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Wedding venue tipping; are cupcakes a rubbish tip?
Hi everyone, haven't been on the forum much since we got engaged nearly 2 years ago! We had our hearts set on a venue which we booked the week we got engaged, but didn't have an endless budget so went for the cheaper option of a Monday wedding. It's a lovely farm venue which is often in blogs etc and we've been saving hard…
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Did you meet on MSE and are getting married?
As far as we know we've had five couples meet and get married here on MSE. A couple of recent ones (in the last few years) are linked to below. If you met your partner here on MSE we'd love to hear your story. Please start your own thread letting everyone know your story then post the link to it below. MSE Weddings Coming…
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Wedding invitation wording
Hi ladies I'm trying to come up with the wording for our wedding invites. Tradtionally, I believe the bride's parents 'host' as they generally pay however for our wedding, both my parents, OH's mum and ourselves are contributing so I'm at a bit of a loss as about how to word the invites. Also, I'm not sure we can put about…
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Italy wedding certificate no impediment Newspaper advert cost
Hello, We are getting married in Italy in a few months and as part of the certificate of no impediment we have been asked to place a notice in the local paper for a week they have quoted £98.70 this sounds a bit extreme to me, can anyone tell me if this is a normal price for this? Thank you ki
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Reasonably priced wedding dress shops in London?
Sorry to be a board hog, thought I'd repost this here. Can anyone give any recommendations for dress shops to check out in London? I'm based in Camden so anywhere North or Central, as I don't drive. I think I've left it a bit late due to a stall in weight loss (wedding is July) and I'm hoping to find something that doesn't…
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Placeholder ring
Hi I am proposing to partner on valentines day, everything is set for the big day. I have a ring and it is a placeholder ring as I want us to go shopping together for an engagement ring. What are you opinions of a placeholder ring?
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Deposit back from wedding venue?
I recently paid a £500 deposit via credit card for my daughter's wedding next year; unfortunately, her fiance left her and the wedding has now been called off. We rang the venue asking for £400 back and were happy to pay the other £100 as an 'admin fee', the venue however refused to give ANY of the deposit back. The…
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Wedding dress - Plus Size
Help I have got myself into a complete pickle I am getting married in August and still have not got my wedding dress. Actually the whole idea sends me running for my duvet. This will be my first marriage, I will be 45, size 18, large bust, female that normally is never normally seen in a dress. I hate all the attention the…
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budget wedding :)
hi all,, new to this site. im getting married on the 19th july so I thought id start a thread on what we have and havnt paid for so far and to also hope someone can point something out that we have forgot. we are going for a cheap wedding, registry office with a party after at our local cycling club. here the list of what…
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RSVP Frustrations...
Just wondering if anyone else planning a wedding has gotten as annoyed as I have about RSVP's? We sent out 'Save The Date' cards back in August and followed this up with actual wedding invites in the middle of October. In the invite we provided a little 'information' card with a web page we had set up showing things like…
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Where do we give notice??
After a little advice, OH and I currently live 40miles apart, so say I live in A, he lives in B and we're getting married somewhere completely different {C}, so where do we give notice??
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Do your own wedding flowers
Shamelessly stolen from AshSimmo (Fantastic find!!!!) How to make a wedding bouquet How to make a corsage How to make a floral Centrepiece How to arrange flowers for a small vase How to make a floral buttonhole How to arrange a ball of Flowers with oasis How to make a floral head dress How to make a floral dog collar How…
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How much did your wedding dress cost?
Hi ladies! As we are now looking at budgets and planning on how to spend our money, whilst trying to be as frugal as possible I am wondering what us money savers view as an acceptable price for a wedding dress? I know what style I like, and have seen a particular dress I like, an have been quoted by 7 different dress…
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RSVP Question
Hello all, I'm hoping for some advice on a situation I'm in. I've been invited to a family member's wedding. I'm already busy that day - running a Duke of Edinburgh expedition and my very best friend in all the world's 30th birthday - but I strongly suspect that my family member and the extended family won't consider those…
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Bridesmaid Dresses that won't break the bank!
Hi ladies (and men!) Currently on the hunt for 3 adult bridesmaid dresses in mid blue (not too fussy on the colour as long as it's blue!!), chiffon, strapless, maxi style. Brands like Dessy and Mori Lee proving far too expensive, realistically my top budget would be £200 per dress but that would be through gritted teeth!!…
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wedding planners/diaries
Hi there, Can anybody recommend a good wedding planner book/diary? After something that has good content/sections? My memory is terrible so would come in handy to flick through now and again and make notes and see what hasn't been done as the day gets closer! (April 2015) Many thanks
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Bride of the Year! Hi everyone! I don't know if I'm allowed to do this so let me kno
Hi everyone! I don't know if anyone from my time of planning is still here, but Im posting here to ask you all to help me! As some of you may know I married the man of my dreams in April last year. I was entered into the Essex Chronicle's bride of the month competition! With the help of you guys I won :D Now its time for…
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Ideas on how to decorate a boring room
Hi, I'm after a bit more advice please! Well OH and I decided to bring the wedding forward to this October instead of next October, we have booked the registrar and paid the deposit at the venue. Whilst at the venue today we saw the room in which the ceremony will take place. Luckily the colours in the room are very…
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Invitation etiquette
We're designing our invitations to print via vista print. I'm kinda stuck on the wording... I've looked at sample wording online and can't really figure it out. Who is "the host"? Our wedding is being paid for by my hubby to be and my Mum. I assume thats what they mean by the host? How on earth do I word it? Thanks :o
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Planning to Marry in Italy.
Hi, We recently got engaged, and are planning on getting married in Italy. I would like to hear from people who have achieved this as we have contacted a few wedding planners but they all say our budget is very limited and they are unable to help us. Our budget it approx £6000 and we are inviting approx 30ppl. Due to…