2 months to plan a wedding!

ticklepenny_2

Total budget I am planning on staying within...... £1250.

Ceremony inc room hire........£157.00
Flowers .............................£53.00
Photographer......................£50.00
Food................................£375.00
Stationary..........................£10.00
Wedding Cake.....................£75.00
Rings...............................£100.00
Suit & Shoes.....................£140.00
Bridal gown and shawl...........£90.00
Hair and makeup..................£50.00
Bridesmaid dresses...............£45.00
Shoes (me and dd).............£105.00 (I like shoes!)
Total..............................£1,250.00

ticklepenny_2

shellsuit wrote: »

Wow, you don't beat about the bush do you lol!!! Nope I love projects especially with deadlines lol

So it seems you're basically sorted doesn't it ~ don't forget to wear comfy shoes though, my feet killed me, can't imagne how they would have been if I was pregnant too! This is going to be interesting as I want heels but am worried about my feet swelling

Aww, I'm so excited for you both! :T

missknixon wrote: »

My dress is red! That is a very good colour! :T:D:T

Sorry I am a tad biased!

Red is the best colour for a wedding dress

Make-it-3 wrote: »

The dress is lovely Ticklepenny. Good you've got the reception venue sorted as that I thought would be the trickiest thing with Christmas.

If you're into the whole Christmas thing I would definitely pick up this as a theme which will match the dress perfectly. How about some holly in the bouquet?

Otherwise, my advice is don't panic, its all do-able in two months and keep it simple - its about the two of you cementing your family bond.

I have always loved organising events and shin digs so am in my element.... my brain is on overtime. Please feel free to pipe up if you think I am forgetting things I may be posting alot today just to get things out of my head IYKWIM

ticklepenny_2

Menu
Starters
Soup of the day
Garlic Bread – Garlic pizza bread with cheese and tomato
Caprese – Tomato and Mozerella salad
Mains
Risotto al pollo
Lasagna al forno
Spaghetti Carbonara
Pizza Margharita
Desert
Wedding cake – A selection of chocolate, carrot cake and vanilla sponge.

Based on the above menu the cheapest selections will be £9.90 and the most expensive will be £11.75. So at a maximum food should be £352.50 for 30 guests...... but I am thinking of ordering some sides just to have on the table like salad and fries.

Oh and I am making the wedding cake... I like making and eating cake (hence being a size 24 lol).

ticklepenny_2

These are the rings that OH and I have chosen.... just need to find out ring sizes etc. ANd we are thinking of getting the date engraved (then OH has no excuse on forgetting aniversaries ).

ticklepenny_2

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Big question is do I dye my hair black.....as at the moment it is just a mousy brown... hmmmm.....
Me with black hair

Right I will not post any more pics......for a while

gizmodo_2

ticklepenny wrote: »

Total budget I am planning on staying within...... £1250.

Ceremony inc room hire........£157.00
Flowers .............................£53.00
Photographer......................£50.00
Food................................£375.00
Stationary..........................£10.00
Wedding Cake.....................£75.00
Rings...............................£100.00
Suit & Shoes.....................£140.00
Bridal gown and shawl...........£90.00
Hair and makeup..................£50.00
Bridesmaid dresses...............£45.00
Shoes (me and dd).............£105.00 (I like shoes!)
Total..............................£1,250.00

Hello tickle, coming over from the pg thread.

A photographer for £50? Do you know someone that's doing you a favour?

Does your budget include the cost of the marriage certificate? I'm sure we had to pay for ours as extra, or maybe it was because I got 2.

What flowers have you got planned? Making your own up?

Have you got people to do you hair and makeup? Because when I looked noone would do makeup without a trial, or are you doing your own?

gizmodo_2

Do you need to think about decorating tables? Favours? Table centers? Or is your venue a restaurant?

jackieblack

Congratulations!
Well done on all you've managed to arrange so quickly, and without any hysteria (at least none that's been communicated in this thread! )
Love the dress!

When my DH & I got married, 19 years ago, we arranged everything in about 6 months, and we'd been together a year, almost to the day of the wedding.
We had a small simple ceremony and it was perfect but I'd have married him in a field wearing a black bin bag if I'd had to (although luckily this wasn't necessary ) - my Dad said he wished he'd known this at the time! :rotfl:

Regarding hair, one piece of advice I was given was not to choose anything too different from my usual look as I'd end up worrying and fussing all day about whether it was ok (I never normally wore it up, so it was good advice for me).

I wish you and your husband-to-be all the best, I'm sure the wedding will be perfect.

ticklepenny_2

gizmodo wrote: »

Hello tickle, coming over from the pg thread.

A photographer for £50? Do you know someone that's doing you a favour? Photographer is one of OH's mates I love his pics.


Does your budget include the cost of the marriage certificate? I'm sure we had to pay for ours as extra, or maybe it was because I got 2. I think so..... will check this next wednesday when we give notices.

What flowers have you got planned? Making your own up? Making my own fake flower things.... OH and some family members have terrible hayfever, so to make things fair I am gonna use silk/foam flowers.

Have you got people to do you hair and makeup? Because when I looked noone would do makeup without a trial, or are you doing your own?Yes there is a lovely lady who will do it but I am paying for a trial out of my own money as me and OH have a date night coming up lol

Cannot stop grinning... right must go get DD up so we can get off and out asap. Will do more reply later

shellsuit

ticklepenny wrote: »

Menu

Starters
Soup of the day
Garlic Bread – Garlic pizza bread with cheese and tomato
Caprese – Tomato and Mozerella salad
Mains
Risotto al pollo
Lasagna al forno
Spaghetti Carbonara
Pizza Margharita
Desert
Wedding cake – A selection of chocolate, carrot cake and vanilla sponge.

Based on the above menu the cheapest selections will be £9.90 and the most expensive will be £11.75. So at a maximum food should be £352.50 for 30 guests...... but I am thinking of ordering some sides just to have on the table like salad and fries.

Oh and I am making the wedding cake... I like making and eating cake (hence being a size 24 lol).

That food sounds fab and what a bargain!!! :T:T

ticklepenny wrote: »

These are the rings that OH and I have chosen.... just need to find out ring sizes etc. ANd we are thinking of getting the date engraved (then OH has no excuse on forgetting aniversaries ).

I'm liking those and again, what a bargain! :T

Me and OH got married 3 weeks ago tomorrow (if that makes sense lol), his ring was £300 and it's scratched to hell already so I am not amused!

ticklepenny wrote: »

Or



Big question is do I dye my hair black.....as at the moment it is just a mousy brown... hmmmm.....
Me with black hair

Right I will not post any more pics......for a while

Oh you're so pretty!! I think your hair in that pic really suits you ~ what does OH prefer you as? black or brown?

And I love the first hairdo, it's really pretty! x