April 2011 Brides and Grooms

csh_2

Hello :wave: May I join??

We are all booked up with the venue for Friday 22nd April 2011!

Am very excited!!

snoopysox

Thanks ruthybee, I never thought I'd be excited over dresses but I can't wait til they're done!!

Well done on your flower girls dress! Thats a really good price and the dresses from there are lovely!!

Hello csh, welcome!! How are things going for you, got anything sorted yet?? x x

csh_2

snoopysox wrote: »

Thanks ruthybee, I never thought I'd be excited over dresses but I can't wait til they're done!!

Well done on your flower girls dress! Thats a really good price and the dresses from there are lovely!!

Hello csh, welcome!! How are things going for you, got anything sorted yet?? x x

Hi :wave: Getting there with the sorting have so far:

booked the venue (All the same place)
Provisionally booked the Humanist,still to meet him (am in Scotland)
Found my dress, and a seamstress to make it
Picked my BM's dresses ( DD and big Sis)
Ordered Std magnets

and I'm sure there was more!

Next on the list:
photographer
cake
flowers

Getting married here:http://www.thecavesedinburgh.com/
and the theme/colour scheme is Gothic Chic think black and deep velvety red lol

Mrs_Barnes_To_Be

Hi,

This is my first post, although I have been reading these forums for a ratehr long time. :rotfl:

I too am an April bride, I am all booked for 14th April which is a Thursday!! Odd I know but I will have been with my h2b for 4 years on that date.

Is anybody struggling with finding a veil? My dress is blush pink and my veil will need to be the same. A short veil at my bridal shop is £120 and £150 for a long. Way over budget for something that I will probably fling after the church.

Anybody have any advice at all?

sexymouse

Mrs Barnes to be, it may be worth having a look for a veil using some of the suggestions on this thread. Also try preloved, and ebay.

Mrs_Moore_To_Be

Welcome csh and Mrs Barnes to be.

Mrs Barnes to be - Linda on here (Lindano9) has quoted me for making a veil and ill be going with her id imagine? Maybe worth PM'ing her? She is very competitively priced.

My update is that the venue although still in administration seems okay so im confident they will find a buyer if not still be running so we are getting ready to have invites printed! My uncle is doing them for free so we need to get them done while he has a window of time.

I tried my dress on again on saturday (my SIL2B was in there trying dresses on) and it was so nice as i'd had some wobbles but happy again now, It was everything I remembered and the people in the shop commented on how much weight I had lost as the sample in the shop id tried on fit so much better (by several inches) which made it look MUCH better, definately made the right decision waiting for them to take the measurements in Sept!

We are off looking at the shortlisted 3 BM dresses on Monday, hopefully will be able to make a decision as found thgem all in one shop so can compare side by side!

How are we all doing? It was 9 months to the day on Friday for me, sounds scary saying its less than 9 months now! xx

Mrs_Barnes_To_Be

Thanks Mrs Morre to Be, I have sent her an email.

Can I ask how you have lost all your weight? I am having a terrible time trying to shift mine. I have been at the gym 5 x times a week and not lost anything!!

Well I have the following booked and sorted;

Church
Venue
Dress was the first to be bought (it took me over a year and a half and some very horrid experiences to find it)
Flowers
Chair Cover and Centrepieces
Hair and Make Up

Still to go
BM dresses
Wedding shoes
Veil
and the list goes on ha ha

What I am waiting on is the ruddy horse and carriage man!! there are two very steep hills just before the venue!! His suggestion was that if the horses can't make it, 6 x strapping men meet us at the bottom and help push!!! Oh yeah the big fat bride that gets pushed up the hill!!! And I don't think

How are you all getting on?

isis_79

CSH, am being super nosey here as I am a fellow Scots Bride!

Who is it you have got to make your dress? I know exactly in my head what I want, but cannot afford the £2500 price tag that comes along with it! So am thinking about going down the custom route.

thanks xxx

csh_2

isis_79 wrote: »

CSH, am being super nosey here as I am a fellow Scots Bride!

Who is it you have got to make your dress? I know exactly in my head what I want, but cannot afford the £2500 price tag that comes along with it! So am thinking about going down the custom route.

thanks xxx

Hi :wave: shes not actually local, I found her selling dresses on ebay then contacted her and emailed some pics of what I wanted.

I'm not having a tradional wedding dress either so not sure how much help I'd be.
My dress should be here in about 5 weeks, if the workmanship is good I could pass her details to you, but I wouldn't do that until I was sure she was good!

What about Linda on here? Although shes not exactly local either!

Wheres your venue? (nosey!)

csh_2

Having a major venue wobble and have been frantically emailing them all morning! (she starts early!)
Where we've booked there are 2 sets of rooms and we booked the on budget smaller ones but H2B has never been convinced that the space was big enough for the numbers they allowed.
We've decided to try and get the bigger ones but at an extra £1200 for the facility fee and an extra 18 day guests to make up minimum numbers at £40ish a pop its gonna hurt.

We are re-viewing at noon today to make a decision!!!!