Weddings & anniversaries

I really am not keen on the wine glasses at our venue (they look like the G&T glasses in eastenders ! :rotfl:) The venue is rustic and the plates and cuttlery wont be posh but its just something I am stuck on. So I thought that it would look nice if we provided our own, not hired but bought glasses. Not cheap sets but…

Hello, I am getting married in March, and we have to sort out our rings. We was going to see if we would have any luck in the sales, however we watched Kirsties Home Makeover (was on Sky+ so only just seen it). In the show, the couple made there own rings, which is an idea we both love. I have done a google search and…

About an hour ago I took a call from our venue to say that they have bad news, they can no longer hold our wedding!!! :'( We are due to marry ont he 14th June, so 6 months away!! We booked with them back in April and I asked them over and over about the date as was so far away and was assured it was fine and not to worry…

Hello! Apologies that this is yet another online wedding dress thread...BUT....does anyone have any personal experiences of JJ's house? jjshouse dot com (can't post link) It is actually based in Hong Kong and I know they have some excellent tailors there. This also means that there aren't the usual communication problems.…

Hi all, Been lurking a few weeks but this is my first post. Just found out 5 weeks ago that I'm preggie and since I'm a traditional girl and all that's left me and the oh with 4 months to plan a VERY budget wedding for 180 *eeps* Had been thinking about going the Chinese dress route although I was terribly scared due to…

Hi, everyone, my wedding is at 15/01/2013 and I am looking for some websites which does wedding cake toppers, I am not sure how much I should spend on the wedding cake topper, but I want to have an unusual one, and personalised wedding cake topper, I have been searching on google and found some sites which selling the…

Hello, I am soon to be going to a wedding for which the dress code is morning dress. There seem to be a lot of threads on here about hiring morning dress, but none about buying it! However it costs £92 to hire a full morning suit from Moss Bros so I thought that if I was going to wear it more than once it'd be worth buying…

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Hi all, I am getting married next May, and have a bit of a bridesmaid dilemma but thankfully it's sort of a nice one! I have 3 bridesmaids, all friends from different parts of my life who don't know each other. Two of them got married last year, and I was 'chief' bridesmaid for both of them - signed the register, rode in…

Hi Everyone I got engaged a week ago. We had originally planned to get married in May 2014, but we got a good deal at the venue we wanted if we went for August 2013. So now i'm in a panic about getting a dress etc! I have noticed that a few bridal shops have offers on for orders placed before Xmas. I don't want to feel too…

Doesn't seem to be an article or recent thread on cheapest mens suits, so does anyone have any tips? We want pretty traditional stuff; hats and tailcoats, probably six or seven as my best friends want matching ones. Thus far all the high street places seem the same but Slaters is a little cheaper. Anyone have any…

Hi I know it's mainly weddings threads on here but was wondering if someone crafty could help. It's my boyfriends' parents 30th anniversary and they're having a party. They've asked for no gifts so I want to make a really pretty card. Since 30th is 'pearl' I thought I could make it pearl themed e.g. buy a pearly-bracelet…

I'm wanting to sell my wedding dress, but so far have had no luck with it. I've put it on Preloved and Gumtree, but I've only had two people enquire about it! I don really want to pay to advertise it but I will if I have to. I'm only wanting £500-£600 for it when I paid £1150, so it's not like its very expensive or…

Hi, I am in desperate need of some MSE help. Me and the OH are having a joint Hen / Stag party as we both have the same friends etc. There is 14 of us in the group, age range 19-34, we are looking to hire a lodge/caravan/house for the weekend of Feb or early March 2013, just for drinking, games, cooking, TV, Movies etc. We…

Anyone suffering from them? Shall we share them? I still have just over 9 months til our wedding and I've already had 2, it's just going to get worse isn't it? First one I woke up on my wedding day and my partner was still lying in bed next to me and I was shouting at him to get out because we weren't meant to see each…

Is it too late to get wedding insurance for a March wedding where the venue has already had to shut a couple of times for flooding? Do any insurers cover closure due to flood? I see John Lewis cover certain disease conditions, hinting at the foot and mouth problem 10 years ago, and damaged venue, but what if the venue is…

I've never had a fake or spray tan but as I'm having a strapless dress I feel I could do with "evening out" as I do have very faint strap marks all year round. The wedding is in February 2013 so I was just wondering if I decided to have one; when people would suggest I do it? It's also been suggested that I have one sooner…

I've just tuned in to 'really' and caught the very end of dttb. Has anyone got any idea what her dress is? It's beautiful! Have done a quick google search but no luck : (

Hi all, looking for some help. Trying to find bridesmaid shoes. I have found these http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006N1VPJA/ref=s9_simh_gw_p309_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=0A4MYD50HY6W5MW18NRP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=317820867&pf_rd_i=468294 but would ideally prefer similar with a smaller heel.…

Hi all, I'm more of a lurker than a poster but I'm hoping for a bit of advice before I lose it and just cancel the whole thing! In a nutshell, both my parents and my fiance's parents are divorced and have been for a few years now. All parents have new partners but there's still a lot of bad feeling. Fiance and I talked…