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Gold engagement ring is turning silver?
Hello all, My boyfriend proposed to me two weeks ago, the ring was too big so had to be sent away to get re sized, I got it back yesterday. Looking at the ring now in daylight the "prongs" that hold the diamond have turned silver and its really noticeable. I called the jewelers my partner got the ring from (a family run…
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Getting Married Abroad-How Much?
We are looking to marry abroad on a budget. Anyone got married abroad that can offer any advice on saving money?
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Pronovias dress - have I done the right thing?
Hi all! I posted last week asking for opinions on dresses - thanks for everyone who replied! I loved the Pronovias Benicarlo dress and it is an amazing dress - my decision had to be made quickly as I was warned that it would be discontinued very soon. I had emailed the head office to see if they could confirm when it would…
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Preserving Flowers - anyone done it?
Hi, I am thinking about having my bouquet and H2B's button hole preserved after our wedding in August. I wondered if anyone had done this, who they used and roughly what it had cost? Thanks
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DJ - How much did you pay?
Hi Everyone, I'm getting a shock everytime I enquire with a DJ and i'm not sure if it's because it's for a "wedding" so the price shoots up! How much are you paying for your evening DJ or entertainment? We need ours to set up before 4pm before the wedding breakfast, but start the evening do from 7.30 until 12pm. Thanks in…
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Has anyone bought a Wedding dress from JenJen House?
Hi Everyone! I'm new to this forum and got engaged a few weeks ago. I've started to look at wedding dresses on the internet as the prices are so reasonable. I am a bit apprehensive though, as I have heard horror stories about dresses ordered on the net. I found this site called JenJen House (sorry it won't let me post the…
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Can anyone recommend a reliable company to book a wedding in Italy please?
After ten years, my other half and I got engaged in December 2012. We just want a simple elopement package in northern Italy (Venice or Lake Garda) with maybe a handful of guests ideally for under £3000. We went to our local Thompson's travel agents in December and were told by the wedding planner to return in April when…
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bridal make up
What are people planning re make up? I would really love to have a make up artist, but going by the quotes I've had so far I'm not sure if I'll be able to afford it. I've been quoted £330-350 for make up for myself, 3 bridesmaid & my mum. Tbh it's some way off what I had budgeted for. Our location is pretty rural so…
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Anyone getting married in August 2014?
Post deleted, found the existing 2014 thread
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Bridesmaid gifts?
Okay my wedding is a long way away yet (2 yearsish!) but I wondered if you lovely lot could help me out. Me and my HTB are paying for the bridesmaids dresses. shoes, flowers, hair etc as you usually would. I was also going to get them both some nice silver jewellery to wear on the day and perhaps give it to them a bit…
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Wedding venue
Hi, My OH and I have found a venue we really like; I was wondering whether anyone had tips on how to get the best deal? It's currently £60 per person which is 3 course meal and drinks with evening buffet. You have to have a minimum of 50 guests though. Any tips on how to haggle a bit? Everyone tells me that it's expected…
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Cardiff Wedding reception venues popular and Alternative
Hi all, My partner and I are recently got engaged and are planning a September 2012 wedding. Whilst living in Cardiff, we have never been to a wedding in the area so have little knowledge of the possible venues available popular and slightly different and were wondering if anyone could suggest some venues to go and look…
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Hen Night Ideas
Hi girls, I could do with some help from some hen party veterans. I haven’t been on a hen do yet, so this is my first, and for some reason I’ve been the one charged with organising everything, which will be fun, but I could just do with some advice. We’re going down to London for the night and I have the venue sorted and…
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Bridesmaid reading at wedding. Struggling to find something appropraite
Hi All My best friend is getting married and I am chief bridesmaid. Due to issues with her Fiancees health, the wedding has been moved forward to 3 weeks time as he is too unwell to wait until the original date at the end of the summer. We are all devastated for them but are determined to make it the best day that we can…
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Not inviting family members...
Hello all, If a member of your fianc!'s family made your life a living hell through behaving like a playground bully, dirty looks at family events, whispered conversations that are clearly about you, obviously making an effort to ignore you, would you consider not inviting them to the wedding? It's meant to be the one day…
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Honeymoon Ideas
Hi All, Wanting to have the holiday of a lifetime for our honeymoon but have very different ideas about what would be best! We are getting married at the end of April '14 but may leave it until June/ July to go away on a proper honeymoon. Anyone have any ideas? We were thinking of once in a lifetime sightseeing/ adventure…
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Help me pick my wedding dress!
Hi lovely ladies (and any men reading this too!) I've been wedding dress shopping today with my mum. I had hoped that the whole thing about finding 'the one' would be true... However, I now have 3 dresses which I love, but are all so different I'm struggling to choose... If anyone has tips/insight/comments on the dresses…
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France for alcohol?
Hi all, I am getting married this October and our venue charges no corkage for all alcohol consumed in the day, we have 90 guests and have already bought all the wine, (3 for £12, then 25% off, then £12 off a £60 spend) so pretty bargainous! But we are considering a day trip to France to get some spirits, beer, etc. Has…
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Reception venue difficulties
Hi everyone, am after some advice please! We've booked our reception venue for Aug this year and all has been going smoothly so far with wedding planning... However, I'm now feeling very stupid for this but we don't actually have a signed contract with the venue. All offers / agreements have been confirmed by email. The…
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Shared online storage for guests' pics of the wedding?
Hi all I know there are some 'paid for' services that offer an account where guests can upload their images of your big day to be shared to everyone else but is there a moneysaving way of doing this? Having briefly searched this on Google it seems that Flickr have multiple users against its T&Cs (so I'd guess a number of…
