wont be having a lavish wedding that we both dream of! So....We are now looking at a registry office ceremony (trying to get this as late as…
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Pretty umbrellas and wellies
Hi Ladies, I'm new to this forum but having read lots of the fantastic advice on these pages I thought you may be able to help me find some things. I'm getting married on Saturday!! So excited, but not by the fact heavy rain is forecast :( We thought we'd make the best of it by buying some fun umbrellas and wellies for our…
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Wedding Dress Cleaners - treasuredpossession.co.uk
Hi Everyone First time using these forum sights so please bear with me and thank you for taking the time to look. I am looking to have my wedding dress professionally cleaned. Local dry cleaners are wanting to charge £100 plus which I cannot afford. A company that keeps cropping up is Treasuredpossession.co.uk. Seems very…
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Claytoppers
Hi all, I am getting married on Saturday 21st April (6 days time). I ordered my personalised cake topper from Tasha at Claytoppers in June 2011, paying in full then. I emailed over the final details of the topper in December 2011. Her website says that the toppers should arrive 4 weeks before the event. I have had problems…
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The W word...kerchinggggg!!!
Having done all the wedding stuff (twice lol) I thought I was done with being ripped off just for something having the word 'wedding' in. Everything seems to be horrendously priced if it's for a wedding. Flowers, cakes, cars...everybody seems to use weddings to fleece as much money as they can. 6 months since I got married…
