Calling All August 2009 Brides!!!

nichart20

Hi ladies hope your plans are going well, I sent out my invites today :j
I have finally decided on flower girl dresses I am getting these dresses made by milly bridal http://watters.com/product.php?coll=girls&showid=919 they work out £40.73 each I am very pleased with that, also need to decide on older bridesmaid dresses really need to do this by end of week want to get ordered will have shipping on top and have worked out it will be about £240.00 for all 4 dresses:j
I bought these from ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-3D-2TONE-BUTTERFLY-WEDDING-PLACE-NAME-CARDS_W0QQitemZ270361937949QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET?hash=item270361937949&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1686%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 and I have bought tiny pink diamantes and I am doing everyones name on with them, I am having so much fun planning the wedding I am really going to miss it lol

stephk_2

Vonster-monster wrote: »

hi all,

Am starting to get semi-organised, still haven't done a proper timeline. Is anyone having a horse and carriage? ....... £600 seems ridiculous to spend to go up a hill and back! :eek:

...Not sure whether to get a bargain at Moss Bros for the ushers and spend a bit more on OH and his BM in a posher place, or go over budget on all 5 guys....

Does/did anyone have to partake in a marriage preparation day at their church. .....

Hi vonster-monster - I will be getting a black cab hopefully as I want to show the wedding is in London. Hoping i can order one and just pay usual meter price (which will be around £15-20), otherwise an addison lee cab will do, dont need anything special and we are walking from church to the reception as its about 2 mins walk.

Regarding the suits, my H2B will have a different suit to the others (he is the groom after all!), he and his best man, ushers, MC and my dad will all wear the same tie and buttonhole. I dont think you should let your BM say he doesnt like Moss Bross, he should wear whatever you want him to, it is your wedding after all and not his! That is my opinion though, and my preference is to have the groom looking slightly different, not the groom and BM. Totally up to you.

We also had to do marriage prep with our church, was totally fine and with other couples that were also getting married. The first one was why we were getting married, the second was what are our values, and the 3rd was the role of God. Our vicar is so lovely and put everyone at ease, after the 3rd session he cooked a roast lunch for us all which was so good of him. We also met a couple of his friends that work as vicars/pastors, it was very funny to get drunk with our vicar and for him to say how 'smashed' he was!!

Sammy_Girl

Ooh Steph, we're having black cabs. Seeing as H2B is a London Black Cabbie, we cant have anything else tho

But we are having a really old one (50s I think) for me/Dad and me/H2B, and then we've ordered a white Fairway (80s I think) for BMs. H2B's dad is driving H2Bs black cab to take H2B, his mum and Best Man to the wedding. H2B did have a load of advertising on his cab but I've managed to persuade him to remove that before the wedding lol

Girls, you've reminded me to book our marraige prep classes. They sent us a list at the start of the year and I need to send it back. I think ours is run by Relate? I go to church but H2B doesnt so I dont think he's overly keen on going lol. We're meeting the vicar on the 28th April and he is coming along to that thank goodness.

So have you all sent out your invites yet? I cant believe its only 4 months to go. We're doing our invites this weekend and mum has emailed me different wordings to use. My favourite ends with "Carraiges at Midnight". I love it!! Although MIL2B is a bit upset that we're not having my mum and dad host the invitations. For a start, they live 200 miles away and so theres no point in getting the RSVPs sent there, plus they're not paying for the wedding. And my mum doesnt give a hoot anyway lol.

I seriously need to sort out some rings as well - esp as we need mine customed made. Ok, Im starting to panic a little now :eek:

Sammy_Girl

Sorry Steph, I meant to say Im with you on the mens outfits. We're going with Moss Bros and have decided on ivory waistcoats for all and then light gold cravats for groomsmen and ivory cravat for H2B to make him stand out a little bit - but still reselmble some part of the bridal party lol.

stephk_2

Havent sent the invites yet, as I have made them and my chief bridesmaid has designed the inside, the inside needs to be stuck in if that makes sense!! Also need to complete the booking with trailfinders and then call the giftlist people with the reference number, they send a card to put in the invites so if anyone wants to contribute to the honeymoon they can, we dont need any gifts. I have a friend to help me with the sticking and stuffing so to speak and i would like to get them sent in May.

Dont stress girls, still plenty of time

aimee21j

Hi girlies. Well its 4 months until 8th August brides...and I became an auntie for the first time this morning. My sister (MOH) had a little baby boy

blonde36er

aimee21j wrote: »

Hi girlies. Well its 4 months until 8th August brides...and I became an auntie for the first time this morning. My sister (MOH) had a little baby boy

Congratualtions Auntie twinnie!

I can't believe that four months today we're going to be waking up married ladies (with hangovers and probably slightly grubby dresses!) :rotfl:

endemoniada_2

Me!

7th august- can i join please?

Violetta_2

So glad I'm not the only 1 who wants a Taxi cab. I was driving through town last month and saw a lovely cream Taxi that I thought oooohh that would be perfect ,especially as it's just to take me from the house to the venue and most people should be inside by the time I get there so seems bloomin daft to spend £100's when noone will even see it. But have I seen the taxi since?? Not sure what to do, but have several people on the lookout for it!!

lindsey_toffee_girl

Hi girls please can I join to been lurking for a long while!
Getting married August 8th in Las vegas, most things are done now its just more saving to do and the suits making my Fi go is going to be a nightmare I think he sees it as being so far away!
Also does anyone else feel like it is never going to get here!