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Weddings & anniversaries

Planning a wedding, civil partnership or anniversary celebration? This is the place for MoneySaving tips to ensure your big day doesn't break the bank.

Save the Dates
Hi guys Just a bit of creativity advice needed! I love the idea of buying a personalised stamp for our save the date message, I've seen a website where you can order them and I'm just checking ebay now to see if I can find them any cheaper (the website charges about £25). The one thing I'm struggling with, as I'm not…
Wedding Advice
Hi Peeps, Im looking to have an outdoor wedding in a marquee, we would also like the party to go onto 3 or 4am. Is there limits on music going this long and what would I need to get license wise to be able to achieve this. Im also looking for venues around Cambridge which would be able to house this request. If anybody…
Free comp to win bridal earrings and wedding planning book
https://www.facebook.com/Bridaldesigns comp on this Facebook page to win a pair of silver earrings and a book of wedding planning advice.
Pew ends diy
Anyone got any photos of their diy pew ends? :) x
Anyone for September 2013?
Sorry all - I am defecting to the April thread as we have completely changed our plans! I will do my best to keep this post updated with everyone elses wedding dates though! Weddings: 1st - petitefeet 5th - jo212 7th - mouthscradle 7th - Disney_Pluto 13th - DueMarch11 14th - Emmalou87 14th - Faithless 19th - bubbleflower…
White dress and virginity...
Another thread got me thinking.. do you think these days women tend to wear ivory/off white etc instead of pure white, due to the fact most women aren't virgins when they marry now? Or do you think its just because of the fashion of pure white not being 'in'? Was just wondering, personally I'm wearing diamond white because…
wedding picture apps
Hi I've seen lots advertised where your guests take photos and can upload them to your account where everyone can view them. Its all free..... Whats the catch?! Will we get blasted with lots of adverts, or am I being too cynical? Has anyone had used any of these apps? Thanks
Cyprus wedding help
Hi everyone Myself and my partner have set are hearts on getting married in Cyprus but I would like to find out other people's experiences of getting married over there and also is it better to book it all though a hoilday company or do it all yourself. Is it cheaper doing it all yourself but more stress or just letting…
John Lewis Gift list Problem June 2013
WARNING If you have a wedding gift list set up with John Lewis they are having major issues with their website which, despite knowing of weeks ago, they failed to tell us until after our wedding. Some transactions are not processing at all whilst others are processing but the items are not being added to your list. They…
Fluffy / Feather Shrug wanted URGENTLY!
In urgent need of one of these for a wedding in 2 weeks, as have been let down by an eBay seller.....arghhh! Something similar would be great too, pale dusky pinky beige kinda thing. Can anyone help? Many many thanks in advance :) http://www.asos.com/Coast/Coast-Felicity-Feather-Bolero/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1264117…
Green cocktail to serve at our wedding?
We are hoping to serve a green cocktail at our wedding and was looking for suggestions? We would be looking for something with the following 1. Not too strong to put some of the guests off 2. Fairly long drink so it can be drank in a 250ml glass 3, Not too expensive to make Any ideas?
Wedding Costs - I think it's just too damned high!
Just about to sign the contract for our wedding venue in April 2014. (it's a Friday as well) 110 sitting and 60 in the evening (and we had to cut people out for that) and these are all family and friends with a large portion being her family. The venue is going to cost £14,500 as we aim to have everyone fed and watered…
24% off everything at BHS online today only - bridesmaids dresses under £30
BHS have 24% off everything online today. There are lots of items in the Wedding category sale with good discounts, but with another 24% off they become bargains! Limited sizes in most but might have what you're looking for. Free delivery over £30. E.g. Bridesmaid's dress for £28.50 Flower girl dress for £9.12 Lace wedding…
Balloons instead of flowers
So this is a bit premature... Got 2 years to go! But I was browsing table decoration ideas as you do and saw balloons as centre pieces and think they look great! We're not fussed about flowers and after sorting our venue out our budget is now a bit limited for decorating so was wondering if anyone knows how the cost of…
Heart shaped invitations?
My friend is looking for heart shaped wedding invitations but has had no luck in finding any. Does anyone know where she can get 50 of them? Cheers!
4 days to go and not feeling the excitement!
All the preparations have gone absolutely brilliantly from start to finish, I should feel on top of the world now, really looking forward to the day, but I don't :( For one, I am gutted that the weather forecast is going to be clouds and rain. This was my biggest concern and the only reason why I picked to be married in…
Half price Debenhams Debut dresses
If anyone's looking for their bridesmaids' dresses I've just spotted this on the Debenhams website - hope it's useful to someone! http://www.debenhams.com/women/debut/dresses
Overwhelmed!
Hello, I'm having a "moment!" Does anyone else ever feel completely overwhelmed by wedding planning!? I've just been looking at people's wedding items that were for sale on a website and thinking wow, I haven't even thought about things like that! People have gone to such detail and used such lovely things. I'm feeling…
Veils
Girls, I think I've missed out by buying my dress online and thus I have no idea what type of veil to go for and I've got no one to ask. I will most probably have my hair half up-half down and would like a veil that sort of clips in the back. I'm also thinking it should be at least elbow length. Can anyone suggest…
surprise wedding (sort of)
Hi, I'm looking at booking our wedding as a surprise for my partners Christmas present. We were due to get married last year at a local hotel but we cancelled as it felt like we had chosen somewhere local to keep everyone else happy and it wasn't the place that we had both pictured when we started looking at locations. She…

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