Rich & Em Wedding Planners Diary [UPDATED 22/01/2009]

queenv_2

Hi Rich & Em
I went to Copplestones on 3 occasions after going to bridal shops to know what I was looking for. I am a size 18 and have had to buy a size 20 dress. I went to his shop knowing that whatever I bought may need to be altered. My dress retails for £1500 and I paid £249. He has approx 200 wedding dresses there to buy. It is a duchess satin strapless gown with a 6ft train and swarovski crystals scattered down the front left and back, it is lovely.
I am having the zip taken out and a lace-up panel put in, this is costing £80. He can recommend a lady for alterations (I live in Manchester so I am not have the lady in liverpool do the alterations) He can also steam the dress for you for free right before your big day! I bought a proper dress storage bag from Ebay for £2.00 too.

liza83_2

The groom has got the suits for him and the best man arranged, they will be hired from a local company that we found on the internet 1860.com but will also check other local companies the current price we have is £79 per suit

we have used these.
i asked for a brochure to be sent out to me and they sent a discount voucher with it. maybe worth you doing. think it was 10% off

liza83_2

dont forget invites or have i missed that

MsChazzer

Monsoon have got brides and little bridesmaids dresses in the sale at the moment, depends on what sort of thing you want though I suppose.

I love your seed favour idea!

richandem

queenv wrote: »

Hi Rich & Em
I went to Copplestones on 3 occasions after going to bridal shops to know what I was looking for. I am a size 18 and have had to buy a size 20 dress. I went to his shop knowing that whatever I bought may need to be altered. My dress retails for £1500 and I paid £249. He has approx 200 wedding dresses there to buy. It is a duchess satin strapless gown with a 6ft train and swarovski crystals scattered down the front left and back, it is lovely.
I am having the zip taken out and a lace-up panel put in, this is costing £80. He can recommend a lady for alterations (I live in Manchester so I am not have the lady in liverpool do the alterations) He can also steam the dress for you for free right before your big day! I bought a proper dress storage bag from Ebay for £2.00 too.

wow that sounds really good, i am going to have to get em to have a look into this guy.

liza83 wrote: »

we have used these.
i asked for a brochure to be sent out to me and they sent a discount voucher with it. maybe worth you doing. think it was 10% off

I will ask for another brochure and see what i get, what was the quality of service like?

liza83 wrote: »

dont forget invites or have i missed that

These were purchased during the sale in a local clintons, we have me2you ones.

MsChazzer wrote: »

Monsoon have got brides and little bridesmaids dresses in the sale at the moment, depends on what sort of thing you want though I suppose.

I love your seed favour idea!

Ah right i will have to let em know about this also, glad you like the idea, i will update the link to the bags we bought now.

Many Thanks
Rich & Em

liza83_2

I will ask for another brochure and see what i get, what was the quality of service like?

so far they have been great theyve been dealing mainly with df and have been really helpfull when ive gone in to make sure hes choosing the right colours lol

louisebbctlc

Hi
Iam gettin married 4th july 2009 and i got my weddin dress from china iam its perfect so please dont rule out gettin your dress from there. I looked on ebay and there was my dream weddin dress that i tryed on in the shop which was £1200 which i wasnt goin 2 pay and on ebay it was made 2 fit for £4.99 and £75 postage and it fits like a glove iam sooooooooo happy with it!!!

Lou xxx

richandem

We are really unsure about the whole china thing, after a long discussion i actually think that is is off the cards for us, we dont have alot of money as it is and if the order was to go sour we would have even less money than we did in the first place. I would rather spend the time looking around the bridal shops in the UK to find a 'steal' than use a chineese seller.

Brides Ring

The brides ring has now been selected and is going to be purchased from http://www.weddingrings-direct.com for £163.80 and she is really happy with it.

Coulple Of Extra's

Once again ebay came up trumps for us and we managed to get 10 disposable cameras in the colour and design we wanted for £19.99 from a seller on their.

All the links have been added to the first post.

Things are going to pick up soon, watch this space for more developments

richandem

Wedding Favour Bags

The wedding favour bags arrived today and they look lovely, take a look for yourself



Got these from ebay for £16.99 for 150 inc postage.

Em & Rich

gorgeouslatinrose

if your still looking for a wedding dress, on some of the threads they have mentioned going to oxfam bridal stores, they have several stores in the uk, i know at least one of the stores are in london, and some are 2nd hand but others are donated new by designers. may be worth giving oxfam a call and see what they say x:o