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Thank you gifts for mothers of the bride and groom!
I am having a real struggle with finding presents for my mum and mother in law.... Neither can have flowers for different reasons and I have around £30 to spend on each so not a huge budget. I really don't like anything tacky and unfortunately most wedding gift companies are full of it! One problem is that my mother in law…
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Wedding Table Gems
We are having a small pretty flower arrangement in a gold fish bowl on our tables but my fiance is against the mirrors (sadly!) however I did want to buy some gems to scatter on the tables...Would you scatter them over the organza that will go across the table? Normally I see them scattered on the mirror but we are…
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I've just ordered my dress!
I'm not getting married until August 2013 but I have been trying to be very organised, I have tried about 20-25 dresses and knew that this one was 'the one' when I first tried it on. I went back this morning to try it once more and I absolutely love it, so the deposit was paid straight away. Only 12 weeks to wait and it…
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Foam/silk bouquet & posy recommendations please
Hi folks :) I was hoping to do my own (fresh) flowers but with 5 weeks to go I am already getting a bit ill as my disability is playing up & my immune system is not behaving (grr!) I have looked online a bit for ready-made bouquets (not enough time to get made to order now) but wondered if you ladies & gents had any info,…
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Buying rings from abroad but within the EU. Do we pay the VAT ?
We are looking at maybe buying our rings from another EU country as they are 50% cheaper but I am a little confused as to whether we pay the VAT and excise on the rings or would the seller do that ? Can anyone help ? Thanks
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Bargain wedding dresses some under £100
Hi not posted on this board before but whilst looking for an evening dress i came across this website and there are quite a few cheap wedding dresses and just thought i would post on gere to see if it might help someone :D :D money is tight at the moment for everyone so hopefully this might be usefull to someone i dont…
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Confetti
Confetti - are you having any? If so where are you getting it? I'm looking at either paper or freeze dried rose petals. I'm really keen on a 'confetti shot' and my photographer says paper or light coloured petals work best. (I would have natural coloured, not dyed, so the colour doesn't run.) I'd prefer separate packs for…
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Wedding Present - Cash
Hi All, I've 2 wedding coming up for friends of mine and I plan to give both parties cash, what is a respectable amount? I'm not in the good books with one of my friends as I went missing for most of their pre wedding party weekend (the demon drink) so I'm determined to get this right. Thanks in advance
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Opinions needed please - flowers!
Hey everyone, been lurking but not posting for a while but could do with your [STRIKE]opinions[/STRIKE] help! lol Starting to get towards the business end of organising stuff and have been putting off flowers for AGES. main reason being i didn't know what we wanted (OH is leaving it to me to decide) Have decided I'm going…
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How many venues to look at?
Hi everyone! I recently got engaged :) and am hoping to get married in 2014 (nothing more exact than that yet). My fiance and I are going travelling for eight months from September but the one thing I've thought I want to get sorted before we go is the venue due to possible worries about availability. The only thing we…
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Wedding gowns from China.
Thought I'd give you guys the heads up re gowns from china. Suspect this means e bay too. One of my fellow designers has had her gowns held at customs because of the major problem with China and copyright over UK designer dresses. Hong Kong Customs have held onto her wedding dresses even though they are her original…
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What have you done / got left to do?
Off the cuff of another thread... just wondered what stage we're all at? How long have you got to go until the big day? What have you done so far? What have you got left to do? Do you think you started organising too early or too late? I think it'll be interesting to see the to do lists of the ladies who don't have long…
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Photographer recommendation - East Midlands
I just wanted to recommend our wedding photographers: http://www.fatcatcreations.co.uk/index.html They are a female & male team who worked amazingly hard on our wedding - the sneak peeks I have seen so far are fab! They arrived at 10:30am and stayed until after our first dance. They were unobtrusive and fantastic in every…
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How quick are vistaprint?
Just ordered our invites from there, should be here by 5th July. were getting married 1st Sept so need to send them ASAP. Does anyone know if their likely to be quicker?
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Should I invite my mother...?
I am in a total predicament with my family and my wedding and I don't know what to do. My mother is a complete nightmare and we haven't talked in almost two years. She has always been pretty crazy, however previously it seemed to be just towards our close family and she was able to act reasonably normal in front of…
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Signing the Register
I wonder if any of you clever lot can help me. Im in a quandry as to who we have as witnesses when signing the register. I have two sisters who are both bridesmaids, (one biological, one half) and I dont want to choose between either of them to be chief bridesmaid. My mum thinks this is wrong as she says my biological…
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Are you having candles?
I have started to think very generally about table decorations...and am wondering about candles. I love love love candles and had pictured loads of tea lights, etc. But then I started to think, my wedding is in April and the wedding breakfast will be sort of 5pm ish, and it will still be light. The room is very well lit,…
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40th Anniversary ?
Hi All , Got my 40th Anniversary coming up in september , so what do you buy for Her who must be Obeyed ? I have noy got a clue !
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Dress Emergency!
So, my dressmaker screwed up my dress. I'm fine. It's all fine. ;) I am returning home to Glasgow 12 days before my wedding and need: * Ideas on where to buy an off the rack dress * Advice on an alterations person who can turn around say shortening a dress in a week. I have looked at Coast, Debenhams, John Lewis, Frasers,…
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Book registrar or venue first?
My oh and I have been looking at venues and nearly two weeks ago provisionally booked our venue. It's on hold for 2 weeks whilst we sorted out the catering estimates so we could work out we can afford it. Today I was going to call and book the venue officially, but realised I hadn't looked into the registrar side of…
