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London's best wedding venues
Hi all, Website 'The Londonist' is a London listings/news site that compiles 'best of' lists. Readers can comment and contribute, and they unearth some really good finds. (E.g. best pubs in Zone 4, best fry up in London etc) They've just started a wedding venue list. Unlikely to all be MSE, but maybe it'll be of interest…
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Wedding caterer recommendations for Manchester?
Hi, We've just got engaged and have booked our wedding for 29 September this year in Manchester. We got a brilliant deal on the venue who will let us do our own bar and catering, but the only problem now is finding someone in Manchester to do the food. I've looked online and there are lots of different places but does…
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Wine by the case
Hi All Wondered if anyone has had much experience with this. Our caterers are charging us £20 per bottle of house wine but only a £10 corkage charge (£12 for sparkling or champagne). I'm not happy with this as it is a bit steep so am looking around for bulk buy deals on bottles. Has anyone else done this? Or does anyone…
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Some pics from our wedding 07/04/12
Hi guys, We got married on 7th April. Haven't got the official pics back yet so here's a few from guests. A few things i will mention... First Look - Best idea ever! My nerves totally vanished which meant when it came to walking down the aisle i was excited and not nervous! We met an hour before the ceremony, had loads of…
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Place setting/favour for bride and groom?
So I was just picturing the tables all set up with the place settings and favours (ours are combined - wee jam pots with home made jam, with a name tag tied on with ribbon) and was thinking it would be weird to use that for me and OH since I made it all! (a bit like it was weird giving MOH an invitation she helped make!)…
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Help with a venue west lancs
Does anyone know of any hotel type venues that will let you hire a room for a wedding reception but at least cater the evening buffet yourself. I live in west lancs and was considering briars hall but over the past year prices have gone up and their offers have changed and there seems to be nothing included in a basic…
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Miss Fish Bridal Online
Has anyone ordered and bought from Miss Fish Bridal online? The website looks good but I am nervous to order. Also any one with experience from sevenwedding.co.uk?
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Wedding in 2015
Anyone else here getting married in 2015? I'd love someone to share the waiting time with, it feels forever away. Me and my partner got engaged almost one month ago and we've decided to get married in 2015 as it gives me a year after University to settle into a job before we start our lives together. It also gives me a…
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Not invite auntie, uncle and cousins?
Right basically, i've got a fairly large family and we're only inviting 50 for the day. Now, my sister has just got married and my auntie, uncle and 2 cousins were there, they didn't talk to me once! the eldest of the 2 is getting married in 2 weeks and im not invited because they're having 'a small wedding' my mum isnt…
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Organza
I have twelve tables at my wedding (some round, some long) to put a strip of organza on and eight chairs that need bows and I have been told four organza rolls (25m each) will be enough to do this, do you think this will be ok? Also, I am struggling to find the right teal blue colour, I have asked for some samples from…
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Reindeer cut outs - HELP!
Hi all I need help!! I am currently looking for some reindeer cut outs to be used as table name cards..have you seen any big enough to be used? I woould try and cut it myself but I can't even cut wrapping paper neatly!
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20th Anniversary Wording
Good Evening Here's hoping you wonderful people can help. It is my 20th Wedding anniversary tomorrow, I have bought my husband a card which is blank thinking I would have plenty of time to think about what I wanted to write inside.... However I am now at the day before and stuck for words... Help Some info to hopefully…
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Is a village hall wedding much cheeper than your average wedding venue?
Hi all, Me and OH are thinking about the future and hopefully getting married in the next few years. Have been looking at wedding venues before they are pricy don't get me wrong, but when you compare these to a village hall wedding I personally haven't found too much in it, when you consider decorating the venue-flowers,…
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1st anniversary
Can't believe how quickly time has gone. This time last year I was posting about planning my wedding, now I'm thinking of our 1 year anniversary. What did people do for their 1st wedding anniversary? Ours is soon approaching (26th August) and I know its 'paper' but trying to think of being creative. I'm also trying to…
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We did it! 06/05/12
Absolutely wonderful day, all the planning paid off & the rain stayed away! We were very lucky in that we had a generous budget, but we still tried to spend it wisely, so hopefully we ended up with a wedding that looked a lot more expensive that it actually was! A few bargains included my dress, £89 from Vivien of…
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Reception Food
I wonder if anyone has any suggestions. Basically, we are trying to keep the costs down for the wedding and will be doing our own food, which is fine, we are having a buffet which will be served at 7.30 for both the evening and day guests. I want to pop some food on the tables for the day guests while we have our speeches,…
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Dressmaker Wakefield/Leeds/Barnsley
Please can I get some recommendations for a dressmaker/designer in these areas? I am wanting a dress made to my own design for the end of June. Also any ideas on what would average prices/timescales for getting a dress made - it's an evening-y type but not a big dress, in lace with an underdress. Also any recommendations…
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dress
hey girls, i tried on a beautiful dress on saturday. it was amazing. it was also overpriced and filthy dirty :-( i cant find it for sale anywhere else, i think it was last seasons and i have seen plenty of times how good you lot are at finding stuff. can any of you help me find it second hand online please? its essence of…
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Body shimmer lotion
Does anyone know a good body shimmer lotion that is fragrance-free? I don't want it to interfere with my perfume on the day, and preferably oil-free as well so it doesn't come off on my dress!
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The Yorkshire Wedding Sale Harrogate
I heard about this on the radio but didn't really give it much thought until I received a free admission ticket in the post this morning! Has anyone been before? Planning to go? Just wondering if it's worth going. I can't find much info on it. If anyone else fancies going.... https://www.yorkshireweddingsale.co.uk If…
